Fireworks batch command changes original colors

Is anyone having this problem? When I run a batch command on CMYK jpgs, it changes the files to RGB mode and in some cases the colors are drastically changed. I am aware that the 2 modes will display colors "slightly" different, and I don't mind the final product being RGB, but the way Fireworks handles it is too extreme. When I change modes in other bitmap programs, like Corel PhotoPaint or Adobe PhotoShop, the overall conversion is very much acceptable and the color change is so minute that it's hardly noticeable.
And before you jump down my back about using "non Adobe" software, keep in mind that all software has it's strong and weak points and I've been using the program that gets the job done right since they were introduced back in the late '80s.
Fireworks is one of my favorite programs, and the batch command saves time, but the color glitch is unacceptable. Does anyone know of a fix for this or a possible workaround (without creating more steps than the batch command saves)?

Open the Actions Panel and click the Panel property icon, you should see a few extra Action sets that don't load automatically by default - namely, the Production set. Select that one and in this set are a few items to check out/scutinize/learn from to help create the action you need.
On another note, here's a link to an olden golden that makes use of Conditional statements that may fit your needs
http://actionlogic.blogspot.com/
Though I have not tried this with newer builds.
h

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Eric

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Hello,
Thunderbird keeps consistently changing text color (always) and font (sometimes, intermittently) when I reply to a message. I hope the attached images will make clear what I mean.
I have many e-mail exchanges where individuals involved use both font and color to make it instantly possible to distinguish who said what, and often in what order, based upon the font being specific to the individual and the color specific to the response given.
You will see in the attached screen shots that the original message contained two different fonts in dark blue colors. When I hit "Reply" the compose window switches all the text from the old messages to black. In this case it wouldn't matter much, but it can be very disorienting when you have an e-mail exchange going on that's got more participants all of whom use signature fonts and change either the font and/or color as the conversation progresses. Having everything "go black" removes essential context.
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If there are settings I need to tweak to:
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Matt,
I decided to do some experimentation with creating multiple messages and replies strictly within Gmail's web interface and then to reply to same from Thunderbird. After that, I attempted to start the same sort of chain strictly using Thunderbird to create the messages. The difference is pretty stark.
The first attachment is how the multiple fonts and colors that originated from Gmail show in Thunderbird's reading window. They are all correct here.
The second shows how the multiple fonts and colors that originated from Gmail show up when I reply from within Thunderbird. Again, all of those fonts and colors are maintained as sent and the font and color I designated in my Thunderbird options are what get used when composing the reply.
The last shows what happens when I sent a message created in Thunderbird with one font and color and then go to reply to it from within Thunderbird after having switched my default font and color choice for composition intentionally prior to replying. The font from the original message is retained in the reply, but the color is converted to what has been selected for composition. This suggests to me that Thunderbird is not retaining color information at each "level" within a reply. It has to have sent color information in the original message because it shows up in that color on receipt when reading (I didn't bother with a screen shot, but if you want one I can get one). When replying it is stripping or overwriting the color information from the original message and using the current compose color and applying it to everything in the window.
As far as I'm concerned, that's a bug.
Brian

Why is iCal changing the color of my calendars to purple even after trying to change it back to my original color?

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I, too, had this problem. This is how I fixed it:
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The .psd file is attached.
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Zeno,
I appreciate your response but that doesn't seem to get the job done for me for two reasons.
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How to flip multiple frames using batch command

Using Fireworks 8.
I have a document with over 200 frames. In the "Command"
--> "Batch Commands" menu I have the option of rotating and or
blurring multiple or individual frames.
What I'd really like to do is flip all 200 frames
horizontally but there is no option to do this simultaneously.
Or is there?
Tell me I'm not stuck with the only option of flipping each
frame individually.
I flipped one frame and saved my actions as a command but
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Help me out.
Thanx.

You'll need to use the onion skinning feature of the Frames
panel, as
Alex indicated.
Go to the frames panel. Set all frames to onion skinning (the
box on the
left side of each frame - click on the top frame in the onion
skin box,
then click on the bottom frame. You will see a line
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bottom of
the Commands menu.
This does work, I just did it.
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Cashcomm wrote:
>
quote:
MODIFY > TRANSFORM > FLIP HORIZONTAL. Do it once then go
to the history
> panel and save this as a custom command. You can then
access it from the
> batch operations.
> However this will only affect the first frame on the top
layer unless
> the other frames or layers are manually selected.
>
> Thanks for your answer Jim. I did just as you described.
I selected fram 1,
> then I selected the layer in that fram from the layers
panel. I flipped it usig
> the MODIFY, TRANSFORM menu. From the history panel I
saved this command as
> "FLIP".
> I then selected frames 2-10 holding down the SHIFT key.
Then I went to the
> Command menu and selected my 'FLIP" command and got an
error message telling me
> that it could not apply.
> I tried to find where my Flip command is saved thinking
that if I go into
> explorer and drag it to the Batch Command folder that I
could use it. BUt I
> couldn't find my FLIP command even though it works
perfectly if I am changing
> one fram at a time and only then if I select the layer
in that frame first.
>
> Apparently saved commands don't work on multiple
frames.
>
> So I'm in a position where I would have to use the flip
command or MODIFY -->
> TRANSFORM command manuall on each fram individually.
>
> This is frustrating.
>

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Hey everyone. I know I'm not fluent in Dreamweaver, but had DW8 before upgrading to CS4 and I'm pretty handy with it. In version 8, if I wanted to change a text color, I simply highlighted the text and picked a color. No worries.
However in CS4, I seem to be only have that ability in my CSS properties, (not HTML properties). Then when I try to change the color, it gives me a dialogue box asking questions such as "new CSS", "for this page only", etc. and I don't understand what I'm supposed to do.
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How can I recover from a Botched BATCH DATE CHANGE in iPhoto?

Botched Batch Date Change iPhoto08
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I used iPhoto08/ Photos menu / BATCH CHANGE... /“Set DATE to 20100723 1:20:54 PM” with “Modify original files” checked. iPhoto changed all 8,525 images to the same date.
I now realize I should have used Photos menu / Adjust Date and Time ... But the damage was already done. Unfortunately there was no Edit menu / Undo for this operation. ALL 8,525 images have the same date. I checked in the the iPhoto Information sidebar--same date all images.
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The following appeared in the Graphic Converter
Image Preview sidebar (subWindow) going left to right
Image menu/button
Date and Time: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:20:54 PM PT
Exif menu/button
File date and time: 2010:07:23 13:20:54
Date and time of original data generation: 2010:07:23 13:20:54
Unknown tag (36868): 2010:07:23 13:20:54 <- significant?
ExifTool menu/button
ExifTool Version Number:8.40
Warning: [minor] Suspicious MakerNotes offset for tag 0x9001
----System----
File Modification Date/Time: 2010:07:23 13:20:54-07:00
----IFDO----
Modify Date: 2010:07:23 13:20:54
----ExifIFD----
Date/Time Original: 2010:07:23 13:20:54
Create Date: 2010:07:23 13:20:54
<<<<<<OH MY GOD >>>>>> the BATCH CHANGE / SET DATE not only RESET the date for EVERY IMAGE in my library, it also changed the date metadata EVERYWHERE inside each individual image file.
Actually it's my Mom and Dad's iPhoto library containing all the kids and grand kids pictures, family trips, important events, everything. There is no backup. I feel as if I have tipped over a file cabinet containing all our photos. Our “date and event” organized 8,525 image iPhoto library was now as useful as a giant shoebox. On second thought, a shoe box full of real photo prints would be more useful than my iPhoto library because the prints would have the print date stamped on them.
At this point feeling desperate I closed my eyes and said a quick prayer to Saint Rita - Patron Saint of the Impossible.
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I selected it.
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I am on my knees for this one...please help. we have iphoto11 but afraid to upgrade to it. until i know more i don't want to loose this Modified Date metadata.

thanks for the quick response...
no simple solution because no backup to restore from
iPhoto seems to be using file metadata as some sort of index key in the
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Import one of the image into Flash and do a bitmap trace of the image.
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Dual 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

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Hello. I am trying to change the colors on my ical. I have been able to select a calendar group, click "get info" and then "other" in the color options and which point a a lot of color options are available. HOWEVER, I can't seem to select the color.

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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
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