Is it possible to edit (levels, curves, exposure, saturation, etc.) a selected area of a photo (using quick selection, magnetic lasso, etc.) without moving the selected section to another document and editing it there?

I'm trying to edit a portion of a photo of a lake so that the rays of sunlight (the lines that run across the sky) are more prominent, without darkening the rest of the photo. I've sucessfully selected, removed, and edited the sky in the photo (the part that I want to enhance the sun rays on), but I can't figure out how to get that piece (currently it's own document) back onto the original jpeg document. I took the selection from the Background copy if that is of any help to figuring this out.

Another way in photoshop is to make a Group above the photo. add a layer mask using the selection and put the adjustment layers in the group
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Possible to create a second handle on a point without moving the first one?

Hello again,
Just had a question about something that often drives me crazy. Sometimes when I'm modifying an object (especially text that has been turned into outlines for logos etc) There are points on the path that I want/need to remove. Many of the times the points I'm removing had part of the curve that made the path look nice and smooth. For some reason Illustrator likes to create two points overlapping each other with a handle extending in opposite directions for each instead of one point with two handles...
In the cases where I have a point on a path with only one handle, whether it overlaps another point or not, is there a way to create a new handle on the opposite side where a handle doesn't exist without moving the handle that is already there? I hate fiddling with the path for 10 minutes afterwards trying to get everything back into the same position again. I would like to be able to drag out a new handle while locking the old handle in place, but the initial behavior of the convert anchor point tool seems to be to get rid of the old existing handle and recreate two new handles which resets everything.
Is there a way around this? A tool behavior option or maybe even a different tool that will let me just add the one handle to the point that is missing without moving or deleting the existing handle on that point? If it matters I'm using Illustrator CS5.5. Thanks for any help in advance!

Thanks for the responses guys! Unless someone comes along with a completely native Illustrator solution I think the Pathscribe tool is what I'm looking for. The unify command in that other post sounds like just the thing for the randomd weirdness Illustrator does when you convert text to outlines etc. and I'll probably mostly use that method for the overlapping points that are created in those case. I would say close to 50% of the time though I need to add a handle to a point that isn't overlapping like where a letter shape curves on one side but is straigh on the other. I guess a good example of that would maybe tip of the "v" shape in stylized or script fonts, they often have a straigh side and curved side. Sometimes it's also me because I'll go with a more straight line concept for a portion of the letter shapes and then change my mind back again, by which time I have removed some of the handles that I want to put back. It sounds like VectorScribe will do exactly what I want the way I want it and save me a lot of time having to zoom way in to get the fine control I need to restore the paths orginial curve.
All in all a pretty solid solution between the two. I'll have to pick up VectorScribe and will use unify where applicable. I don't understand though why this isn't something that Adobe hasn't made a native provisioin for? Seems there would be many times while making a design that you might want to change your mind without having to completely redraw the entirety of a curve, especially if you're doing an illustration from scratch. I thought there had to be a native solution and I was just somehow missing it completely... maybe they don't want to step on the 3rd party vendor's toes who have made plug-ins to deal with this sort of thing? Illustrator has been around a looong time now, seems like they would have come across this more than a few times... maybe I'm just not creating illustrations using the "proper" methods.

I downloaded pictures to iphoto yesterday of my sister's Bat mitzvah, all of them are there except 10 of them are just caution signs. How do I fix this without losing the photos?

I downloaded pictures to iphoto yesterday of my sister's Bat mitzvah, all of them are there except 10 of them are just caution signs. How do I fix this without losing the photos?

The warning triangle means, that iPhoto has lost the connection between the thumbnails and the photos and cannot show them in the browser.
Rebuild the iPhoto library to reconnect the photos. What is your iPhoto version? If it is iPhoto '11 do the following:
Back up your iPhoto library.
Hold down the command and option/ alt keys while double-clicking the iPhoto icon to launch iPhoto.
Keep holding down the keys until you are seeing the FirstAid panel.
Select "rebuild database" from the panel.
Does that bring your photos back?
If not, download iPhoto Library Manager and use the rebuild function.
See Old Toad's post:
Re: iPhoto has crashed on a number of occasions, but on 2 occasions also seems to delete several events, including the one I'm editing. When I go to reimport the last event, it shows them as already there. But I can't find them.

I've just set up my mac Mail to receive my hotmail. It's now trying to download the whole of my hotmail account of 20,000 emails! I only want it to show the latest 200 (like on iPhone and IPad) Is there anyway to control this?

I've just set up my mac Mail to receive my hotmail. It's now trying to download the whole of my hotmail account of 20,000 emails! I only want it to show the latest 200 (like on iPhone and IPad) Is there anyway to control this?

On your iPad, just go to Settings>Mail, Contacts, etc.>Add account>iCloud and put in the details of the account you set up. Shouldn't be a problem at all.

I can't find the Adjustments panel window (exposure, saturation etc). it is hidden. How can I get it back?

When I select Adjust on toolbar, the Adjustments panel window (Exposure, saturation etc) does not appear - it always has before but is hidden somewhere. I can't see it on edge of screen. How can I get it back, please?

Thanks Terence. I would never have thought of that. I appreciate your time.

My Ipod is showing the loading sign while turning off and its frozen there.

My Ipod is showing the loading sign while turning off and its frozen there. My computer wont reconize it either. My Safari didnt work so I thought that I will turn it off to see if its working after and it just gotb stuck in the loaeding sign while turning off.

Try here:
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TS1473 My hp laptop boots but the monitori screen stays shut down and inoperable. There was no overheating, physical damage , or system issues. Video graphics card had errors

My hp laptop worked fine, I shut down, attempted normal boot process several days later and power boots but the monitori screen stays shut down and inoperable. There was no overheating, physical damage , or system issues. Video graphics card had errors

You would be better off posting this in an HP forum, this forum is for Apple products.

How do I copy photos from my Mac to my iPad without deleting the ones that are there?

I understand how to sync photos from my iPhoto library to my iPad. I want to copy photos from my Mac to the iPad without syncing, because syncing deletes everything on the iPad that isn't included in my sync selections. In addition,I have several iPhoto libraries and want to copy photos from each of them to the iPad. A further issue is that apparently photos can be synced from only one computer to the iPad -- how would I copy photos from a different computer? (What happens when I buy a new Mac?) I am extremely experienced with Mac, iPhoto/Aperture, iPad, etc. A year or two ago I transferred 1000 photos to the iPad but I don't remember how, and it was probably done with my previous Mac. Now I just want to add some recent photos without deleting the ones that are there. Bottom line: is there a way to add photos to an iPad without syncing and losing what's there?

You can still sync the photos and keep the photos that are already on the device. You have to include all of the albums or events in the pictures folder that you sync from. If you are using iPhoto, select that in the Sync Photos from drop down menu and then select all of the albums or events that you want to sync. Make sure to check Selected Albums, events, faces and automatically include (no events). Using that option will allow you to choose exactly which albums and events to sync.
You have to remember that all photos must be included in every sync so you cannot sync photos from iPhoto today and then try to sync photos from another folder tomorrow, or you will erase all of the photos that were synced from iPhoto. You need to maintain one main Photos syncing folder for the photos that you want to transfer to the iPad. You can have subfolders within that one main folder and you can selectively sync those subfolders. You just have to place all of the photos that you want to sync into one main iPad syncing photos folder.
There are WiFi transfer apps that allow you to transfer photos to the iPad without having to sync with iTunes. I use this one. This app (and others like it) will allow you to use multiple computers to transfer photos.
Wireless Transfer App Easily send photos to iPhone/iPad ...

I imported about 300 RAW images yesterday and worked with them for about an hour. iPhoto locked up on me and I rebooted. After I did the event icon is now gray and it says there are no photos. I know the photos are there. Any idea how I can recover them?

I imported about 300 RAW images yesterday and worked with them for about an hour. iPhoto locked up on me and I rebooted. After I did the event icon for that event is now gray and it says there are no photos. I know the photos are there. Any idea how I can recover them?

a best practice to is to never have any computer program (including iPhoto) delete the photos from the card but to import the photos and keep them and then after at least one successful backup cycle has completed and then reformat the card -- I use three very large (32 GB) cards in rotation so I do not reformat for typically a year or more giving me one more long term backup of my photos
Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library database
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Can any one tell me why I have photos on my iPhone, iPad, but not my PC? The photos are in my photo stream, but they don't automatically go into the folder. I've had to put them in there, so they obviously aren't linked up to the other devices.

Can anyone tell me why my PC doesn't automatically update with my photos. I' m pretty sure I have all the right setting on. When I go to iPhoto's there's nothing there. I have my photo stream folder with pictures I have had to transfer in. The photos don't show on my PC and my recently acquired iPad. Only on the original iPhone device.

This behavior is normal. Since photos in anything other than the camera roll had to come from your computer, you can not sync them from the phone to the computer. In addition, the photos on the phone are not stored at their original resolution, but are optimized for the display of the phone.
You eill either need to restore from the backup you made of your computer before you re-formatted it, or you will need to invest in 3rd party software to extract the low res photos from the phone.

Importing with unwanted adjustments to exposure, saturation, etc.

When importing photos from two different cameras into the same catalog, some photos are over exposed, saturated, and with a changed hue.

You need to provide some additional info about what choices your are making while you import.
What version of Lightroom?
What file types are you importing? raw or already rendered tiff/jpeg files?
Which cameras and models?
From the Lightroom menu bar Edit> Preferences> Presets> do you have "Apply auto tone adjustments" selected?
Have you applied and adjusted "Default develop settings"?
Are you applying any "Import Preset" when you import images?

Copy the file in a nother disk and bott from there

Hi,
i have a disk with my file all in the same slice:
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 63G 49G 13G 79% /
/proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
swap 11G 16K 11G 1% /var/run
swap 512M 344K 512M 1% /tmp
now i have a second disk and i have an nother partiton:
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 824 - 1688 4.20GB (865/0/0) 8802240
1 swap wu 0 - 823 4.00GB (824/0/0) 8385024
2 backup wm 0 - 14086 68.35GB (14087/0/0) 143349312
3 var wm 1689 - 2925 6.00GB (1237/0/0) 12587712
4 usr wm 2926 - 4162 6.00GB (1237/0/0) 12587712
5 unassigned wm 4163 - 14065 48.05GB (9903/0/0) 100772928
6 unassigned wm 14066 - 14086 104.34MB (21/0/0) 213696
7 unassigned wu 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
I mount the slice from the second disk:
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s3 6198606 157424 5979196 3% /disk1/var
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s5 49625344 34310869 14818222 70% /disk1/opt
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s4 6198606 6198606 0 100% /disk1/usr
and copy with:
cp -p -r /opt /disk1
cp -p -r /var /disk1
cp -p -r /usr /disk1
Can i do that so?
an how i can boot from disk2?
Thanks
regards,
mayas
Edited by: dasdasdadad on 27.04.2010 12:29

I've seen posts about chapters missing or not being able to open ibooks, but I can't remember seeing any about missing words (though I don't see every post).
Try deleting the book from the bookshelf in the app (there should be an Edit button at the top of the bookshelf), and then redownload it via the Purchased tab in the ibookstore in the app (ibooks will be redownloadable as long as they remain in your country' store, and if you don't change countries).
If if it re-downloads in the same state then try the 'report a problem' page to contact iTunes Support : http://reportaproblem.apple.com
If the 'report a problem' link doesn't work then you can try contacting iTunes Support via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption

Is there any way to get camera roll pics from Jan-Apr of this year that are stored in a backup of an iPhone on iCloud without overwriting the current iPhone data (and pics)?

OK, here's a fun challenge for everyone out there. My wife got an iPhone 5 for Christmas (2012) last year, and we purchased the iCloud backup to go with the new phone. She was backing up her iPhone as usual (when plugged in and connected to Wifi), including the camera roll (we didn't figure out how to use the Photostream feature until AFTER we had to reset her phone as described below).
So...in April 2013, she had to reset her phone--wipe out everything on it--and start over again. At that time, we discovered the photostream feature, and have been backing up pics from her iPhone to my PC (and a portable hard drive) since April. But, we do NOT have our pics from Jan-Apr 2013, and are both kind of freaking out that we lost 3 months of our kids lives (including both birthdays). I believe they are stored on iCloud (as part of a back up image from her iPhone stored on iCloud). I would like to get those pictures, but the only way I've seen from user threads to get those pictures is to RE-load a backup image on her iPhone, then take the camera roll pics and put all the pictures on a shared photostream so that I can then get them on my PC and save them off. But, to do that, my wife would have to put her phone back 8 months, which as anyone could understand is not something to be done lightly (it is her work phone also).
So, long story short, we have some pics on iCloud that I need to get to---how do we get back those pictures? Can someone from Apple pull down the backup image to get to the pics, then put them on our iCloud photostream?
Thanks so much for your help, and Happy New Year!
Dave

sure pretty simple. make a backup of your current settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766?viewlocale=en_US
then restore device from old backup you need pics off of
then import pics to computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
you may need to save pics to camera roll first
then restore the new backup and sync pics back to phone via itunes
Peace, Clyde

When I send messages using iMessage on my Mac, I only recieve the persons responses on my phone and not what I sent. Is there a way where I would be able to change that?

I finally have my phone number linked to iMessage on my mac and its working fine. The only problem is that whenever I send people a message from my computer, I revieve their responses to both my phone and computer but you can only see what I said on my computer. Is there a way so I could see the full conversation on both my Mac and my iPhone?

Hi
Go into iMessage preferences, and then accounts and add your Apple ID email address into both your phone and your Mac. This should then sync them all up.
Hope this helps
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After recent Verizon upgrade, my music files are messed up. Used to be able to see all artists. Now only some artists display and there's one giant file of "unkown". Why would that change affter the upgrade?

Prior to March, 2015 upgrade, all my music appeared by Artist. After the March, 2015, upgrade, about half of my music appears by Artist and then there's one giant "unknown" file. Why would this change with the upgrade? Makes my music unsearchable unless I want to search by the song name or album name.

You can try an app like Album Art in the Play Store and it will take any tag info and find and sort music. Should work unless the music files were altered during update, in that case you'd need to remove those files and re-add them to the phone.

Is it possible to edit (levels, curves, exposure, saturation, etc.) a selected area of a photo (using quick selection, magnetic lasso, etc.) without moving the selected section to another document and editing it there?

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