PS CS4 histogram and floating windows

How do I get Photoshop to open with floating windows and the histogram in compact RGB mode? I have to reset this every time I open a new photo. I can't believe how hard it is to change modes in the histogram.I have to undock it, change it to expanded view, change the mode, change it back to compact view and redock it. This made sense to someone? I tried saving the workspace, but that doesn't solve the problem.

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3D full screen and floating window issue

hey everyone,
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the first photo below shows the default view in a 3d scene. if i'm selecting the floating window (or the fullscreen) there is a problem with the camera (position, targetPosition and the behavior).so the view is wrong and the position of all nodes in it, and up to now i am unable to fix it
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cheers frank

hi good morning,
i was on holiday for 5 days now so sorry my late answer. I tried to set the default view in the u3d model but it doesn't work as well
i loaded up a file that does not work in fullscreen as well as in the floating window (http://www.fileuploadx.de/76685).
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cheers frank
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Combining tiling and floating windows

hi all,
I am thinking about buying an external wide-screen monitor for my laptop. I want to use this monitor as a split-screen, but what I want is not entirely a tiling window manager. For example, I want the left side contain an editor and the right side contain the shell, web browser, etc. floating. So in a sense I want a combination of a tiling window manager and a floating window manager (the tiling is only for the split-screen).
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Tile-windows
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16168
Whaw
http://repetae.net/computer/whaw/
Wumwum
http://wumwum.sourceforge.net/
Stiler
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25038
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http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48048&p=1
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=64100
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I tested Whaw, Wumwum, and Pytyler:
Whaw:
Very intuitive to use for split screen (both vertical and horizontal split). Simply move the mouse to the top-left screen and click the two windows you want to view as split-screen. The only downside is that there aren't any keyboard shortcuts. Something like ctrl+l and ctrl+r for placing and resizing a window to the left or right side of the screen would be nice.
Wumwum:
I found wumwum a bit cumbersome to use. I have to cycle through various modes to accomplish the vertical split screen. Secondly, the split doesn't seem split perfectly. The left window is somewhat moved to the right. A bit annoying if the left window has a scroll bar, because only half of the scroll bar is visible then. I also couldn't find an easy way to maximize the window back (there is a full-screen option, but full-screen is not equivalent to maximized)
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Pytyler seems to brings a complete tiling window manger. It immediately places the main window in the left side of the screen and the other windows are vertically stacked in the right side. You can probably accomplish the vertical split screen if you use its workspace feauture, but then it requires more work to manage everything.
Whaw is probaly the best option for simple vertical and horizontal splitting.
Everything was tested on KDE 4.2.3.
Note: The Grid plugin for Compiz also seems to do quite a nice job. There a video of it in action on youtube:
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Wingo: floating and tiling window manager with per-monitor workspaces

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1) Support for both floating and tiling placement policies. Wingo can be used as a regular floating (stacking) window manager, complete with decorations, maximization, sticky windows, and most other things you might find in a window manager. Wingo can also be switched into a tiling mode where window decorations disappear, and windows are automatically managed via tiling.
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And you can even make commands repeat themselves every X milliseconds, which is ideal for use with something like dzen to show the name of the currently active window:
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(Wingo actually can provide enough information (or will soon) for ambitious hackers to script their own layouts in whatever programming language they like without ever having to deal with X at all. Assuming it has support for connecting to unix domain sockets. Or you could just use a shell with 'wingo-cmd' if you're into that kind of tomfoolery.)
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Having some set number of workspaces labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, ... is a thing of the past. While Wingo won't stop you from using such a simplistic model, it will egg you on to try something else: dynamic workspaces.
Dynamic workspaces takes advantage of two things: workspace names and adding/removing workspaces as you need them.
This is something that I find useful since I'm typically working on multiple projects, and my needs change as I work on them. For example, when working on Wingo, I might add the "wingo" workspace, along with the "xephyr" workspace and the "gribble" workspace. When I'm done, I can remove those and add other workspaces for my next project. Or I can leave those workspaces intact for when I come back to them later.
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go get github.com/BurntSushi/wingo/wingo-cmd
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Last edited by BurntSushi (2012-10-22 06:02:16)

netfun81 wrote:wow, nice wm. Install was a breeze, love having floating layout on one screen and tiling on another. In the past, for certain apps that wouldn't play well with a tiling wm, I would have to kill X, change my .xinitrc to start openbox and startx again. This seems like the perfect solution.
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Yes, `go get ...` always pulls from the latest git. I make sure that Wingo builds before pushing to `master`. I'll use a different branch for any longer term experiments.
You could use `wingo-git` in the AUR, but `go get` is just as good. (Indeed, the PKGBUILD uses `go get`!)
One note those, use this to update to instead:
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go get -u github.com/BurntSushi/wingo/wingo-cmd
You shouldn't have to delete any executables.
As far as configuration files go... I'm not sure. I haven't figured out how I'm going to handle them yet. I don't think any well-formed configuration file will break Wingo, but it's certainly possible that old configuration files will miss out on new features/options. (For example, I just added some new focus follows mouse options.) Wingo will always maintain an in-memory default configuration, so missing configuration options will also never break Wingo.
You can always check out the new configuration files by running `wingo --write-config`. You'll have to move `~/.config/wingo` to a temporary location first though.
If you're installing from the AUR, I'll try to add post installation messages for any big changes.
FYI, I should say that installation is so easy because of Go. :-) /plug
Last edited by BurntSushi (2012-10-26 21:07:44)

CS4 Copy and paste to new Project

When I copy (or cut) and paste an audio clip to a new project timeline the sound is fine but after I save the project I see the video and the sound file but no sound. The sound file still plays in Soundbooth but not on the project timeline. I tried rendering the clip but no lucki. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance.
These are the files properties:
File Path: C:\Heritage\Aftergut\Movie\Untitled Clip 02 Audio Extracted_1
Type: Windows WAVE audio file
File Size: 514.2 MB
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 16 bit - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Total Duration: 00:46:48:19468
Average Data Rate: 187 KB / second

Hi Bill,
I haven't remapped the keyboard. In the CS4 (which I am using) help shows "M" as the key for Match Frame. Also I am targetingthe audio track and moving the CTI over it and pressing "M" as you suggest but no luck.
I guess I will just have to find another work method to complete my project but I really thank you for your efforts on my behalf
Regards
Stanley
Stanley Dalnekoff, President
70 Marvel Road
New Haven, CT 06515
Tel:203-397-0775-O
203-464-4975-C
www.heritagevideo.net
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:41:30 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: CS4 Copy and paste to new Project
Stanely,
One thought - have you remapped your keyboard?
Also, and a CS5 user will have to step in here, it could be that Match Frame has changed. It did between PrPro 2.0 and CS3/CS4, so it is possible. In the CS5 Help file, what is shown for the keystroke?
Last, are you Targeting your Audio Track, Selecting the Audio, moving the CTI over it, and then pressing M?
Just thinking there, and good luck,
Hunt
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Hello,
I have just upgraded to CS4 and am attempting to get acquainted with the new workspace options. Is there a way to maximize a floating window in Standard Screen Mode without losing the menu and title bars? I figured out how to drag images to CS4 and have them open as floating windows instead of tabs. However, when I maximize one of the images/floating windows, the menu and title bars are left out and are not visible. I would like to set the menu and title bars so that all images appear beneath them whether they or maximized or minimized.
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How do I keep a floating window on top of a tabbed document so that it can be used as a reference while drawing/painting?

Just started using Photoshop CC on my iMac and I have noticed this issue which I did not have using windows based computers. Any floating window just seems to hide in the background as soon as I click on the tabbed document I want to work on. This is an issue for me since I like to have a couple of references open while painting plus I always have another with nothing but my color palette in it. I've already gone over the preferences but can't seem to find the way to avoid this and the options from Widow>Arrange weren't any help also resizing all windows so that they don't overlap each other ends up wasting a lot of screen real estate.

c.pfaffenbichler meruhelp this is what I'm used to in Windows windowsWORKSPACE | Flickr - Photo Sharing! and yes the active document does not need to be the top most window. This enables me to have my references as floating windows and keep them where I need them as I paint.
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