Strange transform bug

CS4 Extended 11.01 on Mac OSX 10.6.1 (although I have seen this issue in CS3 on Windows too)
This happens all the time on a file that is using a non-square pixel aspect ratio. I do quite a bit of work for NTSC television broadcast, so I often work at D1/DV NTSC 0.91 pixel aspect ratio.
Problem #1: Say I want to scale a layer to 51% of its original size. I press Command-T to invoke the free-transform tool, then type 51% in either the width or height boxes in the tool options bar. Finally I'll click the little chain link icon to scale width and height proportionally. Sometimes when I do this only the first dimension scales (ie: whatever box I typed "51%" in). Other times this has no effect at all. I've tried clicking the chain link icon before I enter the dimension, but I get the same problem.
Problem #2: This will also happen when problem #1 happens. Again when I start a free transform using Command-T (or from the edit menu), if I click on one of the registration points in the tool options bar, the contents of the layer will shift to the left and scale horozontally to about 90% of its original size. If I continue to click the various registration points, the layer will continue to scale and shift, even though I have not specified any transform parameters other than to set it s registration.
Arbitrary scaling by dragging the control points works fine.
If I switch to square pixel aspect ratio, the problem goes away. If I switch back to D1/DV 0.91, the problem returns.
Has anyone else seen this? Is there a workaround or resolution?
Thanks!
- Jeff

File that as a bug please.

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Revision: 8605
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-07-15 15:30:29 -0700 (Wed, 15 Jul 2009)
Log Message:
Transform bug fixes
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-22046 - Can't set matrix3D property on Transform
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QE Notes: Need tests for combo of alpha and colorTransform alpha props
Doc Notes: None
Bugs: SDK-22046, SDK-22146
Reviewer: Chet
Ticket Links:
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Hm, seems to stop exactly halfway across, left to right, and in a 5:4 ratio.
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Do you have any desktop management software active that does things like expand the desktop or provide multiple / virtual desktops? I'm trying to guess at whether something might be causing the system metrics to be reported wrongly.
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Sure enough, it had dutifully copied friday evenings work out of the drop box to the Mozy servers.
So, despite all of the suggestions failing (booting without extensions, data salvage programs and so forth) I have no a file that represents only one days worth of data loss. And the edits I did monday were fairly minimal. Needless to say I've made multiple copies of it and I am now back on schedule to deliver my project ontime.
Thanks again for all the advice.
Don

Strange Swing bug in Oracle's JDK7

I have a strange bug with every java app i run with the Java 7 VM. Every frame is limited to a maximum width of 1024 pixels. Doesn't matter if you try to resize it by code or dragging the border with the mouse pointer.
I have a Macbook with Mac OSX 10.7.5 (1280x800 resolution).
If i try to run the apps with Apple's Java 6 VM all works as expected.
Here is a POC:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class JDK7Bug {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.setSize(800, 400);
        Thread.sleep(100);
        System.out.println("frame.setSize(800, 400); " + frame.getSize());
        frame.setSize(1100, 400);
        Thread.sleep(100);
        System.out.println("frame.setSize(1100, 400); " + frame.getSize());
        frame.setSize(1000, 400);
        Thread.sleep(100);
        System.out.println("frame.setSize(1000, 400); "+frame.getSize());
        System.out.println("ScreenSize: "+Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize());
It outputs:
frame.setSize(800, 400); java.awt.Dimension[width=800,height=400]
frame.setSize(1100, 400); java.awt.Dimension[width=1024,height=400]
frame.setSize(1000, 400); java.awt.Dimension[width=1000,height=400]
ScreenSize: java.awt.Dimension[width=1280,height=800]

Try wrapping everything inside main in a SwingUtilities.invokeLater. You should not do any Swing stuff outside the EDT and you can remove the Thread.sleep.
I have tested on my Windows 8.1 with 7u45 and 7u60 and they both work
I get the following in std.out:
frame.setSize(800, 400); java.awt.Dimension[width=800,height=400]
frame.setSize(1100, 400); java.awt.Dimension[width=1100,height=400]
frame.setSize(1000, 400); java.awt.Dimension[width=1000,height=400]
ScreenSize: java.awt.Dimension[width=2560,height=1440]

Strange, indefinable bug in InDesign CS2014

Can anybody tell me how to get rid of this strange bug?
It steals the focus, and then returns it. It causes all sorts of problems. Sometimes it bugs a lot/many times in short time, sometimes less.
The bug is only in InDesign. This started after I updated all software to current latest version:
OSX Mavericks 10.9.4
Adobe Creative Cloud 2014
InDesign 10.0.0.7 Build

Thanks. I have already done that and no bug so far. Still not sure, because the bug is not always present.
Thank you for the tip! I´ll be talking to Extensis if there´s no bug during the day.

Strange behaviuor (bug?) with view (ora-918 column ambiguously defined)

Hallo everybody,
the following code works as expected;
select substr(fire_id,-4,2) as ct,zone_id, count(fire_id),sum(a_total) from
(select *
from fire right join fire_zone using (fire_id)
where definition_id = 1
and checked = 1
and substr(fire_id,-4,2) in (21,23)
and fire_id between 190400000000 and 200900000000)
group by substr(fire_id,-4,2),zone_id
order by ct, zone_id
but when a define a view for the subquery:
create or replace view tempfire as
select *
from fire right join fire_zone using (fire_id)
where definition_id = 1
and checked = 1
and substr(fire_id,-4,2) in (21,23)
and fire_id between 190400000000 and 200900000000
and then run
select substr(fire_id,-4,2) as ct,zone_id, count(fire_id),sum(a_total) from tempfire
group by substr(fire_id,-4,2),zone_id
order by ct, zone_id
I got the error ora-00918 column ambiguously defined for zone_id.
Is this a bug or is there a reason?
Thank you in advance,
Cheers,
Boris
Edited by: boris on Nov 19, 2009 6:49 AM
Edited by: boris on Nov 19, 2009 6:52 AM

user503699
I followed your suggestion and now it works. Thank you !
But something is strange ... this is the result of the desc tempfire ... and all the column names are different ...
desc tempfire
Name Null Type
FIRE_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(12)
START_DATE DATE
END_DATE DATE
LOCALITY VARCHAR2(56)
X_COORD NUMBER(6)
Y_COORD NUMBER(6)
COORD_RELIABILITY_ID NUMBER(1)
ALTITUDE NUMBER(4)
SITE_ID NUMBER(1)
EXPO_ID NUMBER(1)
SLOPE NUMBER(3)
X_BUSH NUMBER(1)
X_COPPICE NUMBER(1)
X_COPPICE_MIXED NUMBER(1)
X_SELVA NUMBER(1)
X_HIGH_FOREST_HARDWOOD NUMBER(1)
X_HIGH_FOREST_SOFTWOOD NUMBER(1)
X_HIGH_FOREST_MIXED NUMBER(1)
X_PIONEER NUMBER(1)
X_FORESTATION NUMBER(1)
S_BUSH NUMBER(8,2)
S_COPPICE NUMBER(8,2)
S_COPPICE_MIXED NUMBER(8,2)
S_SELVA NUMBER(8,2)
S_HIGH_FOREST_HARDWOOD NUMBER(8,2)
S_HIGH_FOREST_SOFTWOOD NUMBER(8,2)
S_HIGH_FOREST_MIXED NUMBER(8,2)
S_PIONEER NUMBER(8,2)
S_FORESTATION NUMBER(8,2)
A_FOREST NUMBER(8,2)
A_GRASSLAND NUMBER(8,2)
A_NONPRODUCTIVE NUMBER(8,2)
A_TOTAL NUMBER(8,2)
D_CASTANEA NUMBER(1)
D_QUERCUS NUMBER(1)
D_FAGUS NUMBER(1)
D_BETULA NUMBER(1)
D_OTHER_HARDWOOD NUMBER(1)
D_PINUS NUMBER(1)
D_PICEA NUMBER(1)
D_LARIX NUMBER(1)
D_OTHER_SOFTWOOD NUMBER(1)
DIAMETER NUMBER(3)
LITTER_ID NUMBER(1)
HERB_LAYER_ID NUMBER(1)
BUSH_LAYER_ID NUMBER(1)
FIRE_SURFACE NUMBER(1)
FIRE_CROWN NUMBER(1)
FIRE_SINGLE_TREE NUMBER(1)
FIRE_SUBSURFACE NUMBER(1)
DAMAGE_FOREST_ID NUMBER(1)
DAMAGE_SOIL_ID NUMBER(1)
HEIGHT_DAMAGE NUMBER(4,2)
F_PROTECTION NUMBER(1)
F_ECONOMIC NUMBER(1)
F_RECREATION NUMBER(1)
CAUSE_ID NUMBER(2)
OTHER_CAUSE VARCHAR2(200)
CAUSE_RELIABILITY_ID NUMBER(1)
ALARM_FORESTDEP DATE
CHECKED NUMBER(1)
DATA_FROM_FORESTDEP NUMBER(1)
DATA_FROM_FIREMANDEP NUMBER(1)
DATA_FROM_HISTORY NUMBER(1)
INSERT_DATE DATE
INSERT_BY VARCHAR2(16)
UPDATE_DATE DATE
UPDATE_BY VARCHAR2(16)
OLD_TI_AFFDFO VARCHAR2(1)
OLD_TI_S_SPES NUMBER(8,2)
OLD_TI_PICFOR VARCHAR2(1)
OLD_TI_FIRE_TYPE VARCHAR2(1)
OLD_TI_DOMINANT_SPECIES VARCHAR2(1)
OLD_TI_CAUSE VARCHAR2(2)
OLD_TI_FOREST_TYPE VARCHAR2(1)
START_DATE_RELIABILITY_ID NUMBER(1)
END_DATE_RELIABILITY_ID NUMBER(1)
DEFINITION_ID NUMBER(1)
ZONE_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(8)
79 rows selected
I'm still interested hoe to use hints. Can anybody tell me?
Thank you
Boris

Opacity and Free Transform bugs

I just got Photoshop CS5 and there are two things that bug me. The first is a problem with Free Transform that has dated back since Photoshop CS. When I first started out with Photoshop 7.0 and I have both a path and a selection on screen, I can choose to Free Transform the path if I have the Path Selection Tool selected, or Free Transform the selection's content if I have the Move or Marquee tools selected. But since Photoshop CS came out, it will ONLY Free Transform the path if it's on screen, regardless of which tool is selected. This is very annoying, because I usually use paths as a guide when I need to Free Transform something into place. [b]How do I Free Transform pixels if a path is on screen?[/b]
The second problem seems to be a bug with the Opacity shortcuts. If for example, I want to reduce the opacity of a layer to 50%, I'd press M, 5. But in Photoshop CS5, I have to press M, 5, 5. I have no idea why I need to press 5 twice, but it throws me off. What's causing this and how do I fix it?

Ah with you now.
With the selection on screen click on the Move tool. Then check the "Show transform tools"box at the top of the screen. After that transform away...
I hope this helps
Dave

STRANGE TRANSFORMATION ERROR

Hi Experts,
I would try to explain my problem because I think it is so strange.
I have a datasource and a ODS. I assign all the fields that I want (1to1) but when I save the transformation, automatic it assign one source field to two target fields. When I try to activate I have an error.
I don't know why when i save the transformation it assign me more fields. Each time with differents fields.
How can I solve this problem????
Thank you very much,

HI Guijarro,
I think 2source field is mapping to 1target fields is not a problem
because it may be UNIT characteristic (Ex REVENUE,0currency is mapped to one TARGET field like that....)
Which of ur source fields are mapping with target field?
Thanks
chandra sekhar

Strange behaviour (bug?) of 3D widget on iPad2

Hi,
I've just encoutered very strange behaviour when playing around with 3d widget.
Here's what I'm doing:
Created new project from basic template,
On section page removed everything and placed two simple 3d objects (~7000 faces each no textures) and removed title, description, background etc from them, both was set to autorotate.
Send to my iPad using preview button.
What's happening:
When page with 3d objects opens one of them behaves as expected (autorotate), but other is either unresponsive for a very long time (few minutes) or you have to pinch it to full screen to be able to interact with it, however when you close full screen mode every thing gets normal and you can play with both objects at once.
It looks like a bug to me, but maybe someone else could try to reproduce this behaviour to rule out configuration factors.
Do you know when I could fill bug report?
Best regards,
Jacob

While there is no formal bug reporting method similar to what devs have w/apps, iBA does have a 'Provide iBooks Author Feedback' menu item.
As well, confirm your 3d related process here:
iBooks Author: Best practices for using 3D models - Support - Apple

Strange JPG bug. Lost image details when open it in PS. It looks sharper.

Hello.
Strange problem found.
This problem recur in Windows/Mac environment and in the CS4, CS3, CS2 and even 5.5 :-) (maybe others) versions of PS.
When open some JPG images in Photoshop, some details lost and image looks sharper/grainy then it is.
I've tested jpg's created by 3d editing program, downloaded from web etc on different PC's and still same problem, only in PS.
Any ideas?
I think, it's not driver problem, because of problem iterations on different machines and in PS only.
CS4 11.0.1 installed, nvidia fx3700 latest drivers installed.
Original image in attachment, to open it ps and see the bug.

I didn't see any of that.
What I did see was that when opened and viewed in Paintshop pro X2 the picture was the same.
When opened and viewed in PS CS4 extended the red color was noticeabley washed out.
I must have something adjusted wrong in PS.

Strange boot bug; open firmware not working

Hi!
I have a powerbook Alu 15", 1.5Ghz. It runs OS X 10.4.2 with the latest security update. My problem started last Saturday.
The problem is that my pb will not restart nor boot on its own. The computer makes its usual chime, the hard-disk starts to spin for a few second, and then stops suddenly before anything is displayed on the screen (the display does not even light-up). If I press the option key after or before the chime, and keep it pressed, or the shift key, or the c key, or the t key, or the command-option-p-r key combination, or even the command-option-o-f key combination, the behavior is exactly the same: the disk starts to spin for a few second after the chime, and suddenly halts. The computer appears to shutdown on its own before the boot can even start.
Here is the strange part: the computer boots normally if I press the command key (this key on its own is not suppose to do anything). It also works if I press the command-s or command-v key combination. No other key combination seem to work.
Except for this strange boot behavior, the computer works flawlessly. I did not have any kernel panic for at least a year, the computer did not crash recently, everything works fine except for one small detail on which I will come back at the end.
I've tried to fix the problem by the following actions:
1) Clean install of Tiger with a new partitioning of the disk; I even zeroed the entire disk. This did not change anything so the problem is probably not OS related.
2) Reset of the PMU with the four finger salute: shift-control-option-power combination. No effect except that I lost the date/time information. Hence the reset worked.
3) Tried to reset the PRAM, but the command-option-p-r key combination does not seem to work.
4) Tried to load the open firmware with command-option-o-f, but this does not work either.
5) Memory seems ok. I have 1x256M of Apple RAM + 1x1G of RAM bought from OWC. I've had the OWC RAM for about a year without any problem. Anyway, I removed the 1G module and tried to boot on the 256M Apple module alone. Exact same behavior. Then I removed the Apple module and put back the 1G module. Exact same boot behavior. So the problem is not with my RAM, unless both modules have simultaneously developed a malfunction.
6) Tried to run the Apple hardware tests. However, for my machine, these tests come on the install DVD, in a special hidden volume. To boot on this special volume, one needs to boot with the option key depressed, and to select the boot volume from the open firmware interface. But this does not work on my machine, the computer seems to shut down before this interface can be activated!
So this problem is very strange. I can live with having to press the command key for booting my machine, but I would sure like to know what is going on here. Is the problem hardware related? Perhaps, but as I said, the machine works flawlessly except for the strange boot behavior.
Is the problem related to firmware? I think that this is the most probable option. What do you think? Maybe, the firmware got slightly corrupted? Maybe a bit got flipped in the flash memory? Is this possible? I guess so. But, what can I do? Should I contact my friendly local repairman?! I have to admit that this option scares me a little bit for such a strange problem. I would need an Apple engineer with boot related experience/expertise!
Now, here is a little bit of further information. I don't know if its related, but it is also very strange. I work with a dual screen configuration. Usually, I connect my screen and then I wake up the computer. Last week, I noticed that if I connect my second screen live, the system detects it automatically. I guess this is new to Tiger? Anyway, the strange behavior is that the computer then asks me if I want to sleep, restart or shutdown my pb, as if I had pressed the power button. But I did not press this button when I connected the dvi connector >:-o
Many thank

Hi Scott!
Almost every time the PowerBook woke after sleep, I got the 'Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now...' message.
I get this message upon wake only rarely, but every time I plug or unplug a display live.
The strange behaviour was tolerable, so I've lived with it for several months. But then when checking out the PowerBook discussions, I read about the failing lower RAM slot problems, and just out of interest, checked out my System Profiler....
Ok, so the good news is that my pb may continue to work for several months
My lower RAM slot appears to be ok for now.
Interestingly, I'm sure that the start-up problems began when I started using my PowerBook with a 23" Apple Cinema Display (a pink hued one, but that's another on-going saga) - and you too have mentioned that you use an external display, so I wonder if that's part of the cause of our start-up problems.
Yes, I've noticed the 'Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now...' message just a few days before noticing the strange boot problem (not sure if the machine booted in between). I use ViewSonic displays (one at home and one at the office), and several different projectors in different class rooms. From what I read, it is plausible that there is a link between this problem and the dvi port. Could it be that the boot sequence of mb is affected by a hardware problem on the dvi port? But not when a press the command key?!
Anyway, my machine is no longer under warranty, so I intend to live with the problem for as long as possible...
But I've been doing more regular backups since then.
Best wishes to you and your (almost) new machine!
Marc.

XSLT transformation Bug?

We are encountering a strage error and it is not always reproducible.
Problem:
content of one of the element has &; and in the initial transformation this is getting replaced by &
We are doing another transformation of this transformed xml file. This is where the transformation seems to not working correctly.
for some of the elements & is passed as is, on some of the elements , & is replaced with &#38 when ever this happens, the result will pickup all the elements after this element and treat them as text content for this element.
ex
Input1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root>
<item>
<company>abc &; co</company>
<addr1>1 xyz st</addr1>
<addr2>zyz zyz</addr2>
<city>xyz</city>
</item>
<item>
<company>def &; co</company>
<addr1>1 xyz st</addr1>
<addr2>zyz zyz</addr2>
<city>xyz</city>
</item>
<item>
<company>ghi &; co</company>
<addr1>1 xyz st</addr1>
<addr2>zyz zyz</addr2>
<city>xyz</city>
</item>
</Root>
Result of transformation 1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root>
<item company="abc & co" addr1="1 xyz st" addr2=" zyz zyz" city="xyz" />
<item company="def & co" addr1="1 xyz st" addr2=" zyz zyz" city="xyz" />
<item company="ghi & co" addr1="1 xyz st" addr2=" zyz zyz" city="xyz" />
</Root>
Result of transformation 2
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root>
<item>
<company>abc & co</company>
<addr1>1 xyz st</addr1>
<addr2>zyz zyz</addr2>
<city>xyz</city>
</List>
</item>
<item>
<company>def &#38 co addr1="1 xyz st" addr2=" zyz zyz" city="xyz" />
<item company="ghi & co" addr1="1 xyz st" addr2=" zyz zyz" city="xyz" />
</company>
<addr1>1 xyz st </addr1>
<addr2> zyz zyz</addr2>
<city>xyz</city>
</item>
</Root>
Transformation 2 for company element some times converts & to &#38; and when it does that will pick up next item elements.
Any reason?
null

read & as &#38 in the transformed xml

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