Testing for Image Preview

If you send a document to IDML and then re-open it in InDesign and the graphic links are 'missing' - you can end up with no image previews. Understandable.... but can you detect missing preview images in an InDesign document from a script?
Thanks

Yes, but that got me thinking. Where is the image preview in the DOM structure and could I sense a missing preview from a JS script? (without knowing the document's history)
Any idea?
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When previewing images by clicking on the thumbnail in an Event for example, I've been finding that many images preview in a 'zoomed in' way so only a small part of the photos is previewed in a highly magnified view.

When previewing images by clicking on the thumbnail in an Event for example, I've been finding that many images preview in a 'zoomed in' way so only a small part of the photos is previewed in a highly magnified view.
Initially I could find no cause. Then I tried right click - Edit and on the affected images, always get this warning:
"Image Cannot Be Edited - This photo was previously edited with another application or with an early version of Iphoto. Duplicate this photo to edit it." and a "Duplicate To Edit" Button is displayed.
The external Editor defined for iPhoto is Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Now, I reckon the MUST be others out there affected by this same apparent Preview bug, yet my searches have not revealed any answers. Also seems impossible to find a contact number for adobe???
Thanks

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Open Dialog box: disable image preview (For large images, it's SLOOOWWWW)

Open Dialog box in column view:
Can I disable image preview?
For large images, it's SLOOOWWWW !!!!!
( I often work with 8000 x 3500 panoramic images )

William
Mostly this is a problem in PhotoshopOK, my Photoshop is still a Classic version. I was looking at one or two others, like GraphicConverter, but the only pref there seems to be to generate a Preview if one doesn't exist.
I'll look some more—it's irritating me now

No image preview in Twitter for ipad?

I updated my Twitter app v. 5.12 yesterday, and although the app on my iphone 5S now shows the image previews, the ipad app does not. In fact, the ipad has no "Image Previews" setting as the iPhone does. Is this an oversight, or intentional for some reason? Can't wrap my head around it.

Comment on here http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/29/twitter-in-stream-video-and-image-previe ws/ suggest it's not working for them either. Odd seeming it was in the release notes. I've deleted and reinstalled, no diff

Using resolve with toSpecifier() output for quick image previews

Hi there,
I am building an image preview service for in design documents in which a user uploads in design file, we extract custom fields, and display a GUI for the user to enter in custom field values to generate a preview.
One of the features of this is highlighting the contents of the custom field last entered. I have the field highlighting working by checking the "contents" property of various table cell and textframes however I thought by using the elements toSpecifier() value I could pass this in the future to select the element quickly.
However I'm getting an error here.
If I use resolve("/document[@id=170]/page[0]/text-frame[4]") I keep getting back a null value.
Am I not using the toSpecifier() value correctly? Is there another function I need to use to resolve a toSpecifier() string value back into an element on the page? Are you only allowed to use the toSpecifier() output value on the current instance of an indesign script? NOTE: I am saving the toSpecifier() value in the DB and using it in future occassions.
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Dustin

They have (sort of), but the scope of the ID is limited to Cells (Cells do not belong to the PageItems Class !) and to the Table they are sitting in.
To address a specific cell in a specific table, you could address the table and the specific cell by its index:
var myCell = mySpecificTable.cells[n];
Or by its ID:
var myCell = mySpecificTable.cells.itemByID(n);
Or by its name:
var myCell = mySpecificTable.cells.itemByName("IndexNumberOfCellInRow:IndexNumberOfRowInTable");
In the case of merged cells over different rows, the number of the index and the ID number of the cell will not match!
Uwe

Alias to Image does not display image preview icon (Regression!)

I noticed that an alias to an image no longer displays the underlying image preview in the icon, instead you get the standard "JPEG" icon.
I have turned on icon previews (since other images in the same folder are correctly displayed) and all that. Also if you press Space on the Alias, the fancy Preview window will open and show the correct image. The icon however is dead. I've tested this with many images and with both OS created Aliases and using "ln -s".
This seems to apply to all kinds of alises that in the past would show the icon of their parent, not only images.
The alias "arrow" overlay is enough to inform the user that the file is an alias, there is no need to display the standard "JPEG" icon, that is so passé.
Not very leopardy.
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The same thing appears to be a latent bug from Tiger -- I am seeing this in 10.4.11, and as Rob notes, it's not always consistent.
What's worse, Rob's suggestion won't work for me... because the "Select New Original..." button is greyed out! I realize this is technically a Leopard thread, but I can't imagine this was deliberately changed between 10.4 and 10.5, so I would think it would be applicable pretty broadly.
Any ideas or suggestions would be very welcome indeed.
Thanks,
/H

How differs soft proofing in View - Proof Colors and Save for Web - Preview?

Hi, I'm currently confused with one inconsistency. My working space is Adobe RGB and I use calibrated monitor. After I finish my work on image I go to View -> Proof Colors -> Internet Standard RGB. Image looks terribly with the overall violet/purple hue. Then I open Save for Web dialogue, I check Convert to RGB and from Preview options I select again Internet Standard RGB. Now the previewed image looks as expected. The same results I get if I manually convert image to sRGB before soft proofing and saving for web. So... what's the difference between preview in Proof Colours and in Save for Web? Thank you for your opinions.

Hi 21, thank you for your input. All what you say makes perfect sense, it is exactly how it should work and how I expected it works. My problem was, that while testing this theory in practice, I have come to different results. I expected, that if I stick to the theory (meaning keeping in mind all rules you perfectly described) I should get the same result in both soft proof and save for web preview. But... it was not the case. Save for web preview offered expected results while soft proof was completely out of any assumptions and colours were totally over-saturated with violet/purple hue. Also, Edit -> Assign Profile -> sRGB gave another result then Soft Proof -> Custom -> assign sRGB (preserve numbers), but the same as save for web preview. What troubled me was why this is so.
Today I've made tests on hardware calibrated monitor and... everything works exactly as you describe and as I expected.
Then I went back to another monitor which is software calibrated (both monitors are calibrated with X-Rite i1 Display Pro). And again... I received strange results described above. So I did the last thing I thought and disabled colour calibration on that monitor. And suddenly... both soft proof and save for web preview gave the same result.
Probable conclusion: soft proof and save for web preview (together with Edit -> Assign Profile) are programmed to use different algorithm which is evident on standard gamut monitors with software calibration. Question can be closed.
Gene and 21, thank you for your effort.

LR4.3 w/ NIK filters - Image previews keep reloading Constantly until Catalog Optimization

Just bought the NIK filters on Googles big sale - problem is everytime I add a NIK filter - so far only tried Color Efex Pro - via the External Editor in LR4.3, Save, and then go back into LR4.3 the Image Preview keeps reloading while I try to make further adjustments on the image. Impossible to work with as when I use Adjust brush the image disappears for a second as I move the brush around to add my mask.
Interestingly, if I Exit LR4 and relaunch the catalog that same photo with the NIK filter has no problem anymore. The catalog is set to "optimize" everytime I close LR. So why when NIK filters are added can the catalog not work well with them until the optimization process? Do I have a setting wrong in preferences that effects this?
I called NIK (Google) twice. They are useless. A so-called LR NIK expert named "Jessica" is not the expert she presents. She only knows how to have you re-install the software LOL. Then transfers you to oblivion of Google MUSAK. I don't think that NIK LR experts exist there or they are Product Managers who are not on support. Hoping some LR guru might know what is happening with my previews when those filters are applied.
Win 7 64 bit environment 16 GB RAM (but same thing happens on my Mac Laptop)

Thanks Rob. I opened a different LR4 catalog on the PC that only has two photos in it and the problem didnotoccur. So it does seem to be an issue with catalogs that have a lot of raw Canon 5D Mark III images. The image "flickering/reloading" also occurs on the Mac Laptop running a different catalog but that one also has a ton of canon raw images. The PC catalog (the one with the problem) also resides on an EHD so I'm not sure if that is a factor, or not - the other one with only 2 photos total is on my hard drive.
I guess I could try to move the entire catalog to my HD (and raw images) and test again. If still a problem then it is either the size of the catalog or some setting in that catalog. Does NIK SW have a max size threshold recommended? I realize it converts the raw to an RGB format when it opens the image - the last image started as 25MB raw and ended up at 160MB after I added a few of your filters stacked and then did some touch ups in LR. Do your recommend any compression? I can set that as a preference for Color Efex in the External Editor settings?
Joan Sides
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Aperture 2 Image Preview Corruption?

I just installed Aperture 2 (upgrade) this weekend, and am noticing that eventually, after several minutes of use, image previews (main window, not thumbnails) will start becoming corrupted. The corruption looks like streaks or bands of altered color data. Once it begins, it will persist for most new images that are clicked on. If I quit Aperture, I've noticed the behavior continue with other images (i.e. my desktop background). A couple times, this has also been followed by a system crash.
I'm running on a Dual 2.0 GHz G5, 3.5 GB, OS 10.5.2. Vast majority of images are RAW from a Canon 20D. Prior to updating Aperture, my system was fairly stable - the only crashes I would typically see were sleep-related.
Anyone else see similar behavior? I should note that when I've relaunched Aperture, the image previews are no longer corrupted, so I don't think anything is wrong with my photos themselves...
Thanks for any insight!
-Mark

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Icon instead of image preview in PDF portfolio

We are creating a lot of PDF portfolio using Acrobat X Pro. Part of files included in these portfolios are simple JPEG images. On one of our machines - the one with Acrobat X Pro installed - we have a problem that inside portfolios these JPEG files are displayed as icons currently associated in Windows with JPEG images. On all other machines these portfolios are displayed correctly, as image previews, but on this one we have these images displayed as icons.
We tried some standard and some non standard things: Acrobat X Pro reinstall, antivirus software uninstall, JPEG icon association reset, etc.
What can block these images?
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We are using (on all machines) Windows XP SP3 PL, Comodo Internet Security Premium, latest Adobe Acrobat with all updates.
Ryszard

Hi,
On my machine the previews are displayed correctly for JPEG files in Portfolios.
You can repair your Acrobat installation from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and see if things work correctly.

mx:Image no image preview in Design Mode

Inside my Flash Builder (4.01) AIR project, the image preview in design mode for the mx:Image component does not show the image set with the source attribute.
This seems to be a project specific problem. When I create a new project , insert mx:image and set the source to an image, the image is previewed just fine. I also get a possible related error saying : "Design mode could not load swiz-framework-1.0.0-RC1.swc. It may be incompatible with this SDK, or invalid. (DesignAssetLoader.CompleteTimeout)"
This error pops up in several google searches and is by some regarded as an sdk bug, so I dont know the relevance here.
This happens in various flavours of the Flex SDK (4.0/4.1 latest versions).
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This is a real pain as I like to use a mockup image in Design Mode to place components exactly as provided by the design team.

Finder Cover Flow image preview size is small, cannot be adjusted and showing empty blank previews in Mavericks

When using Cover Flow the image preview in the main window (not the thumbnail list at the bottom) images appear but only use about 1/2 of the window space available. It is also showing black/blank preview images as I scroll through the files even though they are cached.
I enlarge the Finder to fill my 27 inch display, slide the size adjustment handle (three lines under the file name preview) all the way down as far as I can. The preview only enlarges to a certain point leaving the upper half of the window unused. I wish to enlarge the cover flow preview images to use this window space even if it affects the overlapping or number of cover flow images avaialble in the window. I am assuming this is becasue of the nature of cover flow showing the two previous and two following images to the left and right of the previewed image. As I scroll left and right occsionally one of the upcoming images will appear as and empty preview as well. It's all goofed up.
Hoping for any suggestions.
I have seen articles about using terminal to adjust "flow height" but never anything substainial that seemend like an informed solution.

I also would like to know if there is an answer to this. My landscape photos always display with a third of the cover flow window as blank empty space (matching your screenshot). This seems like such a waste. Is there any way to change the "padding" between the top of the finder bar and the cover flow preview?

Bridge CS4 image Previews are too small

In Bridge CS4 I cannot get the preview images to display anything larger than a large thumbnail view, see image below. I have tried all of the Preferences in Edit menu (e.g. Thumbnail: do not process files larger than set to 10,000 MB, cache options are keep 100% previews in cache checked/automatically export cache to folders when possible checked/cache size slider is set to 50%, software render has been checked/unchecked/generate monitor size previews checked). None of these options change anything for the size of the image preview. I have a DX10.1 ATI Radeon HD4890 XOC 1GB, so my video card is not the issue. I am running Windows 7 Ult x64 on ASUS P8P67 Deluxe with 16GB RAM and over 2 TB of HDD space. So my system should not be an issue either. These are Sample artwork images that were installed with Illustrator cs4. How do i increase the size of these images?
Also, these images are showing everything in the ai image, not the individual images in each ai file. How do i get it to show the individual images in each AI file like they were separate images, like Illustrator?

Actually, you just solved both of my problems with your question. I never thought about how the images were created/saved.
It turns out that for some reason when i re-save the images as version CS4 of course and all options selected in dialog box now the images act correctly and resize accordingly when the separator is moved and will get quite large as they should.
I also had to use my mouse and select each artboard/image inside the file then re-saved with same settings as above to get multiple images to show up with the buttons at bottom of image in preview mode. Now all is good.
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PP CS3 vs PP CS4 for RT previews?

I think the RT playback setting options of PP CS3 are better than what we have in CS4. I had much more RT and the images looked smoother on an NTSC monitor when I opted for Accelerated GPU Effects in PP CS3. I see that you can select an HDMI or even an S-Video out put as the external device during RT previews using PP CS4 but the way it works now I get interlacing artifacts and odd flashes of green and white when using transitions, text titles or even PIPs with motion paths. I think the old method of PP CS3 played the VGA overlay and relied on the GPU to interlace the overlay to the NTSC monitor. I think PP CS4 tries to interlace the actual video codec of the clip to the HDMI/S-Video port during the RT preview instead of letting the GPU convert the overlay. With PP CS4 I can have the NTSC monitor preview look good or the VGA preview look good but not both. I had to realy tweak the setting of my graphics card using PP CS4 unlike the easier method of PP CS3. I see the icon to inable or disable rendered areas during RT previews is gone (Icon by the marker icon in the timeline panel).
Another thing I liked better about PP CS3 is the fact that the video card CC settings did not affect the RT previews of PP CS3. In other words I could drain the monitor images to black and white using the video cards color correction settings but it did not affect Premiere's video clips at all. CC had to be done using Premiere's CC (better method I think). Now the color calibrations made with the graphics card does affect the Premiere Pro RT playback.
I don't have PP CS4 I only used the demo. I liked things the way they were. What do you folks think of PP CS4 VS PP CS3 for RT previews?

Is this what you want to hear?
Your system is maybe to slow and your video card is outdated. CS4 has more GPU acceleration than CS3. In fact Adobe has said it that Cs4 is optimized for Vista 64 and a quad core and at least 4 gigs of RAM 'are recommended'.
Your computer specs are a few years outdated so CS3 will be faster than CS4 on our computer.
That is a fact. If you would have given your computer specs when first asked we could have cleared this up.
If I'm wrong someone will correct me. You need to update your video card badly if you want to use CS4.
There is your answer. Newer versions of software tend to require more updated computers. This is how things work. Does this answer your question?
Jim,
I'm speechless. You won't upgrade out of moral principal because you don't like the company that created the internet installer? I'm speechless man. You want me to buy you a dvd of the trial? I will if you can't afford it. email me your address if this is the case. [email protected] Your smart and you could help out alot here if you just tried the software instead of just going by what you read on forums to give people advice.

Why can't I make Lightroom use all the CPU-Power (all cores) available for generating Previews?

Dear Lightroom Team,
I've been a Lightroom user since the very first Beta, and I am truly happy with the work you deliver. It changed my way of editing forever, and you guys keep improving it.
Yet there is that one question that bothers me, and that i'm looking for an answer for.
My Workflow has the generate Previews checkbox checked by standard. I usually import between 150 and 2000 photos at once, on occaions it can be up to 5000 photos. Generating Previews always takes a significant amount of time, and Lightroom is only using 25% of my CPU Power while doing so. (using a MacBook Pro 8,2)
I understand the concept, that only using 25% CPU enables me to use the computer while waiting for the Previews. But most of the time I just grab myself a cup of coffee, do the dishes or other stuff, while waiting for the Previews. Usually I rund out of things to do, because it takes ages to Process all the photos. So I would really love to make Lightroom use ALL the cpu power possible.
I'm sure you guys have spent a lot of thoughts while coding this and have a very good answer handy. Looking forward reading it!
all the best,
Wolfgang

Wolfgang Lienbacher wrote:
I was actually hoping to get an official reply from adobe ...
This is prmarily a user-to-user forum. The Adobe staff monitored site is here:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family
On my four-year old Windows 7 i7-860 system LR4.4.1 takes ~0.5 sec. per Canon 5D MKII 21Mp raw image to render 'Standard-Sized' previews with LR Catalog Settings 'Standard Preview Size' set to '2048' pixels. I consider that pretty fast!
I usually build 1:1 full-size previews on import, which takes ~5.0 sec. per image. Processor utilization varies between 15-50% for Standard-Sized previews and 15-65% for 1:1 previews. I consider this pretty slow, but it doesn't stop me from working on the images inside LR's Library and Develop modules.
I wait until 'Copy and import photos' has completed and can see Preview Building has started. LR doesn't slow-down much even with the 1:1 preview building going on in the background. Have you tried working in LR during the preview building (i.e. sorting, rating, keywording, and Develop adjustments)?

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