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Wed, Apr 20, 2011 7:26 PM
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Why aren't document windows floating in Photoshop Elements 9.0.3?
After updating Photoshop Elements to 9.0.3, why do my document windows open as tabbed instead of floating?
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robert_stroud
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10 years ago
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rachele_epp
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10 years ago
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desha_deats
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80 Points
10 years ago
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davidnield
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10 years ago
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stefan_heissinger
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80 Points
10 years ago
Add me to the list of people who dislike not being able to open documents in Floating Windows!
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rachele_epp
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140 Points
10 years ago
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elecl
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62 Points
10 years ago
How can we work in digiscrap with elements opened in tabs!
I have PSE since the Version 2 for Mac and I have to say that the version 8 and this latest version 9 are not great ones for Mac!
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barbara_albrecht
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140 Points
10 years ago
I totally agree with those who have said...make it a choice in preferences! I specifically set my preference to float and the upgrade overrides my choice....HUH?!?! If it's a choice then let it work as a choice!
This needs to be fixed!! Digital scrappers have a huge following for PSE. How about considering us when these changes are made!
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roger_fleegel
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10 years ago
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elisabeth_le_clainche
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80 Points
10 years ago
I don't understand that this software is increasingly expensive to become less and less good. I throw in the towel as we say in french .
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james_chaffin_2775698
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10 years ago
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patrick_houlihan
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164 Points
10 years ago
What's EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING is that even after you open PSE with multiple documents and select "Float All in Windows," if you open another document, you have to choose "Float All in Windows" again. I frequently need to add documents several times during a session, making it necessary to choose that stupid menu selection again and again and again in a single session.
Each PSE upgrade adds more new frustrations than new features. I've used PSE for a long time -- my first version was when it was called "Photoshop LE." The last few versions are going in the wrong direction regarding the user interface.
Five months ago the "Official Response" in this thread stated, "let us know your preferences on the subject." We have. But there have been no updates. If Adobe can't get this simple change accomplished in an update in five months, something's awfully wrong with Adobe's efficiency or willingness to provide what users need.
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mary_jones_2840778
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james_chaffin_2775698
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9 years ago
I have no idea what a "scissor" tool does, but it might help to 'play' with the selection tools available. Specifically, the Magic Wand (W) might be useful with the "Contiguous" box checked, also try the Anti-alias ON/OFF as well as adjusting the "Tolerance" values. Then there is the Magnetic Lasso (L) that does a pretty good job of selecting anything with a fairly well defined contrast with the rest of the image (several 'command-+' keyboard shortcuts really come in handy, of course!). The "Quick Select" (A) tool works well also, usually with smaller, solid brushes. One advantage of that tool is that you can simple press the shift key to change the tool from adding an area to subtracting one. Finally, the 'normal' "Selection Brush" tool lets you 'paint' a selections anywhere you want.
I think it really helps to learn the single key codes for selecting each tool, also. That lets you concentrate on the image instead of re-focusing on the keyboard and back.
I tend to agree with you that Adobe probably won't make many (if any) new tools for scrap-bookers. We're lucky they let us have so many tools that are in Photoshop! I just wish they'd learn how to use the API's Apple provides that seem to work so well with every other cross-platform app ever made. Especially for such stupid simple things like writing/saving Preference files. But Adobe seems to think they own image editing tools...just like Microsoft thought it owned web browsers. LOL!
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barbara_albrecht
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9 years ago
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