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    Nik Collection - do I need it? Is it worth the money?

    I have been recommended to download the Nik collection to use supplementary to Photoshop. It is priced at £150.00 for the full version. Is it worth the money and do I need it?
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    Make multiple exposure stacked image on computer?

    Is it possible to create an image from a selection of stacked superimposed jpegs or raw files on computer as you would in camera? I occasionally use the multiple exposure and ICM options simultaneously on camera but need to try with a selection of saved images to achieve same if possible in...
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    How to add a lens name to Lightroom

    I have a Samyang fisheye lens that I occasionally use but notice that no lens name shows in the Lightroom metadata panel for images shot by this. Can I manually install it? it helps with identification sometimes.
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    How to move Adobe apps to new ssd external drive

    Tp speed up my iMac running Sonoma I am thinking of moving my Adobe apps, Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom, Illustrator etc to a new ssd external drive to try to speed it all up. I only have 150gb of space left on my 1tb hard disk so hopefully it will help. How do I get all my Adobe apps to an...
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    Perfectum 2 action. Anyone use it?

    I have just downloaded and installed the Perfectum 2 watercolour actions set. I see them in my PS actions but can anyone tell me how to use them. I understand an image can only be 8bit and within a certain size. Totally lost on this.
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    Nik Collection 6. Any thoughts?

    I have downloaded the latest Nik Effex plugin collection for PS but I'm a little disappointed. Any views on this? I used the old one some years ago and enjoyed it but this version ....?
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    Raya Pro plugin. Anyone use it?

    Anybody use Raya Pro plugin? Is it any good and worth the money?
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    Adobe Printer Utility and Big Sur

    Having used the Adobe Printer Utility on an iMac for some years now to profile my printers, I now find that since upgrading to OS Big Sur I cannot open this utility. After considerable research I understand that there are several issues with Big Sur with regard to third party apps and plugins...
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    How to remove all Google plugins from Photoshop 2020

    In my applications folder, Adobe PS/Plugins, I have a Google folder with Color FX, HDR Efex, Dfine2 and Analogue Efex Pro 2 etc. I would like to remove them as I find they don't work so good now. How do I uninstall them please? I have Photoshop 2020 installed. I am running a Mac with OS...
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    Photos on external drive. Is it quicker for Photoshop?

    I have a new external 5TB USB3 drive and was told best practice is to store all photos on an external drive and import originals or smart previews into Lightroom or Photoshop for editing from there. This is to keep my iMac 1TB HD free apart from apps, docs and settings and use it as a scratch...
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    PS 2020 where are the Artistic filters?

    I have upgraded to PS 2020 on my iMac but now find the artistic filters are now gone. I tried PS prefs/plugins/“show all filter groups and names”and now have the artistic filters listed but it is greyed out. How do I restore them please. Are they not supported anymore?
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    Are my Lightroom CC image edits saved onto external backup volume?

    If I edit my images in Lightroom CC and then backup onto an external volume are all my image edits also saved and visible? In other words if I recall an image from an external backup volume will the latest edits be apparent, or will it be the original raw/tif before edits? Do I have to export as...
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    Xrite ColorMunki Display not optimised for OS Mojave?

    I have been using ColorMunki Display for some time, but now I have updated my iMac to OS Mojave I see it is not optimised. I assume this means it is not 64 bit for future OS updates. I have ColorMunki v1.1.5 which is the latest version so why not? I have tried to find the Xrite help email...
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    Image sharpening options

    Is the Ps high pass filter sharpening action results the same as the Lightroom option? I am confused whether to use the high pass filter in Photoshop to selectively edge sharpen an image, or just simply to use Lightroom's Detail/sharpening/alt + masking slider to do the same. It looks as if...
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    Blinking Screen problem. Turn off graphics accelerator to solve?

    When I am editing an image in photoshop and lightroom I occasionally get a blinking screen when moving the mouse. I read that a possible remedy to this would be turning off the graphics accelerator. I also have the Nik editing collection installed as a plug in. Will this contribute to the...
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    Photoshop CS6: blinking/flashing black screen on new iMac with clone brush.

    Using Photoshop CS6 on my new retina iMac OSX (El Capitan) I am getting a flashing and blinking black screen when using clone brushes. I have read that I am not the only one who has this but there does not seem to be an answer. Is it a bug? Can anyone help?
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