Comments for dPhotoexpert http://www.dphotoexpert.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:22:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on PortraitPro smooths over the viewing session by Tony Polichroniadis http://www.dphotoexpert.com/2008/06/02/portraitpro-smooths-over-the-viewing-session/#comment-349 Tony Polichroniadis Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:20:14 +0000 http://www.dphotoexpert.com/?p=130#comment-349 Hi there, I'm the chief scientist of Anthropics Technology, the company that produces Portrait Professional. Just to give more detail on the crashing problem: When the open dialog comes up in file browsing mode, any number of icon viewers you have installed on your computer can be run to show icons in the open dialog. Any of these other pieces of software can cause a crash. We initially discovered this with Nero Vision Express, but have subsequently found the same problem with other software too. We have a couple of workarounds on our website here: http://www.portraitprofessional.com/support/?page=kb_view&id=31 Tony Hi there,

I’m the chief scientist of Anthropics Technology, the company that produces Portrait Professional. Just to give more detail on the crashing problem: When the open dialog comes up in file browsing mode, any number of icon viewers you have installed on your computer can be run to show icons in the open dialog. Any of these other pieces of software can cause a crash. We initially discovered this with Nero Vision Express, but have subsequently found the same problem with other software too. We have a couple of workarounds on our website here: http://www.portraitprofessional.com/support/?page=kb_view&id=31

Tony

]]> Comment on PortraitPro smooths over the viewing session by David Calvert http://www.dphotoexpert.com/2008/06/02/portraitpro-smooths-over-the-viewing-session/#comment-347 David Calvert Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:26:16 +0000 http://www.dphotoexpert.com/?p=130#comment-347 I've just bought it. To date, I've only had a bit of a play with it and it seems very good. However.... If I was to make one criticism about it is that PP (correct me if I am wrong here) is a stand-alone programme. I would prefer it to work as a Photoshop Plug-in, ideally in a way that Nik Color Efex Pro works within PS - i.e when you open the application, it automatically applies the effect to a duplicate layer. Doing it this way means there is no need to export the file to PS and then converting the TIFF or JPEG file to a PSD file. I’ve just bought it. To date, I’ve only had a bit of a play with it and it seems very good.

However….

If I was to make one criticism about it is that PP (correct me if I am wrong here) is a stand-alone programme. I would prefer it to work as a Photoshop Plug-in, ideally in a way that Nik Color Efex Pro works within PS - i.e when you open the application, it automatically applies the effect to a duplicate layer. Doing it this way means there is no need to export the file to PS and then converting the TIFF or JPEG file to a PSD file.

]]> Comment on PortraitPro smooths over the viewing session by David Kilpatrick http://www.dphotoexpert.com/2008/06/02/portraitpro-smooths-over-the-viewing-session/#comment-345 David Kilpatrick Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:23:48 +0000 http://www.dphotoexpert.com/?p=130#comment-345 Thanks for that info! I do not know my PC well enough to chase codecs - on the Mac it's easy, they look like jigsaw pieces... David Thanks for that info! I do not know my PC well enough to chase codecs - on the Mac it’s easy, they look like jigsaw pieces…

David

]]> Comment on PortraitPro smooths over the viewing session by Paul RG Haley http://www.dphotoexpert.com/2008/06/02/portraitpro-smooths-over-the-viewing-session/#comment-344 Paul RG Haley Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:13:05 +0000 http://www.dphotoexpert.com/?p=130#comment-344 Hi David - non of the links to the larger files would open for me - using Firefox or IE (PC) Just got the same error saying "....cannot be displayed because it contains errors". However, I did like the idea of the article in web form, thanks. Paul RG Hi David - non of the links to the larger files would open for me - using Firefox or IE (PC) Just got the same error saying “….cannot be displayed because it contains errors”.

However, I did like the idea of the article in web form, thanks.

Paul RG

]]> Comment on PortraitPro smooths over the viewing session by Jim J. Donaldson http://www.dphotoexpert.com/2008/06/02/portraitpro-smooths-over-the-viewing-session/#comment-343 Jim J. Donaldson Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:06:24 +0000 http://www.dphotoexpert.com/?p=130#comment-343 "For some reason, PP exit-crashed when trying to view directories to select files on my Windows XP machine. Dragging the same files on to the desktop shortcut icon worked perfectly. It’s probably my machine, not PP." Nope, it's the program. There is a little piece in the manual that says it's because they try to use the "Open Dialog" in preview mode. They 'say' removing a codec will fix the problem, except that I don't have the codec installed, but like you said it works fine if you drag-and-drop the file. Aside from this minor flaw the program is nothing less than amazing. To have the power to do what it does in under 5 min is astonishing! I use RAW from my Sony A700 almost exclusively. Very much a tool that should be in every photographers tool kit:) “For some reason, PP exit-crashed when trying to view directories to select files on my Windows XP machine. Dragging the same files on to the desktop shortcut icon worked perfectly. It’s probably my machine, not PP.”

Nope, it’s the program. There is a little piece in the manual that says it’s because they try to use the “Open Dialog” in preview mode. They ’say’ removing a codec will fix the problem, except that I don’t have the codec installed, but like you said it works fine if you drag-and-drop the file.

Aside from this minor flaw the program is nothing less than amazing. To have the power to do what it does in under 5 min is astonishing! I use RAW from my Sony A700 almost exclusively. Very much a tool that should be in every photographers tool kit:)

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