Bruce Yonce wrote:
The ability to batch process raw files to jpegs. I've read you can do this in Lightroom but I don't have Lightroom so the ability to do so in PS would be most helpful.

You can do that since v7 if you had the Raw plug-in, by running a simple batch Action and it's been available via a script ("Image Processor") since CS (it's been included with Photoshop since CS2, but it was a free download for CS). The Raw converter itself permits batch conversion via Bridge as well in CS/2/3/4.

Was there some specific batch processing you wanted that isn't currently available?

Kevin_Connery wrote:

You can do that since v7 if you had the Raw plug-in, by running a simple batch Action and it's been available via a script ("Image Processor") since CS (it's been included with Photoshop since CS2, but it was a free download for CS). The Raw converter itself permits batch conversion via Bridge as well in CS/2/3/4.

Was there some specific batch processing you wanted that isn't currently available?

I didn't realize you could do it in CS4. The book I have on CS 4 doesn't mention it. Thanks for the info, Kevin.

Photons 2 Pixels Images wrote:

I'd like to be able to save the history into a sidecar file either manually or automatically. This is a nice idea.

that side car would be enormous

Robert Randall wrote:
Support for 128 bit processing.

yikes! what are you running?

Robert Randall wrote:
Support for 128 bit processing.

Making fun of we 16bit geeks, or related to that project you're working on?

Sean Baker wrote:

Making fun of we 16bit geeks, or related to that project you're working on?

Never! After all, if they make Exabyte drives, shouldn't we have a use for them? And think of the fun you'll have while the computer works on resampling down to 8 bit for output.

Robert Randall wrote:

Never! After all, if they make Exabyte drives, shouldn't we have a use for them? And think of the fun you'll have while the computer works on resampling down to 8 bit for output.

lol Would you be happier if they just gave you back v. 4 and gave it compatibility with all the newer file formats?

Sean Baker wrote:

lol Would you be happier if they just gave you back v. 4 and gave it compatibility with all the newer file formats?

I would be quite happy with Color Studio, if it were the de facto standard, I wouldn't have any competition.

Robert Randall wrote:
Noise scaling for airbrushes that allow blend modes at the edge of the brush.

Hahaha... I wouldn't even have thought of that, but how great would that be.

Andy Pearlman wrote:
Also, memorize all the adjustments as a pre-set, without having to make each adjustment a layer (to keep the file small), so I can re-use the adjustments on similar frames.

Almost all image Adjustments (the stuff via the Image > Adjust menu) permit saving the adjustments, and the most recent setting can be brought up if you re-invoke the command with Alt or Option held down. (For example: make a Curves change (Command/Control-M), and click on OK. If you re-invoke Curves with Command/Control-M, it brings up the default Curve. If you reinvoke it with Command-Option-M or Control-Alt-M, it'll bring up your previous setting for that adjustment.)

It's very handy for quick sets of adjustments where you don't need to save multiple settings; for that, saving and loading the settings is more effective. For some reason, Color Balance and Brightness/Contrast don't offer saving settings, but Curves, Levels, and many of the others do. Some via a minimenu next to the presets, and some as regular save/load buttons.

Sean Baker wrote:
Photoshop CS5 - What would you want?

The ability for undo/redo after you've saved/closed a file and re-opened it.

ronald n. tan wrote:
Nobody likes the funny statement I made earlier? :-(

I laughed, but then cried realizing that it'll never happen .

ronald n. tan wrote:
Nobody likes the funny statement I made earlier? :-(

sorry it wasn't as funny as you wearing crocs

Ni Anluain wrote:

+1! Forgot about that! Like in MS word! autosaves every 5 mins...

Some kind of new, efficient way of storing data would be good. A large PS file can take a while to save, so an auto save could have a serious time impact. I'm pretty sure that the PS files could be broken up into smaller pieces in a database structure. If you could do that, then save only the changes and additions, then an auto save makes sense.

Myshkin wrote:

sorry it wasn't as funny as you wearing crocs

Photons 2 Pixels Images wrote:
There might already be a way for this, but I haven't found it yet...

Allow linking an adjustment layer to only one layer or a group of layers similar to how a mask can link to a layer/group and only affect that layer/group.

Example: If I have a few different layers and I pull a masked layer out of the base layer to run some curves adjustments on certain portions, I can do that. But, if I then want to go back and tweak the adjustments to that curve, I can't. If I set the curve up as an adjustment layer, it affects all layers below that one. If I change the layer to a smart object, I can't run a curves adjustment on it.

I'm not making any sense. But I know what I mean.

You can already do that. It’s a clipping group.

Jeff Cohn::X-Pose.net:: wrote:
Ive found myself using Lightroom more and more for lighting, vignettes, split toning and I LOVE the fact that it remembers every decision I make even if it crashes... considering Adobe makes both programs, it seems silly that one does all this stuff perfectly/effortlessly and the one designed for fixing photos doesn't.

I've actually never seen CS4 crash. I assumed those eggheads did something special to it to make it extra stable. Lightroom crashes like it's going out of style, and I've lost plenty of adjustments because of it.

Lumigraphics wrote:

You can already do that. It’s a clipping group.

Thanks! This works great. I knew about clipping groups but never really used them or realized they worked on adjustment layers as well. It seems to only work on the bottom layer in the linked group and not all layers, though. Or, if I put the adjustment layer on the bottom of the linked group, it adjusts all but the linked layers.

But I can work with that I think.

Thanks again!

Duncan Hall wrote:
A button that makes pictures look nice so when people say "that's just photoshop" I don't get so angry.

No.. a clarity slider.


I've actually never seen CS4 crash. I assumed those eggheads did something special to it to make it extra stable. Lightroom crashes like it's going out of style, and I've lost plenty of adjustments because of it.

CS3 will reliably crash if you try as Save As to a full drive.

Erotisme wrote:
While working with multiple layers the file sizes become humongous and will crash any PC. They should have a way to keep file sizes from exploding, without flattening of layers.

Hmm I have never had a crash from sheer file size, and I've worked on layered files over a GB.