Damien Symonds

Whoa, no, hang on. Of course you'd never send a TIFF or PSD to anybody else. TIFF and PSD are the format that you scan in, and save your master file. Then do your editing. Once you finish editing the masterpiece, and safely saved that TIFF or PSD, then you'd save a copy as jpeg for sending around. And no, NEVER png format.

Does your screen match your prints?

Then I'd say you're good to go.

Have you gone to that folder to see if the profile is there or not?

Hi @Kate00, I don't suppose you took a screenshot of the error?

Maybe you need to reset your workspace? Window>Workspace>Reset Then, customise one for yourself. https://www.damiensymonds.net/workspace-video

Oh yeah, that darn thing. Go to the Edit menu, and down to Preferences. Under the General tab, turn on the "Use Legacy" checkbox. https://pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com/basics/cc/2017/interface/legacy-new-document/use-legacy-new-document-interface.png Then restart Photoshop.

Hi @susied, I've rebooted my server in case it's a problem at the forum end. Otherwise, I don't know, sorry.

No, sorry This isn't usable.

You still around, @Alex Husick?

When you were researching the specs of the V600, you would have seen that it can scan in 48-bit colour. This is very important for the quality of scans. Tiff and PSD are the only two formats which can store that high-quality data. Bit depth explained by cake Bridge has been around for a long time. Which version of Photoshop do you have? (Oh, you'll do your labelling in Bridge).

And make sure you have Bridge installed. Instructions for doing so in this free module.

Oh gosh no. Tiff or PSD are the ONLY format to use. I assumed you'd found me because you found this article. But maybe not? Make sure you read it, it's SO important.

The Photoshop is all you need. And Bridge of course.

@cathm?

Hi Alex, The Epson range of scanners are great. For most of your photos, you'll be very happy with it. I feel obliged to point out that the V600 only has a Dmax of 3.4. Dmax indicates how sensitive the scanner is for very dark detail. If you had mentioned to me that you were scanning negatives, I would have encouraged you to stretch your budget to the V800 (or V700 if you could still find one for sale) which has a Dmax of 4.0. But as long as most of your photos and slides are sufficiently well exposed, you'll be happy with the 3.4 of the V600. Do you already own any editing software? Or would you be relying entirely on that which comes with the scanner?

Dan, don't give up so easily. Please tell me how you're struggling, and let me help.

Gee. Yeah, better reset those prefs.

Is your clone tool exhibiting the same behaviour?

Yeah. Until then, you really are going to have to reset Photoshop's preferences, sorry.

And have you done this yet?

And then if you click on the white swatch to bring up the Color Picker dialog, is it saying 255/255/255 white?

Yeah, the mask definitely isn't white. When you Alt-click on the mask thumbnail to view in black and white, then run your mouse over those areas and watch the Info Panel, you'll see it's kinda 2% and 3%. So again I ask. Did you press D to reset the swatches to white on black?

Please save that test file as a PSD and send it to me: https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography Oh, have you reset your brush tool? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/09/resetting-tools.html

What about your mouse?