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It's a Seagate Backup Plus 4TB EHD.  It does not have a power switch.  Just so I'm sure I understand--are you saying that if I shut down my computer, it is OK to pull the USB cable even if the light is on and the drive is spinning?

Another problem just cropped up with this drive--I'm happy to start another thread if you would prefer.  Whenever I try to safely eject it, I get the error that it is in use.  That never goes away.  I've always assumed that when I shut my computer down I can then safely remove the external hard drive, but today I noticed that after my computer turned off, the light on the external hard drive stayed on and it was spinning (if spinning is what it does--I could hear and feel it).  Any idea what's happening?

Thank you, thank you, thank you!  I'm so glad you saved time and gave me fantastic instructions.  I was able to get it all done and create my backup EHD.  I sleep much better knowing I have a complete backup.  Thank you!

OK, here are my choices.  Which should I choose?

When I right click, I don't see "delete Partition."  This is what I see:

Here is the screenshot.  Some notes:  E: main backup is a Seagate EHD that used to be F:.  This drive was originally the back-up to the first E:--which is now dead.  I have no idea how that original dead drive was formatted--my computer won't recognize it anymore.  When it died--I renamed F: to E: to keep it as my main EHD.  I then purchased a new Seagate EHD and that is the F: drive now.  I have already used SyncToy to copy all of my files from the new E: to F:.  Please let me know if you need any clarification on all this.

Thank you!  Another issue has come up.  As I've tried to copy files from my computer to my "new" main external hard drive, I received an error asking if I was sure I wanted to move the file without some of its properties.  This leads me to believe my external hard drive is formatted as a FAT drive instead of a NTFS drive.  Is this going to make any difference?  I only use windows.  Do I need to change the formatting on the external hard drive?  It already contains a ton of data.

The worst happened yesterday and my external hard drive completely failed.  I was unable to access any files on it.  Fortunately, because of your advice, I had an exact copy of it made with SyncToy on a second external hard drive.  I spent yesterday using SyncToy to then make a mirror copy of this good hard drive to have as a new backup (I used echo).  When I was done, I noticed that the number of GB stored on each of the 2 drives was different.  Why would this be so if I simply copied all the files over from one to the other?

I have Photoshop Elements 2021 with the Camera Raw 13.0.0.612 plug-in.  When I try to save files directly from Camera Raw, it only gives me the option to save them as  .dng files.  I cannot figure out how to save them as jpg files or how to update the Camera Raw plug-in to a newer version.  Any ideas?

Sigh.  Sometimes I could kick myself.  Please accept my sincere thanks for all you do.  Honestly, you have no idea how much it means to me.

I cannot figure out why the gradient is changing when I crop.  The first is a screenshot of my whole photo in PSE 11.  The second screenshot is the same--I just blacked out the portion of the photo I am going to crop away.  Then I go ahead and crop and I end up with the third screenshot.  Why is that happening?  Why is the gradient getting pulled down into the cropped image?

I am printing this photo huge--10 foot by 4 foot.  I've added the blue sky with a gradient layer and am not surprised that I am seeing banding in my test prints.  I am following your tutorial on safely adding noise to an image to deal with this.  In the tutorial, you show how to adjust the layer opacity for stronger or weaker noise.  My question is, if I get rid of the banding in a 20inch by 8inch test print, will it be the same in my huge print?  In other words, does the huge print affect the amount of noise I want?  Also, I'm assuming I add the noise before sharpening and then sharpen as usual--or should I adjust the sharpening in the area with the noise added?  (as an aside, I'm not happy with the color blue I've added to the sky--it is too deep for my taste.  Is there a shade of blue you prefer?).

f/4.5  1/200s  ISO 250  24-105@40mm



 

f/4.5  1/200s  ISO 250  24-105@47mm

Thank you!

I store all of my photos on an external hard drive connected to my computer.  I back up this drive using Carbonite.  I would like to invest in a second external hard drive as a second backup for my photos.  What is the best way to back up my photos from one external hard drive to another?  I could just copy the photos over, but then how do I maintain that second backup?  Is there software you can recommend that would do that?  Or is it just a matter of copying the photo folder over again?  

I am taking Damien's Bridge class and am finding that Bridge is running very slowly.  The main problem is when I am trying to generate 100% previews.  I was working on a folder of 173 raw files and it took somewhere between 15 minutes and an hour to generate the previews (I left the computer and came back.  I'm assuming even 15 minutes is longer than normal).  What do you think my problem might be?  In addition to the information below:  Damien suggested setting up the cache so it is on a different hard drive than the program.  My computer only has one internal hard drive and an external hard drive, so I can't do that.

I have a PC laptop running Windows 10 Home and Elements 11. It is over 2 years old, and has 8GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 103GB free out of 250GB. The last time I shut down was earlier today. I rarely run a cleanup program.

I've read through the entire class and am going back now with questions I've had.  First, I have been using FastStone Image Viewer, which I first heard about from you.  I see many benefits that Bridge has over FastStone for culling photos, but I'm wondering if you still use FastStone for anything?  Is there anything it does better than Bridge?  Also, Bridge is running frustratingly slow for me.  I'll ask questions on the relevant slides as I go through this class a second time, but in the meanwhile is it worth sending Brian information about my computer and asking if he sees any reason why it is running slowly?

Thank you.  Would you mind if i signed up for the class and tried it out?

Hi Damien.   Do you have any experience with elements plus ( http://elementsplus.net/).  I use PSE 11, but have access to channel mixer through elements plus.   I'm wondering if this would allow me to take the Channel Mixer Class?

This is where I am.  When I view it full size, I think it's better.  But when I zoom in, I still see softer areas.  Wondering what you think and how it might print.

That helped a lot.  Is this acceptable or does it need more work?

Yes, it has the Spot Healing Brush Tool.