Comments on: Where did Extract & others features go?

By: steve M.

steve M. — Sun, 08 May 2011 03:57:45 +0000

How can you scroll thru the layer blend modes? In previous versions, you select the select tool and hightlight the blend mode and use the up and down arrow keys to scroll thru the blend modes, now this doesn't work! [I don't know why anything would have changed in this regard, but in any event you can select the Move tool, then hit Shift-plus/minus to cycle through blending modes (or use the various shortcuts like Opt-Shift-E to jump to specific blending modes). --J.]

By: L. de Ruijter

L. de Ruijter — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:26:12 +0000

Well, I have upgraded from CS3 to CS5, missed the extract tool (as the ‘refine edge’ tool is way less sophisticated), downloaded the plugin, installed it the way Jan Kabili showed in a tutorial but it won’t show up. Did some homework and launched PS in 32 bits mode. Nothing. Then I installed the whole ‘additional plug-ins folder’ outside of the Photoshop/plugin folder. All the plugins show up in Photoshop. Except the Extract filter. I’m at a loss here. Any ideas? I’m on a Mac.

By: User_for_16_years

User_for_16_years — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:16:31 +0000

What a scam. Also, the Change Layer Content is gone, too. Why? [Because, when we surveyed thousands of prerelease customers, no one reported using it. Inevitably *someone* is using every feature in PS, but to make for the new sometimes we have to prune the old. --J.] Amazingly, the useless Lens Flare filter is still there. And the Paint Bucket. What gives? [In recent usage data, Paint Bucket usage ranks #31 out of the ~10,000 Photoshop operations reported. Clearly, though, we should pull it based on the hunch of a guy hiding behind a pseudonym. --J.]

By: farah

farah — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:00:39 +0000

hello

i cant find the extract filter in my photoshop CS4
for windows 7

what can i do to get it back?

thank you

By: לימודי הנדסת מכונות

לימודי הנדסת מכונות — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:46:11 +0000

CS5 is much easier to work with

By: jeffrey Tranberry

jeffrey Tranberry — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:04:57 +0000

Lorrianne, no. We’ve replaced the old extract technology with the new, non-destructive refine edge technology:

tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs5/using-improved-selecting-and-masking/

By: Lorrieanne Carnes

Lorrieanne Carnes — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:38:51 +0000

I loved the extract feature. Although I make masks all day, Extract went about it in a unique way. Could extract be brought back with an option of making cleaner edges than the previous extract?

By: Zach Stern

Zach Stern — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:18:22 +0000

I jumped from CS3 to CS5 and I was very disappointed to learn that the manual arrangement feature within Photomerge was omitted from CS5. This feature is essential when merging a vertical panorama because it allows you to set the proper perspective (i.e., usually the image closest to the ground is selected as the "perspective" image). Without this manual selection, there does not seem to be a way to control that feature. Will the "optional download" from CS4 work with CS5? [It may work in 32-bit mode, but I'm afraid I haven't checked it, and as people are out on vacation this week, I can't ask for confirmation. --J.]

By: Claudia Abbott

Claudia Abbott — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:35:30 +0000

I have the same problem; did you ever solve it?
Claudia

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:15:37 +0000

i couldnt agree more !!! exactly. thats one of those things that swap productivity out of the window for you. And adobe and MS have plenty of such frustrating examples to show lately. Killing your workflow, going backwards, living in their own world since themselves are not out there in the market making a living out of the tools they program, They build mostly on marketing type speculations “thats what the average user should do it” or “how is wanting it to be”

By: David

David — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:03:13 +0000

In the implementation of Contact Sheet II on CS4 we are not able to have the file name wrap to multiple lines as we were able to do in CS2. I’ve tried both in the Output module and in Contact Sheet II plug in. Any thoughts on how to do this? Wife likes long file names….

By: Wim Wenner

Wim Wenner — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:49:54 +0000

Same here. Reinstalled CS3 to use PDF Presentation. A step back in history!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:35:29 +0000

try vertus fluid mask, or the new mask pro 4.1 at ononesoftware.com, both have 1mth trials. or for a more basic masking extraction software, topaz remask..but I find mask pro the best, followed by fluid mask…in saying this if you wait I feel adobe has some great things planned with extraction since it is a key compositing tool for all 2d magazine artists, the refine edge tool is very much an extraction tool but you`ll need to invest time into understanding it together with the masking palette..

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:50 +0000

I agree that Bridge is the obvious place for PDF Presentation, and we’re glad that in still exists within the Output module. However, there’s no option to compress the PDF as there was before. We create PDF proof sheets to email to clients, and the PDFs created in Output are HUGE. The only solution is to then open them in Acrobat Pro and use “Reduce File Size”, an unnecessary 2-step process.
Seems it would have been much better if Adobe had retained the compression option, or am I missing something here?

By: Ricardo Galvão , ACE PS CS3

Ricardo Galvão , ACE PS CS3 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:38:48 +0000

Well, thanks to replace Extract and Pattern maker, cause, I’ve just used them for design only…
Extract for grunge effects (not to extract anything)
And So on pattern Maker for design things…(see corey barker examples)
Cheers