Comments on: Errata and Omissions

By: Dan Margulis

Dan Margulis — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 16:03:07 +0000

Stephen, the panel is not compatible with the M1 chip unless you run Photoshop in Rosetta mode.

By: Stephen Mark

Stephen Mark — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:03:28 +0000

Hello. I have just received my new MacBook Pro, M1 chip with Monterey installed and have logged into my Creative Cloud account to do clean installs of all applications. This has given me Photoshop 2022, but I’ve been having to figure out how to bring my customized presets, etc. back. One of those is the PPW window, which has become a crutch for me, I admit, but I love it. Some of its features are downloadable from Adobe, but rather than giving me the window, it has scattered a few PPW actions into different menus. Not all actions are available. I miss the PPW window with its documentation and buttons all in one place. Does anyone have an idea how I can recover the window and get it to work with this latest update of computer, OS, and Photoshop?

By: Dan Margulis

Dan Margulis — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:00:08 +0000

Thanks, Gerald. I have done a global search and thankfully the error is not repeated anywhere else.

By: Gerald Bakker

Gerald Bakker — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:42:44 +0000

Hi, it seems I found another mistake in the Chevreul book. Page 77, second column, near the bottom the name Claude Delacroix is mentioned. I assume Eugène Delacroix is meant.

By: Dan Margulis

Dan Margulis — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 03:14:44 +0000

Tony,

Instructions for the download are found in the box on page 5 of the book.

By: Tony Bourke

Tony Bourke — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:58:46 +0000

Hi Dan,
I recently bought the second edition of Photoshop LAB color, a great read. I can’t find
the site for the downloadable resources, can you please provide a link.
Regards
Tony Bourke

By: Dan Margulis

Dan Margulis — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 10:36:19 +0000

Doug, I’m not sure what you’re asking for. The panel states generally what the desired ranges are for a variety of common objects. If they measure as not falling within those ranges then they are wrong, at least in theory. For example we say that in natural greenery the absolute value of the B should be somewhere around 1.5-3.0x that of the A. It follows that if the ratio is higher than that the green is too yellow and if it is lower than that it is too blue.

By: Doug Schafer

Doug Schafer — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:27:58 +0000

Dan,
Love your books and ColorTheory forum.
Suggestion.
Can you add to the PPW color guide help file to list not just good Lab colors, but also common close, but bad colors, often done by MMM/CB, if not limited by user.
In other words how to know when greenery (example) is too green or too yellow? What Lab numbers tell us the color is now wrong? Same for the other categories.
Maybe a reply in the ColorTheory forum if a new book not imminent?
Thanks,
Doug

By: Dan Margulis

Dan Margulis — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:33:07 +0000

PHL, These are known issues with the latest Photoshop releases. In the next few days we will be releasing panel version 4.0.9, which works around them. Watch for it on our resources page. You can find out the version of Photoshop in the window that opens when you execute Photoshop: About Photoshop. Thanks for the kind words about the panel.

By: P, H. Lasky

P, H. Lasky — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 03:16:32 +0000

Dan,

A question about Options on some of the PPW scripts. I am running PPW 4 ( The August 15, 2015 edition) on Mac OS X 10.10.1 and PS CC 2015 the December “update” ( really a downrate.) When I Opt + click Bigger Hammer, or H-K, or any other script I never get the options that you describe. Why is this ? Also I cannot address the “creative” options for the MMM script described in a Video. Incidentally how do I determine what version of PPW I have installed ?

Perhaps this lack of options will be fixed in the next PPW update due out in a few days. If not would appreciate some guidance as how to address the options because OPT + click doesn’t do it.

Thanks again for the wonderful PPW panel software that has opened up a totally new creative outlet for my work.

Warmest regards,

P. H. Lasky