First of all, if you can afford it, get Lightroom. For cataloging purposes alone it is well worth it. Bridge was getting awfully slow, then I found out why. I had over 26,000 images, with digital cameras photos will pile up fast!! I now use Lightroom as a frontend to Photoshop. If I want to edit something in PS I will now go to Lightroom to find it, then right-click on it to edit in PS. One nice thing, If I edit something in PS, when I close the window it will appear in Lightroom as new file, that is the original file I had clicked on will be untouched so I can play with it again.
A couple of things about learning PS that I would suggest. Play with it . Kids learn computers simply from "banging" on it. They do not know there are things you "cannot" do, so they do it. Load a copy of an image and just beat the tar out of it with various tools, filters, etc. Do not worry about getting some effect, just do it to see what happens.
Secondly, in your tutorials, focus on learning layers and masks. These are probably the two most important features of PS. If you can begin to understand layers and masks then you will discover the power of the tools and filters will be amplified beyond what you think can be done….
JohnW
From: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of trish satkofsky
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:36 PM
To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [photoshop-beginners] Delete XMP Files?
Clay, have alot of learning to do B4 trying either. CS5 & Lightroom were highly recommended to me, but settled on CS5. Elements was a beginner for me, but organizer is slow so deleted most files from it to try to speed it up. Used 6 for old stuff and 8 for newer, but that didn't speed things up much. WLPG is much faster deleteing, but editing is much more limited. Learning CS5 is slow as doing it online and basically I'm a dummy (short-term memory loss).
trishebear
Photos By TrisheBear
My Silent Testimony To the Stubborn Endurance
and
Ultimate Beauty in Life.
From: Clay Swatzell <photoguyinmo@gmail.com>
To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:02 PM
Subject: RE: [photoshop-beginners] Delete XMP Files?
The CAXMP folder is something Photoshop Elements uses as part of its organizer, face recognition and such. CS5 doesn't create a CAXMP folder (I have used CS4, CS5 and now CS6 and don't have such a folder). You may find Bridge a bit faster than trying to work in Photoshop elements organizer. Bridge is a file manager and doesn't want to do all the stuff Elements organizer wants to do. Lightroom is fast once it imports all the photos, after that any time you import (download from your memory card) I remembers a lot of info. Give Bridge a try.
From: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of trish satkofsky
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:20 PM
To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [photoshop-beginners] Delete XMP Files?
Keith, was definately t/b considered. Others have mentioned editing programs, I am using Adobe Elements 6&8. But do have Photoshop CS5 installed (only learning it so far) - the CAXMP file folder seems to have arrived around time I installed CS5. Coincidental?
trishebear
Photos By TrisheBear
My Silent Testimony To the Stubborn Endurance
and
Ultimate Beauty in Life.
From: Keith E. <kje@voyager.net>
To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [photoshop-beginners] Delete XMP Files?
I'm not a gamer either, but it wouldn't surprise me if one used 15k
files. It was a possibility to consider, that's all.
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:53:46 -0700 (PDT), trish satkofsky
<mailto:trishebear01%40yahoo.com> wrote:
>No 'game files' were in computer that I knew of, but who knows, they could have come w/computer. Not being a 'game' person, I may have never known of them, and deleted 'game files' - but would there have been 15,000 xmp? Trish
>
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>trishebear, teller of teddybear tales
>Photos By TrisheBear
>My Silent Testimony To the Stubborn Endurance
>and
>Ultimate Beauty in Life.
>
>From: Keith E. <mailto:kje%40voyager.net>
>To: mailto:photoshop-beginners%40yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [photoshop-beginners] Delete XMP Files?
>
>
>
>A quick search shows the .xmp extension is also used by the game
>Unreal II, where is stands for eXpanded MultiPlayer. So, you could
>just have deleted game files in Recycle Bin. Just something to
>keep in mind.
>
>On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:48:37 -0500, "Clay Swatzell"
><mailto:photoguyinmo%40gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm sure someone has already said this but if the photos that the xmp files correspond to are gone there is no problem. If the file exists still and you did some processing the only thing that is lost is the changes/edits/metadata to the original. The file will not be damaged. http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/ . If it were me I would just empty the recycle bin. If you 'needed' the xmp files in the recycle bin you would have known it by now.
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>>From: mailto:photoshop-beginners%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:mailto:photoshop-beginners%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of trish satkofsky
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:17 AM
>>To: mailto:photoshop-beginners%40yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [photoshop-beginners] Delete XMP Files?
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>>Greg, that might work. Except the images are no longer in Recycle, only the XMP files! Did I goof really badly by deleteing them from Recycle and leaving only XMP files in recycle? Thanx for your imput, Trish
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>>trishebear <http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/05.gif> , teller of teddybear tales
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>>Photos By TrisheBear
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>>My Silent Testimony To the Stubborn Endurance
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>>and
>>
>>Ultimate Beauty in Life.
>>
>>
>>
>>From: "mailto:ggroess%40yahoo.com" <mailto:ggroess%40yahoo.com>
>>To: "mailto:photoshop-beginners%40yahoogroups.com" <mailto:photoshop-beginners%40yahoogroups.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:04 AM
>>Subject: Re: [photoshop-beginners] Delete XMP Files?
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>>The Image file name should...Should be a part of the file name...
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>>Example...
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>>GJG_001.NEF would have a GJG_001.XMP file with it.
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>>If you sort the recycle bin by file name they should match up with deleted files image files.
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>>Any that do not match need to be restored to the folders they came from.
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>>Greg Groess
>>mailto:greg%40curvemeister.com <Plug-in for PS and PSE Curves>
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