Re: filmscanners: OT: Photoshop Clone Tool - HELP!

["Steve Greenbank" <steve@gccl.fsbusiness.co.uk>]

I still think saving the file is probably a better solution. I spent quite
sometime working out what to do with the setup (mainly ICC). I am happy with
how it works and I know that right now it would probably take about 1/2 hour
to remember how to set it up again. If I set it up again a year from now it
will probably take me longer as I will remember less. I can always delete
the file if I find my backup to be duff too, but it will only take a couple
of minutes to check and if I save the file now and discover a problem in 3
months it is hardly likely that the file is somehow corrupt.

Similarly I only ever use "Windows update" to tell me which files I need. I
then locate them (sometimes a pain) download and save them on my hard drive.
I know I will probably re-install at some point and I don't want to spend
50hours downloading all the files from MS and other suppliers. They seem to
think we all have endless bandwidth. In the UK 56K modems is about as good
as it gets for most of the population.

Steve

P.S. Some MS downloads IE have a little (500K) download that runs a massive
download (50MB) - its bloody infuriating. I find the files being downloaded
and set them read only to stop it removing them. I really would like to know
why we don't get the option to keep them.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian D. Plikaytis" <bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT: Photoshop Clone Tool - HELP!


> Hello Steve,
>     Well, of course I make backups but the question was specifically
focused
> on the one file that may be causing Photoshop to act erratically. I wasn't
> suggesting that folks do not back up files, I was just thinking that,
given
> that the file is easily recreated when Photoshop is opened, it might be
more
> prudent to start from scratch than restore the file from an earlier copy.
>     Of course this advise is predicated on the fact that this is a 'Hail
> Mary' solution given to me from a person with vastly more experience in
> Photoshop than I have. It is a common strategy that many people use. If
> Photoshop is misbehaving this solution works in many cases for reasons no
on
> clearly understands.
>
>
> Brian
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> respond to bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Greenbank" <steve@gccl.fsbusiness.co.uk>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 1:39 AM
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT: Photoshop Clone Tool - HELP!
>
>
> >
> > >Creating a backup may
> > > be chancy. If you back it up after it becomes corrupted then deleting
> the
> > > original and restoring the backup may not help you much.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Hi Brian
> >
> > Any File Backup is at best only as good as the original - at worst the
> media
> > fails then you lose your file.
> > Do I take it you don't believe in backups ? Hope you don't have anything
> too
> > valuable on your hard drive.
> >
> > Steve
> >
>
>
>