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Using ProSelect's High-Res Production system

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Failed to Run Photoshop Script

When running ProSelect Pro production, ProSelect needs to connect to Photoshop to execute production tasks. This connection may fail for various reasons, but it is most common after a Photoshop upgrade. Troubleshooting Steps: Restart Your Computer: Restart your computer to ensure a fresh start. After the restart, open ProSelect, navigate to the production feature, and attempt to run production. Test Photoshop Connection (Mac): ...

Debugging Photoshop Scripts with Photoshop CC 2020 or OSX Catalina

In the past, we have used and recommended Adobe's ExtendScript Debugger software for tracking down any problems with commands sent to Photoshop during High-Res Production. However, this program is 32-bit only so it won't run on OSX 10.15 (Catalina) or newer and Adobe no longer is making it available through Creative Cloud. Adobe now recommends using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code for this task. This article covers how to download and set up and ...

Using Overlay Images with Text layers

Article updated in December 2015 Many composite layout designs include some text. While you cannot directly change the text on the layout within ProSelect, you can use the following techniques to update the text on your layouts or to have custom text set automatically during Hi-Res Production. Text generally falls into two categories: Text that you change occasionally and use the same way for a number of different clients or jobs such as upd...

Mats replaces Styles in ProSelect 2018r1+

In ProSelect v2017r1 and earlier, there was a real style called "None". This style was automatically applied to all newly created layouts and book pages. By default, it had a white background and no borders. In ProSelect v2018r1 and newer, styles are now converted to Mats. However, in the new version, when you select "None" from top of the popup menu, this means that no mat is applied at all. Normally when you upgrad to ProSelec...

Debugging Production Problems

Updated March 10, 2020 If you are getting unexpected results when running Hi-Res production or the production process in Photoshop is stopping part way through, you can use the following technique to help locate the problem. Before doing this: You should make sure that you are running the latest version of ProSelect so you know that your copy has all the latest updates and fixes. You can check this by using the Check for Updates comman...

Is the High-Res Production Option Installed?

The Hi-Res Production system is built into every copy of ProSelect software. Your registration key determines whether it is fully activated (along with other "ProSelect Pro" specific features) on your computer or not. You can check your registration details by looking in the About ProSelect window (On Windows under Help menu , or on MAC OSX under the ProSelect menu) - it will show: your registration details for that copy of ProSelect s...

Labs using the Production Report?

In ProSelect, you can optionally generate a Production report file when you run production that contains details of the images that you need to have printed and more. In ProSelect v2012r2 and newer, there are multiple Production Report format options available and these contain everything about the job that you have just completed including print order specifications as well as template & page construction information. These report formats ...

On-line movies show how to use Production

The Demo Area on the ProStudiosoftware.com website has movies available showing how to use the High-Res Production feature (ProSelect Pro) such as: Creating High-res Single Images Creating a High-res Composite Image Image Re-touching Workflow in High-Res Production There is also a "High Resolution Production" Training Webinar recording available on our Webinar Archives area.

Adding High-Res Production

The Hi-Res Production system is one of the "ProSelect Pro" features and is built-in to the ProSelect software. Your registration key contains a code which determines if it is fully functional or not. If you are not registered to use it, then you can still try it in Trial Mode but all the high-res output images will be "stamped". You will need the Photoshop software installed also to use this feature (please see "What version of Photoshop do I ne...

What does High-Res Production feature do?

ProSelect imports low resolution copies of your original high-res images. It does this for speed and to ensure your original images are left untouched. These images are all kept in a self-contained album that can be easily moved between computers and/or archived off as a record of the job including any selections made and orders received. ProSelect also allows you to build multi-print (matted) layouts, composite layouts and Books within the prog...

Missing bevels on right & bottom edges on final images

In versions of ProSelect prior to 2081r1, bevels around an image were drawn with their right and bottom edges as a pure white color (#FFFFFF). If you also had a pure white mat then ProSelect would slightly darken the mat color so these edges of the bevel were visible. This action was also carried through to High-Res Production when you were exporting Composite Layouts with "faux" bevels. ProSelect 2018r1 and newer versions, now uses a more reali...

Production finishes with an all-white image

If you are running Production and it finishes leaving an empty image open in Photoshop or the output files are all-white, check the following: Check that you are running the latest ProSelect update The version of ProSelect is shown on the Splash screen during startup and also in the About ProSelect window once the program is running. Check this with the latest version on the main downloads page. If you are running ProSelect 2016r1 ...

Photoshop Color Settings

There is often much confusion over which color space is the best solution for your studio. Hopefully, we can simplify it here. Several speakers and instructors promote using the ProPhotoRGB color space as your basic working space for Photoshop because of its wide color gamut. ProPhotoRGB is the widest color space available, we don’t dispute that. The problem is there are no monitors that can displa...

Cannot connect to Photoshop in Windows

As your first point of action, please re-start your computer. If the issue is still not resolved, and you can't connect to Photoshop or get the message "Failed to run Photoshop script" when running custom actions or high-res production then check these solutions. Note: You need to have Photoshop version CS5 or newer to work with ProSelect. See the bottom of this article for the latest information about CS6 and CC installations. Checking if Pro...

PSD files won't import properly on Macs

ProSelect uses OSX system calls to read Photoshop PSD files. As Adobe makes changes to PSD files in newer versions of Photoshop, Apple also updates (sometimes belatedly) this area in OSX to allow for these changes but not necessarily in older versions of OSX. If you are directly importing PSD files into ProSelect or using Reload Edited to update your originally imported images with retouched PSD versions and ProSelect says there is an error with...

Production images have incorrect rotation

Updated Oct 28, 2020 Images are rotated in ProSelect's Production window after Reloading (fixed 2018r1.4+) This problem would occur when you had retouched an ordered portrait orientated image (with EXIF rotation), then reloaded the image in ProSelect and then closed the album without making any other changes which affected the ordered images (such as running High-Res Production on an image or updating any order information). In this case...

Cannot connect to Photoshop on Mac

As your first point of action, please re-start your computer. If the issue is still not resolved, then below are some reasons why ProSelect will give an error when trying to connect to Photoshop on a Mac: Just upgraded or installed a new Photoshop version Some Photoshop upgrades (CC2018 recently reported) leave your computer is a state that prevents commands being sent to it via AppleScript. Since this is how ProSelect connects to Photoshop then...

Working with External Retoucher

ProSelect's workflow is designed such you do any re-touching on your original images BEFORE any final cropping, effects (B&W or Sepia) or actions are applied during Hi-Res Production. This way, if you are using the same image in multiple products, you only need to re-touch it once. This is also the reason that we recommend that you import un-cropped images into ProSelect and do any (non-destructive) cropping with ProSelect. You can ea...

Using ProSelect with Adobe Lightroom

Pre-requisites This article assumes that you are using: 1. ProSelect Plugin for Lightroom (version 2.1.1 or newer)2. Lightroom Classic CC3. ProSelect Basic and Pro version 2019r1.7 and newer Overview A RAW file workflow can be optimized with the use of the ProSelect Plugin for Lightroom. In this process, Lightroom can be used for the initial preparation of images and subsequent changes for automated creation and updating of ProSelect albums. ...

Adobe ExtendScript "Cannot Execute Script" error

If you are using Adobe Extend Script Debugger to debug your ProSeleect Production scripts and you get the error "Cannot execute script in target engine 'main'" (see below) then follow these instructions for a solution. Solution 1 Restart your computer. The error is due to an incorrect timeout in one of the internal settings and restarting your computer should reset the system uptime to zero to bypass the problem (for a while). Solution 2 Edit ...