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William Walker

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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2024, 03:41:05 am »

All again meaning what? Every routine from all actions?

Yes, I checked all the routines and all the actions after reading your post.

Is there something specific you would like me to check?
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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2024, 09:20:43 am »

Yes, I checked all the routines and all the actions after reading your post.

Is there something specific you would like me to check?
Photokit Color RSA Gray Balance.
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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2024, 03:55:16 am »

Photokit Color RSA Gray Balance.

Using the well-known Print Evaluation file the following happened:

"RSA Gray Balance Standard" - a very, very subtle change in the gray "balls"....nothing else I could see.
"RSA Gray Balance Fine" - same as above.
"RSA Neutralise" - see attachment.
I then flattened that layer and "RSA Gray Balance Standard" made a reasonable effort getting it back to normal....

I hope that helps.

LATER!  It really shows on this image. Before and after.
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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2024, 05:02:56 am »

The Color RSA Gray Balance seems to work, although I don't know if it does the right thing.

What doesn't work sometimes is the preview with the first two options. Previews work fine with "RSA neutralise"

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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2024, 11:55:25 am »

I will attempt to explain, without giving up too much secret sauce, what's going on under the hood. RSA routines are unique to the PK line from all others. All routines are actions using Photoshop steps. Thousands of them! RSA is also using a portion of the plug-in outside pure PS actions. The reports confirm that this may not be fully operational as intended. Further, as Photoshop progresses, anything that changes the slightest thing that would break an action will break PK. It may result in an error depending on what has changed, or it just might result in the processing being unexpected or not as designed. When PK products were viable, meaning sold and supported, we had to update actions often as Photoshop evolved (new versions). That, of course, isn't the case anymore. So, simply having the plug-in load and show a preview (or not) in no way means the product is working as it should. At some point, it doesn't run at all, as seen with M1 processors using Photoshop. If the four of the PK members wanted, we could release all the routines as actions (except RSA). Users could run them and, if necessary, 'fix' a step in the action if they knew what they were doing. There is no plan to do this. But one could fix an action or even update more routines (like sharpening screen captures for 8K) again if the user knew an appropriate setting/recipe for said actions. PK products are dead. They will run on older versions of Photoshop they were designed for. Every time Adobe updates Photoshop, the likelihood something will break exists, so you either stick with a supported version of Photoshop or risk PK products failing.
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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2024, 04:47:30 am »

I will attempt to explain, without giving up too much secret sauce, what's going on under the hood. RSA routines are unique to the PK line from all others. All routines are actions using Photoshop steps. Thousands of them! RSA is also using a portion of the plug-in outside pure PS actions. The reports confirm that this may not be fully operational as intended. Further, as Photoshop progresses, anything that changes the slightest thing that would break an action will break PK. It may result in an error depending on what has changed, or it just might result in the processing being unexpected or not as designed. When PK products were viable, meaning sold and supported, we had to update actions often as Photoshop evolved (new versions). That, of course, isn't the case anymore. So, simply having the plug-in load and show a preview (or not) in no way means the product is working as it should. At some point, it doesn't run at all, as seen with M1 processors using Photoshop. If the four of the PK members wanted, we could release all the routines as actions (except RSA). Users could run them and, if necessary, 'fix' a step in the action if they knew what they were doing. There is no plan to do this. But one could fix an action or even update more routines (like sharpening screen captures for 8K) again if the user knew an appropriate setting/recipe for said actions. PK products are dead. They will run on older versions of Photoshop they were designed for. Every time Adobe updates Photoshop, the likelihood something will break exists, so you either stick with a supported version of Photoshop or risk PK products failing.


As always, thanks Andrew!
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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2024, 11:35:07 am »

The fact that so many of us cling to PKS is a testimony to how brilliant it was. I have a Mac Studio and have moved on to Topaz Sharpen, but I miss PKS dearly. Thanks Andrew and the others for creating it.
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Re: PhotoKit Sharpener and PS 2024
« Reply #27 on: July 11, 2024, 11:52:01 pm »

I’m late to the party, having just upgraded to a new mini. I only want to use PK sharpener. Running under Rosetta, it looks like it is working with PS 2024. Am I missing something?
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