Topic: Editing Smart Filter resets Curvemeister?

[dandill]

I am new to Smart Filters and have a question.

After applying Curvemeister lab adjustments as a Smart Filter, when I try to edit the Smart Filter, Curvemeister starts up with the adjustments zeroed.

Thanks for any help.

Dan

[curvemeister]

Hi Dan,

It should not definitely work this way.  I'll verify this behavior later and try to make it happen on my system. 

[jas]

I have this same problem and would really like to know a way to solve it?  Perhaps I'm not doing something correctly?

[curvemeister]

Hi Jas,
Yes, Smart Filters do this in some situations.  I will be doing a beta version that addresses this problem, and others sometime soon - no definite date yet.

[jas]

Great!  This is a key feature for me.  Is there a way to get contacted as soon as this issue is resolved so I can make sure to download the fix?

Thanks again,

Jas

[curvemeister]

If you click on the tab labelled "Notify" at the top of this board you'll get an email next time someone posts here.

[jas]

3.0.8.0 Does remember the previous settings.  Works like a charm!  Thanks!

[curvemeister]

Super - thanks for your patience, jas.

[CoolBull]

Hello!

It seems like the problem is still here, at least for me.
I have PS CS3 English ver. 10.0.1.
OS is WinXP SP2.

I've tested CM 3.0.1a, 3.0.8 and 3.0.12. All of them do not recognize "Edit Smart Filter..." command. The only way I can restore previous curves in CM is to select command "Load Previous Curve". But this is weak workaround since it can not be used after editing another file. Sure I can save .acv file with every edited image to force curves to restore later, but this is cumbersome workflow.

Frankly speaking I see a little use of CM without support of Smart Filter technology.

Since I do not read other users complaints on the matter can you please make a hint what may be wrong in my case?

Thanks in advance.
Valer.

[curvemeister]

Try this procedure:

1) select the "Filter>Convert for Smart Filter" menu command
2) run curvemeister, and apply a curve
3) curvemeister will appear in the layers palette under the layer as a smart filter
4) double click on curvemeister in the layers palette, and click on the the yellow scroll icon in the upper right corner of the curve window, so that it has a red check mark.

I tested this procedure just now using beta CM 3.0.15, under PS CS3.  AFAIK, 3.0.12 and previous versions of Curvemeister should work exactly this way.  Let me know if this works as advertised.

Smart filter capability is definitely important, and if there is a problem affecting your system I will address it.

Mike

[CoolBull]

Hello, Mike!

Thank you for the prompt reply.
I do not know what is the yellow scroll icon for (I did not find info about it in help file) but it works! .

Here is another minor problem that I found while testing CM in smart filter mode, CM ver 3.0.12.
These are steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Open image file (RGB/8-bit .TIF in my case) having CM in smart filter mode with some previously made curve adjustment. Let me call it curve1.
2. Double click CM smart filter to open CM workspace. Do some new adjustments to the curves, call it curve2.
3. Now I change my mind and want to close CM and return to photoshop with smart filter parameters back to curve1.
4. My all previous experience of PC user tells me that I must click 'Close' window cross icon or 'Cancel' button to go back to photoshop without changes to the image appearance. So I click 'Close' cross icon. Warning window appears asking me what to do (BTW regardless of having I made changes to curves or not). I select 'Quit and discard my changes'. Here is the trouble: after CM closing the CM smart filter effect becomes desabled. I can turn it back to life only after clicking Disable Smart filter/Enable Smart filter command in context menu.

The issue does not show when I click 'Cancel' button rather than 'Close' window cross icon. First, the warning window does not show if I have not made changes to curves, which is right. Second, after clicking 'Quit and discard my changes' button I return to photoshop and have my curve1 appearence which is right too.

Hope my large post will help you to find little bug.

Don't get me as person who complains. I want to express my absolute positive admiration about what the Curvemester plug-in can do. This is a marvellous software making a new life for the people who is serious about color correction. Keep up good work and thank you for the efforts in right direction!

[curvemeister]

Hi Valer,

Thanks for your complete bug description, and for your kind words.  I recreated your procedure, and this is indeed a new bug.  I'll address this problem in a future release, hopefully soon(!) 

As a workaround, for now you can toggle the yellow scroll to remove and replace the check mark, and you will have your original curves from when you first opened Curvemeister as a smart filter.

Mike