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Welcome to Adobe Photoshop(TM) version 2.5.1 software for the Windows(TM)
environment. The Adobe Photoshop Getting Started Guide contains most
of the information you need to install and run Adobe Photoshop. This
Read Me file contains last-minute product information and updates to
the Adobe Photoshop user documentation, including:
- Scanner support
- About the JPEG modules
- About paths
- Using pressure-sensitive tablets
- About video colors
- About CMYK separations
- About virtual memory compression
- Video driver incompatibilities
- Printer driver incompatibilities
- Disk compression software incompatibilities
SCANNER SUPPORT
Adobe Photoshop supports all scanners that are 100-percent compatible with
the TWAIN specification for image acquisition. In addition, some scanner
manufacturers provide acquisition plug-in modules that interface directly
with Adobe Photoshop via the Photoshop(TM) plug-in specification. For
information on setting up your scanner to work with Adobe Photoshop, see the
user guide and your scanner documentation. If your scanner manufacturer did
not include a TWAIN source module or an Adobe Photoshop direct plug-in
module, contact the manufacturer directly. Following is a list of
manufacturer customer service numbers:
Vendor Customer Service Number:
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Nikon 516-547-4355
Howtek 603-882-5200
Microtek 800-654-4160
Kodak 800-445-6325
Polaroid 800-225-1618
Umax 800-468-8629
Sharp 201-777-6464
Mustek 714-453-1309
Tamarak 408-956-0144
AVR 800-544-6243
Logitech 510-795-8100 (US and Canada)
++41 (0)21-869-9851 (Europe)
If your scanner doesn't work with Adobe Photoshop, please contact the
scanner manufacturer to get the latest firmware and/or the latest driver
for your scanner.
There is a problem with the Mustek hand-held scanners and small amounts of
conventional memory. If you have less than 400Kb of conventional memory
available prior to starting Windows, the Mustek scanners will report an
"Out of Memory" error. To alleviate this problem, remove some of the device
drivers and/or TSRs (Terminate and Stay Resident programs) from memory by
editing your config.sys file. Refer to your DOS manual on how to do this.
ABOUT THE JPEG MODULES
The JPEG modules in Adobe Photoshop require that the system have at least two
megabytes of virtual memory. The virtual memory can be provided either by a
temporary or permanent swap file in this case, but as discussed above,
permanent is recommended.
On systems with large amounts of memory (64Mb or more of RAM), the JPEG
Modules may fail to load due to a bug in the Watcom 386 compiler. Lowering
the amount of memory allocated to Adobe Photoshop (use the Memory...
in the File/Preferences sub menu) should alleviate the problem.
ABOUT PATHS
Adobe Photoshop 2.5.1 now supports Tiff 6.0 previews for its EPS files.
This allows clipping paths to become visible when placing an EPS file in
software supporting the Tiff 6.0 previews for EPS files. There have been
implementation problems in some software that show the clipping paths with
a non-transparent mask. If you experience this problem, please call your
software's Technical Support.
USING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TABLETS
Adobe Photoshop supports only pressure-sensitive digitizing tablets that
are 100-percent compatible with the Microsoft« Pen Windows specification.
For more information about compatibility, please contact the vendor of your
tablet at:
Vendor Customer Service Number:
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Wacom Technology Corporation: 800-922-6613
Kurta Corporation: 602-276-5533
CalComp: 800-458-5888
ABOUT VIDEO COLORS
While you can use Photoshop with video cards that support only 16 colors,
it is highly recommended that you chose a video board that supports at least
256 colors. For the best results, a video board that supports 24-bit color
is recommended.
ABOUT CMYK SEPARATIONS
When using printers that support Adobe PostScript Level-2 software, the
printer itself has the ability to do CMYK separations. Normally, Adobe
Photoshop does the CMYK separations. If you want the printer to do the
CMYK separations rather than Adobe Photoshop, you must disable the CMYK
separations option.
If your printer's PostScript Level-2 software supports an internal method of
color separating, you may choose to disable the Adobe Photoshop software's
CMYK separations by doing the following:
1. Open the PHOTOSHP.INI file located in your WINDOWS directory.
2. In the [Adobe Photoshop] section of the PHOTOSHP.INI file, add the
following line with no spaces and capitalization exactly as shown:
DISABLERGBTAGS=1
3. Save the PHOTOSHP.INI file and restart Photoshop to see the change.
ABOUT VIRTUAL MEMORY COMPRESSION
By default, Adobe Photoshop uses virtual memory compression when swapping
image data to disk. This feature allow Adobe Photoshop to use less disk
space but there is a tradeoff in performance. Disabling this feature will
cause Adobe Photoshop to use more disk space but to have better overall
performance.
To disable virtual memory compression option:
1. Open the PHOTOSHP.INI file located in your WINDOWS directory.
2. In the [Adobe Photoshop] section of the PHOTOSHP.INI file, add the
following line with no spaces and capitalization exactly as shown:
DISABLEVMCOMPRESSION=1
3. Save the PHOTOSHP.INI file and restart Photoshop to see the change.
VIDEO DRIVER INCOMPATIBILITIES
If you are experiencing problems with the way your images look, please refer
to the Troubleshooting section in the Getting Started Guide. Please be sure
you have the most up-to-date drivers before reporting problems to Adobe's
Technical Support. You can contact your video card manufacturer for
information on how to receive the most recent driver. The following are a
list of video cards that are known to have incompatibilities with Adobe
Photoshop.
- Video cards that are based on the Weitek P9000 video chip set have shown
problems when using the marquee or cropping tools. To work around this
problem, make the selection and then force a screen redraw (close and
open the window or zoom in and then out).
- When using the Prodesigner II card in 256 color mode, there are problems
when using Indexed Color mode. There are also problems in most modes when
blending from black to white.
- The 9GXi and 9GXe cards are known to be incompatible with Adobe Photoshop.
If you are experiencing problems using either of these cards, get the most
up-to-date drivers and try again. If the problems persist, you may need to
use a different video card in your system.
- The Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 & VLB sometimes experience problems when
displaying Pantone«* colors in some video modes. If you experience
problems, update your drivers and/or try a different video mode to see
if the problem is resolved. The VLB may also have problems with the
redrawing of the brushes palette when Adobe Photoshop initially starts up.
PRINTER DRIVER INCOMPATIBILITIES
Some printer drivers, most specifically the unidrv.dll driver, can
occasionally cause Adobe Photoshop to crash when printing bitmap images on
HP« printers. If you are having difficulties printing to HP printers, try
converting the image to grayscale first and then printing it.
DISK COMPRESSION SOFTWARE INCOMPATIBILITIES
It is recommended that you assign Adobe Photoshop scratch disks to an
uncompressed disk. There are incompatibilities between the Adobe Photoshop
virtual memory and compressed disks. If you encounter problems using Adobe
Photoshop when the program or scratch disks are on a compressed disk,
then move the program and/or assign the scratch disk to an uncompressed
disk.
Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe
Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft
Corporation.
*Pantone, Inc.'s check-standard trademark for color and color reproduction
materials.
HP is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective holders.
⌐ 1989-93 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.