PhotoImpact 10 Undo's
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mimmyt
PhotoImpact 10 Undo's
My number of undo's is only 9. I purchased the full version. I contacted Ulead and they told me to do the obvious, change the level of undo's which I had already tried. Uninstall and reinstall, still the same. Any ideas
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keenart
Let me get this straight. You say you have already gone into Preferences, Categories, PhotoImpact, and Checked the Box for the Enable Undo and changed your Levels of Undo’s to less than 200? I typically keep mine at 32, as not to tax my memory too much.
If the above is true and you have followed Tech’s uninstalled and reinstalled PI 10 policy, and still can’t get more than 9 Undo’s, you have got trouble. If this is true then you will have to try the more difficult method of Installation from Safe Mode, here is how you do that;
Uninstall PI 10; you now need to delete two sets of Ulead Folders, only delete the Ulead Systems Folders, not the whole tree! The first can be found at C:\Documents and Settings\xxx(user name)xx\Application Data\Ulead Systems. The second Ulead Folder is at location C:\Program Files\ Ulead Systems.
Make sure before you start the next step, you have a PS2 Keyboard and Mouse, as Ulead Install disc Menu does not support USB peripherals or Keyboard menu selection. Once certain of this requirement reboot your computer, during the Boot process hold down the F8 key to bring up the Safe Mode selection screen, choose Safe mode. Once you are in Safe Mode, insert the Ulead Install disc and reinstall your Application, make your changes to the Undo feature then reboot.
If the above does not work and you understand the Registry, you can always go to Registry Mechanic by www.pctools.com and get a Free Registry scan to see if you can find any problems you may recognize. If you decide to change something in the Registry make sure you make a New Restore Point before making changes. Windows Restore does not recover or replace deleted files, only Registry Keys and Settings.
All of Uleads Config files are Binary, so there is nothing to change manually. If it still doesn’t work, this one is on Tech Support, maybe a new disc?
If the above is true and you have followed Tech’s uninstalled and reinstalled PI 10 policy, and still can’t get more than 9 Undo’s, you have got trouble. If this is true then you will have to try the more difficult method of Installation from Safe Mode, here is how you do that;
Uninstall PI 10; you now need to delete two sets of Ulead Folders, only delete the Ulead Systems Folders, not the whole tree! The first can be found at C:\Documents and Settings\xxx(user name)xx\Application Data\Ulead Systems. The second Ulead Folder is at location C:\Program Files\ Ulead Systems.
Make sure before you start the next step, you have a PS2 Keyboard and Mouse, as Ulead Install disc Menu does not support USB peripherals or Keyboard menu selection. Once certain of this requirement reboot your computer, during the Boot process hold down the F8 key to bring up the Safe Mode selection screen, choose Safe mode. Once you are in Safe Mode, insert the Ulead Install disc and reinstall your Application, make your changes to the Undo feature then reboot.
If the above does not work and you understand the Registry, you can always go to Registry Mechanic by www.pctools.com and get a Free Registry scan to see if you can find any problems you may recognize. If you decide to change something in the Registry make sure you make a New Restore Point before making changes. Windows Restore does not recover or replace deleted files, only Registry Keys and Settings.
All of Uleads Config files are Binary, so there is nothing to change manually. If it still doesn’t work, this one is on Tech Support, maybe a new disc?
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mimmyt
Photoimpact 10
Yes I have been to preferences. Since I originally had the problem I have reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled it. Still the same problem. It accepts the change in preferences but when you do some editing, after the nine it comes up and says no more undo's. Tech Support never suggested a new disk.
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keenart
I know Tech Support will almost always use the Uninstall, reinstall, and in extreme cases format the hard drive.
However, as mentioned previously did they have you reinstall using Safe Mode?
Here is why; I can not install Ulead products in XP, I don't know why, but believe a Device Driver, Firewall, or Anti-Virus software are crippling the install, even though I turn most off. When I go to Safe Mode, many of the Drivers and other Junk is not active. Once I have done this then PI 10 works fine. Who knows maybe Ulead's disc is bad.
Otherwise your talking about creating Multiple Layers, and keeping track of them, or.
Here is a solution that may get you through until you can resolve the issue; PI 10 allows Undo's for each seperate Image, create your image to work on, when you have reached your 9 Undo's, and of course you don't need to change anyghing, Select All, Drag&Drop your image onto the desktop to create a new image, which resets the number of Undo's you have back to 9, for the new Image not the old one. Don't discard the previous image as the Undo's are still valid and you may want to make changes and then do another Drag&Drop. You will have to do this each time you are warned you have exceeded the number of Undo's. It won't add to the previous Undo's, so you can only make your changes within each 9 Undo's, some fancy Drag&Dropping might get you through.
There is another way to change the Undo Level: call the Quick Command Panel, select the History Tab, select the fourth Icon under the tab, named Change Undo Level, and enter a new number of Levels in the Dialog Box.
As I mentioned before you can't change the CFG files as Ulead writes them in binary. I am not aware of anyother solution, unless someone else can add to this thread.
However, as mentioned previously did they have you reinstall using Safe Mode?
Here is why; I can not install Ulead products in XP, I don't know why, but believe a Device Driver, Firewall, or Anti-Virus software are crippling the install, even though I turn most off. When I go to Safe Mode, many of the Drivers and other Junk is not active. Once I have done this then PI 10 works fine. Who knows maybe Ulead's disc is bad.
Otherwise your talking about creating Multiple Layers, and keeping track of them, or.
Here is a solution that may get you through until you can resolve the issue; PI 10 allows Undo's for each seperate Image, create your image to work on, when you have reached your 9 Undo's, and of course you don't need to change anyghing, Select All, Drag&Drop your image onto the desktop to create a new image, which resets the number of Undo's you have back to 9, for the new Image not the old one. Don't discard the previous image as the Undo's are still valid and you may want to make changes and then do another Drag&Drop. You will have to do this each time you are warned you have exceeded the number of Undo's. It won't add to the previous Undo's, so you can only make your changes within each 9 Undo's, some fancy Drag&Dropping might get you through.
There is another way to change the Undo Level: call the Quick Command Panel, select the History Tab, select the fourth Icon under the tab, named Change Undo Level, and enter a new number of Levels in the Dialog Box.
As I mentioned before you can't change the CFG files as Ulead writes them in binary. I am not aware of anyother solution, unless someone else can add to this thread.
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tonyl33
Different computers behaves differently even with the same program installed. PI 7 onwards are RAM intensive. I ever load my PI 8 on a P2 with 128mb RAM & the 'Undo' cannot exceed 9. The program is able to gauge the capabilities of the computer so as not to stretch the resources. On my new P4 with 1Gb RAM, my PI 10 works perfectly.
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heinz-oz
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mimmyt
photoimpact undo
Thanks Heinz Oz, I am on this forum for help not criticism.
I am using Standard Mode.
For your information I have been using PI since V4, I know the program.
Thanks Keenart, I will give your idea a try
I am using Standard Mode.
For your information I have been using PI since V4, I know the program.
Thanks Keenart, I will give your idea a try
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keenart
There is another method you might try, albeit strange but it might help. PI 10 has the Task feature, which is a life saver for me, always clicking things and then forgetting how I constructed them.
However, you might turn on the Record a Task feature when you begin creating your new image and continue recording until you are through. I mention this because everything you record, regardless of the number of Undos, goes into the Task feature History. The importance of this is that you have a perfect record of all that you have created while working on your image. You can check or uncheck certain parts of the created Task and then apply them onto another image. You can really get "very" creative using some of the new features PI has come up with to help you out.
I am truly an experimenter, always looking for ways to save a mouse click or create an image faster.
However, you might turn on the Record a Task feature when you begin creating your new image and continue recording until you are through. I mention this because everything you record, regardless of the number of Undos, goes into the Task feature History. The importance of this is that you have a perfect record of all that you have created while working on your image. You can check or uncheck certain parts of the created Task and then apply them onto another image. You can really get "very" creative using some of the new features PI has come up with to help you out.
I am truly an experimenter, always looking for ways to save a mouse click or create an image faster.
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heinz-oz
Re: photoimpact undo
sorry for trying to help, won't happen again. Maybe I chose the wrong words, but I certainly wasn't criticising. Nowhere did you mention that you were using the program for that long.mimmyt wrote:Thanks Heinz Oz, I am on this forum for help not criticism.
I am using Standard Mode.
For your information I have been using PI since V4, I know the program.
Thanks Keenart, I will give your idea a try