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Color Range bugy?


PutinHuilo

PutinHuilo

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I have created my presets for Color Range filter and cannot use them because when i load it gives error. v21.2.12

Actually it gives error all the time when i enter second value by hand instead of using slider.

Can someone verify if its fixed in later version?

bug color range.jpg
 
Hey. I can't reproduce the error without further info. Too many missing variables to consider.
 
For above bug with midtones i was able to make workaround by creating custom photoshop actions instead that select even faster than saved presets. Seems like bug was with the window itself, not the selection process.

One more bug is with "Color Sampler" feature of Color Range tool, is when you click color picker+ it will sample the color of the working area outside of the image. Its bit inconvenient when need to sample multiple colors next to the edge of the image, as workaround can sample small preview image inside Color Range tool window.
 
Found yet another very bug with Color Range selection, when select Midtones from dropdown menu, Fuziness slider is not disabled, however moving it has no effect.
This bug only happens if one of the values inside box equals 0 or 255.
 
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PutinHuilo said:
I attached color range preference i saved that gives me error every time i load it and press OK to select.
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Hey.

Again, I feel as though we don't have the information needed to help you. Please don't post preferences. The preference could have been created in error. We need to know how you arrived at the preference. Just post the actual image you are working on and explain in detail what you are trying to accomplish. This may be a situation where a different technique is advisable.

PutinHuilo said:
One more bug is with "Color Sampler" feature of Color Range tool, is when you click color picker+ it will sample the color of the working area outside of the image. Its bit inconvenient when need to sample multiple colors next to the edge of the image, as workaround can sample small preview image inside Color Range tool window.
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I don't think you are using the term "BUG" correctly. Perhaps shortcomming, fault, flaw or defect would be a better word choice. Again we don't have enough information to offer help.

PutinHuilo said:
Found yet another very bug with Color Range selection, when select Midtones from dropdown menu, Fuziness slider is not disabled, however moving it has no effect.
This bug only happens if one of the values inside box equals 0 or 255.
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Again you are using the term bug. It's almost impossible to determine whether a "BUG" exists if you are not providing us with enough information. A bug almost always turns out to be user error or a user having an unusually high expectation of the tool involved.

I don't think the Color Range Tool is as "bugy" as you are suggesting. If the tool is not performing outside it's designed parameters, it's not really a bug. It's very difficult to determine if you are using the tool correctly for the situation without knowing what it is you're trying to do and what steps you are taking that leads you to believe it's a "bug".

I'm not saying at all that "bugs" don't exist. We just need way more information to make that determination. Almost all "bugs" in Ps can be cured by resetting prefs or reloading the software. True bugs can also be generated by the host computers operating system.

PLEASE, PLEASE post the exact image you are working on and explain in as much detail as possible what you are trying to accomplish.
 
Hi @PutinHuilo
I agree images always helps per @IamSam

I am using PS 22.5.3 and your Color Range file works fine on my version with no bug whatsoever if I used the slider or type in a number. So likely some time of software issue for that version or particular combinations of settings with that version.

As far as being able to select a color from which to create a Range being outside the image, I can see that being a pain when you want to select an edge pixel. I also see it as an advantage if I want to pick a specific color from one of my preset color chips. Adding the ability to limit it to just the image size would be a feature request.

As far as the fuzziness vs range sliders, it is how it works. The fuzziness slider is based on the "percentage" of fuzziness and its a percentage of the range number that has been chosen. Try it with shadows or highlights and you will see that the amount of fuzziness changes in shadows that if it is set to zero, any percentage of 0 is 0 fuzziness. In highlights, it is reversed. It is percentage away from 255 that determines from which to compare. So fuzziness at 255 is 0 and grows as you move the range slider away from 255.

How fuzziness works for midtones is a mixture of the two. I believe the fuzziness is the lower amount of either away from percentage of the shadow range number or the percentage away from the 255 number. So it is based on percentage of the range number not percentage of the full range of 0 to 255. I am sure it was a choice made decades ago by Photoshop and one can argue if that was the best way or not.

I did not provide example pictures yet could do so if that is needed to make my information more clear.

Hope this helps

John Wheeler
 
Indeed bug might be too strong description since its actually does work, just not very intuitive.

Right now i have no particular workflow i am trying to accomplish i am learning functionality of PS

Are there any third party plugins that provide similar functionality to Color Range filter?
 
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