Two main troubles in the passage from CS3 to CS4

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Diego_Cuoghi
Feb 19, 2009
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Hello, this is my firs message here.
I need help because I do not find explanations in the PDF manual about two problems I encountered in the new CS4 release.
In CS3 if I move an image too high, and the title bar goes under the horizontal top bar of PhotoShop, it comes down automatically. In this way it is impossible for the title bar to remain under the top bar.
In CS4 the title bar of the image remains under the top bar and it become impossible to move it. The only way to move the image window is "fit to screen" (command-O).
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The second problem is the rotation of the level styles. In CS3 if I apply a style to a level (shadow, bump…) for example with 45°, the degrees remains the same if I rotate the picture 90° or upside down. This is very useful to obtain, for example, different ceramic tiles with bump & shadow in the same direction from a single original tile. But in CS4 the degrees rotate together with the rotation of the picture! It is a BIG trouble for me because many times I have dozens of levels, everyone with his own angle of bump or shadow. In CS4 I have to individually change all the degrees in all the levels to return to the original situation. Is it possible to lock the degrees of the styles even rotating of the picture?

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Ram
Feb 19, 2009
CS4 the title bar of the image remains under the top bar and it become impossible to move it. The only way to move the image window is "fit to screen" (command-O)

Yes, that is a known issue. The workaround is either Command+0, as you say, or tap the Tab key to move the Option Bar momentarily out of the way.
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Buko
Feb 19, 2009
In CS4 I have to individually change all the deg

make sure use global light is checked.
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Diego_Cuoghi
Feb 20, 2009
With or without global ligt is the same. The angle rotates. In CS3 the styles angles are independent from canvas rotation. In CS4 no.

Try an example: create a new empty document. Paste a little image in the centre (or copy & paste a portion of the document). Apply a shadow or bump style angled 120°.
In CS3 if I rotate the image by 90° the shadow remains 120°, and I see it bottom-right In CS4 if I rotate the image by 90° the shadow change to 30° and it moves to bottom-left

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