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Quik Mask: there is a little icon that looks like a camera at the bottom of the tool bar. Click it to enter Quik Mask. Click it again to exit. Or, just type a Q. You have to have an active selection before it will work. Within Quik Mask, you use the brush tool to make changes to the selection.

I'm not sure why it does that either. One tactic is to always be at a point where you can close the selection shape by hitting enter. If it whites out under that condition, you can press enter to get the screen back. Here's another way. Draw a rough selection. Then enter Quik Mask and refine...

Yup. CS2 works just fine under Vista.

I am running under XP SP3 with Photoshop CS3 version 10.0.1 with an Epson R2400. All of the profiles (icc & icm files) are present in windows/system32/spool/drivers/color, but are not listed in Photoshop's printer profile list. Everything was working fine as recently as 3-4 weeks ago, and...

There are many, many things that can be done with a raw file. The white balance can be selected and adjusted as desired on the computer long after the photo is taken. The exposure can be increased or decreased by multiple stops. The histogram can be adjusted. The image can be brought into...

I've seen this on files which have been corrupted by hard disk problems. In those cases, I count myself fortunate if anything can be recovered. It looks like time to restore from your backup.

With patch, you circle an area you want to process. Then you drag the circle to the spot you want to take the pixels from. It will try to blend the new pixels into the existing image. If you completely encircle a problem area, it will be replaced. If there is a substantial contrast difference at...

You need to open the raw images. They will open in Photoshop within the raw converter. That is where you will see the synchronize option. You will not see it in Bridge.

Yikes! I would never "LEAN" on a scanner. That's a good way to break the glass, cause physical contact with the scan head, or otherwise cause damage to the scanner. I would use no more than moderate pressure on the top of the scanner. Once in Photoshop, it should be a simple matter to select...

If you are using Photoshop, there are two main ways. The first is Image->Resize which will resize the entire image. The second is Edit->Free Transform which will resize a specific layer of the image. I'm guessing you want the Free Transform option.

When you reinstalled Windows, did you reinstall all of the MOBO drivers as well?

My CS3 has no Brush option in the Layer menu. There is a fairly simple way; create the text control click (PC) on the text icon to select the text expand the selection by, for example, 10 pixels add a new layer under the text select the outline color fill the selected area with the desired...

Here's a hint. I don't think it has much to do with Photoshop. It has to do with photographic technique, and the color of the background used when the photo is taken.

Audio and video have far more demands for unencumbered disk access than still photos. That's because, at least at the capture stage, they must keep up with a real time process. Audio is, of course, far less demanding than video. Photoshop scratch disks are aimed at storing temporary data such...

Bicubic sharper is the recommended method for reducing the size. What size are you downsizing to? What are the dimensions in inches and the pixels per inch? If you resample to 72ppi for an 8x10 image, the image will lose sharpness.