Your steps: Open pic > option + cmd + R (Select and Mask) > W (Quick Selection Tool) > B (Brush Tool, to finish it off) > Output to: New Layer with Layer Mask (did not check Decontaminate Colors) > Add Mask To Selection > shift + cmd + I > select original pic next to mask > Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift > crank blur to 100 px > no visible result. If by "next to mask" you mean on the same layer as the mask then you are blurring the part image that is masked. That step in bold should be : Select original layer in layer panel and turn on visibility or add a step at the end to turn off the layer mask Dave ... View more

........ is Donald Trump giving a talk on how to turn your skin orange while avoiding paying any tax in Photoshop? Be careful what you wish for Terri !! Dave ... View more

Thanks again Madison - it's working today Dave ... View more

Thank you Dave ... View more

Love the look and the ergonomics but would I buy one - no. What I love about desktop PCs is the expandability - the ability to add drives/memory , change the graphics card as things develop. This is more like a laptop  -  albeit a great one Now if they sold the screen and a card to drive it........................... Dave ... View more

Thanks for reporting. It is now working correctly Dave ... View more

Thank you - sorry for double post - I posted the other one in the Photoshop forum and it was moved here. Dave ... View more

Thanks Madison I mainly use the Photoshop forum so that is where I am seeing it. Sorry for double post - I added a comment to a post in this forum and actually posted this one in the Photoshop forum , and it was moved here. Thanks for your help - hopefully it will get sorted Dave ... View more

Seeing this in the Photoshop Forum today (25 Oct) Dave ... View more

Not a solution but, for anyone using dual/triple monitors, don't forget you don't have to have the taskbar on the main screen. I put the taskbar on the left, Photoshop in the middle and palettes on the right. Like I said, not a solution for all, but may help some Dave ... View more

Don't forget, with the magic wand, you can Shift-Click to add and Alt-Click to take away. At any time you can switch to Quick Mask Mode and use a brush to amend any tricky areas (or if on the latest version you can jump into Select and Mask) Dave ... View more

Here are the steps I use 1. Use File -Scripts -Load Files Into Stack    When doing this tick both "Attempt to Automatically Align Source images" and "Create Smart object after Loading Layers" 2. Select the Smart object 3. Go to Layer - Smart Objects - Stack Mode - Median If there is a problem aligning the layers change the above to: 1. Use File -Scripts -Load Files Into Stack     Do not check "Attempt to Automatically Align Source  images" and "Create Smart object after Loading Layers" 2. Reduce the opacity of the layers and use move to align manually 3. increase opacity back to 100% 4. Create a Smart object from the layers (Layer -Smart Objects - Convert to Smart object) 5.  Select the Smart object 6. Go to Layer - Smart Objects - Stack Mode - Median Hope this helps Dave ... View more

Hi Barbara Thanks for replying. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work here. I am on Windows 10 and CC2015.5 and CS6 were the same. My default rulers (set via preferences) are in inches (also just tried setting to cm to check if changing made a diffrence). Whilst the small rich cursor box that appears whilst dragging the cursor is in inches, the dialogue box for the rectangle, which comes up when you click in the document still comes up in pixels first - no matter what the ruler preferences. Dave ... View more

Right click on the number and it will bring up a choice of scale. Unfortunately I don't know how to make it stick - to avoid needing to right click each time. Dave ... View more

I also using exactly the same version of Photoshop (Adobe Photoshop Version: 2015.5.1 20160722.r.156 2016/07/22:23:00:00 CL 1083377  x64) However we do differ with graphics cards (AMD Radion  HD7970) Dave ... View more

I am using Windows 10 here with Intuos Pro and Photoshop 2015.5.1 with no problems. I would be happy to check any setting screens in comparison to your own to see if we can spot the difference and get to the problem. So some of the obvious ones : Windows 10 is 64 bit and version (from winver) : Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.105) Photoshop Version 2015.5.1 Photoshop Brush : WACOM driver details from Control Panel - Device Manager WACOM Control Panel Version WACOM Tablet properties : Pen Mapping: Windows Ink Settings (from Control Panel - Pen and Touch) If there are any other settings I can check for you - please let me know Dave ... View more

A thought : On the Wacom tablet properties do you have pen settings specifically set for Photoshop and if so have you rebuilt them for the latest version? It could be that Wacom is not applying them to what it may see as a new application. That includes "Use Windows Ink". Dave ... View more

One thing to add: If you do draw on one layer and use the Paint Bucket to fill on another layer, make sure you have "All layers " checked in the paintbucket options bar, otherwise the whole empty layer will fill. Dave ... View more

If you build up your image in layers - and use masks to hide parts of those layers then it enables you to alter your image fairly easily in the future. The magic Wand tool enables you to quickly select parts of your image and this selection can be used to create masks or even directly fill an area with a colour. It is definitely worth learning how layers, selections and masks work. In the meantime - changing the tolerance on the paint bucket tool should resolve your immediate problem Dave ... View more

Welcome to the forum Jessica Increase the tolerance value on the paint bucket options bar. Dave ... View more

In transform change the interpolation method to Nearest Neighbour Dave ... View more

Not sure if a mod has taken some action, or whether it was a blip - but points have just re-appeared. Either way - thank you Dave ... View more