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Goodness.  That is a crazy vague image to work with.     The lower case e and p appear to be skewed, and the lower case y has a looped decender.  My free hand drawn letters are not going to work in an app like What the Font because it is going to return free hand brush script fonts, but it might help to search.  Have you looked at Typkit? (or whatever it is called nowadays)     ... View more

It actually took me a LOT less time to do this than to answer your question   ... View more

First step is to select the bow tie and copy to a new layer.  Dragging a box around it with the Object Selection tool is an easy way to do that.  Ctrl J (Cmd J) copies the selection to a new layer   Then you need to clean up (remove the existing bow tie where it is a problem.  An easy way to do that is borrow pixels from the right side of the image Free transform the borrowed pixels Flip horizontal Hold down the Ctrl (Cmd) key and drag the handles to get it to fit   I'm trying to keep is simple as I can for you, but the image is not cooperating. At this stage I am thinking that the flipped bow tie is easier to match than removing the existing tie with the clone tool, so I have abandoned that layer for now, The new collar was too bright, and too blue, so I clipped a curves layer to the coppied collar layer and reduced the RGB slope, and I also selected the blue channel from the RGB drop down, and reduced that as well.  I decided to finish with the sponge tool set to Desaturate sneaking up with a value of just 1 or 2.   That leaves it close, but I used the clone tool to clean up lines around the collar/neck interface. Theww center of the bow tie also has an obvious cut line, so I am going to use the copied bow tie after all. So I used a layer mask to mask everything but the knot. Used free transform to straighten the tie, and switched to Warp (by right clicking) to styretch the knot to fit better. Note this is not how I would have done it, but I have >20 years experience and use Photoshop every day.  But to do a perfect job, it was probably not easy for a complete beginner.  If you want to have a go, then use the clone tool to hide problem areas of the original tie.  Use masking (lasso or pen tools) to select where you need clean lines to clone into.   I hope that helps at least a bit.     ... View more

Reinstalling probably doesn't clean up workspace settings unless you use the cleaner tool, or manually delete the workspace file.  What operating system are you using? https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/photoshop/kb/preference-file-names-locations-photoshop.html   Have you tried selecting, and resetting, another workspace? ... View more

Goodness.  Some very good uploads this week.  Great ideas exceptionally realised.  I especially like the added shading on the scissors in some of the images, and Rafel's perspective change.  Rafel, I am thinking you could have added some hightlights to some of the upper edges to give a better 3D look, but all of the uploads are excellent this week.     ... View more

I suspect you have nailed it Ged.   https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/pen-tool-color-options-greyed-out-won-t-change/m-p/11236083?page=1 ... View more

A good answer Dave.  I suspect that the Move tool is most people's favourit default tool, although — for the most part — it really doesn't matter which tool is selected when you are not using it.  i.e. you do not activate the left mouse button.  I think my own favourite added extra trick with the Move tool is to right click inside the document window to reveal what layers have content at a particular location.   For some reason I am particularly bad at managing my layers with SFTW images because they have a 'temporary' feel to them, but they invariably run away with themselves, and end up with dozens of layers and a right old mess in the layers panel.  That right click trick has saved me more times than I can remember.  Of course, it is far more sensible to name and group your layers as you go.     ... View more

Graham, now you have given 'me' an idea.  Hmmm... do I have time to do it before SFTW 101 ... View more

The irony is that Dave does not understand what is supposed to be different about this image, as that is what Sunderland looks like on his way home from the pub on Friday nights.   😉   Being serious, that is not far off what my night vision used to be like before I had both cateracts fixed.  This was due to LASIK surgery which had me looking through scar tissue when my pupils expanded when it got dark.  Things like street lights and reflective road signs would appear as about a dozen separate images, so I was not able to drive at night.   ... View more

So here's the thing.  When I heard this was going to have four fountains I pictured Terry Pratchett's Disk World with a turtle, but maybe not the elephants, and the Disk World supported on top.  When I saw the starter image the fountains were not what I'd seen in my mind's eye, so I had to add them myself.  They ultimately got hidden a bit by the water falling off the edge of the disk (which took bloddy ages!) but the thought was there. ... View more

Dave I tried adding a second image to another thread just now, and failed completely.  I went back in to edit it and tried again uploading from a local drive, which appeared to work but the image did not show after saving the edit.  The reason I got fed up with the forum and stopped posting was because the new forum software is was a PITA with images, but I thought they'd fixed it.  It's so frustrating, and significantly compromises our ability to reply to questions as screenshots are so obviously helpful. ... View more

You have the History Brush selected.  It must be ten years at least since I used the History Brush.  Possibly nearer to twenty!  There are much better ways to duplicate its effect, and with much more control.   If you selected it by accident, then think about remove its shortcut (I can even remember if it has a shortcut).   A nice way to avoid this is to create a new workspace with all the options checked.  If you ever need the default shortcuts or tools, then switch back to Essentials.         ... View more

Hi Elizabeth.  Do you mean that dragging the selection makes a copy?  It doesn't sound exactly like that, but if it is, then are you holding down Alt (Opt) while dragging?  Does the twin image persist after you drag it, or become just the one after you release the mouse button?   If it is a display glitch then it might be a video card driver issue. What operating system are you using? Would a screen shot help show us what you are seeing?  You should be able to paste a screen shot directly to you post. ... View more

Quick.  Push him down and and shut the lid!   ... View more

It's telling me I need to click to view all of a sudden, so if you are not seeing a picture, you know what to do.   ... View more

What version of Photoshop are you using?  If CC, are you signed in? ... View more

It appears to be a known issue, and I have seen a post from someone still seeing this with v21.1.3 but there is a lter version that might have fixed it.         ... View more

It's called a 'shoelace' artifact, and is usually associated with drivers, but also with which API you are using (windows Ink or WinTab).  What operating system are you using?  If Windows then one surefire way of fixing it is to use the Lazy Nezumi Pro plugin.  LNP is a total no brainer for table users anyway, and gives you way more control than just Photoshop.   One of my favourite LNP presets is called Vanishing Lines and makes matching perspective when compositing elements to an existing image a sinch    ... View more

Adding to what JJ has said, you could copy the Type layer and use Free Transform > Warp > Flag on the copy, and use layer masks to hide the Free Transform on the original like below.     ... View more

You need to show us the image size in pixels. Cmd Opt i It sounds like you have a tiny image size   ... View more

I decided I was missing an obvious added feature with this. ... View more

Dave, I was reading your starter post again, and noticed the bit about requests to reveal redacted text and images.  I made me think of the typical content of my Private Message inbox.  Heck, I just had a closer look and realized all these are just from May and April this year!  It think that's eight different users asking the same thing.  I used to reply and explain the realities, and if it was not from a phone or tablet (which are 100% impossible to do anything with) I even had a go, but I don't think I have ever got more than fragments.  That number of requests has still amazed me.   ... View more

I thought to look at the image on the photographer's flickr site, but it has no EXIF.  He might have used an export to flickr or export to web type setting, and I think they strip any EXIF.  That's a pity. If I look at the EXIF on one of my flickr images it shows a ton of information.  It might add to the image size, but some of that is going to be interesting to your average photographer geek type person.   Compression -   JPEG (old-style) Make -   Canon Orientation -   Horizontal (normal) X-Resolution -   300 dpi Y-Resolution -   300 dpi Software -   Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows) Date and Time (Modified) -   2018:12:18 11:32:21 Artist -   Trevor Dennis YCbCr Positioning -   Centered Copyright -   All Rights Reserved ISO Speed -   200 Sensitivity Type -   Recommended Exposure Index Recommended Exposure Index -   200 Exif Version -   0230 Date and Time (Original) -   2018:12:15 07:57:54 Date and Time (Digitized) -   2018:12:15 07:57:54 Components Configuration -   Y, Cb, Cr, - Exposure Bias -   -2/3 EV Max Aperture Value -   2.8 Metering Mode -   Spot Sub Sec Time -   00 Sub Sec Time Original -   00 Sub Sec Time Digitized -   00 Flashpix Version -   0100 Color Space -   Uncalibrated Focal Plane X-Resolution -   2413.333333 Focal Plane Y-Resolution -   2413.333333 Focal Plane Resolution Unit -   cm Custom Rendered -   Normal Exposure Mode -   Auto White Balance -   Auto Scene Capture Type -   Standard Lens Info -   24-70mm f/? Lens Model -   EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens Serial Number -   0000000000 Coded Character Set -   UTF8 Envelope Record Version -   4 Application Record Version -   0 Date Created -   2018:12:15 Time Created -   07:57:54+00:00 By-line -   Trevor Dennis Copyright Notice -   All Rights Reserved Global Angle -   30 Global Altitude -   30 IPTCDigest -   a2ffa098ff2d1121891ae7940b1b9aa6 XMPToolkit -   Adobe XMP Core 5.6-c145 79.163499, 2018/08/13-16:40:22 Approximate Focus Distance -   1 Distortion Correction Already Applied -   True Firmware -   1.1.1 Flash Compensation -   0 Image Number -   0 Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction Already Applied -   True Lens ID -   230 Vignette Correction Already Applied -   True Creator -   Trevor Dennis Format -   image/jpeg Rights -   All Rights Reserved Serial Number -   045021000053 Lens Model -   EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens Serial Number -   0000000000 Lens Info -   24-70mm f/? Color Mode -   RGB ICCProfile Name -   Adobe RGB (1998) Metadata Date -   2018:12:18 11:32:21+13:00 Rating -   0 Derived From Document ID -   xmp.did:8b0cf3d1-adbd-3949-b11b-7b1fda94dffa Derived From Instance ID -   xmp.iid:178a75c7-d566-7549-8789-ba6551dbc27f Derived From Original Document ID -   85F143A08F4C41B35192BC74CBBD8D75 Document ID -   adobe:docid:photoshop:c7b064db-fc2e-d642-b304-80c0a6cac7b9 Instance ID -   xmp.iid:aa9afb06-01a6-814f-9cc8-5c3fcd3e262c Original Document ID -   85F143A08F4C41B35192BC74CBBD8D75 Camera ID -   72157603423041122 Camera Type -   Digital SLR Add this photo to your map       ... View more