Serene, maybe start here until someone answers with what you were asking for. How to turn photos into pencil sketches using Photoshop   -edit- That tchnique probably works better with photos. I changed tack and did it the old-fashioned way. My attempt causes me to remember the scene in the movie Contact where the scientist Jodie Foster said they should've sent an artist into the worm hole. ... View more

Mark, I didn't find a historic storage location... Let me show what I did find. Preference file functions, names, locations | Photoshop and [see attachment].   ... View more

Your advice to upgrade is a good one. Be not afraid, we've had v26.1 released between v26.0 and v26.2. When I command-click on an empty layer, I get "Warning: No pixels were selected  OK/Learn more." ... View more

"You do realise that they are not the same?" No, I did not. Circumstantial evidence would lead anyone to assume they were the same despite what appears to be minor cosmetic differences when looking at the two interfaces. Thank you for schooling me. (circumstantial evidence/misleading by Adobe: Lr->Ps, header reads filename.NEF) ... View more

I don't think it's pro[gr]amming [at issue] but ethics. Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines 2. Be Respectful and Safe (a few [guidelines] regard nudity) ... View more

There's your problem right there, Jay -- Photoshop 2925 won't be released for 900 years! I'm a bit shocked that one can't get to the Reflections checkbox through Ps>Filter>Camera Raw Filter, even though the window that opens reads Camera Raw 17.1 just like it does when opening a NEF through Bridge!   Removing window reflections in Adobe Camera Raw How should you use this feature? For now, our technology works only on raw photos (DNGs, CR2s, ARWs, ProRAWs, etc.) To try it on your own images, open the Camera Raw plug-in and go to the Technology Previews section of the Preferences Panel. Then enable the New AI Settings and Features Panel and restart the host application (Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Bridge). ... View more

When I searched for "learning module," I arrived at xxxx://www.adobe.com/search?query=learning%20module&learnIn=1 Is this the page you landed on? The actual URL I tried to paste in didn't work when posted. Replace 'xxx:' with "http:" ... View more

"Is there a way to remove the snowman while creating that layer of covered area so that I could edit it again later in the project if I wanted to add the snowman back?"   Christine, I removed the snowman two ways: the non-detructive way that retains the snowman using layers (I didn't like my hasty job, so...) and one layer, destructively. Haste Makes Waste.   On this last attempt, my process was made a blank layer above the background layer (your pic) selected the Remove tool,  Mode = Generative AI On; Sample all layers checked; Remove after each stroke unchecked. made a sloppy, overly-large selection of the snowman, then committed (✓) The final file has two layers: Layer 1, the Background layer, with snowman hidden Layer 2 with a small blob of scene created by AI that when the visibility is toggled reveals the snowman. I can record the entire process if needed. ... View more

Did you look at my attachment, Christine, and read my question? My one-pass removal of the snowman didn't perturb the margins. (adding) I would expect that only selected areas would be removed. In addition to the snowman, are other areas of the image pink/selected? Does your work image contain layers? ... View more

M.E., I'm hoping I'm not the only one who isn't sure what you need. Isn't' your ability to upload a reference image the "way to "add one of [your] own images ... to the gallery so that [you] may use it as a 'generate image' prompt?"?   Have you uploaded the hairy caveman image as your reference image or does [it] resemble the desired result of the image generation? Is the final product an overlay or composite? ... View more

Interesting problem, Christine! I don't have much experience with using this tool. What confused me a bit is that your screenshots were out of chronological order. It may not matter, but to me, the Remove tool is so far able to remove two distractions, Wires and Cables, and People. Okay, snowmen are people. Remove tool https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/remove-tool.html?x-product=phsp/26.2.0&x-product-location=unifiedpanel&as_channel=adobe_apps&as_source=app&as_campclass=brand&as_campaign=discover-panel-search&as_content=search-results&as_camptype=phsp/26.2.0&guid=1eb2d2fc-fdb4-40a7-82d4-4589c808dfd6#access_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dSI6Imltc19uYTEta2V5LWF0LTEuY2VyIiwia2lkIjoiaW1zX25hMS1rZXktYXQtMSIsIml0dCI6ImF0In0.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.M23zcQ9-sUl5iCeRF5wYd1US04yFDe0SmSbcGtu7mDRTfvFTRIQiny3B_6jO4oEZwhbQkEZke3y1BIOXg6tNic0ZwviJmkf2L7fGjNcQaImK21oMaCbNmjrZPh7eoXXJHM6aFcx7sUgzhhi3rwx028P9NOH6RkAiA91zLu_rWa4s_IQgvX2Xsl0vWQ9a5HBRnswNk7ah-IOZRu04ceIzeXdW1Jg8fx0dCIHeo3EMZ6QUsyX0W8O2NPd9rm6wPuSrtF8hz3JrKaWv8Jv-RiypXZUmWHVZkcEnwctFkkm-9iFZLEufhzfMpWZ9suhKp0W08kHP6lGsP-VFVlkGz0vJwA&token_type=bearer&expires_in=86399996   "Select Find distractions from the options bar. When people is chosen, a pink overlay will appear over the detected distractions which you can then refine further if needed. Commit the change to remove those distractions." Have you tried the three modes? Auto, Generative AI on, Generative AI off? I downloaded your pic. When I selected People, Snowman wasn't automatically selected. I had to select, then commit. I am now trying a different tack -- creating a new layer, then checking the samlpe all layers box.   -- I think the key is not coloring inside the snowman, but to select more than you think you need. Here is my result. Let me know if you see perurbations in other areas of the scene. I made one pass; maybe subsequent passes are at the root of the problem.   ... View more

A few caveats, ilkinsalifov and Stephen. "Auto recovery only works if the file has been saved at least once." True, and it should have had at least one save (the choices are every 5/10/15/30 minutes or 1 hour) If... "There is no autosave folder on mac" (as Stephen says) but only if this box is checked: ☐ Automatically Save Recovery Information Every: (if the box is not checked, work is not saved) ... View more

I think I understand what you're trying to say, but let me restate. Two of the settings gear checkboxes involved in hover ☐ Show layer bounds on hover ☐ Show bounding box from layer don't work as expected. You state that the former (before what? update?) behavior was - Show bounding box only while transforming - No bounding box when not transforming If I uncheck those boxes, I do get that behavior when the layer is not selected. I can't get the bounding box to always appear. If it would help, we could record our screens then post the movie. ... View more

THANK YOU, CONRAD!!   https://www.apple.com/macos/security/ "Your data. Your rules." Sorta not. ... View more

Then shouldn't the update should have read v26.1.1? If the previous update didn't have ACR 17.1. Uninstall/reinstall seems to be the only choice since resetting CC removes access to the latest supposed update. ... View more

* CC client, logout and relogin again I reserved this step for last due to poor memory (I stay logged in, can't remember my pwd) * uninstalling and reinstalling the CC App: Never again. You have to reinstall all your Adobe apps. * resetting the CC App. Ah. Easy-peasy. Three-fingered salute. Less than 10 seconds after performing, the update reminder is gone. ... View more

"On demand" isn't quite true. ... View more

AD, this is not meant to be a criticism, but it seems like a. you don't edit the Master, but create virtual copies (intentionally or accidentally) b. you want to preserve virtual copies for their critical edits. A conundrum. If intentionally, you're in the driver's seat. If accidentally or programatically, you need to figure out how the virtuals are created. At some point, perhaps stacked images were unstacked, and the previously-invisible virtuals were exposed. ... View more

AD, I'm confused so I went back to your original post. " images appear as duplicates 1of2 and 2of2."   The "2" is the "developed" (virtual) image." <-- Original (Master) and virtual copies can be developed. Developed and Virtual are not synonyms. Prior to using Photo>Create Virtual Copy, Copy 1 and Copy 2 do not exist. Creating a virtual copy creates a new catalog entry but does not create a new file. The original file and the virtual copy share the exact same name; same extension. In Loupe view, the original file displays as filename.ext and the virtual copy as filename.ext • Copy 1. The original file will never appear in the Loupe view as filename.ext • Copy anything. In Grid view, the upper-left corner displays the number of catalog entries (original and duplicates). In Grid view, hovering the cursor over the original changes the number of catalog entries to display the total number of copies, i.e., "1 of 2" and the filename.ext. The virtual copy will display "2 of 2" and filename.ext • Copy 1   Of course all virtual copies point to the original file in the folder.As MacLeod said, There Can Be Only One. Deleting copies retains the original file but yes, their copy edits are lost.   As far as deleting entries, deleting a copy will get a warning from LrC: Remove the selected copy? with the choices, Remove from Lightroom and Cancel Deleting the original will get this warning: Remove Photo from Lightroom Catalog This photo will be removed from your Lightroom Catalog and any synced Lightroom Clients. Select "Delete from Disk" to also move the selected photos on your computer to the Finder's trash. One virtual copy will also be removed. with the choices, Remove from Lightroom, Delete from Disk and Cancel. The copies take up next-to-nothing storage space, only increase the catalog size negligibly. Create virtual copies https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/photos.html?x-product=Helpx%2F1.0.0&x-product-location=Search%3AForums%3Alink%2F3.5.6  "...You can even make one of the virtual copies a master, making the previous master a virtual copy. Virtual copies become actual photos when they are exported as a copy of the master photo or edited as a copy in an external editor. In the Library module, select a virtual copy of a photo in the Grid view or the Filmstrip and choose Photo > Set Copy As Master." ... View more

Try: search for files marked Copy: Click on Pictures in the Folders section of the left pane in the grid, select All in Library>Enable Filters click on Text in the search box, enter Copy. Right-click. in the dialog that follows, scroll to the bottom. Select "Remove Photos..." "Remove xx photos from Lightroom catalog" appears.   Your choices are * Remove from Lightroom (safe; requires re-import if you change your mind) * Delete from disk (danger will robinson) ... View more

I marked Ton Frederiks and kglad answers as correct, since 1. touching Libraries in Ps; 2 re-setting CC; 3. restarting my MacAir all contributed to stopping the sync warning. I think that I had NOT been interpretting the warning correctly; it's a statement of fact (Libraries ar not currently syncing), but the info in Cloud Activity now reads ":white_heavy_check_mark: | Libraries are syncing | Up to date" following these steps and going into the Libraries panel in Ps.   Ton's statement "new behaviour, that the Libraries only sync when they are activated in an app" is spot-on.   Thank you for your patience and help. ... View more

Been there, done that, have the T-shirt to prove it. I'm willing to call this a lost cause, no need to waste any more of anyone's valuable time. Thanks, All. ... View more

Helpful, reset CC as advertized. But the jury is still out, as "Libraries syncing" has been displaying since resetting. ... View more

Thanks for the info, Ton. I thought this was an easy fix -- Ps>Windows>Libraries was not checked. I checked it, then watched the left-right arrows in the toolbar go away, and libraries started to synch, for about 5 minutes, then quit.  Now I'm back to the "libraries not synching" warning (or is it informational., since I rarely use Libraries). ... View more

The conversation is not continued when clicking the provided link. Akk I get is the Community home page. https://community.adobe.com ... View more

Whatever version was before 23.2.2. 23.2.1...? ... View more

Wonderful news, thanks for the post. I'm at 23.3.2; the 23.4 update is not available for me in CC. As I type this, "my" Adobe server must not have been updated yet. ... View more