Great! Let us know if that helps or if you have any other questions! Michelle ... View more

Nancy's explanation above is right. Make it easy on yourself! Just remember if you want to lighten an area, use the Dodge tool, if you want to darken it, use the Burn tool. I would recommend though that you decrease the exposure and do it gradually. Using the default will kill your image very quickly. I start with a 3-7% exposure and then increase it as I see the image changing as the result. ... View more

Hi! Did you try this one? Easily and accurately select image areas | And no, your not too dumb... Michelle ... View more

Actually, on the Mac it is Command-Shift-3 to take a picture of your whole screen as well as Command-Shift-4 to take a picture of just a selected area as noted above. ... View more

If you are unable to open any eps files then I would recommend that you go back to CC17. That way you can keep on working until the issue is fixed. I checked the Fixed Issues page on the Adobe website and didn't find any reference to it. The only other thing that I would suggest is to uninstall and then reinstall the program. ... View more

And please make sure to include the tool bar. We also need to see what tool you're using. Thanks! Michelle ... View more

Have you opened it before? If not, then I would say the file is corrupt. If it is something that someone sent you or you downloaded from the internet, try downloading it again or talk to the person who sent it to you. Do you have Illustrator? You might try seeing if it will open in Illustrator... Let us know what happens! Michelle ... View more

Did you generate the file? Is the file a Photoshop eps or an Illustrator eps? Or was it generated in another program? Michelle ... View more

Thanks for the response! I was pretty sure, but I had to ask. We'll keep working on it until something breaks! ... View more

Is the copy a text layer or is it flattened into the photoshop file? The steps are different...let us know. ... View more

Wow! You really deserve a gold medal for all the things you've tried! (I mean that as a compliment!) This may sound simplistic, but when you said that you were able to locate the files via the Finder--does that mean you physically opened the plug ins folder and pulled them out of the folder? Did you trash them and throw away the trash and then restart your computer and then restart Photoshop? If the answer is yes, then I don't have a better answer for you. But I just want to encourage you to not give up hope. There are a lot of good people on the forums to help. Hang in there, Michelle ... View more

What do you type in, and what does it change to? I noticed your working in cm but your Resolution is pixels/inch. Is that how you normally work? Michelle ... View more

You can also use the Undo command to step back and forth to see how your changes fare against your original...Toggle Cmd-Z to Undo, then Cmd-Z to redo. It's simple and fast! Michelle ... View more

Hi! Here is a support article that explains "presets" and will give you some foundation for Brush presets. They are really powerful and it will serve you well to take some time to read through it. Photoshop brush presets Also notice at the top of the page (see image below) that you can click on Photoshop User Guide to get to some really helpful info about Photoshop. And if you want to drill down even further, click on the Select an article drop down menu for some really good stuff! Michelle ... View more

He asked about changing RGB colors -- so I didn't address the issues regarding CMYK or out of gamut colors. ... View more

Hi! I have a simple way of changing colors that I think might be helpful. I chose a medium intense blue and noted the color number in the HSB values--note the number of my blue is H (Hue) 237, S (Saturation) 100, and B (Brightness) 100. I selected a portion of the blue colored area and added a Hue Saturation and Brightness Adjustment Layer and moved the Hue slider to the right to +34. which gave me the purple color. See the image below: For the purpose of the demo, I merged all of the layers into the topmost layer so I could show you the color numbers of the purple. See the image below: What I want you to note is that the color of the Purple is 271. In other words, the number of the Blue was H 237 and the number of the Purple is H 271 which is a difference of +34--which is exactly what value I moved the slider to in the Adjustment layer. Note how the numbers work in the Adjustment Layer correspond to the Color panel. Do you see how you can use the math to choose a color? Below is a second example. I moved the slider of the color bar in the center of the color picker down to 0 -- which is red. 0 is the topmost color and 0 is the bottoms color. If you think about that center color bar as a circle, it will make sense. Imagine printing the bar, cutting it out and taping the two ends together, it will give you a 360 degree color wheel--with 0 at your starting place. So if we place a block of color on our original image underneath the adjustment layer, you will notice that I get a yellow-gold color and if you look at the numbers--the value or number of the color is 34. These are just some examples--but I hope you can see how you can move from one color to another using the numbers in either the HSV Adjustment layer or using the color panel. Start by playing with just the Hue--if this helps, then move on to working with the Saturation and Brightness. I had a formula for matching the Saturation and Lightness in the Adjustment Layer to the Saturation and Brightness in the Color panel. I will find it if you are interested. Remember--every color has a number—use that to find the color you want. This is more of a non-technical way to find and change colors, but it has worked for me consistently. Let me know if it helps! Michelle ... View more

Did you try Product Registration under the Help menu? Do you see Product Registration under the Help Menu? Or Activate? Is that what you used to get to the Adobe Website? Michelle ... View more

Did you download any images from the internet lately? Michelle ... View more

Thanks for showing the screenshot! I have one thing that I'd like to ask you to try if you don't mind. I am wondering if Photoshop isn't connecting with the Sharp print driver. Have you ever created a custom print size in Photoshop? Down at the bottom of the size drop down menu there is an option called "Manage Custom Size" -- select that and create a new size by clicking the + at the bottom left of the dialog box that appears. The new option will be at the bottom of the list on the left--click on it and let's try naming it 11 x 17. Then on the right side create the size. Then hit ok. Back in your print dialog box, select the 11 x 17 option from the drop down menu (at the bottom under the standard sizes--see my list in my last post) and see if you still have the same problem? I think you are correct in that there is a disconnect with Photoshop and the print driver--but I think that the print driver is the culprit! One last question--have you contacted Sharp to see if anyone else has had this issue? Let me know if this work around helps! Michelle ... View more

I think it would be really helpful to spend a little time watching some tutorials as you are starting out. Here are two links on the Adobe website that should give you some information to get you started. Photoshop tutorials | Learn how to use Photoshop CC Lightroom tutorials | Learn how to use Lightroom Classic CC Michelle ... View more

Hi! I was just reading another thread in the Photoshop for Beginners forum and came across this thread: Correcting sharpness Scroll down to read Norman's explanation. I am not sure if it will answer everything you're asking, but it's a good place to start. Michelle ... View more

In your screen shot, the printer listed at the top of the window says Epson, and the printer you say you are trying to use is a Sharp? Did you take the screen shot after changing to another printer or is that the one you are trying to print to? Not having the correct printer selected, will give you an error like you are talking about. Also, the paper size is somewhat defined by the printer you choose. When I choose my Canon inkjet, the options are different than when I choose my Bizhub. In my case, when I choose the Canon, there is no option for 11 x 17 or tabloid. With the Bizhub selected I can select Tabloid. I question whether it is a Photoshop issue or a printer driver issue. Let us know which printer you chose? If we can eliminate that we can see where to go next. Michelle ... View more

Hi! Can you post a screen shot so we can get a better idea of what you are trying to do? Are your cropping your image, or resizing it? Show us something, so we can help you more effectively! Michelle ... View more

Another thing you want to be mindful of is that if you are not ready to give up PSCC2017, choose the Advanced Options settings. You can uncheck "Remove Old versions." Then if you need to go back you always have that option. Michelle ... View more

Hi! I found a great primer on ICC profiles -- this might help answer your questions and walk your through the process. Introduction to Icc Profiles ICC profiles give you a way to "view" your image in the profile that you've selected, so that what you see on the monitor (since you calibrated it) is how the output device interprets the colors. You are looking at your image through the eyes of the ICC profile you chose. You can choose a profile when you open a document; you can convert an existing document to an ICC profile after you've opened it by choosing Edit>Convert to Profile and choosing the one you want (I will often use this to convert my print images from RGB to CMYK because I have more control over them); and yes when you save your document -- towards the bottom of the Save dialog, you will find that your profile will be embedded as you save. Take a look at the link above -- I think it will be a really good reference for you. And, if you have any other questions, let us know. Michelle ... View more

I have a quick question for you. Does Unity -- the program you are working in -- give you any guidance as to what color space you should be working in? And just one other bit of information -- proof colors deals specifically for proofing for PRINT. You are correct--you should not be working in Proof Colors. Since you are working with output directly for monitors or electronic devices, you want to stay in sRGB and not CMYK. Michelle ... View more

Whatever filter you used to get the patches in your image, the last filter you used was the Polar Coordinates. Here is an image I played with: Then I applied the Polar Coordinates filter: and here is the final: The final result is dependent on the images you put together, so if you remember how you did that, then the final step is Polar Coordinates. Let us know how it turns out! Michelle ... View more

Are you painting on the same layer or the layer above your original brush strokes? Michelle ... View more

My pleasure, I'm glad to help! ... View more