Where are you trying to save the file? Is it local on your hard drive or on a shared drive? ... View more

You can just jump your new selection to a new layer - after you contract, cmd + j and you will have it in a layer.  ... View more

Hi Ann, I agree with Lumingraphics. I also understand it can be difficult to someone local. You can also find online tutors / classes. I sent you a private message, if you click on my name, you can message me and see the message I sent. You have to be logged into the forums, not through email. I can give you some company names to look into for training.  ... View more

At the bottom of this page you will see page 1 - go ther and look at the animated gif I made for you - it shows you how to do what I am describing. ... View more

You don't need to maximize your app. That just means it will take over your entire desktop. What happens when you choose a new workspace and reset it? Under Window, workspaces, choose Essentials. Then go to the same menu and choose reset essentials. You should have everything docked neatly when you do that.  Your Layers panel is docked. To dock the others you need to grab them by the name of the panel - the tab, and drag them over the layers panel or just to the left side. You need to do this slowly - no fast mouse movements and keep your mouse held down. As you move over the are you will see a horizontal or vertal blue line, let go of the mouse and you will have docked your panel.     ... View more

Ann, at this point I think you need to to take a class with an instructor. You havn't posted any screenshots to help us understand what is happening and your explanations keep changing a bit. You really need someone to hold your hand through this process, someone who can see your screen and show you step by step / walk you through it. I teach PS for living - there are lots of instructors out there / classes. You can watch videos but most skip over these basics that you are trying to do. You can search onine for a public class, or private tutor (I do both).  ... View more

First - try choosing the essentials workspace, then choose reset workspace. You will be going to the window drop down menu twice for this - see step 1 screenshot. If it doesn't work go to step 2 - see screenshot. For viewing multiple documents see step 3. The gif is posted in a post above - you should be able to see it. If these things don't work and your right side panels are still floating, reset your preferences and repeat these steps.    Step 1: If that doesn't solve it, make sure you have Application Frame checked at the bottom of the Window Menu: Step 2:   To View multiple dococuments at once, go to the Window Menu - Arrange Step 3:       ... View more

It happens - you can also reset your preferences if something like this happens again.  ... View more

Try resetting the preferences - https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html. That is a weird one. ... View more

Are you importing with the shape tool from the gear icon? Can you post a screenshot?  ... View more

Do you have a sidebar? Look at the screenshot above I posted - the sidebar next to properties. Even if you don't have it you can create one. Here is a a little movie/ gif I made for you.     ... View more

You need to dock your panels (windows) and use workspaces. In the upper right corner or to the Window Drop down menu and workspaces.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtbYeoILtMY https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/workspace-basics.html ... View more

Can you explain futher - what do you mean by normal file and huge size? Can you share a screenshot? What are you expecting to see vs what you are seeing? ... View more

You can't do that. You have to keep selecting the colors. I don't know the ipad version but on the desktop we call this a smudge painting. You use the smudge tool in a blank layer and you can paint with the photo underneath.  ... View more

Don't believe the AI - it mashes all of the apps together and just makes stuff up. It likes double down it's mistakes. I have been using it to help me write instructions for Photoshop and InDesign and it's often very wrong, making up keyboard shortcuts that don't exist and as you found, preference options that don't exist.    ... View more

Auto Select allows you to select objects on any layer. It has it's limitations - if you have a transparent gradient or object on a layer above it will select that and using clipping masks can be a little tricky. But mostly it works as you are requesting.    ... View more

Choose your gradient from the dropdown in the options bar:    ... View more

https://lightroom.app.link/ATDXeyjDmLb Dark Sky pic with Cell phone - the phone really pics up all light sources. Darkened the foreground to make the stars pop.    ... View more

I had chat gpt help me with the promt.   Create an illustration of a serene Colorado summer scene. Picture snow-capped mountains in the background, a gentle stream winding through the meadow, dotted with vibrant wildflowers. In the distance, observe various animals: a rabbit hopping near the water's edge, an elk grazing peacefully, a pika perched on a rock, a chipmunk scurrying between bushes, and a marmot basking in the sun. Capture the essence of nature with a bear calmly roaming amidst this picturesque landscape.       ... View more

Do you mean this in the options bar is missing?? You can try resetting the tool or resetting your preferences.        ... View more

Reset the tool or reset your preferences for Photoshop. ... View more

Are you trying to upload previously uploaded files? What is the edited folder you shared with a client - is it through Lightroom - like a gallery? All of that makes sense. You can export copies of your images with edits, then revert the originals back in LR. You can make copies - right click on an image and choose make choose Duplicate photo... ... View more

You can't color manage a phone but you can color manage a computer. The colors will look different. Are you editing on your phone? So if I have your workflow correct - you edit on phone, upload to computer, upload to pic-time, view in Pic-time on phone? Who knows what Pic-time is doing with color settings. You should edit on computer...  ... View more

Have you reset the preferences? Can you share some screenshots of the problems?  ... View more

You can change the whole UI in prefs but it doesn't make it much larger.     ... View more

Generative Fill. Just select the parts to remove, leaving the table cloth alone. then click Generative fill, don't type anything and click it again.    ... View more

I don't remember that being the case previously but I guess I've never tried to grab a clipping mask and move it before. It's annoying... And even more annoying that this is the current lesson in the Classroom in a Book...  ... View more