Check whether your selection is inverted (which would explain the fill outside rather than inside a selection) and also check the feather settings (which would explain the gradient rather than hard edge) Dave ... View more

Hi At 1920 x 1080 scale 100% you should have no problem with overlaps using Photoshop full screen size. Can you go to Photoshop's Help > System info and click copy. Then paste the info here. Dave ... View more

I don't think I've ever seen a 'wrong format' message when dragging a captured shape from the library. Can you a capture a full screen screenshot of that happening. It might give a clue as to why. Dave ... View more

@Liran277805431dpk What size screen are you using (in pixels). The minimum recommended is 1280 x 800 at 100% scaling, or 1920 x 1080 at 150% scaling. (Note : Scaling is set in Windows Settings not in Photoshop). If your screen under that recommendation, you could consider enabling the narrow options bar, in Preferences > Workspace > More Options. That replaces some of the words, in the options bar, with icons which would avoid such overlap. Dave ... View more

Overall I like #2 for it's simplicity. That said, when looking at just the spine (as I would see it on a bookshop shelf) #1 catches my eye. On a general note, none of them appear to leave room for ISBN barcoding on the rear. Dave ... View more

I've looked through both your threads on this and something that I did not see asked is this. I understand that you process your images on your 4k screen used in 1920x1080px, but what is your final output? Is it print where, for large prints, you will benefit from the higher pixel count and potentially sharper lens on a pro quality camera, or do you just view the final output on that same screen in which case you will be limited to the pixel size you have set. If the latter, then the advantages of higher pixel count camera would be moot. Of course, a pro camera has several other advantages other than just a higher pixel count e.g. lower noise, higher sensitivity ranges (ISO), ability to use a wide range of modern lenses...etc. One final comment. When you set CS6 to use 1920 x 1080 you are setting both the user interface (menus , panels etc) and the image preview to that restriction. In later versions of Photoshop, the user interface is scaled separately to the image preview so the image can always be displayed at the full capability of the monitor. Dave  ... View more

You are right, laptops do not have the same cooling systems as desktops (including the sheer volume of air inside) and therefore often throttle performance in order to avoid overheating.  You might want to check that the laptop cooling vents are clear and not clogged with dust. Dave ... View more

Spot on. It may be close, but accuracy is achieved when the profile matches the state of the monitor. Dave ... View more

Could you base it around a modified version of this  (sbs attached)? Dave   ... View more

@michaelv76180831 That sounds normal. Photoshop will use system RAM up to the limit specified and, by design, does not hand it back once it has taken it. If it did, batch processing would be extremely slow as RAM would be continuously handed back to the OS then re-requested. Dave  ... View more

It looks fine to me now Trevor 🙂 Dave ... View more

You might want to check the price for the annual prepaid plan, if you were offered that option, which I believe did not see the same price increase https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/creative-cloud/faq/ccpp-20gb.html Dave ... View more

'I believe there is still a large gap in my understanding because I had thought the profiles provided with my device were icc profiles' They are but an ICC monitor profile describes the behavior of that problem in a specific state i.e. in the state it was in when the profile was made. Adjusting any monitor controls such as brightness, contrast, colour etc makes the profile invalid and then a different profile is needed.  When you use a hardware device to calibrate and profile a monitor it works in two steps. First the calibration step where you are invited to set the white point, black point, transfer profile and colour values for Red, Green and Blue. It then creates a look up table LUT that is loaded into the GPU, or the monitor itself on higher end monitors, to achieve that calibrated state. The next stage is profiling which creates a profile of how that monitor behaves when sent colour values. Colour managed applications use that profile to translate the values in the document to those that need to be sent to the monitor in order to output the correct colours. What is important is that the monitor controls are not changed without remaking or changing the profile. Dave ... View more

It has been an occasional issue for some time and lies with the CC desktop app. I got such a notification this morning telling me I had 18 app updates. All were up to date.   I've moved your thread from the Photoshop forum to the Creative Cloud Desktop forum where you are more likely to get help with your issue. Dave ... View more

I don't know of an alternative shortcut. However, after pressing Ctrl+T, I just Alt+click anywhere on the canvas and then enter the numeric values that I want. It's marginally faster than having to click and drag in a specific place Dave ... View more

Please post the image ( or a section of it) so that we can see what you are starting with. Dave ... View more

I've had the same issue here. Different browsers - it makes no difference. Dave ... View more

That's scarier than Alan's surveillance cameras! Dave ... View more

One word - Brilliant! Dave ... View more

Thanks Trevor & Jane, I did indeed start out with that rendered street scene. I managed to incorporate quite a lot of the objects (ticked below), although you would need to look ver closely to find some of them. I'll have to have another go and see if I can use the rest in a second image 🙂 Dave ... View more

Haha - I like the way he looks slightly off balance! 🙂 Dave ... View more

I like it Alan. If all surveillance cameras looked like that there might be less crime! 🙂 Dave ... View more

Haha, no worries Gary 🙂 Dave ... View more

I think your reply was aimed at the OP rather than me, @gary_sc  🙂 Dave ... View more

Hi , I've moved your post from the Photoshop forum to the Bridge forum where you are more likely to get help with your issue. Dave ... View more

Hi , I've moved your post from the Photoshop forum to the Account Payment and Plans forum. However, please not that these forums are mainly answered by volunteer users of Adobe software. We are not Adobe employees, and as such we cannot process refund requests.  Dave ... View more