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On a 1920 x 1080 screen, yes…you want FHD. So I’d get the FHD IPS screen, definitely.

Thank you so much for your help Damien! 😁

As long as they're clean. Nothing crazy.

Hello! I came here after finding out about Damien through FB. I am a birth photographer ready to learn photoshop and break up with LR!!! Excited to practice and learn!

You’re right, I lack the self control to deal with too little storage, it wouldn’t work for me. So now I can’t get anything suitable yet so I’ve had my laptop cleaned off totally and win 10 pro reinstalled and I’m only going to install my photography programs on it. Hopefully that will get me through the upcoming workshop and we’ll have time to find or more likely build something suitable when the components are available. The machine he was looking at was an Asus Rog gaming machine with an “IPS level” screen. So not IPS - Finding an IPS screen maybe an issue, might need to resort to a separate IPS screen as you suggest.

Originally, I had this section merged with the "Performance Section" above, but I decided it should be on its own. The reason is, for the majority of people, this option located in the Preferences Section of Photoshop should be left alone. The only time we need to change this section is if the Main HD is getting full or we are working on something HUGE and Photoshop needs more resources. That said, if your main HD is THAT full, you have MUCH BIGGER problems than just Photoshop performance issues. if you maintain your computer and have a large enough Main HD (at least 1TB) you will never have to mess with this section. The other reason we might have to change the Scratch disk settings, is we need to move the Scratch Disk to another Hard Drive OR to have the Scratch Disk span multiple Hard Drives; this will allow a larger HD Pool to draw from. Again, if you are running out of room or PS is complaining "...the Scratch Disk is full," you have much bigger problems outside of Photoshop and you should create a thread in the appropriate Ask Brian section. To begin, click the Scratch Disks Section in the left column. If you have an external HD mounted and running, you might get a pop-up box requesting "Access to the External HD..." or something along those lines. Simply click Allow or Yes and you will see all of your available Hard Drives that the Scratch Disk can use. It should look something like this: Again, for the majority of us out there, leaving it at the Default should be fine. If we need to span multiple Hard Drives so that the Photoshop Scratch Disk has a larger "Pool" to draw from, then simply put check-marks next to the additional drives you want to use. For example: That being said, for Macintosh Users...NEVER-EVER-EVER CHECK THE "TIME MACHINE" Drive to be used as a PS Scratch Disk!! Leave that drive alone!! If you have a dedicated HD in your computer and you want to move the Scratch Disk to it, simply un-check the Main HD and select the drive that you want to use. For example: In either case, after you make the appropriate changes, click OK and then RESTART PHOTOSHOP in order for the changes to take affect. This is one of those dumb things that Adobe chooses to do for a default setting. I don't know why they choose this option, but fortunately...it's easy to change. We will start by clicking on the Cursors item in the left column, it's just below the "Scratch Disks" item. Then look in the "Other Cursors" Section (in the middle) change it from Standard to Precise: The latest update that Adobe just released at the end of June 2020 really changed the way the "New Document" module looked. For example: If you create a lot of documents directly in Photoshop, and would like to use the "Classic" or "Legacy" version that has been around forever, simply head back into the General Section of the Photoshop Preferences and put a Check-mark next to the "Use Legacy 'New Document' Interface." Close-up View of the Check-box: By making this change, Photoshop will use the standard "New Document" Interface that has been around forever: The original way, and the method that has been around since Photoshop 1.0, was recently changed by Adobe. This is turn has confused many people and were trying to figure out how to "Turn Off" the new feature. What happened is, Adobe added an extra step to "Save a Copy" instead of directly Saving / Overwriting the file, just as it always had. I understand Adobe's intentions, on the surface this sound like a good thing, but people are creatures of habit and don't like change. So finally Adobe provided a few check-boxes to enable the original method in saving files. First, you need to update to the latest version of Photoshop CC that's available. Then head to the Preferences Screen For the MacOS: Open Photoshop. Head to the Photoshop Menu (Next to the Apple Menu up top) then click > Preferences > File Handling > File Saving Options For Windows Users: Open Photoshop: Head to the Edit Menu > Preferences > File Handling > File Saving Options As you can see Photoshop itself is nearly identical between the MacOS version and Windows Version. Well, when it comes to the Preferences Screen / Setup Boxes. The main difference is how you get to the Preferences Section in Photoshop. (The Photoshop Menu vs the Edit Menu.) But I'm digressing. After you enter the "File Handling Menu," click the check-box next to "Enable legacy "Save As" After you click this first check-box, a Warning Dialog will appear, just click "OK." After you click "Enable legacy "Save As," then the check-box next to: Do not append "copy" to filename when saving a copy should automatically appear. If it doesn't, just manually select it. When finished , ensure the two check-boxes are selected: Now simply click "OK" and RESTART PHOTOSHOP. Rejoice!! Saving your files should be back to the same method that has been used since Photoshop 1.0 was around.