Tina B.

My husband wants to buy me a new PC and new monitor. We recently were affected by hurricane Irma and he is looking at replacing what I have with this. Can you tell me if it's a quality monitor for photo editing?? Dell UltraSharp 24 InfinityEdge Monitor - U2417H I currently have this... Dell U2412M is LED edgelight system.

It makes me sad that I cannot really work on this right now. I posted a reply on the Nathan post.

"Free transform" or "Transform selection" to make the marching ant box smaller? ( I had to google how to make the box smaller...I just don't know which one to choose).

Ok, well, thank you for offering this help. I REALLY appreciate it. So, I open my image in Ps and I'm staring at it and the panel and I don't know what to do first. Do I immediately create a new layer? Or go straight to the marquee tool? I've done it both ways too many times to count...I surely do know how to delete, though. I've mastered at deleting. Let's start with what to do first...do I make a new layer first, or go straight to the marquee tool? I feel like I should know this...it's both embarrassing and frustrating.

It helps to see what the panel should look like and what each step looks like, thank you for this. I really do appreciate this. I'm going to just have to be honest and say that what it tripping me up is that I'm opening my image in Ps and not really knowing what to click on first. I have used the marquee tool SO many times on this image and got it wrong and then just stumped when I copy the eye to paste it in the other eye but the eye disappears or it ends up on her nose, or cheek and then another layer magically gets created and I delete everything and start over. I'm a perfectionist so this is really hard that I cannot seem to get it right. No fault of yours, I just have no knowledge base of Ps and this is just very... frustrating for me. I'll keep trying, though, it's just going to take a while.

it's not going well. I'm too frustrated and tired...I'll try again another night. The article helps, thank you, but it's really hard to read and not actually see it executed. I'll have to refer back to my notes from masks and try again.

Did you use the elliptical marquee tool for the eye?? This is one challenging bugger for me. Have re done it numerous times and it looks bad. I wish you had a video. I struggle with instructions without visuals.

Nope, I'll redo it. I think the yellow might be the problem. "vivid color."

It's okay. I'm redoing it now. I want it done right and better than ok.

I can run through it again. It's an old image from the old raw class. I thought it was "approved," but I will go through it again.

this is the image you requested I post here for help with the sun flare on arm.

Cool! thank you for helping me. ...about that message that pops up...would you happen to know anything about it?

I have painstakingly attempted to recreate how perfect your example is. Please take a moment and check this. Thanks.

When I am cloning...I keep getting this pop up. Any idea what it means and what I should do? I keep clicking "remind me later."

believable? yay or nay? I've redone it several times. What a way to learn and remember how to do something....

5%...is that opacity? and...which place?

I guess I don't know what shadow looks like when it's added. I've never done this before. So...how to create shadow. Could you explain this to me? If you want me to google it, that's fine, I just need to know what I'm searching for. "Adding shadows?"

The color fill. I have clicked on it a dozen times (on the file you provided) or more and the color fill makes it look more refined. The edge looks refined. Is that the purpose? And I have no idea what you did to do that. Do you use a brush? Could you briefly explain the process?

Damien...can you check this for me, please? The post above...

Is this a positive direction? I think I have attempted this about 50 times. NOT exaggerating.

Ok...I have studied your file and it appears that you cloned the belly part separate from her arm. Am I confused or is that what you did? This is so hard but I am determined to do this!

Okay...I have watched several youtube videos. Clearly I am doing something wrong because I am clicking on a source but instead of it showing up like skin color, red blotches are appearing instead. I am SO frustrated. What should my sample be on? And I am including the image so you can see what is happening. Red blotches. I don't understand....

I've been away for a bit so I am going to try to work on this image. When you say "blank layer," would that mean that I click on "create new layer" and this new layer goes above the background. Do I understand correctly?