Kurt

Thanks all. Shortly after this post, I remembered the ctrl-J method of repeating a copy. This will do fine. Old Bruce, your ink was otherwise very interesting. Lots of good Publisher ideas here. Kurt

Is there an easy or recommended way to create a grid of identical pictures? I understand how to use the "quick grid" feature to make repeating shapes, text frames, and picture frames. But what about imported pictures, such as what you might introduce using the "Place" command. It would be nice to quickly make a grid of imported pictures. Thanks.

Oh, I think I've figured it out: The selection I made (in the blue circle) functions as sort of a temporary stencil, within which I need to paint with a white brush to enable the color change. Thx anyway.

h_d: I'm experimenting with your tip to restore the marching ants. I did a Cmd-click on the adjustment layer which recolors the main paint of my house. Then, I clicked on the Selection Brush tool to expand the selection to a small area of the decorative bricks (see the ants within the blue circle in the pic). I would have expected that doing so would cause the selected area to be "painted purple" in real time. However, the brick color didn't change. I couldn't make it stick by clicking on random menu areas after doing the election. Am I missing a step, or am I not understanding the nature of the ants-resurrection feature? (Note that I did get some expected color change in one test, but it was flakey and anyway I can't repeat it.) Thanks again.

Brilliant. Thanks all. I have much to learn yet.

Lately I've been selecting areas in AP images and then applying an adjustment (in my case, Recolor adjustments). This makes a new adjustment layer. I find that I can edit that layer later to change the color. But I CAN'T find a way to change the area (defined by the original selection) that the Recolor applies to. Is there any way to do this? Thanks!

h_d - Thanks for your ideas. I think I'm having better luck with your first set of ideas: Black/white mask and then recolor layers.

lepr: Thanks, but I just tried it, and found that light areas remain way to white with the Colour blend.

Some advice please on how to configure Aff Photo to change the colors of an image of a house. The idea is to explore color options (main and trim) for the house before repainting. The best method I've found so far is to: Apply a black and white filter to the entire image. Use the selection tool to select the areas of the main house color. Apply a Recolor Adjustment layer to the selected main color, with a Multiply blend mode. Use the selection tool to select the trim areas. Apply a Recolor Adjustment layer to the selected trim, with a Multiply blend mode. I'd like to be able to skip step 1, so that non-painted areas (like trees, sky, etc) retain their color. The issue is that I haven't found a blend mode (not even Multiply) which ignores the underlying (paint) color but recognizes the underlying paint brightness. The attached pic shows the layers resulting from the steps above. Thanks in advance!

Thanks G-F. Yeah I just learned about the States panel myself. I need to learn about Symbols.

Thanks all. These are great ideas.

Hi. A newbie here with a question about the best way to handle a case where one object is both in front of and behind another. The image below shows where I have a thumb going through a scissors handle. The base of the thumb is behind the handle, and the thumb tip is in front of the handle. What you see is an awkward kluge that I made where the border of the lower thumb is positioned carefully over the border of the inner handle. The tip of the thumb is easier to work with since the thumb layer is above the handle layer. So... Is there a good technique in a situation like this such that I don't have to carefully align the borders of the two objects (eg where the lower thumb meets the handle)? The general case is where an object needs to appear both in front of and behind another. I've experimented with the object divide feature, but that just seems to relocate the outline issue. Thanks in advance

Thanks Walt. I was confusing Justify Left and Align Left.

Thanks Mike. I found the area you mean as being the icon in the green box in the pic below. One thing that faked me out at first was the first line of the Text Styles box, which also says "TJ Paratext. This line I found out is the style of the currently selected text (where the cursor is). And I wasn't getting any results by clicking on the icons in the red box. Only when I finally scrolled down did I see the relevant "TJ Paratext" line. Idea: Make the first line of the Text style's menu a different color, or label it as "selected text" or similar. Kurt

Sorry, I think I've figured it out.