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Thanks. The link described the differences and also allows me to understand which to use.

I'd like to ask about another issue which I've not encountered. During the editing process of the bird I posted, I wanted to Flatten the image as I've done countless times to eliminate all other individual edit layers. This time (hopefully not another senior moment but after selecting "Flatten" and the layers were no longer visible in the layers window, when I tried to clone areas, the previous layers became vaguely visible and interfered with the cloning process. In PS when I faltered an image all layers were gone and the image file acted like a single layer with no residual layer history.

Yes indeed. Perhaps I'm beginning to have "senior moments" but for all the years I've used photo editors from PS to AP I can't recall having this issue which leads me to believe that I've had hundreds of similar edits but this time I got stumped! 😖 Thanks!

Hi, "Marching Ants!" That was it! I deselected that layer and all is fine. I never realized that even when I selected the unlocked background layer to edit that having the copy layer selected (marching ants) disabled editing in background layer. As I said I've been using AP since the beginning but never encountered this before. Thanks!

I've been using AP for a few years and I've never encountered this problem. I'm not a power user however I've done quite well. That said recently while editing a photo in which I created a couple layersI tried to edit the background layer but no editing tools worked, clone, all adjustments etc. Only too which worked was the selection tools. No layers were locked. I even shut down and reopened AP-1 but still cannot edit the background. Interestingly one the layer I created which was a partial selection (of background image) copied and pasted onto the background layer I'm able to edit it but not the background layer. I deleted all the layers except the background layer but even then cannot edit it. In addition to creating copy & paste layers I did do some cloning on the photo. I could delete the image and begin the editing process anew but I'm trying to understand what is going on with this issue. If I open a new image to edit all is fine. I'm using a 17" iMac running latest version Monterey and latest AP-1 (1.10.6)

Hi Alfred, No, Separated Mode did not help, Thanks

Old Bruce, Thanks for your reply. I had tried resetting the Studio several times to no avail. The Show Left/Right Studio options are greyed out though. I did create a Studio preset but only the right floating window (Adjustments etc., another window returned to the preset location. The left tool window did not return to it's preset location.

Hi, I've been using AP for over three years, however, my issue (at least I think it's an issue) is when I open AP the tool windows from last session are all over the desktop and try as I have, they don't seem able to just stick to the image window as in other apps. Although I'm pretty sure this was not the case in previous versions (currently using AP 1.10.5) or in older OSX. Seems I noticed this when I got Big Sur and now Monterey. Although my memory may be failing but I swear that at one time the tool windows stuck like magnitized. Thanks

Greeting and Happy New Year! I've used AP for a couple years on my 2017 27" iMac. Mostly running in High Sierra & Mojave without any issues ever. Recently, I Installed Big Sur on a new external SSD and installed AF. I imported a DNG file from an iPhone 13 Pro and when using the undo brush the entire display ( not just the area of the brush) began to randomly blink brighter then darker but in rectangular sections while using the brush. Also, the same blinking on the display using adjustment sliders .The final edits appeared to be OK but I'm concerned why this is happening as I've had no issues prior running older OS X. Hopefully there's an early solution, Thanks