Photoshop CS
 

I got a little problem with photoshop cs. I recently acquired it and I'm having trouble trying to edit pictures. When I create a new pic, I can edit it and do whatever I want. However, when I go to edit it later after saving, I can't do anything to it. It shows a lock on the layer tab and I haven't been able to find a way to unlock it so I can edit some more.

Any help would be appreciated.

Double click the layer that's locked, that's what I always do. That allows you to turn what photoshop is thinking is a background layer into a real, editable layer. Also, make sure to save it in the .psd format if you want to retain your layers and such.

if glytch's method doesn't work, i always do it this way:

dupliate the locked layer, creating a new unlocked layer with the same content. Now just delete the background layer. :)

well, that sort of worked. I can work on one image, but when I open another file to copy and paste (a psd with two layers), I merge the two files then i can't even select it to copy/paste to the first image. anyone?

are you in RBG color settings?

Of course. I've even tried swapping back and forth between index and rgb to test it, and that was a no go as well. This was something that was so simple to do in 7.0 and such a hassle in cs....

That is why I still use 7.0.... I don't see why people update when the newer version doesn't offer that much more.

yeah, i went back to 7.0. works just fine. screw cs...

I use PS 7 for a few small things but the interface give me fits compared to the much more intuituve (IMO) feel of the GIMP 2.01
Text is easier work with in PS so I used that briefly for a recent crap creation that I posted over on the appropriate forum here.