Hi Dalinise, I know exactly what you mean, its a convoluted and messy way of working, reminds me of using an airbrush with all the masking that had to be done, it feels restrictive and confining. I have the same resolution but only a 14" LCD monitor, and work on pictures up to 2300x3300 pixels. Apart from the obvious solution of hardware upgrading and larger monitors (and lots of money spent on it) there is little that can be improved. Ive found the "zoom and scroll" method works okay when done with the navigator tool in Photoshop Elements. Well, that wasn`t very helpful, all I can offer is sympathy B) Mark