❓ask-a-question

[scenic mason]

wait i need to increasep ixel size

of brush

[stark idol]

yes do it

[scenic mason]

whats your pixel size?

[stark idol]

a really big one

put 600

[scenic mason]

aigh

[stark idol]

bigger it is, better the fade would be

[scenic mason]

done

[stark idol]

make it bigger actually

screenshot me something similar that i've did

[scenic mason]

its like my entire canvas

[stark idol]

ok it would be fine just for showing you

next you go back to the color on left

[scenic mason]

done

ok

[stark idol]

and you go up a lil bit

[scenic mason]

255,204,0

[stark idol]

it doesnt matter

its pretty random

[scenic mason]

ok

[stark idol]

rn you're trying to create a fire light, it has to be natural thats it

[scenic mason]

and then?

[stark idol]

you close the color thing and you place a new circle with your left click but smaller into the big orange one

[scenic mason]

this is good enough it hink

[stark idol]

yes its fine

now you know how to do it

[scenic mason]

ok so now i just add like

more color

and then smaller

pixel

[stark idol]

you can create the gradient you want

with many colors you want

in the orange vibe i mean

if you wanna make a fire light

always think about realism

and epicness, find a good balance

thats it for me gl bro

[scenic mason]

aight

thank you

[stark idol]

you want a little tip foor changeing the size of your brush easier

because changeing the value by clicking top left making you lose a lot of time

take brush on your hand, put the circle of your brush at the middle and you press alt + right click, then slide to the right with your mouse and you gonna incrase the size

slide to the left = reduce

slide down = increase hardness

slide up = reduce hardness

@scenic mason

[scenic mason]

uhmm

yeah i uh accidently deleted the layers so im redoing it

and the color picker is gone

[scenic mason]

how do i reset the layout

[median forge]

What’s a WIP?

And that’s true I agree

I’ll test both methods though and see how the algorithm likes them, along with how much time they take and storage

[scenic mason]

i think he means work in progress

[median forge]

Oh word

Also I don’t really draw I just do design on my photography but it would be the same process probably

[scenic mason]

i somehow messed the entire photoshop layout up

[ripe quest]

Window > Workspace > Reset [WORKSPACE NAME]

[stable reef]

When adding 100% spot colour, why can i still see the design through it?

[ripe quest]

You probably want to make a selection first... (?)

[ripe quest]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR_A0C4sPJs&t=156s

[scenic mason]

where is the color picker etc?

[stable reef]

i am ctrl and clicking the picture in layers to select and then adding the spot colour

[ripe quest]

The Color Picker pops up when you click one of the Color Chips in the Toolbar...

[ripe quest]

Perhaps watch the video I posted above about it. #❓ask-a-question message

[astral dove]

does anybody know how to i get rid of these points since i already masked everything?

[ripe quest]

If the path is selected, just tap the Delete key. Otherwise, get the Direct Selection Tool, select it and then hit Delete. Alternatively, you can switch to the Paths Panel and drag the path to the trash can icon at the bottom of the panel.

(I assume that's what you mean by "get rid of")

[astral dove]

yeah

[scenic mason]

i dont have these as clickable

[ripe quest]

Sorry. I don't know what this means. You don't have the the Color Chips in the interface or you have them and you can't click on them?

[scenic mason]

cant click them

they are like

small

and hwen i click them nothing happemns

[ripe quest]

I don't think the Photoshop GUI fits on your screen.

[scenic mason]

ah wait

i had to clcik on the <<

[ripe quest]

Those are to swap the FG and BG colors. The Color Chips are below the small ones in the GUI.

[scenic mason]

how do i open the

layers

thing

[ripe quest]

To open the Layers Panel use: Window > Layers (or F7 on the keyboard)

[scenic mason]

tyy

[scenic mason]

does anyone know why my brush makes it look like this instead of the thing im replying to

[stark idol]

Because you did forget to add the second color

For creating the gradient

• don’t forget to put in linear dodge (add)

The layer

No one say ty to me when I help them I wanna win karma too

[molten egret]

hello! Im woking on a project and I chose the size of an A2 paper, turns out i only needed an A3. How can i change the canvas size without the layers becoming too big to fit in the canvas?

[flint oxide]

Hey, i am trying to recreated this Rectangle Shape with the Sharp edge its -15 Degress / 95 Degress
i tryed to cope paste it, works quite well but the Problem is when i resize it biger/smaller the Angle cahnges aswell...
So how do i get it so its always is -15? and is there a way to add it to my shapes because i do need to use it more often.

[stark idol]

You don’t need the sharp edge for that

It would be easier if you do ctrl t -> you select the top square, press control et grab it to the right with left click

[flint oxide]

ok thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @stark idol

[scenic mason]

oh right ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @stark idol

[scenic mason]

still looks like that

[stark idol]

with the black color on the back yes

but if you wanna use it on a picture it will make an huge diff

[scenic mason]

yeah but like

it looke diffrent

(dont mind the color)

compared to this

it seems dark

[placid thorn]

Currently baffled. When i color pick from canvas 1, it shows up more saturated on canvas 2. It works the same when i color pick on C1 and paint on C1. They are the same image mode, no filters or adjustments on top, nothi8ng strange about color picker settings. no idea what is casuing this

[raven brook]

hi i have been racking my brain on how i can bend this without distorting it ad i just cant seen to figure out a way to do it other than the warp tool. Is there a way i can bend this around the curve other than using the warp tool?

[strange hull]

Prob have some Adjustment layer effecting it

[strange hull]

You use the warp tool

[eternal igloo]

A few versions back whenever I did a 'save-as' of a document PS would use the file name and add .tif, now it tries to name the files as Untitled-1.tif, how or can I setup PS to use the original filename and extension? I edit from LIghtroom and I get the original filename.nef but as soon as I do a file ->save-as, I get untitled-filenumber.tif and then I have to rename the document. This I do not want to do. Thanks

[river otter]

Please PM me if you are good with photoshop, can pay good.

[long maple]

is there a way i can take out the design from this mockup and make it a background?

[left nacelle]

When you insert an image in, you are able to rotate it with the mouse, but only then. How do I get back this funcionality to rotate easily back?

as shown in the picture

figured it out, begginer things I guess

CTRL + T does the job

[fierce hornet]

Check dm

[limpid smelt]

so i have this image and selection box with a text. but everytime i try to save it, it saves like this:

How do I get rid of this massive long box it's saving as..?

[jade thorn]

how do i crop an image without cropping the whole file

[strange hull]

you use a mask

or a frame

[jade thorn]

i ended up using the marquee tool

[strange hull]

ight

not the best but works i suppose

destructive

[jade thorn]

yeah lol

[strange hull]

anyone know why i cant generative fill anymore?

says i got 900 credits left on adobe

after restarting like 5 times its back, odd

[tough oasis]

This is probably an easy answer but I'm distracted today so please tell me: I have two shapes. I want to subtract one shape from the other. How ?

[strange hull]

this? @tough oasis

@tough oasis

[tough oasis]

kind of but non destructible and not with masks if possible

i wanted to keep my shapes or objects without destroying them thinking i can use one layer as a mask but without actually making a mask on the layer below.

[strange hull]

Just to same but with mask lol

[tough oasis]

yeah i did just thought that was a lot of steps and i would have to repeat making the mask each time i change the shape

[vapid flume]

If you're using vector shapes choose one of the options in the drop-down menu before drawing the other shape

It will be difficult to do without masks if you're using selections instead

[tough oasis]

exactly what i was looking for i knew it was simple 🙂

[vapid flume]

It's not as comprehensive as the pathfinder is in Illustrator unfortunately, although I seem to remember that there is a plug in available in the marketplace that mimics the pathfinder for photoshop
I can look for i if you're interested

[tough oasis]

for now this will be just enough but thanks👍🏻

[fiery notch]

What's the word for the style where it's all lines that have a uniform thickness

like these

[sly hawk]

No. Not a decent one at least. You'd likeliky have to remake it.

[long maple]

aww rip

ty for the answer

[rapid obsidian]

mandala

[vapid flume]

Alain, this is not a mandala. This is a Mandala 🙂
It is specific to the hindu/buddhist tradition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala

I don't know if this is a style in itself, it may be, but not everything has a name

But this is the way most monochrome logos are built

[strange hull]

monoline style

[rapid obsidian]

Ye, It is hard to say specific word. It is more like design, then calligraphy style mixed, also something of Mandala mixed.

So I wrote mandala in case it is what can give hint for further discovert

[strange hull]

@fiery notch

[vapid flume]

At least in the grand "international/swiss style" tradition

[strange hull]

im like 90% sure im right

[rapid obsidian]

seems very close

just little less stylish

[vapid flume]

That's more like it

[strange hull]

i just asked chatgpt lol

[vapid flume]

If it's logo making, you can have a look at Draplin style it's very close, also you can have a look at http://www.logobook.com/ where you'll see plenty of examples

[strange hull]

see

gpt4 crazy

[fiery notch]

YES THAT

THANK YOU

wow yeah, i tried MidJourney describe but it didn't get it, forgot chatgpt can do that

[sly hawk]

Oh, I read that at first and thought you were being super anal about the uppercase 'M'.

[vapid flume]

I'm not [grammar] police!

[sly hawk]

🚓 🚓 🚓 🚓

[vapid flume]

Manadalas are very specific, it's a religious thing. I know those kind of designs you see in colouring books are called mandalas too... but in any case, they do not contains mono lines of any sorts, are always in colours (that's the basic tenet of a Mandala)

I have KRS one in my head now 🙂

[sly hawk]

One bit of software I've always left untouched is AfterEffects, but a client is asking about editing an existing video a colleague created a few days ago. He's off today. I'm currently installing AE, plus the project files.... famous last words..... "how hard could it be?"

...
See you in the Video dicord server shortly! "Hey, I'm a noobie! - How do I open a file?"

[rapid obsidian]

the reason why i said mandala even after it is mostlyy circular and traditional,
Many people use same scheme to design objects which are not necessarily exact.

So I thought search mandala ____ will do the job.
like see

mandala ninja satar.

[vapid flume]

I never really got on with After effects, I measn I can do things, a bit of 3D on it and everything, but it's probably more a question of me not really enjoying animation in general. Even in 3D. If I read something about Blender, I always skip animation, because I couldn't care less

[sly hawk]

I knew that "monotype" was a thing, but I didn't think of "monoline"

[vapid flume]

Same with me 🙂

[rapid obsidian]

I ran into so many problems when I had started it.
Even rage quitted it for 8 months straight.

then was forced to use it because i needed an animation

[vapid flume]

I generally know "people" over "styles". You tell me the liberty bell logo and I answer Draplin or Paul Rand. I never think of a particular name for a style

But that means that colleagues ask me about a particular logo and I know the name of the designer 😂
I would kill it at Graphic designers pub quizzes if there was such a thing. Completely useless knowledge

[rapid obsidian]

i call everything Pattern.

[vapid flume]

If it's simple stuff I can still help 🙂 It would be a good reminder!

[sand fog]

hello, i have a problem

when i'm importing a .png on photoshop

the background is black

is that any way to solve it ?

[rapid obsidian]

did you download it first?

you may be copy pasting it from browser

[sand fog]

i am copy pasting it

[rapid obsidian]

do not copy paste. the copy pasting will not be transparent

Click file>place embedded>select your photo

Or if this is what you begin with, click file>open.

[sand fog]

ok ty very much !

[past pond]

Is it me or transfer have problems in newest update?

[vapid flume]

What do you mean by "transfer"?

[vapid flume]

OH OK in brushes then 🙂 What hap[pens? I haven't seen anything partcular on my end

[past pond]

So normally I have these options turned on. And normally it's give like faded edges but it stopped

[vapid flume]

I see you don't have the pen pressure activated. Do you use a pen and tablet? what happens ifyou change it to "fade" for example?

[past pond]

I'm on tablet with screen and it should check my pressure just fine. Fade is kinda okay but it's not the same effect

[vapid flume]

OK< just try something. Either unplug the tablet and plug it again, or, if it doesn't work, unplug it and plug it in another USB slot

It happens sometimes

I'm also seeing that everything is at 0%, so basically that says that transfer doesn't happen

Try pushing it a bit to see if it makes a difference

[past pond]

Funny thing cuz it's work just fine in Clip rn. Few patches back I just turned transfer option and front and back was faded and all was good to go. I found picture how it was.

[vapid flume]

This is what I got and it works as intended

[past pond]

Yeah reseting did nothing

[vapid flume]

Try also - just in case - to enable/disable this one in the top menu

It's for size, but it's meant to supercede the brush settings options. I've heard that people had trouble with it messing with pressure and tilt

[past pond]

I guess it's pressure problem. Eh. Thanks for help.

[vapid flume]

NO worries! Just make sure you have your tablet drivers in order as well.

[past pond]

As I said clip doesn't have any problems with it. I will probably just backroll few patches of photoshop cuz I'm really tired of working with new version. Anyway thanks for help.

[sly hawk]

He looks like he's had better days.

[rapid obsidian]

do you think my brush is noisy or its just low ppi

i feel it noisy

[sly hawk]

low PPI

lol

[rapid obsidian]

ye lol

i was feeling something is off with it because whenever i painted highlights they were always noisy

its been 4 months

so ignored it.

but now i feel brush is okay. again.

[vapid flume]

I can clearly see each pixel in the screenshot so I'll say low PPI

[rapid obsidian]

i sometimes still feel it though

[rapid obsidian]

yes, but with same ppi it used to look different

but its been 4 months

i have had this problem since 4 months

i tried to search forums

its at 72 ppi.

[vapid flume]

Is it one of your brushes or one you dpownloaded from somewhere else?

[rapid obsidian]

its soft round brush but it was less noise before

[sly hawk]

oops ignore that!

the GIF has added banding

[rapid obsidian]

hm

[rapid obsidian]

yessssssss

yesss this is what it used to look like

broo

[sly hawk]

what resolution is your canvas?

and how zoomed in are you?

[rapid obsidian]

even if i set it to 300 ppi

it looks noisy

[sly hawk]

300ppi makes no difference.

ignore the ppi

[rapid obsidian]

1920 1080

[sly hawk]

and how zoomed in are you?

[rapid obsidian]

500 percent

i mean you can see pixels

[rapid obsidian]

yess bro

[sly hawk]

This is simply your problem then. - you're zoomed in too close.

[rapid obsidian]

I think something is wrong with it you are right

[sly hawk]

nothing is wrong with it.

[north raft]

Not directly a PS question. I am using adobe acrobat to access some PDF files.
SOMETIMES for some reason I get this weird popup window with a stuck loading circle. It does not go away. I can't even close adobe acrobat. I have to kill it with the task manager. Any ideas how to fix it? This is only happening since the recent update. The previous version was fine.
I already uninstall and reinstall multiple times.

[rapid obsidian]

i am very sure with same settings and everything it was very smooth

[rapid obsidian]

it looks smoother than mine

[sly hawk]

It's like you getting up off your sofa, and then walking to the TV and smushing your face against the screen, and then proclaiming "everything looks blurry and I can't see what's going on!"

[rapid obsidian]

mine used to look same

[sly hawk]

ummm

[rapid obsidian]

call me wrong but look at pics

yours is smooth

[sly hawk]

I just used this basic one here.

[rapid obsidian]

gtg suddenly

i will be back sorry.

thanks/

[sly hawk]

Can you please provide another screenshot with the whole screen in view?

I'll then replicate the same zoom, canvas size etc and we'll compare them and decide how to proceed.

[rapid obsidian]

gtg sorry.

bye

[sly hawk]

That is the weirdest possible way I've seen someone draw a blurry dot on a PSD.

• Why have you created a saturation adjustment layer and then masked it to make your dot?
  (One on the right is yours, and the one on the left is mine)

Is your issue only from when you're working with masks and adjustment layers?

[rapid obsidian]

The reason why I have done using shadows layr because this is when it causes trouble. Whenever I draw highlights or shadow. They are noisy. The highlights look even more terrible than this. This actually is a serious issue but I have been ignoring it for 4months now. It did not use to do same before. It happens everywhere. Adjustments layer, and brush both.

issue is, the soft round brush jitters noise around it. Which makes everything look terrible.

I searched forums and everything. Atlast had to give up. The spacing, opcity blend mod, everything is same. I did not even change it.

with same canvas size and exactly same brush settigs. It looks very bad now.

in short, earlier it was like drawing with smooth pen on paper and now it is like using wax crayon on cardboard

there is no smoothness.

reason why i ignore it too long because i was not required to use photoshop much. I was just editing videos and not using photoshop much.

but now I remember how much of big issue it was for me. For many days i could not solve it. It was even hard to believe if this is issue or just problem with my eyes.

[sly hawk]

What's the end goal anyway? what sort of images are you trying to make?

[rapid obsidian]

but trust me, there is definately issue with my brush and I had noticed it right the day after it happened.

[sly hawk]

This video is 'my' dot. - It looks worse than it is, since it's a screen recording.

[rapid obsidian]

It cause problem when I have to paint highlights and shadows. 1, I draw vector shapes then add texture and create it a 3d or real life thing. The brush bleeds my shadows and hence is issue.

second when I edit photo and add highlights of sun or sknething, then they unnecesarrily go into shadows

It can be prevented by mask i know but

Brush bleeds.

i found no solution.

its like a a wax crayon on carboard now

some pixels empty some fully colored with ton of bleeding and noise

it is smooth round most general brush.

i see video

Yours is like SILKY.

With every pixel smoothly colored from black to grey

but mine is like density

high density at centre

and low density at end

do you get it what i mean?

[sly hawk]

(on a conference call - back later)

[rapid obsidian]

alr. Thanks

[river otter]

hello, how can i add this 3d line effect?

[lucid crane]

On a layer with that shape, use the layer effects: bevel and emboss

[vapid flume]

@river otter I answered in #💬chat-general . If you can avoid posting the same thing in multiple channels that would be great 🙂 Photoshop questions belong to this channel... No worries though

[river otter]

how do you outline a person or object in photoshop?

[sly hawk]

You would first cut it out (automatically if possible) and then add a stroke around it.

[river otter]

gotcha, tyty

[zenith forge]

When will there be another series of DCCs? Is there s better place to ask this question?

[ripe quest]

I'm not sure who the correct point person is to ask about this.

[wet narwhal]

Hey Guys, I cant found the AI-powered Denoise in Camera RAW. What am I doing wrong? I thought this was included in Photoshop 2024.

[ripe quest]

Please see: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/whats-new/2023-3.html#:~:text=Remove noise from photos using AI-powered Denoise&text=From the menu%2C select Photo,the intensity of the feature.

If you don't have that feature, you should check the Adobe CC app and force it to check for updates.

[wet narwhal]

Thank you. I have already seen this article. Unfortunately, I don't see the option in the Camera RAW window. Got the V. 25.1

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest

[wet narwhal]

I´ll check the beta version now

[ripe quest]

Camera Raw is updated separately.

[wet narwhal]

I know. Got both in the newest version 😦

[ripe quest]

You're on Windows 10 or 11?

[ripe quest]

Wait. What file format are you using? I think that menu will only show for RAW file formats.
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/04/18/denoise-demystified

[ripe quest]

Try a raw file, .e.g. CR, DNG, etc.

[steep crypt]

why does this pop up when i rotate it and click off it

it didnt used to t do this

[ripe quest]

What size is the canvas / object on the canvas?

[steep crypt]

object is

not that big

the wiords "BIRDS" "NEST" "STADIUM" are not grouped up it wont let me

[rapid obsidian]

It usually happebs when either you use big canvas sizes or when your pc is not strong enough. Or Both reasons.

[steep crypt]

prolly pc not strong enough

ty

🙏

[rapid obsidian]

Also do not use too many smart objects.

Try to merge/delete extra layers.

[steep crypt]

alr

[rapid obsidian]

That canvas size is big. Something around 1920x1080 is enough, unless you have any special purpose

you can clos extra apps and keep only photoshop running.

You can also increase amount of memory photoshop can use in preferancea settings.

[ripe quest]

5000 pixels at what PPI? Also, are those vector objects? Vector Objects with lots of anchor points could cause some lag. It's very difficult to diagnose based simply on the provided information.

[steep crypt]

i think its just a combo of bad computer and too much

cos i got a bunch of other artboard too

[snow geyser]

1. My GPU is Nvidia 730. Would it bottleneck large psb files? Because even my 2.1 GB psb files crash my PS after 99% of being rendered.
2. If so, what would be the average Nvidia GPU right now for PS? Future proof for at least the next 5 to 7 years.
3. Would a GTX 1650 be futureproof?

[steep crypt]

but i need em all for the project for college

[ripe quest]

Yes. You might have problems with that GPU. Its old and not very many resources, e.g. only 4GB DDR3 VRAM.

[snow geyser]

@ripe quest so, would 1650 Gtx suffice for the next 5 to 7 years?

[ripe quest]

The GTX 1650 is already 5 years old so, probably not "future-proof."

It might be usable but things are changing very fast in terms of GPU resources required to run certain apps.

[snow geyser]

@ripe quest i won't be doing any video editing. I'll only use it for PS. So, what do you recommend, Sir?

[ripe quest]

You can get an GeForce RTX 2060 for like $200 USD. You can get the 12GB version for under 300.

Even those GPUs are not new but should be adequate for general purpose computing (and computer graphics workflows).

[snow geyser]

Thanks for the support@ripe quest

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest

[light tendon]

I'm trying to isolate a layer so I only see that one, how do I do that? going to select -> isolate still shows everything

[ripe quest]

Alt click the "Eye" icon on that Layer.

[light tendon]

Thanks, that works. Other question - I have part of my layer selected and I need to flip it vertically, how do I do that?

[sly hawk]

You want to flip just PART of a layer?

You may need to cut and paste it into it's OWN layer and then flip it.

...
You could always merge them back together after you've repositioned it

[light tendon]

Problem is my layer is on multiply mode so doing ctrl+j on the selected area gets me double the result, extracting the selected area also gets rid of the selection so I cant get the same exact part to delete it

[rapid obsidian]

you want to flip part of a layer which is on multiply mode?

[light tendon]

yes

[rapid obsidian]

just do adjustments and set it back to multiply mae

mode

also, if you want tp recover last selection, press ctrl+shift+d

it will recover last selection back.

additionally if you ctrl+ click on a specific layer's icon(preview) in layers list. It will take a selection shape of that layer.

[light tendon]

Thanks I got it, awesome

[rapid obsidian]

Great! I hope you learn it all fast. As beginner I also got confused with everything. You should learn about layer masks if you haven't yet.

[light tendon]

Yeah I've used substance painter a lot so masks are pretty familiar, only problem I have rn is photoshop being incredibly laggy all the time 😭

[rapid obsidian]

you can do a few things to make it fast.

Just search about it.

[dire zenith]

Hey, very quickly, how do I make text go in a circle

[rapid obsidian]

https://youtu.be/sVfB5p2kRW4?feature=shared

[rapid obsidian]

here.

[lyric ivy]

hello i search somebody help me photoshop me wedding photo. i have on photo cameramen i need take off Pleas help me 🙂

okey thank you 🙂

[slow citrus]

I need some one can edit photo for avatar, who can help me?

[restive cradle]

how do i make an eclipse circle thats cut out the inside

like this

[rapid obsidian]

Maybe tommorow i can. After 13-14 hours i guess. You can send image you want to be edited and what your goal is. When i get time i will do it and send back.

Livid you can make elipse by using shape tool and selecting circle/elipse

[ripe quest]

Use the Ellipse Tool in Shape Mode and assign a Stroke and no Fill Color....

[ripe quest]

Please post these sorts of requests in the #💬chat-general channel. Briefly describe the project and if someone is interested in working on it, they will probably reach out to you.

[grave pewter]

Should I buy the 16 Inch MacBook Pro M3 Pro or 14 Inch MacBook Pro M3 Pro? For some context I will be using it for graphic design and apps such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I am at home 90% of the time and the only time I would be using it outside, would be when I am at school. Either way, I will be using a 27 inch monitor whether I get the 16 Inch or 14 Inch. I am also running a business. What do you guys suggest?

[strange hull]

Don’t get a Laptop then

Get a Mac or a Mac mini

[grave pewter]

I want something portable

[strange hull]

still if your 90% at home on a real screen i cant recommend it

you can get a nice mac/mini and a cheaper laptop for when u want it

[main burrow]

Hello everyone, I would have a question wich is how I can use my selection as a texture with a brush ?

[ripe quest]

Try the Mixer Brush. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/painting-mixer-brush.html

[orchid knot]

Im trying to draw a custom shape with straight lines by clicking, with each click making a new vertex. However, the Custom Shape Tool only has presets, and I don't know how to draw like described.

[ripe quest]

Use the Pen Tool.

https://youtu.be/5kAQUNFZJXY?si=c4jO2v0lj4sG8Lhm

[orchid knot]

Thanks, it's perfect

[rapid obsidian]

If you still need help, dm details and image to me.

[winter lintel]

Guys , someone can help me cuz I got a problem about the color pucker, how did I fix it

[rapid obsidian]

Go to Image and set it to rgb

Is it on greyscale

Or wrong layer

Wait just saw footage again

It seems to work normally?

[sly hawk]

It's an ongoing issue. - should be fixed in a future update.

[winter lintel]

I see thank everyone

[tiny thistle]

How can I make that circle type of text.

[rapid obsidian]

one way is to write , then transform>warp

[left tapir]

Hi! I'm trying to recolor something. It's white and I'm using a solid color layer mask to make it gray. When I apply the mask, the gray is a much lighter shade than what I've chosen. I don't know exactly what to do with it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[rapid obsidian]

The blending mode of grey is on Color. Change it to normal.

[vapid flume]

It's because your blend mode is colour. This blend mode applies colour on top of a area that already have a tonal value and respects that to nal value, it only changes the colour, not the "light". That said, you apply a solid colour in colour mode

[left tapir]

On normal, it takes away all the detail of the image. Is that OK?

[vapid flume]

so far so good, but your "colour" seems to be a neutral grey, not a colour, so your results will be underwhelming.

In that case check multiply, or darker colour

Or any other blending mode, check them all

[left tapir]

Sorry, I took some Photoshop classes in like 2005, so I'm stumbling through trying to remember what is what. 😉 I'm rusty.

[vapid flume]

Or even maybe in that case a solid colour isn't the right approach. I would also try a level adjustment layer so you can have the right tone

[vapid flume]

No need to apologise!

[left tapir]

OK. I watched some tutorials that did it the way I've been doing it and it's not right, so I'm totally willing to try other options!

[vapid flume]

what is the RBG (or any other unit) code of your solid colour layer?

[rapid obsidian]

Just check other blending modes

Maybe any of them fulfill your need.

[left tapir]

One minute, my diabetic pug is whining at the door. BRB.

[vapid flume]

tag me when you're back in case I'm doing something else

[rapid obsidian]

exclusion did this

Its mainly color difference and blending modes.

[left tapir]

Where do I find that?

[vapid flume]

it's OK I'm here! you basically @ + the name of the person, like @left tapir

[left tapir]

Oh, I mean the RBG code?

🙂

[vapid flume]

Can you show the image before you added the solid colour? Just hide it by clicking on the eye icon next to the layer

It's so I really see what kind of details needs to be kept

[vapid flume]

yes, that too 🙂

Double click on it to open the colour picker and read it in the relevant R, G, B fields

Because if it's a grey of any sort, then colour blending mode has no action...

so it's important to choose the blending mode according to the layer the layer that holds it, but obviously the colour underneath (It's blending layers based on a formula, some formulas concerns colours, other tones, other boths. Colour blending mode concerns colours)

[left tapir]

I picked a color besides gray.

[vapid flume]

I wanted to see the grey 🙂

[left tapir]

One sec

[vapid flume]

Because I couldn't see if it was real grey or a slightly toned grey. Depending on the colour you choose the blending mode will be different too! (and obviously the end result)

OK, it's not REAL grey but it's close enough that the colour blending mode has very little effect.

Now can you show the original layer like I told you in my previous answer?

[rapid obsidian]

Your image is not actually white

So if you want pure grey, #808080 one

you might want to either calculate difference between those colors.
Or Just replace with pure white then apply grey overlay

[vapid flume]

I don't think the OP ever said they wanted pure grey though

or pure white

[rapid obsidian]

if you dont want pure grey then just set layer to linear burn

whats wrong?

🤔 .

[vapid flume]

@left tapir can you confirm you just want the 72/72/75 applied on top of your area but with the lighter lines showing?

[left tapir]

@vapid flume Yes that's right.

[vapid flume]

OK, that's what I thought, thanks for clarifying.
Is that exact colour what you wanted, or is it something "visual"? in that I mean does it have to match that exact colour?

I am trying to find the right and simplest approach but it depends exactly what you want to do

[left tapir]

Nah, I just wanted to have options. The gray is just the color I picked last. I've had issues with this on other recolors and other colors.

[vapid flume]

AS I said, different blending modes will do different things based on different colours, so if you want something that you can try and that will give you all the options to choose from, you'll have to drop the blending modes

[signal hollow]

hi i just wanna ask, if i just lost my file unsaved in my adobe animate, but i had turn on the auto recover. how can i locate the unsaved files

please answer i lost all my task:(

[left tapir]

OK, I can play with it some more.

[vapid flume]

So, the thing is, you need to mask those lighter lines, and set your colour layer to normal.

[left tapir]

Ohhh, OK.

I was assuming that it would adjust for those.

I should know better.

[vapid flume]

I have no idea, I don't use animate. I think you need to ask in the video server

discord.gg/adobepremiere

[outer crown]

Is there any way to make the image look like a group of circles with a hand-drawn feel?

[rapid obsidian]

https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/recover-files/td-p/10361329

[vapid flume]

Don't worry. In that case I would just take the magic wand, set it to continuous (so it doesn't pick up unwanted areas) and set the tolerance to 1.
Zoom real close and select those light areas consecutively by holding shift while selecting and once done, fill them with black

Do you remember how you do that?

[left tapir]

Yep

[rapid obsidian]

Where?
It already has spiral inside it

[vapid flume]

These are called stipple brushes, so you need to draw with such a brush, or do the dots by hands (Kyle webster has such brushes in the megapack) or you can try retro supply co to find some nice ones

https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/brushes.html

https://www.retrosupply.co/

[outer crown]

I would like to know how to convert from the original clean outline to an outline of a collection of irregular circles like this one,..!

[vapid flume]

There isanother method with "blend if" that would keep the lighter lines automatically without masking, but it's a little bit more fiddly. If you want to learn or if you think the masking method will be too tedious for another project, just letme know

[vapid flume]

There is MAYBE a script that does that, or an action, but not directly within Photoshop I don't think

[outer crown]

Thank you!
Even if it feels like a collection of irregular, uneven circles, can you do it with that brush?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[left tapir]

I'm always up for learning new ways to do things! But I don't want you to spend too much time on me. I'd be happy to follow a tutorial if one exists.

[vapid flume]

Try to google stipple effect in Photoshop and see if someone has come up with an automatic method and either sell the script/action, or sometime people give them away for free...

[vapid flume]

I'll find you one 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAMXBYx0r5g

[left tapir]

Aw, thanks! Mind if I PM you real quick?

[vapid flume]

Go ahead but if it's Photoshop tips, then you can ask here 🙂

it's best when everyone can read

[rapid obsidian]

1. Make your brush with a few rough dots like this. Or download one.
2. Set brush spacing and size to match it line.
3. Get pet tool and draw your shape.
4. After drawing shape, right click and click Stroke> Brush and click ok.
   Done

[vapid flume]

@rapid obsidian THat's how I would do it (I have lots of stipple brushes I created myself) but I think the OP indicated that they want something that turns regular line work into stipple work. So I can't really help here

[outer crown]

@vapid flume
@rapid obsidian
thank you:)

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[rapid obsidian]

you can make a brush like this

[rapid obsidian]

@outer crown

[vapid flume]

These ones are from the Kyle Webster brushes

[rapid obsidian]

Cool

[outer crown]

@vapid flume
@rapid obsidian
wowwww,nice!!!
I think my English was poor because I am Japanese, but thank you very much for your kindness!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[rapid obsidian]

It's ok.

My english is poor too

[vapid flume]

I found a tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id9tCP8NBtA
But I didn't watch it yet
check if that helps

[rapid obsidian]

Its different from what they want ig

They just want a shape to be that effect-ish

[vapid flume]

Yokatta!

[outer crown]

thank you!!! thank you so much <3333

[left tapir]

@vapid flume Changing the kind of fill seems to work great for me!

Sorry, kind of layer mask.

[grave burrow]

Hi I wanted to change the grey to dark red and the blue to red by using the color range tool however because there are few small pixels with different shades it creates a mess. Can anyone help me on how to transfrom both of them to solid colors? The 2nd pic is the best result I have gotten so far

[twin sail]

Hi, is there any way i can recreate this poster style on a photo?

[vapid flume]

Excellent then! Good luck with the rest!

[vapid flume]

You can try two approaches (in addition to actually paint it with brushes in Photoshop 🙂

First try the different tutorials such as this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phl48dTE1KI
(But there are probably thousands of others so check out what looks like you want to do)

or use the ai functions in firefly where you can mimic an art style and apply it to an image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_i-Dg0Qt_I

You may not find the exact style in the tutorials but hopefully it will give you the tools to achieve it

[vapid flume]

If the image is very low resolution with some anti aliasing effects then either the magic wand or the colour range will not be very accurate . If you cannot get something neat with a magic wand with a 1px tolerance then my best bet would be to use the pen tool to manually select the stripes (it's easy, it's all straight lines!) and change the colour using the paths created as a selection

[grave burrow]

Thanks!

[tropic maple]

Question, after using bucket tool, this happnes to dark lines I drew:

Is there a way to avoid such a thing?

[rapid obsidian]

Bucket tool is usually does that. You can try changing the tolerance of it. It is different for different colors.

Other than that You can use pencil tool for outlines.

Also you can use magic wand tool for selection first then expand or shrink selections.

It is good practice to keep Outlines on seprarate layer.

That way you can push color layer below it.

[rigid adder]

how do i fix this problem when the lines are not on matching opposite angles? how can i make it that the edges are not seperate and instead blend into one shape?

[versed sphinx]

how to fix this? looks weired

this too

[rapid obsidian]

What did you do?

are youbtrhing to content aware fill it

[versed sphinx]

I erased a Boat with the KI tool

[versed sphinx]

I am trying too let it look realistic

[rapid obsidian]

Do you want to erase it or you want to make it like other ones

[versed sphinx]

like the other ones

do you maybe know how to just erease the whole pole?

[rapid obsidian]

It automatically can't do straight lines that perfect. You will need to cut a same looking part. Then repalce it with that one.

Just remove this unwanted one completely. And paste brand new cutout.

[versed sphinx]

I tryed but i don´t know how to, if I try to duplicate a part ot the other poles and substitute it with that weird looking one it just dissaperas

[rapid obsidian]

To remove whole pole, select it and try content aware fill. Select water with brush

So it fills it with water only

It will take time. As the pole takes a lot part of image. And water is much less.

[versed sphinx]

true

[rapid obsidian]

If you want to remove a small part of pole. Select it. Then you can use clone stamp tool and paint its surrounding area on it. After it is removed and only water is there Get a brand new cutout from pole. And paste there.

To duplicate a layer, press ctrl + J

[versed sphinx]

thanks

[rapid obsidian]

Wlcm.

[versed sphinx]

thats what i mean:

Dissaprear area

[rapid obsidian]

Using polygon lasso tool you can do it manually

[rapid obsidian]

You erased it

Somehow.

[versed sphinx]

no its just a layer

[rapid obsidian]

So background is empty

[versed sphinx]

still on a other layer

[rapid obsidian]

I do not get it man.

What happens when you do what

[versed sphinx]

I am just bad lmao

[rapid obsidian]

Nah

Just something is off and you are npt seeing it

[versed sphinx]

Idk man, I am just trying

[rapid obsidian]

If you will erase something, it will be empty.

If you erase pole, the image will be empty

You will need to put water in background

If you want water there.

Try Using clone stamp tool. It is easier.

Just Hold Alt and set the host point (water) and release alt. And start painting over pole.

It will just clone water on pole.

[versed sphinx]

I will try buddy

works, ty

[rapid obsidian]

Great

[pallid moss]

Anyone know What exactly Photoshop saves in the Credential manager?

Cause i got together with Adobe support and Micrsoft support and invested over 7 H just to fix this problem but its still there

And know the only thing i could think of is manually enter all things in the credential manager cause on an admin user on this pc it works and there are like 10 more adobe entrys in the credentail manager

but on my main there are those which i send

And i could probably fix it like that but i dont know the passwort that it uses

[idle field]

i opened ps on my old pc and the gradient maps stopped working

can i recover these still

[light tendon]

I have this top blue-ish image which I want to make less blue and a bit lighter similar to the bottom color, how can I do this? A layer set to multiply only makes it darker and doesnt remove the blue

[strange hull]

Make a mask and change hue slightly for blue part

[light tendon]

nothing seems to happen

nvm had to move the color a bit to the right as well

[strange hull]

send the file

lemme take a quick look

[light tendon]

no need it worked, thanks, looks good now

[strange hull]

ight

[pine elbow]

Hello, how can I incrust the ocean ( the black line is the skyline ) ?

This is the whole image :

[strange hull]

?

[storm pumice]

guys how do you liquify a text to make it fill a whole shape?

[pine elbow]

I didn't express myself well, I wanted to know how I could create a perspective effect ?

[storm pumice]

can somebody help me with this?

it should be an easy task

[ripe quest]

Use Adobe Illustrator and Envelope Distort.

[storm pumice]

ok thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest

[storm pumice]

is there a way to do it directly in photoshop?

[ripe quest]

You could try Transform > Warp... but you will have to carefully drag the cage around manually. It's not trivial. Depends on how complex the shapes is.

[storm pumice]

its an underwear mockup

[ripe quest]

Sorry but based on these descriptions of the issue, I don't know what else to say.

[storm pumice]

ill just try with the warp

[ripe quest]

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/warp-images-shapes-paths.html

[storm pumice]

thank you boi

I SAID THANK YOU

AM I WELCOME??

[ripe quest]

I suggest that you calm down and be respectful. If not, you can leave.

[storm pumice]

say that im welcome

and i will calm down

say "you're welcome"

[foggy kiln]

uh why does my photoshop 2024 look like this when trying to open a jpeg

[ripe quest]

Maybe the file is corrupted. Does it open in Windows Photos or any other viewer?

[foggy kiln]

it opens fine everywhere else

[ripe quest]

No idea. I've never experienced that.

[foggy kiln]

it comes and goes at random for me

idk why

photoshop is fully up to date

this is a brand new freshly downloaded image from the web

[ripe quest]

I haven't experienced that with any of the 25.x versions. You can report it to the Photoshop Comm Forum as a bug and provide your system info and an example image. Perhaps someone from the dev team can take a look at it. https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem/ct-p/ct-photoshop?page=1&sort=latest_replies&lang=all&tabid=all

[foggy kiln]

ill see if forcing it to use my dgpu helps but if not ill report it

that was my issue

abobie photoshop hates my igpu

working fine now

[autumn hazel]

How to unblur information blurred in white

preferably in Adobe Lightroom

[stiff trail]

Almost certainly impossible in lightroom.

Screenshot of example blur ?

[mystic hollow]

Hey, I need help recoloring something but I can't find out a good way to select it, anyone know a better way?

[clever epoch]

I try to save a gif but it doesn't save well, I don't know what I have to configure

[clever epoch]

the error appears in the video

[rapid obsidian]

There are many ways to make selections. But since youbare recoloring, why don't you try Picking color range and then edit.

Or color replce brush.

[open harbor]

where is the thing so that I can add an adjustment layer

[rapid obsidian]

This is photoshop server. You should ask in Adobe video server

[open harbor]

my bad

[rapid obsidian]

I would have helped but i am davinci resolve user

So idk either.

[kind otter]

Hi, Thanks for taking my question. Hope all is well with everyone. Dooes anyone know of a adobe photoshop or illustrator tutorial or could you tell me how to create a design over a cutout space in the design you've already made like the image shown in the comment here? https://i.ibb.co/GJKRBmx/Like-This.jpg Thank you very much for your help.

[surreal current]

@kind otter sorry I don't know about this specific effect, maybe simply Generative AI? I can do it for you if you want

hey everyone! I tried many things but I don't arrive to recreate this effect

I achieved this from this:

the filters seem unreal, like the reflection on the truck

I know that the effect consists of some bloom, but I don't know for the gobal lightning

the textures are undescriptable but not realistic, unlike my picture

[rapid obsidian]

Your contrast is very low

Seems like you pushed shadows to higher brightness

And now both midtones and shadows are nearly same.

It takes aware the clarity of texture.

[surreal current]

thank you! i'll try

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @rapid obsidian

[surreal current]

I added +50 of contrast, -50 of light tones, +25 to clarty and textures

[surreal current]

that seems a bit better like the image reference but still not enough in my opinion

https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:dc9b462e-201f-4e86-83d5-84152ca1100a?view=published

here is a link to review the work, because it's not only a camera raw

damn reviews does not allow to see layers

anyone please tell me if needed I can upload the PSD file

[rapid obsidian]

I am on phone so cant help much, still can just keep critize image more if you want.

Just send current both images so i can compare.

[surreal current]

ok then thanks! I'm adding photos

[surreal current]

what about this one?

[rapid obsidian]

Ok let me download them and see. Its hard on phone

Brb

First thing is Sky. Your sky does not have a glow / bloom. The sky of filter is very different.

Second, Your image is warm at half places and cold at other parts. Warm is orangish and cold is blueish, you know already... So make it warm throughout the image.

You seem to have fixed the contrast but it ended up going backwards in progress instead of step closer.

Contrast right now is perfect though.

Third..again. your image has lot of blue. The original art have Blue no where.

I think you should look at color histogram.

Your darker midtones seem to have more green than needed.

[surreal current]

ok, thank you! i'm trying

[rapid obsidian]

Yo might also want to turn down dehaze in camera raw so its becomes a very little bit more hazy.

[surreal current]

for ease i'd like to put my app in english bc it's in japanese, but idk why in the list there is only japanese

but in cc there are several languages

[rapid obsidian]

Your whites are very white. I understand the fact that there are white buildings in photo. So even after not looking there, if i notice little white bolts of something. They are very white. While filter does not have any clear white points.

[surreal current]

but in the photoshop list there is only japanese to choose

[rapid obsidian]

To change your language preferences in Photoshop, open Photoshop and navigate to Edit > Preferences > General (Win) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (Mac). In the Preferences window, click the Interface Menu and set the UI Language settings to your desired language.

[surreal current]

yes but no there is only 1 language available

in this list

[rapid obsidian]

I think then it can be changed in creative cloud

You may have chosen japanese during installation.

[surreal current]

yes I did

I have to install it again...

[rapid obsidian]

Yes i think same.

[surreal current]

for the bloom I fixed it, however how to fix this§

?

just a preview from the interface

do I need to add more bloom?

and also my way to make bloom is a bit cheap, I just duplicate frame, desaturate, color burn, and merge with another duplicated frame

then I add gaussian blur but I would like to make it as a dynamic filter, I hate working with this kind of effects

[rapid obsidian]

To fix tempreture, you need to decrease amount of blue. Blue= Cold, Orange = Warm. Also there exist a Tempreture in Camera raw too. But you will need to pick some parts and only change their tempreture. Since half of image is already warm.

[surreal current]

ok I see

[rapid obsidian]

To create bloom you can do it however you like

I like to duplicate layer highlights and them set them to Screen or linear dodge. Also applying blurr.

[surreal current]

oh ok, so there is no way to make it as a dynamic filter?

[rapid obsidian]

There is, try setting an adjustment layer to linear dodge i think

[surreal current]

ty

[lucid crane]

Or ; https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-discussions/live-gaussian-blur-filter-is-now-available-in-photoshop-beta-mac-only/td-p/13268372

[surreal current]

damn that's so cool

I have to try

[surreal current]

I found a nice way: Photo Filter, and select Orange@100%

is this good to kill cold colors?

becomes

[rapid obsidian]

You can try any way you like if it works.

[rapid obsidian]

Perfect

It makes Huge change.

[surreal current]

here is the new version

is there enough bloom?

[rapid obsidian]

No

It looks bad than it was before

[surreal current]

I'm on Windows :(

[rapid obsidian]

Its too bright.

[surreal current]

Ok soo is it due to the bloom? Should I remove some? or maybe lower the exposure

[rapid obsidian]

Less exposure, less spilling

Make Bloom more appealing and more beautiful.

That is the main beauty of this whole filter.

You will have to be very precise with every change.

[surreal current]

thanks I'll try

[surreal current]

what is the spilling?

[rapid obsidian]

Spilling is the bright parts reaching shadows

The line between brightness and shadow should be clear and sharp.

[lucid crane]

Sorry was in a hurry and linked to an older post. I’m on mac so I can’t check, but I believe it may have reached Windows. Take a look in Filters > blur and look for Live guassian blur.

[surreal current]

I don't have unfortunately, on 25.1

[surreal current]

ok thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @rapid obsidian

[rapid obsidian]

see the top of rooftop

the sky and building are messed up.

That should not happen.

[surreal current]

I'm trying my best

[rapid obsidian]

you are doing good.

[surreal current]

thanks! ofc I'm a beginner

is it better like this? idk which light parameters to change for this

[rapid obsidian]

Very better woww

[surreal current]

I should have taken RAW instead of JPG

[surreal current]

nice to hear, thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @rapid obsidian

[surreal current]

anyways I put the pictures side to side

I may be annoying honestly

but this is somehow different

[rapid obsidian]

it still is not same actually

you have take Reds away from image

[surreal current]

The road and the shop at the right from the reference photo makes it more blue, no?

[surreal current]

how could I enhance the Reds? photo filter or just with camera raw?

[rapid obsidian]

It's Blue. But not to the point where it feels cold. It is in shadow.
Also there will always be blue in image.
LIttle blue is needed

Photo filter and camera raw both will do job

[surreal current]

my shadows are more brown I think

[rapid obsidian]

You need to increase saturation of red.

[rapid obsidian]

You added too much orange actually

Orange is fine, but it affected whole image

It feels like a layer of orange on it.

Which is photo filter itself

[surreal current]

actually I used a neural filter -> color transfer

and I used the reference photo as reference image

[rapid obsidian]

I see.

[surreal current]

also I use Kodak 5218 2395 in color correspondance

which adds a tiny layer of orange

[rapid obsidian]

I think the orange improved half of image

and messed up half.

[surreal current]

I think too haha

[rapid obsidian]

You should not go for whole image

Just target few specific colors.

[surreal current]

for the neural filter?

[rapid obsidian]

Camera raw is what I use the most for such thing.

[surreal current]

here is a preview without color correspondance and neural filter

[rapid obsidian]

yes, half of it is very good.

and after adding orange the other half goes dull.

[surreal current]

I see

that's so annoying for camera raw bc given that the bloom lit the picture, I have to decrease the exposure and have a preview in camera raw that is really dark

like for this in photoshop home

I have this in camera raw:

(and yeah this is blue because it doesn't care about the photo filter above it)

[vapid flume]

Can I chime in in the conversation? (Camera raw is pretty much my thing 🙂 )

[rapid obsidian]

ye

the more people the better and faster it would be

[surreal current]

Ofc

[vapid flume]

If you get this blue in Cmara raw with all the settings "as shot" (no additional settings) that means you got something wrong at the shootong stage (possible wrong white balance)
maybe you told it before but I didn't read all the thread
What does the file info says?

[rapid obsidian]

also I am on my pc now

what size is psd file

[surreal current]

300mb bruh

[rapid obsidian]

damn

i will just download the one you sent then

[surreal current]

I did not sent one

just picture

do you want me to transfer one?

[surreal current]

it's in French or Japanese, I can't add english somehow

[vapid flume]

French or English is OK. Japanese, maybe in a couple of years 🙂

[surreal current]

I have raw data if needed

[rapid obsidian]

i have just 1 email left

i wil be back

sry.

[vapid flume]

In Camera raw what does the colour says?

[surreal current]

no problem haha, I'm uploading the psd if you want to see smtg

[vapid flume]

it can be different for you, they changed it yesterday. It can be called "basic" in yours

[surreal current]

the first one in the list?

[vapid flume]

Yes, the first one...The thing is, generally speaking, You really shouldn't try to go from a weirdly exposed image, directly to an image with a specific tone

You need to put it back on track first

The neural filter you tried will only work as intended from a properly exposed image, yours is too far off to start from

[surreal current]

Oh yeah I see

Btw I'm trying to edit a picture without pixelised layers, so I would like to use only dynamic filters

maybe a first camera raw to fix the image, then the neural filter, and then a second camera filter (in the order of dynamic layers on the image)

https://fromsmash.com/minpsd

anyways here is the file

[vapid flume]

Yes, that's the way to go, smart filters (in English) Filtres dynamiques

[surreal current]

oh I didn't know the exact translation

[vapid flume]

I had a look at your image (the graded one)

these are my observations right off the bat

[rapid obsidian]

see sky of both images.

[vapid flume]

now, obviously I wasn't there, so you really should take it with a pinch of salt

[surreal current]

thank you

yeah I have to emphasise the reds

[vapid flume]

So What I would suggest is take it from the point of view of without trying to make it more orange or anything, make it with the right White Balance, because it's obviously very off

What does it looks when you change the white balance from "as shot" to "auto"

[rapid obsidian]

high saturated reds makes it pop definately do it.

[vapid flume]

Before starting to add saturation or anything, just make it "real"

You'll take care of the rest later

[surreal current]

where is that option? sorry I'm only a beginner for now

[vapid flume]

It's the same as in a photo lab. You start with a nice even, visually pleasing print, and then you go wild

[surreal current]

and this is an old camera

for the price it does the job though

[vapid flume]

"date the camera, marry the lens"

Nobody cares about the camera 🙂

[surreal current]

no I mean the device itself

so including the lens

[vapid flume]

So in Adobe Camera Raw, take "basic" the first one, and change the "balance des blancs" (white balance) from "as shot" (whatever it is in French) to "auto"

It's just a test

If it doesn't improve, we'll have to do it manually

[surreal current]

wait a minute, there is no "basic" or whatever related translation in my camera raw, am I blind?

[vapid flume]

You got the new version, so it's "couleur"

[surreal current]

oh ok!

ok so it's "as shot" by default unfortunately

[vapid flume]

Change it to auto

"as shot" is standard

that's normal

but change it to auto

[surreal current]

btw if I have to restart the editing by scratch I may remove the edits such as the bloom, the blue filter..

[vapid flume]

Yes, you can start from scratch it's better

[surreal current]

this is a preview of the picture as shot for reference

[rapid obsidian]

but he is close : (

[vapid flume]

You'll never learn by piling edits over edits

because you don't know what you are changing

[surreal current]

I keep every version no worries

indeed

[rapid obsidian]

maybe pic a different picture too then/

[vapid flume]

sometimes you need to take it anatically

*ANALYTICALLY

sorry

The preview seem a good place to start, I don't know how that blue came into the picture 🙂

Still too blue and too flat, but that's a better start...

[surreal current]

ok so it changes many things

this is the base

this is "auto"

[vapid flume]

Too blue in the shadows, too overexposed in the lights, but the base is good to start from

From your memories of the place, where the buildings on the right white, or were they off-white? (like cream or slightly yellow?)

[surreal current]

they were off white

[vapid flume]

Were the vending machines on the left white?

[surreal current]

no they weren't

[vapid flume]

Was it anything in that place, as you remember it that was "neutral"? (otherwise we'll take the tarmac)

[surreal current]

wdym by neutral?

[vapid flume]

Basically for the record, when you shooting anything, it's good to remember anything that was neutral in the place, that would be your reference point if anything goes wrong. Your camera does that, it's its job by setting an auto white balance (if you don't know already always put your white balance to auto, unless very specific uses, and definitely if you know what you are doing)

Neutral means pure white, pure grey or pure black

White buildings are good as we can take the shadows as a pure grey

other examples may include tarmac, or sometimes rocks if they look neutral

[surreal current]

oh ok I see

then what should I do about it for this pic?

[vapid flume]

When you open ACR, and it says as shot, and your image looks weird, that means in 99% that the white balance went wrong. Either the camera stuggled with it because the lights were conflicting, or the set up was wrong in the first place

what we need to do, firest and foremost is re-establishing a correct white balance

You can go creative later

[surreal current]

yes so fixing the image and then and only then editing

[vapid flume]

so, moving on, taking the "auto" as a base. and unless there is an area better for establishing a neutral tone, we'll set the tarmac as a point of reference

Take the eye dropper next to the white balance and click here

There is a risk that it will end up too blue, because as you see it's yellow because it was sunny, and sun has a colour that reflects everywhere

if the vending machines have been white, they would have been a better reference because they are sheltered from the sun

[vapid flume]

And in that case the reference point would have been the shadow area between the two vending machines

[surreal current]

they are not white enough I guess

(after picking the tarmac)

[vapid flume]

What are your thoughts, personnally, after picking the tarmac?

try the vending machines next, and if it's not better, CTRL+Z to go back one step

Check what feels right for you

We are not in Photoshop territory here, you are in Photography territory 🙂
You can be the best at Photoship, you need to know your photography basics first 🙂

[surreal current]

THIS is after picking the tarmac, I guess it's a bit yellow

[vapid flume]

(the best retouchers are ex-photographers and I stand my ground 😂)

[vapid flume]

Yes, check with the vending machines and see if it's better

[surreal current]

after picking vending vending machines, it's even warmer

[vapid flume]

Take an area where there is shadow, not the white bits

Either inside the box we see on the right, or the shadow between the box and the vending machine

[surreal current]

I picked the left of this

[vapid flume]

So that means they are already too blue

[surreal current]

the shadow of the right one

it's a bit blue

I think it's better now

the left not the right sry

[vapid flume]

the white balance tries to counterbalance the colour deviations, so too blue= yellow to counteract
magenta -> green and so on

[surreal current]

I see

[vapid flume]

if the deviation is only slight you can counteract with that

temperature and tint

only proceed with caution: ie only 1 or 2 steps at the time

it can go wild pretty fast

So too yellow, add some blue (slider on the left) and conversely if it's too blue

[surreal current]

ok

[vapid flume]

That acts on the whole of the image, irrespective of the shadows or lights

[surreal current]

I think i got the right one

[vapid flume]

now, save and close photoshop and go back to it after a good coffee

you want to look at it with fresh eyes

[surreal current]

😂

[vapid flume]

I'm not joking! 🙂

[surreal current]

hahaha ok

[vapid flume]

I'm saying that because if you're starting out, you can easily feeling satisfied with something out of excitement, and only see the defaults once it's too late.

[surreal current]

yeah that's true

[hasty scroll]

Can someone here help me with sometthing basic in ps?

[vapid flume]

as per experience, you'll probably go too far the first time. Proper assesment of the mistakes go with practice!

[vapid flume]

What do you need to know?

[hasty scroll]

can you come vc?

[vapid flume]

NO sorry, this is a public server 🙂

is that "secret" or something?

[hasty scroll]

What do you mean its a public sever I don't know how to explain it

[vapid flume]

first of all, do you need help doing something in Photoshop?

[hasty scroll]

yes sir

[vapid flume]

I mean hearing you saying it, is no different than reading you telling it (just type what you mean) if I do voice call with you, it only benefits you, not the other people who want to learn. That's I mean

Not a sir, but OK

If you cannot explain it, post a screenshot of the image you got, and if you know what you want in the end, post a screenshot of an example of what you need

[hasty scroll]

You see this white background I want to get rid of it and export this image in png, Does that make sense?

[surreal current]

(I'm back)

[vapid flume]

Yes, you want to erase the white background, that a perfect explanation 🙂

The simple solution is to take the magic wand tool

set the tolerance to 1, meaning that it will only pick the colour you click with it (so pure white in your case)

tickk contiguous so it doesn't pick any white in other parts of the image

when you're done, click on the white area of your image

then go CTRL+X

then go to file> export as> PNG

CTRL+X is the shortcut to "delete"

[surreal current]

actually this is the shortcut to cut 🤓

[hasty scroll]

Ma'am there's multiple layers below it and I've already tried this but didn't work for me

[hasty scroll]

do you mind joining vc the for minute hog?

[surreal current]

it has to be a pixellised layer not a smart layer

[vapid flume]

So in that case, you have to use masks. Can you post a screenshot of the WHOLE window (I want to see layers panels, file size and all)

no VC sorry, I thought that point was clear

[surreal current]

I cannot sorry I'm in a library

[hasty scroll]

I was asking gaul

[vapid flume]

OK

[surreal current]

you have to pixellise the layer

[vapid flume]

@surreal current there is a better way 🙂

[surreal current]

oh really

[vapid flume]

@hasty scroll do you still want help from me? publicly?

[hasty scroll]

I just want help

[vapid flume]

select all your layers (SHIFT click to add to the selection)

it will look like that, all the layers selected

when done, click on the group icon at the bottom

you'll get that

make sure none of your layers is locked

all your layers are now in a group

now re-select your white area as before

[hasty scroll]

bruh

[vapid flume]

deselect the group

or go to select> reselect

it should have kept your former selection

But if you deselect the group, and instead select the layer where your white area is, that should work

[surreal current]

I don't wanna bother, but... about my case I opened the project back, then if my white balance seems to be good what do I have to do then?

[vapid flume]

If that's good, you now need to identify the bits that you can enhance, without changing the whole mood) as in not being crazy, just make it look like a regular, well exposed photo

[rapid obsidian]

Select a layer, not folder. then do it

[hasty scroll]

its not working

[vapid flume]

so you'll have to play with the saturation, the details panel and possibly the colour correction panel
so details, to increase the sharpening, reduce the noise (don't go crazy with these)

[rapid obsidian]

@hasty scroll

[vapid flume]

effects if you want to increase the texture, or the local contrast. Again, a light hand on this

[rapid obsidian]

I did it for you.

[hasty scroll]

bro you seriously think I can sell this

[rapid obsidian]

I don't think so.