❓ask-a-question

[autumn flint]

probably with some distortion to get the 3d/ perspective right

[vapid flume]

You'll need to cut out the painting from the frame (pen tool is perfect for that)
and place another frame (lots to be found on legit websites for free) and place the PNG of the new frame on top of the painting layer

[river otter]

If you want something specific I think you should look at image then canvas size

[neat ravine]

yes this work, tq

[river otter]

Ohh I misunderstood

[autumn flint]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[autumn flint]

i will try that

[vapid flume]

Glad it worked!

[autumn flint]

do you have a site to look out for were i can find good quality ones?

because most i tried get bad when scaling

[vapid flume]

Adobe stock, the free section
https://stock.adobe.com/uk/search/free?k=frame&search_type=usertyped
artists get paid with you download the images
Boom! 💥
No more scrapping the internet while breaching copyrights!

[autumn flint]

thanks a lot

[vapid flume]

When you do a google search, be careful of those info

[autumn flint]

so i took my picture with a side angle. Theres probably a feature to distort it right?

to make the new 2d frame 3d

[vapid flume]

size: choose large, usage rights : choose: creative commons

[vapid flume]

Filter> vanishing point if you want to distort the image (or simply use the transform function)
But it won't transform it into 3D (showing sides you can't see in the image)

for that you need a 3D frame in a 3D software

[autumn flint]

ok

[vapid flume]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5aMceFycN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL6zqQgOM2s

[river otter]

I feel that the free transform tools were more intuitive

At least when I used them

[vapid flume]

They are, but the vanishing point is more precise, particularly in that case if you want to put the frame and canvas combo onto a wall that already has a specific perspective

If that's not the case, then of course, the classic transform will do the trick

[river otter]

I see

[rancid steeple]

Hello, I am trying to transform an image of me and my girlfriend to be in this style, but I am not very experienced with Photoshop. I've tried neural style transfer things but it didn't really do what I want, do you guys recon theres a simple way to achieve a style like this in my own photo?

[nimble iron]

Does anyone know why adding a Stroke to a shape with a corner radius of 0 still makes the stroke curved instead of straight?

[neat ravine]

anyone not using this we are not friends

[neat ravine]

which one you playing with again?

try this

[nimble iron]

ohh thank you! i forgot about those haha

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @neat ravine

[sly hawk]

note that this works well if it's a lliteral SHAPE, but a pain in the butt if it's an IMAGE you want to have non-rounded corners on...

if so, the quickest way is to change the stroke to INSIDE:

but if this covers too much of the image, i think you'd need to fake it by putting a SHAPE with a stroke behind your image!

[wide kiln]

I am trying to select the design and it kind of misses som parts, is it possible to modify the selection more precies because all the options I see adds pixel to the whole border instead of certain places?

[lavish scroll]

how is like this effect called and how to make it

[fathom frost]

yo i need help

[wide vessel]

.

[fathom frost]

just got a new pc, and i opened a fresh file blank page, 900 x 500, and i used paint bucket just grey and my pc nearly blew up, went to 91% memory

and i have good specs so thats not an issue, 32g 4070ti

[wide kiln]

??

[vernal dome]

U need help wit a deagin or anything

[jade flare]

so im trying to make a circle using the marquee tool but im not getting the results i want, the circle keeps coming out blurry

does anyone know how to make it more solid?

[neat ravine]

depens which type of selection tool u using

[vernal dome]

I can make u something if u need using it just lmk what u tryna desgin and I can do it for $5

[jade flare]

no dude, i need help figuring out this specific thing

[fathom frost]

?

my ram

[fathom frost]

.

[jade flare]

since when is it okay to sell services here?

[vernal dome]

What's up

[vernal dome]

I'm not selling I do work it ain't free

[jade flare]

youre not making sense, im out

[fathom frost]

my ram keeps gyinmg idk why

[wide kiln]

am I trippin cus I cant find any of those

nvm

found it

[wide kiln]

Whenever I try to select the small part left it selects the whold damn picture, how do I fix that?

[lavish scroll]

how to make this type of effect?

[vernal dome]

I can make those lmk what u looking for like what u need it to say or anything

[lavish scroll]

"lifted"

[vernal dome]

So u need it to say that

[lavish scroll]

yes

[vernal dome]

Ight I do charge cheap for that

That coo

[lavish scroll]

bruh

i aint paying anything lol

[vernal dome]

Sorry then

[lavish scroll]

ok

[neat ravine]

if it up to me i will do it manually

u can try masking it fisrt with the current selection that u have so far than touch it up on the masking layer to reveal the desire area

[fierce hornet]

I think they added the lext Liquid

then they copy the text and using blend if they only take the outer line of the text.

After that they use liquify from filter for both text layer

[deep geyser]

how do i animate something like this? maybe even with neat interpolation?

[fierce hornet]

windows>workplace> motion

[deep geyser]

tyty

im tryna interpole these 3 frames by color and have this setting:

but it seems to just duplicate the frames

[fierce hornet]

give me a screenshot of your motion section

[vernal dome]

Does anyone need any deagins or anything?

[deep geyser]

what is the motion selection?

here i think?

[sly hawk]

Watch this... it shows a few different solutions to your issue.

[deep geyser]

with that setting it just produces empty frames

[fierce hornet]

Avoid asking the same thing everywhere, please.

[vernal dome]

My bad

[deep geyser]

is there even a way to interpolate the color change or does that just not work?

[fierce hornet]

you just want to change the color?

[deep geyser]

I have a shadow moving across a number and would like the animation to be smoother (have more frames inbetween) without having to draw more frames

So im curious if there is a way to automate that

[fierce hornet]

If you want to move the shadow. there should be a shadow layer individually. if you are talking about his black shadow. I am not sure if there is Ease In/Ease Out option (makes the animation smoother).

No auto option I guess

[white terrace]

guys i have a file with marks

i need help editing it

who can help me i need to change the numbers

[simple stirrup]

Why you want to change number?

[nocturne sphinx]

Obviously it is his Mark's card

[simple stirrup]

And he want to cheat

[nocturne sphinx]

I guess so

[simple stirrup]

Then this is not the server where you get help.

My friend was get banned from fiverr for changing a number

[grave sorrel]

Hi!
I have multiple layers with different blend modes.
How can I "apply" those changes so they remain after the merge?

by "apply" I mean like make those changes be the new normal state

[ripe quest]

If you want someone to create something for you, please post in the #💬chat-general channel. Briefly describe the project. If someone is interested in working on it, they might reach out to you.

[ripe quest]

Blend Modes work because there are layers under them that they can blend with. When you merge or rasterize layers, Blending Modes no longer make sense as the layers are merged and thus nothing to blend with.

You can convert various layers to a Smart Object. Depending on the type of effect you have, that may or may not work.

[grave sorrel]

Thanks!

[fossil ruin]

i am trying to make a jester hat logo and i don't know which colors to use, i made the top of the hat but the bottom part is empty what colors should i use (note: i am trying to make it simple and make it sort of discord style)

[ripe quest]

Maybe white or grey for the "band" on the hat and a slight darker blue for the "inside" of the hat.

[fossil ruin]

i feel gray may look bland/boring

[ripe quest]

You'll likely have to try some different things to see what works best.

[fossil ruin]

need some logo designers to help

[ripe quest]

For future reference, please post in #📝project-feedback - This channel is for learning Photoshop, getting technical help with using Photoshop, etc.

[fossil ruin]

Ok sure i don't mind, Thanks for your help!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest

[sly hawk]

Look at hats online and match one you like the colours of. - this might be better than picking 3 random bright primary colours.

[fossil ruin]

Most of em' use 2 colors for the whole hat

i found a color anyway its a darkish purple

@ripe quest What do you think?

[sly hawk]

I yeah. Not bad. 🙂

[fossil ruin]

i wanted to use yellow as a primary color

[sly hawk]

Your colour choice looks good to me. Looks better than the first version

[fossil ruin]

But Thanks i may use it later btw how would you rate it outta 10

[fossil ruin]

i used hot pink and red and blurple

wasn't really what i wanted so changed it

[ripe quest]

I've asked you above: Please post in #📝project-feedback

[wide vessel]

How create i do that chin?

[ripe quest]

The objects are probably made flat and then warped to fit the face.

[left nimbus]

hey is there a way to use space outside of artboard for displaying references , like in AI

[lavish scroll]

https://gyazo.com/7740b1da6a29157d16399fb37075b209

why is it weird like thius

[opal flower]

Hi, I wonder is there a channel for plugin / dev?
I can't create a text zone with a width / height.

[ripe quest]

No. In Photoshop, the Canvas is it. There is no "outside of the Canvas" that is visible/usable.

[left nimbus]

so there is not other way than using seperate documents to use references

[ripe quest]

Perhaps is a display problem. Main menu: Help > GPU Compatibility... Any errors or issues reported there?

[ripe quest]

Other Layers, other Artboards, other documents.

[lavish scroll]

nope

no problems

[left nimbus]

ok tnx for answering

[ripe quest]

Then I don't know. Unless you'd like to share more about your problem. Save and restart Photoshop and see if it continues. If it does, perhaps post a bug to the Adobe Photoshop Community Forum and the dev team will look into it.

[ripe quest]

I would still check into updating GPU drivers because, to me, this looks like a realtime display issue.

[topaz wyvern]

Not outside of an artboard. You could create a second artboard and use that for reference materials I guess. I just use a third party program to display my references and mood boards.

[left nimbus]

could you give me the name

of the programme , I hope its free

xd

[ripe quest]

You can create a new [temp] document and then line them up side-by-side, using the Window > Arrange commands.

[topaz wyvern]

It's free. Idk if we're allowed to mention other programs here. I'm sure a quick google search for "reference photo display program" will bring it up as the first result. 😉

[ripe quest]

Is this what you're referring to? PureRef? https://www.pureref.com/

[topaz wyvern]

Bingo.

waits for Adobe ninjas to take you away

[ripe quest]

It's fine to share most app recommendations here. As long as its not belligerent attemps at spamming your own products/services. Or things in direct competition with Photoshop. heh

[ripe quest]

I'll be fine. I'm on the Adobe Ninja Squad. :)

[topaz wyvern]

Ah. Well, as it offers a feature Adobe doesn't seem to care about... yes. PureRef is my go-to for creating/displaying moodboards while I work. No, I'm not affiliated.

[topaz wyvern]

Deeply bows

I see the badge now.

[ripe quest]

I wouldn't say they "don't care about it." Send the team feedback about that and perhaps they will consider adding a feature like that.

[topaz wyvern]

True, "don't care" may have been poorly worded. I just doubt it's anywhere near a main concern.

[ripe quest]

Although, a perm window overlay in Windows appears to extend beyond the scope of Photoshop and into "general purpose" use.

Seems like this could be used for anything really.

[topaz wyvern]

Maybe not a perm window overlay, so much as a window in PS that stays above the working document. Can stay entirely in PS and only be above PS, but just needs to accept pastings from other apps.

[ripe quest]

Oh. It is just for Photoshop then?

[topaz wyvern]

PureRef? Nah, it stays above all other Windows app windows.

I'm saying if PS were to implement such a feature, they should limit it to staying above Photoshop windows only. Kind of like that new little toolbar does, except you can paste images and text into it.

[ripe quest]

Seems like a nice tool. Thanks for mentioning it.

[topaz wyvern]

No problem, thinking about it, it could probably just be a plugin.

[ripe quest]

It probably could. However, I think its better the way it is. Then it could be used with any app.

[drifting marten]

WHAT IS THIS

[ripe quest]

An icon?

[drifting marten]

i cant find it on my own premier and idk the name

[ripe quest]

I don't know. I'm not a "Premiere" expert. Perhaps ask in the Adobe Video server.

[drifting marten]

oop

i thought this was premiere since i joined through the preimere app 😭

sorry friend

[ripe quest]

No problem. Do you need the link?

[drifting marten]

yes please

[topaz wyvern]

I think that's premiere's feature that extends an audio clip using AI

[drifting marten]

blesss your soul

[ripe quest]

https://discord.gg/adobepremiere

[topaz wyvern]

Don't bless me, I just read a lot and use Premiere on occaision

[drifting marten]

i am trying to learn so i admire you for that!

[drifting marten]

THANK YOU!!!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest

[topaz wyvern]

What other Adobe Discords are there? I just joined this one after getting the notification from Photoshop @ripe quest

[ripe quest]

https://adobediscord.com/

[drifting marten]

id assume the other applications

[ripe quest]

There is also a server for the Substance Suite of products that is not included on that page (for whatever reason).

[opal flower]

no one has any idea with uxp how to define the width / height of a ParagraphText ?

[ripe quest]

For scripting/UXP, posting to the Photoshop Community Server is probably a better bet.

[opal flower]

thanks, is this another discord or are you talking about the community forum?

[ripe quest]

The Community Forum on the web. (Probably shouldn't have said "server." Sorry for the confusion.)

[frigid horizon]

i make this picture move forward by this funkcion and now my question is can i rotate it like with this?

[willow sable]

This is probably a weird question, but is there like a manual of photoshop that I can download for offline use which has everything in it? (I got a photoshop exam on Monday and I'm allowed to use everything on my device, but not the internet)

[vernal dome]

Can I send you my shop for a label. I am apart of and yall lmk if u would buy sum merch

[pale flare]

Here is a start:
https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/pdf/photoshop_reference.pdf

https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/x-productkb/global/offline-help.html

[last cobalt]

i have a picture with some effects from the effect gallery applied to it and then i put a threshold adjustment and a gradient map on top of it

when i try to export or merge them it seems to completely ignore the threshold adjustment and just export the pic with the gradient map how can i fix this

[pale flare]

Try a couple of things, A. have all layers selected, on PC ctrl + E (merge them all) B. Put all layers and adjustment layers into a folder, then apply smart object, then duplicate (keep orig) and rasterize the duplicate smart object...

[last cobalt]

i did both and still the same
it seems to be bc of the threshold layer bc i tried merging the image and threshold and the same happened

[unkempt parcel]

what is this pixely / comic book stippling effect called and how do I fix it or clean it up so that its not present on parts like the lip and the eye?

[pale flare]

when in doubt, restart Photoshop and try again 😅 - if Iuse space bar (hand tool) and slide around while zoomed in, and do touch ups, after awhile no tools work, no zoom in or out, have to shut down file and restart and sometimes PS also

[pale flare]

What type of file is it? what is DPI resolution? what effects did you use, did the effects cause this? or a low camera capture

[unkempt parcel]

So its actually a scan of my brother's yearbook picture, its a jpg

I'm just trying to clean it up to have it laser engraved, so I'm trying to clean up any shading effects that might confuse the laser software

I did two scans, let me see if the one with the higher DPI has this effect...

[pale flare]

Try scanning it again at a higher resolution....then clean it up using soften and smoothing techniques - in small increments, you don't want to fuzz it out....

[unkempt parcel]

Yeah it does, so it was the way the yearbook company processed the photo

[pale flare]

yeah doesn't look like high resolution....very pixelated

[unkempt parcel]

Well like I said, its scanned from a photo, so I am stuck with what I got

So the best course of action is to clean it up bit by bit?

[pale flare]

Poop in is normal Poop out, You can polish a turd, but it's still a turd! 😉

[pale flare]

Yeah, slow and steady- see what you can get...

[serene coral]

the classic method would be to blur it to the point where single dots are not visible and then sharpen it digitally

[twilit plank]

Can someone help me turn an image into an iPhone 14 background?
Basically, if you know the IOS feature that lets you make the album cover your lock screen while you’re listening to music, I want that, but as a permanent background even when I’m not listening, for a specific album cover.
I can pay like $5 or gift nitro.

DMs are open.

[lament moth]

does anybody knovv about vvhats happening vvith the creative cloud sync files being removed in february? adobe says photoshop clou files vvont be removed, but CCF ones vvill? this doesnt make sense, can someone please explain?

[restive blaze]

Does anyone know how to add to the sky mask in Lightroom when it missed part of the sky?

[serene coral]

get an image, find out the resulution ios wallpapers are and scale/crop

[golden sky]

check dm.

[granite briar]

after i remove background in photoshop, how do i get back some missing pixels

[peak sierra]

can anyone tell me how to render on macos everytime i render it only does the audio and says quicktime player cant play the video because it isnt supported

[main burrow]

Hello everyone I want to embed my sneakers on this background, but I don't know how I can make this realistic, if someone could help me it will be a pleasure

[vestal mesa]

Guys, what can I improve abt this thumbnail

https://i.imgur.com/LirQeY4.png

I fr feel like it's rlly bad

[granite helm]

press fx and press reset to default list

[frigid horizon]

my animation is not rendering, can anyone help?

[main sentinel]

can someone help me, im pretty new to ps and i need help retouching an image

[topaz wyvern]

I tell my clients this all the time when they provide me bad pics.

[cursive mantle]

At a guess, do you need to first convert the layer to a smart object?

It's greyed out?

Change to 8 bit colour

Image>Mode> 8bit

Looks like filter gallery only supports 8 bit colour

[willow gale]

8-bit RGB, plus the active layer can't be locked.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @cursive mantle

[limber geyser]

I'm working on a project and my "scratch disks are full." Google said this meant the storage allocated was full. I've tried restarting and trying in a new document and same issue. My project involves compliling a mosiac with 200 pictures, so I understand why. Any solutions?

[cursive mantle]

Your "scratch disk" is the hard drive that you running photoshop from (most likely the C: drive)

You might need to make sure you have at least 10gb or so free on the C: drive for photoshop to store all the temp files

[limber geyser]

also, is there any shortcut to fix this spacing issue without manually resizing each image

[cursive mantle]

Best I can think would be: Convert all to smart object => centre align all => transform all by expanding horizontally => distribute all to canvas width with alignment tools

There was a action some guy made to "expand all from own centres" but I can't remember exactly where to download

[limber geyser]

thanks! ill give that a try and let you know how it goes.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @cursive mantle

[limber geyser]

how can I convert all to smart object

[cursive mantle]

Might have to make an action to do it, or just click through them manually

[vapid flume]

I assigned it a shortcut (in my case F2), it makes life easier.

to do that you need to go to edit>keyboard shortcuts

choose "layer" in the list, scroll until it says smart object>convert to smart object (this is where you would find the option via the menus), and click in the place holder next to it to type in a shortcut

If it says that shortcut is already used, check which one is it already assigned to and sometimes you'll find that either some options aren't critical enough for you to assign them a shortcut, or even that some options have two shortcuts! (silly, I know)

in that case, when you assign it to your new shortcut, it will disable the other one

[grave sorrel]

I made a file with different layers and I'm happy with how it turned out. I want to split those layers/groups (manual selection) into separate files to have them as reusable components for future projects.
How can I split a psd into multiple psd files?

[river otter]

yoooo this is the best tip i have heard in a while

[fringe wren]

Try to analyze it:

• the background has soft colors, the shoe is bright: so use a curve (or "levels") on the shoe and decrease the lights/whites and do the same for the shadows/blacks
• the objects have shadows going from left to right, the shoes doesn't have any: make a duplicate of the shoe, place it under the shoe and paint it black, then distort it to give it the right position and size and then apply gaussian blur to make it blurred. Put it in multiply mode and then decrease the opacity, so that it looks like the other shadows.
• adjust the shoe to match the colors better, you can use any adjustment you prefer.

[vapid flume]

Just go to file>export>layers to files, and choose your parametres from there

[vapid flume]

Glad it helped!

[grave sorrel]

Thanks 👍🏻

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[warm hill]

yo how do i make it look like this

this is the one i did

[warm grove]

Search for Japanese font

and u need to put some texture on the text

like old paper

[warm hill]

i need it in english

[warm grove]

U can find it, English but in Japanese style

[vapid flume]

I just googled "japanese calligraphy style font" and there are tons that look like what you want

That kind of things
https://elements.envato.com/osake-japanese-font-TZK8ZWL

[warm grove]

Save your work before u used this font, cause it's overloaded Font, can Crash your PC

[vapid flume]

Bloody hell, I didn't think one font could do that 🙂

[warm grove]

Yeah it does

There is a warning message before u install it

[vapid flume]

I am used to creating fonts myself and it never happened to me...

Good catch then, thanks!

[warm hill]

it already did

[lone pollen]

is it free?

[warm grove]

For personal use, Yes

[lone pollen]

alr ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @warm grove

[dim flare]

how can i get out the background ?

of the letter

[grave sorrel]

If it's on a separate layer, you have multiple options. My personal go to:

1. select the layer, select -> color range, then sample the white color, play with the range till you're happy with the selection and delete

Or..
2) just use something like the magnetic/polygon lasso tool around the envelope. Then right click -> select inverse then delete

[fierce lodge]

hi

as you can see, blue is the color of my brush right now. Why is the color pallett red though?

if i wanted to change the tone of my blue right now id have to press x, change the tone then press x again to have the blue color activated

nvm i just solved it myself im dumb. just had to press on that little blue box to activate its pallett. Been with this issue for a month ahaha

[dire patio]

how do i use this eraser brush preset, on a normal brush?

[somber stag]

Hi Everyone, I am trying to recreate the background of the card in terms of texture, color, and effect ? I looks like a gradiant with a white to dark blue but not sure how that effect is done.

[wheat timber]

how can i blend these shades together across my whole image?

please ping me with any responses!! thank you

[zenith crown]

Hello everyone, I'm currently trying to do some rlly basic stuff but I'm still confused about how to actually do it,
I want to make something like this gradient shadowing over 2 circles

[pale flare]

They are separate circles, each having their own shading...so layer them up..

[zenith crown]

I did layer them lol but it doesn't give the gradient yet, haven't figured out how to give those shadows

[pale flare]

What I mean is the outside beige with the stroke on it is one, then the next blue one is one, then the last blue one is one...then they are put together, follow me? 🙂

so the first blue one next to beige one, layered above the beige one, could throw a drop shadow or outer glow onto the beige one, then the second blue one could have a gradient fill with dark on the edge etc...layered above previous one

[vapid flume]

That's a fiber filter

You need to set up blue and black as Foreground and background colour and then run the filter on a middle grey standard layer. You can tweak the settings of the filter to make the lines thinner or thicker

[vapid flume]

You need to duplicate it first
See the screenshot
It should work!

[wheat timber]

anyone?

[vapid flume]

Try filter>blur>box blur, the two colours need to be on the same layer. If they aren't, select both layers and right click on the thumbnails and choose "convert to smart layer", then apply the filter. You'll need to play with the settings

[wheat timber]

thx will try!

[vapid flume]

Basically, if those colours are devoid of texture then any blur should work, but box blur is the filter specifically to blend colours. Try it!

[wheat timber]

so. it only lets me do 2000 pixels radius. i need 16385x16385 for the whole image.

how do i get around this?

[vapid flume]

Maybe do it multiple times? THat's a crazy size for an image!

[wheat timber]

a heightmap

[vapid flume]

(and I work with Photographers 🙂 )

[wheat timber]

heightfield/ dem for terrain

[vapid flume]

Try another type of blur: Surface blur is another good contender

[wheat timber]

kk

wow only 100 pixels max!

[vapid flume]

Also you don't have to put it at full whack. But if you just want the median of the 2 colours, then you can use image>adjustments>equalize, you'll get just one colour at the end

Gaussian blur goes up to 1000 pixels. I have never known an image that needed that much. If you need to blend colours softly, even at that size, I would say 200 would be more than enough

[wheat timber]

hmm.

i have tried those techniques and am left with almost what i started.

not blending the diff shades together very well.

so this is for terrain height data and each diff shade reps diff elevation, i need it smooth so it comes out the other end looking like smooth terrain/ contour

[vapid flume]

So maybe you'll have to do it multiple times in a row or do it in areas (select a square, apply the filter, select another square, run the filter again etc)

[wheat timber]

no way i can do as i mention in one click or a seemingly quicker way?

no AI tools or any other methods?

[vapid flume]

You can try with the generaive fill, but honestly it will just invent things I guess. And no, not everything can be done in one click unfortunately....

Maybe someone else will have a better idea!

[wheat timber]

thank you for your help.

[somber stag]

Thank you so much !

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[molten sapphire]

Hello, someone know what type of filter or creative-challenges this is? how to make it look sketched. At the welcome screen

[lament moth]

asking again

[willow gale]

Hi @lament moth Have you read this post? https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/eol-creative-cloud-synced-files.html#:~:text=Creative Cloud Synced files are,Cloud for Teams business account.

[strange hull]

<@&548221840750018590> ban @sacred creek

[lament moth]

Hi, yes I have and it did not clarify the difference between ‘Creative Cloud Files’ and ‘Photoshop Cloud Files’. Will only one be deleted or both? I’m just wondering if I’ll be able to have synced files through multiple devices on Photoshop.

[willow gale]

So if you look at my screen cap, Creative Cloud Files is a location listed with my folders. Save to Cloud Documents is a separate option. The one the left is going away for personal users, not Save to Cloud Documents.

At least, that is my understanding.

[lament moth]

Oh, wonderful. So I’ll still be able to save PSDs to cloud documents and access them through different devices?

[lament moth]

Understood. Hopefully that’s the case at the very least! Thanks for your help!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @willow gale

[willow gale]

This is from the article I linked to:

Cloud Documents

Cloud Documents are cloud-native files that you can open and edit in compatible apps. With Cloud Documents, your work is always updated, across every device, wherever you are. Compatible apps include Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, and Adobe Express. Cloud Documents also allow you to save your work from one compatible app and open it in another compatible app without losing any fidelity. Autosave allows you to view any past version of your document quickly.

That excerpt is listed under: "Is there an alternative to Creative Cloud Synced files?" so again, yes, that is my interpretation, @lament moth.

[lament moth]

Great! Thank you!

[willow gale]

Happy to help.

[willow gale]

Hi @molten sapphire That's the sample file shown in Filter > Neural Filters > Style Transfer.

You'll see those two images in the filter panel on the right before you activate and download the Style Transfer module. You can read more about how to use it here: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/discover/article/how-to-transfer-styles-to-images-with-adobe-photoshop?locale=en

[willow gale]

—https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/neural-filters.html

[warm hill]

What do you guys think looks good or should I change something?

[dim flare]

someone know how to make this filter on a pics ?

[vapid flume]

It's a halftone filter (in the filter gallery)

[naive basalt]

does anyone know how to make a fading out pattern like this?

[vapid flume]

This would be likely a white (top) to white (bottom) gradient applied on a mask. That mask hides the pattern gradually...

[naive basalt]

how can i make that gradient mask?

[vapid flume]

Just select the mask and apply a simple gradient with the gradient tool

Black to white, start by the top, drag the tool until you reach the bottom, and the gradient will apply to your mask

It works like a standard mask!

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[naive basalt]

when i use the gradient tool it creates a new layer instead of making a mask

[vapid flume]

It is likely that you didn't have the mask selected. See how it is highlighted with a white border around the mask and not the layer?
Can you share a screenshot?

I need to go, so I will leave you with this. Pay attention to which part is highlighted in the process: Layer VS mask

[naive basalt]

i am selecting the mask and already created a gradient within the mask but the gradient is not showing

oh nvm

i set the mode to screen instead of normal

😅

ty for the help!

[pure lava]

can i get some help before i shoot my brains out tyvm

trying to add a gradient overlay to this layer

but instead of applying to the pink swoop shape its applying to the entire canvas

even if i create a gradient adjustment layer and clip it to the layer below, its the same thing

[strange hull]

What is the swoop thing

[pure lava]

just created it using the pen tool

[strange hull]

Or what’s to goal

[pure lava]

im trying to create an abstract apple looking wall paper

with gradients within the swoop shapes

[strange hull]

like this?

[pure lava]

as soon as i apple gradient overlay the whole thing becomes a gradient

instead of whats insside the shape

[pure lava]

essentially

[strange hull]

ur layer doent look like it has transparency

so its doing the whole thing

[pure lava]

how do i fix that

[strange hull]

by not having white

or have it seperated on laayer

[pure lava]

how do i make it transparent on my layer 1

[strange hull]

just redraw it

or undo till its back

[pure lava]

im so confused

i dont understand

dont know if my brain is fried of trying to figure this out for so long

anyway you can join vc, ill share my screen and show u

[strange hull]

I’m at work

[pure lava]

iight my apologies

[strange hull]

made a cool design using ur idea tho

[pure lava]

happy for u

[strange hull]

just selecte the pink part ur self and mask (hides white part)

then it should apply gradient only to the pink

if thats ur goal

[hoary ice]

Hey guys… so I’m working on something and it has a transparent background on photoshop (or it seems like it does) but everytime I save it to my desktop it has a white background. I want it to be transparent, how can I fix this?

[reef eagle]

How to combine these photos?

[strange hull]

What 💀

[kind fractal]

Hi. Is there a way to insert your reference image inside photshop so you could color pick but without having it get in your way. and without having to enlarge your canvas.

[strange hull]

Just put it a layer above and hide/unhide when needed

[fervent walrus]

hello guys, can someone please tell me what this effect is called?

[strange hull]

Stroke and outer glow

[fervent walrus]

so this isn't motion blur?

[solid monolith]

Hey guys, im a noobie in photoshop and need help with something. Would rather personally message someone so please feel free to dm me to help, thanks

[reef eagle]

Make the hair look like they are made of chocolate for example.

[strange hull]

You can hair mask it over

[vapid flume]

There is definitely a motion blur there

but not the kind you could do with a simple Filter>blur>motion blur in Photoshop (since it happens in the 3rd dimension ). I even suspect there is more than 1 motion blur...
Probbaly more something done with the blur gallery

But you'll have to trial and error that, because it's definitely not a one click thing.

[vapid flume]

What file format do you save it in? Not all file formats accept transparency, it may also depend on your photo viewer (but that's unlikely)

[vapid flume]

I would use a clipping mask. That would be the easiest way. It constrains your top layer to the pixel content of your bottom layer (so the layers need to be one directly next to one another)

highlight the gradient layer, right click, choose "clipping mask", and then the top layer will be clipped to the bottom.

it will look like that

[solid monolith]

How is this person using the brush for putting the overlay on the head? I have my overlay but I want to be able to brush it on. I am a beginner so use basic terms

[pure lava]

hey sandrine, appreciate the response.

for some reason clipping masks weren’t working either for it. i ended up using the object selection tool to grab the pink shape, and created a mask of that selection which enabled the gradient overlay to work correctly, thank god.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[vapid flume]

He's probably painting white on the black mask to revel the texture of the overlay. He doesn't paint the overlay itself

you can see the mask is hightlighted in the video, not the layer

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[vapid flume]

It should work, but it's on you to modify your gradient so it covers only the area you want (which is now smaller than its original size) you have to play with the gradient sliders to make it cover properly a smaller area

You could also create a gradient layer style, and it's a good way to make sure you got the gradient covering exactly what you need

[pure lava]

he likely has the overlay with with a specific blending option aside from the default “normal” and then uses the black like sandrine said to gradually bring the overlay to the front.

[vapid flume]

That's also a very good possibility

[pure lava]

will keep this noted for next time!

[vapid flume]

The thing is I ve seen you used the gradient overlay layer style (sorry I came up mid conversation and I didn't read everything) It could also be that your pixel content for the bottom layer isn't 100% opaque.

this is how it looks for me, with a clipped mask

So there is a difference between the two in the way that a layer style, y default, only work within the constrain of the pixel content of the layer holding it.
For example, if I have this gradient as a layer style and I want the green to disapear like it did in the clipped gradient example, I will have to remove that colour from the gradient. In the first example, the gradient cover the whole canvas but is only visisble when there is a pixel content to clip on. Meaning in that case, the green is still there, at the top and is not visible

The way to make the green visible in the first example would be to move the left slider inwards (and the right one too) to "compress" the gradient only to cover the bottom part of the canvas, and it's will be up to you to visually determine where it starts and where it ends

Those sliders to be clear

[kind fractal]

Thx for this what hit key do you use to hide the layer? Also is the grey area outside the canvas useable? Can you place stuff there

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @strange hull

[warm hill]

how do i make this i already have a font but how do i get those slices and that pattern

[warm hill]

is there like a guide or a tutorial for those slices??

[west root]

How do i crop to a selection in photoshop? I did photoscans with multiple photos and i need to separate and crop them all efficiently

[magic bluff]

i downloaded this course and what do u think is it good if i wanna learn something similar to that i attached as image

https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/design-bootcamp

[candid fulcrum]

Can anyone point me to a tutorial on how to change a headshot into a highly stylized art look similar to the marvel movie posters?

[willow gale]

Hi @west root There is an easy-to-use crop tool in the toolbox, plus a Crop command in the Edit menu. In addition, you can use File > Automate > Crop & Straighten Photos to crop a group of images scanned at one time.

[willow gale]

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/crop-straighten-photos.html

[willow gale]

Hi @candid fulcrum Something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6Wys7pztQ

[willow gale]

Hi @magic bluff It's hard to say if this course will take you where you want to go. I'd reach out to the company to ask, but in the meantime, this statement may be reassuring:

[willow gale]

Our no-risk money back policy
We want to make sure you have a positive learning experience with us, so for any session based course you're enrolled in, you can request a refund up until the end of Week 3 of the course.

[magic bluff]

thanks! can u suggest any course or youtube tutorials that might help me learn what i want to learn

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @willow gale

[willow gale]

Hi @warm hill I would draw the slice shape as a Shape Layer with the Pen or Curvature tool and add an outer glow with the blend mode set to Multiply instead of the default Screen.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/drawing-pen-tools.html

[willow gale]

If you aren't already familiar with the vector drawing tools in Photoshop, just note that there is a learning curve. You might want to seek out some video tutorials on using the Pen tool/Curvature tool and read up on shape layers.

[willow gale]

Hi @magic bluff Are you new to Photoshop?

[magic bluff]

yes! @willow gale

[willow gale]

Ok, so my recommendation is to start by focusing on the "big three": interface, selections and layers, which represent the foundation of anything we do in Photoshop. Once you master those, you can find tutorials on anything you want to accomplish.

[magic bluff]

okay okay

from where should i learn this stuff

[willow gale]

If you have access to a LinkedIn Learning subscription, you will find excellent courses led by top instructions, but it is a paid service. Free options include the very popular https://www.piximperfect.com, and Adobe is now making some training available for free with your Creative Cloud subscription: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/discover/article/creative-cloud-perks?sdid=71KW6RDZ&mv=affiliate

[willow gale]

My best advice is to start with those basics and then pursue anything else you are interested in.

[magic bluff]

okay thanks for the advice

[magic bluff]

yes i will go through it!!

[willow gale]

Great! I wish you the best!

[novel jackal]

Can I somehow disable or is there an option to prevent PS from feathering object by default, I know it's not feather per se, but rather how raster works, but result I'm going for is sharp pixel edge on my objects, same way that bitmap handles it but without going bitmap because bitmap flattens layers and I gotta preserve layers

Any ideas ?

[willow gale]

Hi @novel jackal: are you referring to anti-aliasing? That's the slight edge blending that Photoshop adds to curved shapes?

[novel jackal]

Actually I think spot on , it do be anti-aliasing yeah , though in my case it applies onto straight edge objects too, which is undesired effect in my case

[inland aspen]

Hey, I hope im writing in the right section. I have a big favour to ask . Im trying to do a design but i cant seem to achive the result im looking for.

Is there anyone that could help ?

[novel jackal]

Then another more specific question, since I'm not working directly with PS tools, so I can't apply or remove anti-aliasing right from the get go , I'm exporting Illustrator projects into PS, so is there a way that you know of to disable AA on already existing layers/objects ?

Doesn't have to be ideal , because I assume it's harder to do when layer is already on paper, but maybe there's a layer effect or something similar to reverse it ?

ie trim edge till it's solid color

🤔

[willow gale]

I think it's based on the interpolation setting in Prefs > General. (This setting also impacts transformations.) Does Nearest Neighbor do the trick?

[willow gale]

Hi @inland aspen I'm the only one here right now and about to take off. You can certainly post your image and your question and hopefully someone else will be here soon.

[willow gale]

To slightly clarify, I think changing the interpolation may impact future placed Illustrator art. It's not going to change what is already there. You probably know this, but Illustrator is vector-based meaning, the artwork is drawn with equations, and Photoshop is bitmapped, which means the artwork is added to a square pixel grid. Antialiasing is meant to soften the edges on the grid.

[novel jackal]

Nope no go , tried Nearest Neighbor as well as disabling anti-aliased artwork in Illustrator, tried exporting as Art optimized and Type Optimized , still applies it

I assume yeah , I gotta find a way to force it in illustrator export to begin with

[willow gale]

I have to run, but I'll play with this later if someone doesn't sweep in with a clear answer for you.

[novel jackal]

Alright, thanks !

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @willow gale

[novel jackal]

Solved it , in illustrator disabling anti-aliased artwork in prefs, and when exporting selecting Anti-alias to none did the trick, no photoshop prefs changes required

[heavy lily]

how i can i enlarge the picture wihout it beeing blurred

i want it to have it unblurred but it gets blurry when i press the tick

[heavy lily]

please

anyone

[ripe quest]

Try changing the Interpolation Method to "Nearest Neighbor"

[main sentinel]

can anyone help me

[heavy lily]

i cant see it

[ripe quest]

You have to initiate the transform. Edit > Transform... Scale, Rotate or whatever you were doing.

[main sentinel]

I need to clarify that image, make it sharper and basically make it look better. The most important thing is the person in the blue jacket.

what should i do

[heavy lily]

still doesnt show up

[ripe quest]

The photo is extremely dark. I'm not sure if there is any pixel information that could be enhanced or recaptured.

[main sentinel]

i tried to make some work but a lot of noise and grain is appearing

[ripe quest]

You might be able to tweak it with a Camera Raw Filter. However, as I said, there isn't a lot there that can be reclaimed...

[main sentinel]

ughh, i dont know what to do

i cant make it work

[ripe quest]

There probably isn't much you can do with this. If there is no image information there, there is nothing to enhance.

[willow gale]

Hi @novel jackalI also found the control in Photoshop. Assuming you are working with Smart Objects, you can disable Anti-Alias in the Options bar when placing or pasting.

[novel jackal]

oh that's handy, not applicable atm in my case, since I'm opening up full PSD that I exported rather than pasting bits, but I do that sometimes, so it's nice to know that workaround too

Thanks for the input o7

[willow gale]

Understood! Glad you have a working solution and I learned something in the process. Win-win.

[kind fractal]

how do i select the layers for all these parts without having to click on eahc one? is there a box select to select all?

[willow gale]

Hi @kind fractal You can draw a box around all of them with the Move tool.

[kind fractal]

wow thanks for the demo @willow gale

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @willow gale

[hoary ice]

I’ve saved it as both PDF and PSG. I could be a total idiot, I’m new to photoshop. Is it possible it looks transparent on photoshop but isn’t actually transparent? How could I fix that?

[kind trench]

Hello, can anyone tell me what the new update for photoshop beta includes? Please & thank you

[tame isle]

I have this problem, I can't use the other colors, just black, white and gray. I just want to know how to use colors please somebody help me

[plush stirrup]

click on the hamburger icon in the upper right and select RGB

or any other modes you prefer

[lunar pebble]

Hello, I'd like to know what is the purpose of these two variants? Do both contain the normal Photoshop, not Photoshop Elements, not Photoshop Express, but the normal Photoshiop? And why does the one for 9.99$ costs less than the one one for 22.99$? The left one does include cheaper one does contain Lightroom and some kind of Photoshop and the expensiver one only a kind of Photoshop.

[tame isle]

for some reason I can't click

[plush stirrup]

looks like your image is in black & white mode. try changing it to RGB

[plush stirrup]

it is a special bundle, made for photographers. both contain the fully functional version of Photoshop

[tame isle]

thank youu

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @plush stirrup

[plush stirrup]

the one-app plan has 100 GB of Cloud storage, while the Lr + Ps has 20 GB by default (1 TB upgrade available)

[lunar pebble]

Oh ok, so I can save up to 20 GB on the Adobe Cloud thing and if I have more files than 20 GB, I can only save them local?

[plush stirrup]

The creative cloud storage is used for syncing libraries and cloud documents (like in Photoshop). If you have filled the space, you can no longer save additional files as cloud documents. But storing locally is absolutely an option, regardless of Cloud space

if you are a photographer and you'd like to work across devices, the 1 TB option would make more sense

here is an overview of the differenecs https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/compare-plans.html

[lunar pebble]

Ok so since I only would use it for fun and such stuff and not as a real pro (at least for now), I would be fine to use the 20GB version since I do not really do it as my work.

[lunar pebble]

Thank you.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @plush stirrup

[plush stirrup]

I'd say that would be your best option, yes 🙂

you're welcome! and if you have any other questions, you know where to find us 😉

[lunar pebble]

Alright

[lunar pebble]

Yes, thank you very much.

[halcyon glacier]

Any sources for free cutouts or brushes

[lunar pebble]

Actually I have one more question. Do you know if the full version of the Photoshop app from the special bundle counts to one of this cases regarding the generative points for the KI? If yes, to which?

[plush stirrup]

yes, this paragraph should apply to the Photography bundle and the single app bundle. But the number of credits per month differs from plan to plan. The Creative All Apps plan has more credits

[lunar pebble]

Ok, good to know. Thanks :)

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @plush stirrup

[winter ermine]

how do i extend this transparent part of my artboard?

[plush stirrup]

use the crop tool (shortcut C )

but double check the mode - you don't want generative expand for this type of crop

[winter ermine]

got it, thanks tim

[dusty mist]

Discord stream question

Discord keeps popping in and out when I stream photoshop. Like whenever I'm actually drawing, it pops into just showing the canvas, but when I pull my brush up it shows the whole window.

It's annoying, is there a workaround?

[craggy sail]

How do i change the backround of a image?

[pure lava]

can you show what you are trying to do?

[plush stirrup]

would you like to cut out the subject or are you working with multiple layers?

[craggy sail]

Multiple layers

[plush stirrup]

you would unlock the background layer by clicking on the lock icon next to the name. then it will be converted to a normal layer, which you can delete or swap out

[craggy sail]

Thanks!

[queen crater]

Hey there ! I'm looking to simulate old-school airbrush on photoshop 2022. I saw this in a tutorial about Photoshop CC and wondered if I could achieve a similar result on my version

[gentle bough]

Dont you just hate it when you one day open photoshop and lose all your skill

How to make the magic wand be able to be used in a fill layer

[hardy elbow]

if that is what you mean, you are not supposed to generally

if you want to select boundaries, you can set selection to transparency channel, or maybe the mask using the actions panel

[sudden rapids]

I have a monitor problem. I dont know if i could share it here in hopes of a nice tech guy that could help me? The issue is that my monitor shows a black thick line of dead pixels at the bottom of the screen when turning on 144 hz.

[pure lava]

are u using an hdmi cable or display port cable ?

[sudden rapids]

both have worked before

but the dp is like kinda broken

but i get the same results either way it doesnt matter

its like a dp converter its not a direct dp

[pure lava]

thats the first thing i could think, i wouldve suggested. Sometimes swapping for one or the other could make a difference.

is there no way for u to connect direct dp?

[sudden rapids]

i dont have one

and i know it doesnt make a difference becuse it didnt when it worked

[pure lava]

hmmm im not an expert and dont know too much but i know a server that focuses on everything monitor related

i can send u the link

[sudden rapids]

nice yes please

[pure lava]

gotchu ill dm

[fast swan]

anyone have any idea to cover the foot of the microphone with the layer behind (which i already clipped with the circle)

when i tried to clip it with layer 2 it disappeared completely, applying it on another copy layer failed to work as it doesnt even change

[solar linden]

Is anyone else having problems with the new update, 25.3.1 ?

The program Photoshop.exe version 25.3.1.241 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel.

Guess I'll just roll back to the previous version

[river otter]

clipping layers are committed to their layer styles. in ways that cause funky reactions. but if you converted them to smart objects so that their respective color overlays, gradient overlays, etc were in a sealed container, you'd get the results you are looking for.

unclip everything. convert to smart objects so that the layer styles won't bleed over when clipping, then re-clip. bet you it works.

[fast swan]

Nope...

[solid monolith]

anyone know how this guy is using his brush to paint the background in? I want to do this but dont know how, i am a beginner so please use basic terms thanks

[river otter]

benny is one of the dopest photoshoppers in the game right now. I love him sooo much. dude is amazing!

[solid monolith]

yeah he has great work, just trying to figure out how he did that in the video, not too sure how

[river otter]

I guess I should start paying actual attention here. I'm usually good about the pulling answers out of my [word deleted by chat bot]. but lemme try and figure out what you're trying to accomplish here.

[fast swan]

technically i want to cover the little part of the microphone within the yellow layer

[river otter]

then why is the yellow layer before the microphone in that pic you sent?

[fast swan]

oh

Lol

works now

[river otter]

layer 2 should be above 1 right?

[fast swan]

Thank XD

[river otter]

hahaha, glad it was something simple.

[solid monolith]

hi 10th element do you know how to do the thing in the video i sent up above?

[fast swan]

thank a ton

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @gusty drum

[river otter]

probably yes.

[solid monolith]

can you explain how to do it

[river otter]

he's got his subject extracted onto an independant layer on top so he's just working on the background. that's sitting over a black solid, he created an inverted layer mask and he's gently painting it back in with a soft brush.

[river otter]

technically speaking, that's exactly what's happening in that clip.

[solid monolith]

definetly doing somewthing wrong here

[river otter]

did you extract your subject?

also you have you layer selected. you're not painting on your mask, you're painting directly on your layer from what I can see.

[solid monolith]

i have a 1 picture of a room and a guy (just 1 photo) 1. i put solid color on 2. i invert it with crtl i 3. i use brush to draw and it doesnt really work

[river otter]

and the layer is white. needa hit ctrl (command on mac) and backspace with mask selected to invert it, which which hide it, then you can paint with white to paint it back in.

let's rewind. I think we're getting too ahead of ourselves. you wanna send me the psd, and I'll make a quick vid for ya?

[solid monolith]

yes, where should i send it

[river otter]

here is ya wanna. DM me if ya don't want to publicly.

[solid monolith]

ok dmed you

[river otter]

you should probably put more time and effort into your subject extraction than I did. but I made ya a video. it's rendering.

and it's uploading.

and it's processing

[river otter]

https://youtu.be/GvrxRIOSC8c?si=FHOB-UqClBepiHvX

[river otter]

PSD in your DM, watch video. I didn't do a crazy detailed job or anything. but the concept is there in order for you to execute the technique for yourself.

and sorry for the slow start on the video. girl was texting me. you know how it goes.

[solid monolith]

Appreciate you man

[onyx trout]

Got jagged edges on everything I do on photoshop on Mac
Can I please get a hand?

[strange hull]

You use illustrator

[onyx trout]

@strange hull wym? Only use illustrator?

[strange hull]

It would be smooth

At any size

Cuz it’s math not pixels

[fallen kernel]

hello guys I met this problem when I tryna use fill generate function

the orange part says that some mistakes occur please try again

What am I supposed to do to deal with this situation?

[strange hull]

Log out of adobe and log back in

Probably a account error

Or you dont have wifi

[grand stump]

The orange Box says it already. Try it again later or as said before re-login to make sure the connection is Ok.

[modern monolith]

The scroll bar consistently moves by itself if I dare lay my pen off the screen. Anyway to fix this

[worldly pier]

hey, i was wondering if any of you knows how i can "lock" the curser position. I'm using the patch tool quite a lot. with shift for example you can keep it on the same height when moving. is there any way to lock it in place somewhere else that is not on the same height?. whenever i remove my wacom pen it jumps a few pixels and i dont get straight lines...

[modern monolith]

nevermind i just realized they changed it to a monthly payment

bye

[vapid flume]

Jagged edges happen for 2 reasons. You're looking at your artwork at more than 100% (100% is showing you the real artwork) and that happens even on a vector shape
or you increased or decresaed the size of the raster element and your interpolation method is not right (for example you chose cloesest neighbour)
There may be other reasons, but these two are the most obvious

[vapid flume]

I am not sure you can really "lock" it per se.
Just a couple of things. If you hold SHIFT moving anything (a brush, a level tool, a shape) it will constain your movement to a straight line
Also you can see if enable/disable this helps

in the top bar

The clone stamp tool, also have additional settings found here, that lets you control how the clone tool reacts according to its sampling point
here is a good tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRZR_INs8iA

[quartz knoll]

anyone know how to prevent PS from using my c drive to store data etc... ? it uses like 5gb for 2 days of sketching wth

[dim flare]

anyone know how to use this filter

[vapid flume]

I already answered yesterday, it's a halftone filter to be found in the filter gallery

[dim flare]

i saw it but there is no filter ab

[vapid flume]

"halftone pattern"

[dim flare]

i try it again let me ssee

[vapid flume]

in the "sketch" section

Once you had the name you could have done a quick google search 🙂

[dim flare]

look it do it

idk why

[vapid flume]

You need to learn how to use it first!
This filter is dependent on the type of image you have (is it very contrasty, is it too bright? too dark?). And is also dependent on the foreground and background colour you got set before you launch the filter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDDwwraaRk

[dim flare]

yh its contrasty

[fringe wren]

it depends on the colors you have in your sidebar. there is a small button with a black square over a white one on the bottom part of the sidebar, click on it and then try to use again the filter gallery, it should be fixed

[vapid flume]

Follow the tutorial, you need the image to be detailed enough the halftone picks them up, also you need to tweak the sliders as the size of the dots will aslo depend on the size of the image. I would avoid doing it on very small images)

[dim flare]

yeaah its working

thanks

[vapid flume]

Sometimes if there is too much contrast to an image, darkening it may solve it to an extend, but you need to start with a proper well defined image. It's a filter that is derived on the way prints where made before there was a means to produce continuous ink printing. They always had well exposed images

[vapid flume]

Cool, glad it worked!

[dim flare]

all right thanks

[dim flare]

yeahhhh nicee

thank u sm

[mellow horizon]

Hello guys. I have an issue with my photoshop, since some days the "open with photoshop" disappeard. When i was clicking on it while opening a photo, It would open on photoshop beta . If my regular photoshop was on, it would open on it. To fix it, I decided to unistall photoshop beta... But now I can't open anymore with photoshop from my windows file --' (the software is working tho, just the "open with" don't show me photoshop anymore". I don't know if i'm clear, sorry for my english

I just changed it chosing "borwsing another app", so I have the option. But still, it's weird for example my PSD file don't have the logo photoshop anymore but libreoffice one, even tho i can do "open with" and then open with photoshop

[vapid flume]

What does it show when you say "open with"?
You could reassign Photoshop and as option. By "choosing another app" at the bottom of the menu when you right click

You can then choose PS again

You souldn't have to if it's already a .PSD though

[primal basin]

Hi, I'm a beginner. I have a question, How can i create 3d car models like this in PS? I want to design car livery. mockups are expensive for me. I want to create 3d car models first like this in PS. Hard to find good tutorials anywhere

[vapid flume]

Photoshop is not a 3D software. There used to be 3D options there, but they are being phased out since proper 3D software were way better at it

Now you can use Photoshop to apply 3D decals onto a 3D image, but not in a 3D environment. You image will be 2D (a 2D render of a 3D image)

[mellow horizon]

No right, it was annoying me when it was opening with the beta instead of normal photoshop. It changed some days ago, so i unistall beta thinking it will fix it ... but no. Now i did what you said, but yes the logo of the psd file is "libre office" haha ... also since now I can do "open with photoshop" on a jpeg, now it's lightroom who disappeard

[vapid flume]

Now you can do "fake 3D", designing images in 2D that do have a look of a 3D image. But it's more a question of knowing how to draw than being good at photoshop

[primal basin]

yeah for livery design fake 3d will be fine ig

[vapid flume]

THat means that .psd have been assined to libre office. It happens, you need to re-assign the file to the right software. I'll be honest, I never really use "open as" . I use either open within photoshop, or just drag and drop the image within Photoshop. Or because I use Brisge nearly 100% of the time. I open my files using Bridge

Because at least in Bridge I have a visualisation of the .psd file and not just the icon

[vapid flume]

Do you need some input on how to composite the livery onto cars images you already have? or to create the cars from scratch?

If you are building the cars from a 3D software already, it will be more realistic to apply the decals from the 3D software, but if you are taking existing images you bought from a stock image website for example, then that's can be done (although it may be a bit fiddly so don't expect a 1-click solution)

You have a guy doing this here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ZgZnXcitY

[mellow horizon]

Thank you Sandrine, merci j'ai réussi à ré-assigné photoshop aux fichiers PSD

[vapid flume]

Parfait!

@primal basin if you are building your own car models you can see how Photoshop can be used here with Blender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGB0OiRPYk

But it can easily done with other software like Substance modeler for example

[primal basin]

thank u for the resources, is substance modeler easier than blender?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[vapid flume]

I find Blender very tricky to learn and find Substance easier. Unfortunately Substance is more ressource hungry so you need to have a powerful computer.

[sonic compass]

any lightweight program to create depth maps offline?

[vapid flume]

I find Blender tricky because the whole UI/Shortcuts/logic is not very beginner friendly. The whole subtance suite is more straightforward to learn, and you can start by an easy one (substance Stager) and move your way up onto more complex ones (3D will never really be 100% easy) and it will still retain the same logic. On the other hand Blender is more lightweight and also free.

[primal basin]

thank u so much for help, now i know what to do. i was bit confused about 3d fake models.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume

[vapid flume]

See that one (it's for shoes but you can extrapolate) about making fake 3D in Photoshop
A word of caution, turn the music down 😅
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qipyQXvkTr4
It's just to give you an idea about what it involves

[primal basin]

yea it takes so much effort, as a rookie, the shades and the lights drawing looks kind of hard for me. i need to practice

[vapid flume]

Definitely, and already knowing how to draw with pencil and paper wouldn't hurt neither (so that's a no from me 🙂 )

[queen crater]

No idea on how to do that?

[willow gale]

Hi Momomo: I'm sure you can. You will need to use the same Brush Settings shown in the tutorial.

Just stop the tutorial as each setting is displayed/explained, grab a screen shot and recreate.

[lean escarp]

ive seen some videos recently on people using the new AI the expand their images. what tool should i use for that_

[queen crater]

That's what I did, except that the dude behind the tutorial starts off with a brush I don't have

It's a basic one tho

I can't manage to find the brushes that display the inclinasion of my pen when using them

[hushed fog]

which is th best method for compress images for instagram feed.. and whatsupp status?🥲

[tardy pike]

i just want this text to be one image but

no matter what i do to merge those layers it breaks the hard mix thingy

this happens when i put something behind it

[bleak idol]

How can I replicate this in Photoshop

??

Somebody help please

[tardy pike]

pen tool

trace over it

[bleak idol]

No not that...I want that type of texture in another logo

Somebody help please 🥺

[tardy pike]

clipping mask

find an image you like

put ur mouse between the 2 layers

hold alt on your keyboard

and click

[lucid crane]

That would be the crop tool 🙂

[hasty needle]

How do you run Flash content?

[halcyon widget]

Hello,
I have a problem.
When I use the eyedropper to copy a color and then use the fill, my pink doesn't look the same as what I copied with the eyedropper, the shade of pink comes out differently.

[opal quail]

How could I photoship this to look as if it was taken from Iphone 11

[river otter]

Hi new to the photoshop could anybody help me to figure out if a picture is photoshoped

and if you can shoot me a dm

[hasty needle]

Make it look like it is tilting at in irregular angle

[strange hull]

what??

[opal quail]

It's from a documentary

With presumably high quality camera

[opal quail]

How do you mean?

[hasty needle]

Like how amaterish people hold phones.

[river otter]

Blend if

[river otter]

If what? I hear you asking.

[tardy pike]

?

[river otter]

Kind of that classic "who's on first, what's on second" humor lol.

[river otter]

lol, ok. not everyone knows the classics. sorry. I'll get to the point.

blend if

https://youtu.be/ysShyX50r6U?si=HSejOCuSnebH-n4w

[glossy wagon]

I want to use the overlay blend mode on a layer, but I want it to only affect luminance of the layers beneath, not saturation

how can I achieve this?

[river otter]

lol, the answer is so close it's almost biting you in the butt.

blend if what? I hear you asking.

ok the joke is getting old. 😒 I get it.

[river otter]

scroll up about 4 inches and click on the Piximperfect video.

[glossy wagon]

sorry, I'm wondering if there's a way to do it with an actual blend mode

I'm actually trying to accomplish this in after effects

[river otter]

luma key

[faint sphinx]

hi everyone im havening some trouble why is the gradient not exporting with the artwork?

The purple is gone and idk why

[river otter]

I don't know either. but that looks pretty badass.

[faint sphinx]

thank you!

[river otter]

you should hit ctrl + 1 on your keyboard and lemme know if the purple is still there when the image is at 100% scale.

[faint sphinx]

one sec

its not

when i zoom in

[river otter]

you're using a layer style to achieve the affect, which doesn't look accurate when it's a live effect. I have that problem all the time. a bevel will look perfect then I save as a png and it's all wrong.

[faint sphinx]

how can i fix this

[river otter]

you'll have to look at your design at 100% for an accurate reflection of the final result. and scale your layer styles accordingly.

[faint sphinx]

i was usein a threash hold and a gradient map

[glossy wagon]

not sure how that's supposed to work. I'm using a grain layer that has dark and light grains overlaid on a gray bg. So typically overlay would work to brighten and darken the layers beneath where the grains are. But I'm exaggerating the grain with curves and it's messing with the saturation

okay upon experimenting, it looks like just using the soft light blend mode is actually what I needed.

[river otter]

It's hard to really nail these without the project being open in front of me. I usually have to give answers based on the information I get. which can be vague. glad you got where you wanted to be on your results though.

[river otter]

are you using layer styles or adjustment layers?

[glossy wagon]

sry for the misunderstanding. I basically just wanted to know if there was a blend mode that did what overlay does but with only luminance, and it turns out that softlight is exactly that

[faint sphinx]

the thres is a adjustment the graident is a layer style

[river otter]

I learned how each mode reacts before on a technical level but it was so in one ear and out the other lol. I usually do exactly what you did. I experiment and just trial and error it until I land where I wanna be or if I don't get the result I start looking at other options.

[river otter]

scale the design to 100%, and then right click on the layer style and scale it til it looks right.

sorry. said scale too many times about too many things. scale the image to 100%. then use "scale effects". once you make the design "fit to screen" again it will look like too much or too little. but render it out and you'll see the final result will be correct.

[faint sphinx]

Not sure why but when I click on the layer style it's not the same as yours

[river otter]

if ya shoot me the PSD I'll fix it and show ya what I did.

you can DM if ya don't want it public.

I'll tell ya now, that skull line work layer doesn't have any layer styles. that gradient is an adjustment layer not a layer style. that layer above those two with the drop shadow/outter glow/gradient, etc. THOSE are layer styles.

[faint sphinx]

Oh my bad just started photoshop so it's all a bit confusing

[river otter]

allllll good. that's why I'm here.

[faint sphinx]

Is there a way to transform the Gradient adjustment layer into a layer style?

[river otter]

I doubt that's even the problem to be honest.

[faint sphinx]

What do you recommend to fix it

[river otter]

the thing is layer styles don't look accurate in a live view. unless you scale your design to 100%. the fact that you scaled it to 100% and the issue appeared is a tip off to me that layer styles in that project are definitely the culprit. so whatever layer styles, on whatever layer, is what needs fixed.

since you're still familiarizing yourself with the terminology on all this stuff, me telling you what to do to fix it like we're doing is just the blind leading the blind. I can't see your project, so I can't see the issue, and you can't see what I'm explaining. so the easiest solution for both of us is for you to send me that PSD, and then I can actually show you the problem with a video. and send it to you fixed.

[faint sphinx]

Ok I'll dm you the psd file

My next question is how do I send psd files lol

[river otter]

usually aren't that big of files. literally just send it. like sending a picture. drop it in the DM and send. if it is too big you can use google drive and send a link or somethin.

[faint sphinx]

just sent

[fading dagger]

Hey, quick question, doing a small project for fun, but I've been trying to make the gradient of the inner ringer on this coin match more so the rest of the coin but I've been having a rough time of it. Any quick solutions?

I'm not very well versed in flash, sorry

[hasty needle]

What were you using to animate?

[fading dagger]

Not going for animation here, just trying to have the inner ring gradient be lighter up top, darker on the bottom

[hasty needle]

I thought the lighting looked a bit realistic 😄
It looked like it was shining from the left like in real life.

[fading dagger]

Yeahhh
Though now I'm now sure if the gradient look is what I wanna go for
I'll get back to you in case I have more issues

[keen scaffold]

so when i set the transform values of a layer it sets the position of the top left corner of that layer, how could i make it so that i set the position of the bottom right corner of the layer

for context im trying to get the date in the bottom right to be 250px away from the edge of the image

nvm i just used a rectangle to make a sort of margin tool

[river otter]

uncheck the reverse chekc box. will flip the colors on the gradient.

[robust flare]

can you not export as an animated gif in Ps?

[ripe quest]

Yep. You can. Use File > Export > Save for Web... Choose GIF.

[robust flare]

I did that but it isnt auto playing on behance

[ripe quest]

I'm not sure if Behance has some issue with GIFa files but I can check into it.

[robust flare]

it seems to have worked after re-exporting

thanks anyways

[ripe quest]

I'm glad you got it sorted out.

[gloomy burrow]

I see people have there screenshots look like this after doing Photoshop but I just don’t know how to get it to look like that

This what mine looks like

[grave fossil]

hello

if i install adobe creative with all softwares

and it was downloaded in drive c

if i want to shift it inot drive e or f

does the programs works

[ripe quest]

You can't just move them. You'd need to install them to the desired drive from the start.

[grave fossil]

what if i change the location after downloading ?

it work or not ?

[ripe quest]

After downloading what?

[grave fossil]

software

i accedently downloaded creative cloud 2018 set in drive c but i want it in drive e

what i do

[ripe quest]

2018?

We can't help you with that here.

[grave fossil]

hmmm

[ripe quest]

We're here to support legitimate Adobe software. Not applications that you've just "downloaded" from somewhere.

[grave fossil]

i donwloded adobe creative cloud

[ripe quest]

From where? Through your adobe.com account?

Not 2018 software.

[grave fossil]

yup

[ripe quest]

Then open up the Creative Cloud app. Uninstall the applications from the C drive. Then reinstall them to the other drive.

[grave fossil]

thanks i got m anwser

[wheat sentinel]

hello, could someone please help me with removing reflections? thats one of my main problems with photography

[woeful creek]

hey am looking for help i just got a canon r8, and it shows CR3 files and i cant use stuff like the ai denoise on it or some stuff on it. does anyone know how it works? on lightroom classic

[serene coral]

those are raw files, you should be able to do whatever you want with the file, given you are on the latest version of the Lightroom that supports this camera

[warm grove]

Sure

[night relic]

anyone found a resolution when Photoshop is stuck in video export rendering on "initializing video export"? Thank you!

[serene coral]

can you share more details? what is your Ps version? what size is your canvas? how long the video is?

[night relic]

latest update of Photoshop. It doesn't matter the canvas. I start new file, with two frames, each few strokes and it gets stuck

and it never gets unstuck from there on.

It never happened this to me before. My laptop is with Nvidia GTX 2060

[night relic]

Omg, closing Bridge really does it! 🫢 But it's strange, isn't it? What Bridge has to do with PS?

thank you! ❤️ 😊

[serene coral]

Both Ps and Br must be using some common space that gets clogged up when exporting a video in Ps...

[grave fossil]

how i fix this

[strange hull]

Uninstall and get the recent update

2018 outdated

[grave fossil]

kk

[frozen magnet]

does anyone know how to recreate the splatter effect on the corners

i cant get my head aroun the brushtool

[plush stirrup]

probably just a texture or a smoke brush. https://texturelabs.org/ has a lot of free textures

[frozen magnet]

is there any trim tool that makes it like the image above

like you can see on the corners

theres cuts and cits

also is texturelabs compatible with adobe photoshop or is it for another adobe app

im using photoshop because the others r confusing

[plush stirrup]

texturelabs is an independent website with a bunch of free images, specifically focused on textures.

to recreate this stone-ish effect, you can follow this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwRwUeVoFTo

the first 4 minutes explain the effect, the rest isn't as important for your image @frozen magnet

[frozen magnet]

i assume the stonish effect

is the corners i was talking about

what about the thin lines

anything about that?

[plush stirrup]

these?

[frozen magnet]

aye

[plush stirrup]

Ah I see

I would say, they drew regular lines using the line tool and overlayed a texture with a blending mode

[frozen magnet]

do you have any recommendation from the texturelabs site

on the effects for the smoke

[twin mica]

can I ask any advice on how to photoshop something?

[plush stirrup]

https://texturelabs.org/?ct=744 probably here, download one you like, import it into Photoshop and set the blending mode to screen

[plush stirrup]

you're in the right channel. what would you like to know?

[frozen magnet]

thank you for the big help!
i hope im not too much of a bother seeing i might be asking here and there for more details ^^

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @plush stirrup

[plush stirrup]

no worries! we're here to help 🙂

[twin mica]

I would like to know how to remove this letter?

and have the stripes untouched

[plush stirrup]

I assume the letter and the lines are on the same layer?

[twin mica]

this is an image

so yeah

[plush stirrup]

I see. You probably will have to repaint the stripes as the letter is baked into the image. My recommendation would be to either use the path tool and take your best guess at outlining the covered shapes or you can try copy-pasting the lines from above by rotating them 90°

[twin mica]

these stripes are shorted and have a different shape :(

have already tried to do that

but thanks!

[plush stirrup]

hm, I'm afraid you'll have to do some pen tool magic then :/

[twin mica]

got it thank you very much!

[plush stirrup]

using generative fill could give you a good starting point

[twin mica]

ok thanks! will try

[frozen magnet]

oh yeah quick question @plush stirrup

i pretty much got photoshop on a whim seeing i used paint.net back then but

do you know how to scroll in using the mouse or using ctrl

or is the zoom tool the only way

[plush stirrup]

hold down the alt or opt key (windows vs mac) and scroll 🙂

[frozen magnet]

yoo sick

[frozen magnet]

thanks! karma >:)

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @plush stirrup

[plush stirrup]

[frozen magnet]

so far your guide works! @plush stirrup however this may be something photoshop can do i really dont know but,
is there any way for me to figure out a color that is subtle yet pop off?

i wish to get this kind of subtle on the bottom

its good to read a description but inherintly doesnt pop out

and fits the color

is there a photoshop feature to figure this out

like a color ai

somewhere here

[plush stirrup]

https://color.adobe.com/ could help you here. You could add a new layer with that specific color and reduce the opacity. That way it would only tint the area

[frozen magnet]

sweet!

thanks!

1+ rep because the bot doesnt exist 💀

[cobalt glen]

Hey, if I make my own Pikachu for a t-shirt design, would I get in trouble with Pokémon?

[ripe quest]

Yes. I would avoid using copyrighted and trademarked characters without permission.

[ripe quest]

Maybe not if you're just doing it for your own fun / educational purposes. But if you try to print the shirts and sell them... that's where you can land in legal trouble.

[cobalt glen]

Is there any way sell without getting into trouble?

[frozen magnet]

buy dem rights

[ripe quest]

Get a licensing agreement with the owners of the characters.

[cobalt glen]

How would I do that?

[cobalt glen]

basically send them an email, right?

[frozen magnet]

https://www.icsid.org/uncategorized/how-to-get-a-license-to-sell-pokemon-products/

this might help

[ripe quest]

You'd have to contact the company and find out what sorts of licensing is available, if any. This will likely be difficult

[cobalt glen]

I'll check it out & let you know.

[frozen magnet]

oh wait

thats for the GAME

@cobalt glen correction

right now i believe nintendo owns it

[cobalt glen]

Would it be better to work for a company that has a license for it?

[frozen magnet]

in my opinion yeah, i dont have experience but from someone who knows a thing or two about selling stuff, if you can sell something that means you are a good marketing officer

especially if they keep coming back

[cobalt glen]

thanks.

[hoary breach]

I can’t open this jpeg in photoshop because if a program error, and I have already tried everything the support page says to do to fix it and it still doesn’t work

[ripe quest]

Are we sure that the file is acutally a JPEG? Perhaps, it was saved with the wrong extension or the file name was changed accidentally. (?)

[hoary breach]

it is saved as a .jpg, it wasn’t my file originally

i also can’t preview it on my pc after downloaded

[ripe quest]

The file extension (.jpg) can be changed after the file was saved. Its also possible that the file was corrupted. If so, it would report an error attempting to load it.

[hoary breach]

how can i change it?

[ripe quest]

It's probably safe to assume that the file was saved as JPEG and that's the file type. Its possible the file was damaged or corrupted.

[lean escarp]

need some help. ive got this image, and ive gotten the subject (i think) now i want to make the car, which has been selected, as a new layer, so that i can put text between it and the backround. how do i do that?

[warm grove]

The step after Select object is "CTRL+ J" to make it in new layer

[steep crypt]

does anyone know what kinda effect is on the background and the circles

what its caleld and how i can get that same effect

[last cobalt]

how do i get rid of this tiny end at the end of my strokes with a pen tablet

[rapid mason]

How could i recreate the lifeless look on the face of the guy?

on this image right here

[wind narwhal]

Just uncheck Smoothing at the bottom of the brush settings panel, unchecking makes tip´more smoothly you might also consider fine tuning the presure sensibility of your pen in case you need the smoothing option

[warm grove]

Enable those option in photoshop

[warm grove]

Multiply or Overlay or Screen, in Blending option

[warm grove]

This is complicated a little bit xd, u need to take a shot like the thumbnail, then remove the guy from the photo, and u need to add some texure and clarity in your face, and some black effect under ur eyes

[steep crypt]

ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @warm grove

[rapid mason]

no sharpening?

[warm grove]

you can add what ever u want, no roles in thumbnail

[rapid mason]

I appreciate it, thank you for your input

[warm grove]

You welcome ❤️

[river otter]

my installer is stuck at 48%

[willow gale]

Hi @river otter See if this helps: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/creative-cloud-install-stuck-advanced.html

[humble veldt]

I have a kind of a map of a hall and want to simplify it. I want to make the outlines ( simple walls in real life) with rectangles. My first question is: is there any chance of key that I can press to just rotate a rectangle? And my second question is: when I press on the shortcut in the left bar in Photoshop, every time I press this and draw a new rectangle, a new “object” appears. Can I make it that all my rectangles are one object above the general map of the hall?

[river otter]

Why does it only download to C drive

I literally have no space there

[river otter]

Is there any way i can change where photoshop installs,

[vernal otter]

does anyone know a font which looks like this? thank you

[fiery tinsel]

Hi! I've been having an issue with Photoshop for some time now. Take a look for yourself sometimes when I move an object, it creates these large white squares that significantly obstruct visibility. I wanted to know if anyone else is experiencing the same issue. My Photoshop is up to date, and I had the same bug in previous versions.

[strange hull]

LED pixel C Small Caps

It’s close

[strange hull]

Looks like a hardware issue

Update your drivers

or try and reinstall photoshop

[ripe quest]

What version of Photoshop is this? Check, main menu: Help > GPU Compatibility... any errors or issues reported there?

[foggy saffron]

How do I edit a silhouette of Santa and his reindeer in the sky?

[karmic falcon]

Does anyone know how to add coloring onto an object like the picture on the right?

[willow gale]

Hi @river otter Yes. You can change the install location in the CC Desktop app. Click your avatar > Preferences > Apps.

[willow gale]

Hi @karmic falcon See if this helps: https://photoshopcafe.com/add-colored-highlights-in-photoshop-with-color-curves/

[willow gale]

Hi @foggy saffron Have you ever used Photoshop before?

[karmic falcon]

Thank you!!!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @willow gale

[orchid agate]

how can i get this pink rectangle to clip over the text beneath it (only show the parts of the rectangle that is intersecting with the text)

i tried doing a clipping mask like this

but the rectangle disappears

[opaque hull]

I have text that I'd like to add a glowing red stroke behind, similar to these photos. How do I do this?

[foggy saffron]

Nvm I got it 🙂

[orchid agate]

i needed to rasterize the layer styles for the layer i was clipping over :)

[opaque hull]

figured out a method using brush tool

[hardy maple]

How can I make sure that one image looks exactly the same as the other?

[twin bronze]

Duplicate shortcut is ctrl+j

[twin bronze]

Try gradient tool or create a vector shape and try gradient fill, will be easier to create or edit later

[twin bronze]

Yes those features can be incompatible, try selecting the text area (ctrl + left click on layer thumbnail) go to rectangle layer and create a mask holding alt next time for a non destructive alternative

[naive monolith]

hey, im trying to generativ fill the objects but dont know how to select my alpha layer