❓ask-a-question

[steady mist]

How to get the grafity font on bottom side and upper side...?

[half ruin]

How do I remove the lines around his head?

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The black outine around his head

[river otter]

Hey guys i just wanna ask if someone here can spot the edited part in a picture?

I need this 😭😭

Someone gonna di*e bcz of lying

[half ruin]

Erm

Sure

@river otter go on

[steady mist]

Any one..?

[hushed niche]

To clarify, did you use invert, or a difference blending mode? What does your layer stack look like?

[hushed niche]

Hi, what do you mean by « how to get » how to get the effec? (A simple offset it seems), or identify this font, tell me where one can purchase it?

[steady mist]

what name of this font

[hushed niche]

I could Ctrl+click on the thumbnail of its layer, then go in select and mask, and work with the sliders to « eat into » the selection.

[lunar hollow]

did i got muted or smth? can't post images in #📝project-feedback

[hushed niche]

Difficult to tell as none of the letters are complete, so the websites to ID a font would not work… That said, It might be possible to replicate it with a rectangular/calligraphy brush, and some practice.

[lunar hollow]

or just find one on dafont (faster)

[steady mist]

how..?,surf all the 999+ fonts...?

[hushed niche]

Did you try to filter: Marker, graffiti, calligraphy, urban…

[steady mist]

Search on dafont...?

[ripe quest]

Sorry about that. Not sure what happened there but you should be good to go now.

[lunar hollow]

yup, now its working, thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1880)

[lunar hollow]

any ideas how to replicate this effect?
i feel like these are kind of double exposure with gradient map + one of those wallpaper effects

and a lil glitch effect

[daring hollow]

How do I get a similar soft dark gradient

Looks cool

[lunar hollow]

vignette?

[daring hollow]

Not similar

No

Tried

[lunar hollow]

maybe just manually draw it over the layers with soft brush with 5-10% flow?

[daring hollow]

It'll look drawn

[lunar hollow]

i mean what do you want then xd

play around with it

[ripe quest]

Use a Gradient Layer. Set the Blend Mode to Multiply and make it transition from opaque to transparent.

[daring hollow]

See
The doctor had to intervene

[lunar hollow]

did you just recommend him the same vignette technique but using smarter words?

[ripe quest]

Alternatively, you could create a solid black Color Layer, move it below the hero shot and then use a Layer Mask to transition the image to transparent on top. Either would provide a similar effect.

[lunar hollow]

bump

[ripe quest]

Not entirely sure what is going on here. Perhaps a shape with a Clipping Mask to let the texture fill the silhouette. The glitch part might be done in a "second pass."

[daring hollow]

Jesus Christ

[ripe quest]

Perhaps something like this...

[lunar hollow]

yeah surely i will do the glitch effect afterwards, but the main wavy effect, i don't even know, it looks like a mess consisted of clouds, abstract liquids and ... and other mess but it just works for him

(i've been looking at those 2 images for past 2 years trying to figure out what he did there)

[ripe quest]

It could be a combination of layers with masks and/or blending modes where certain portions of the layer come through.

[hushed niche]

There seem to be some paint splatter brushes, or sampling from actual paint splatter used on masks; some inks mixed in soapy water, clouds, maybe some liquify

[lunar hollow]

yup, thanks!

uh, thought you'd recieve points

[ripe quest]

You have to reply directly to a post with "thanks" for Creative Carma to work.

[lunar hollow]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1881)

[lunar hollow]

well, you're out of luck bud

[ripe quest]

There is a slight cool down period between CC awards. Otherwise, people could spam the channel all day. :)

[lunar hollow]

yeah i understand

[ripe quest]

Thanks @hushed niche

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #28 - 64)

[hushed niche]

Thank you for trying!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @lunar hollow (current: #327 - 4)

[lunar hollow]

i give up

[ripe quest]

Give it a few mins. :)

[hushed niche]

It’s ok if I don’t have my internet points today 😉

[trim relic]

oh okay, sorry😭

[ripe quest]

You still get points in spirit and in other places. :D

[lunar hollow]

is it possible to download original image from insta without compression?...

[ripe quest]

I don't think so.

Once you upload it, the algo from Meta munches it to reduce file size.

[lunar hollow]

unsplash is the way for me then

[lunar hollow]

how do i use Stamp tool in a way that it doesn't move together with my mouse? i want to get a sample of certain texture and just draw with it

tried unchecking "Alighned", didn't help

[hushed niche]

You need to capture the pattern, then use it as a layer style, then you paint to reveal that layer.

[fallen meadow]

Hello,
Do you know how to do this in Photoshop?
Best ragrads

[graceful sonnet]

I'd like to browse a bunch of raw image files via Camera RAW, open several of them as objects in photoshop, then close Camera RAW when I'm done opening all the ones I want. However, any time I "Open" a raw image, it completely closes out of Camera RAW and I have to drop all of the raw images back in to see them again. Is there a better way around this?

[ripe quest]

You just want to scan the RAW file and see what they look like? If so, try Adobe Bridge. You can quickly scan them there without having to load up each one. When you're previewing in Bridge, you can right-click and choose to open in Camera Raw (hosted by Bridge) or open with Photoshop.

[graceful sonnet]

AH! That's exactly what I needed. Thank you!

[fallen meadow]

Thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1882)

[tawny pecan]

When I click the bounding box to enter transform mode, the transformation (width, height, or corner stretch, depending where I click on the box) is now stuck on as I drag my mouse until I click again. Is this an intended behavior and is there a way to turn it off?

[ripe quest]

I keep Bridge open all the time, just for the quick previewing of Adobe file formats. Its like a hidden gem in the Creative Suite that a lot of people don't seem to know about. :)

[graceful sonnet]

It always seemed like an extra annoying step between me and my files. Like, I already have something for browsing files and opening them, it's called Windows. but this makes a lot of sense

[ripe quest]

True. But Windows can't give you a good preview of proprietary formats like PSD, AI, etc. You just see the file icon. Bridge will let you preview those file types without opening the native app.

Also, RAW, DNG, and more.

Bridge does other nice things as well. Run scripts, make contact sheets. All sorts of stuff.

[ripe quest]

What version of Photoshop is this?

[tawny pecan]

25.6.0

[ripe quest]

I'm running that version right now and I can't reproduce this. Windows or MacOS?

[tawny pecan]

Windows. I'm glad it's not a new feature. Could just be something weird then, I will check again after I'm able to reboot

[ripe quest]

MIght be a glitch. Restart Photoshop and see if it persists. If it does continue, perhaps we need to make a bug report. :)

[mighty python]

does anyone know how to make the owl like a crome or diamond texture

[lunar hollow]

by finding a white owl picture and adjusting it's hue, gamma, saturation

[ripe quest]

Please don't post the same thing multiple times / in multiple channels.

@half ruin, for feedback/suggestions, please post in the #📝project-feedback channel.

[ripe quest]

You could try to use Generative Fill or Adobe Firefly using the owl image as a Structure Reference.

[torn condor]

Whats easiest way to make distance between selected guides x px/inches/mm etc.?

[ripe quest]

"make distance"? Do you mean "measure the distance"?

[slate vine]

I've got an eclipse picture that I'd like to set a curve so the white parts are 100% white, and the black parts are 100% black (OLED black), Obviously I'm going to have to tune a curve to define how close to #FFFFFF gets rounded up, and how close to #000000 gets rounded down. What techniques should I be looking at. Last time I considered myself really good at Photoshop was CS3

[tiny oar]

Hey, does anyone know how to activate the tiles stylize feature in photoshop?

[slate vine]

Preferences + rulers and/or grids. Last I checked. There's also a ruler tool. Alt or shift snaps guides to the grid.

[torn condor]

I already have that in document.
I created guide layout with 200px margin.
Now I want one more custom place with two guides, and between them to be exactly 200px.
That is what I ask.

[ripe quest]

You could always draw a Marquee Selection using a Fixed Size (i.e. 200x200)

[ripe quest]

Levels Adjustment Layer?

[ripe quest]

"tiles stylize" feature? Not sure what that is.

[tiny oar]

I figured it out. It only works with certain file types.

[ripe quest]

Would you mind telling me what it is that you're referring to?

[ripe quest]

Oh. The Filter. Got it.

[tiny oar]

Was working on a cover art for a band and saw this a while ago and it gave me and idea but I had to convert to a jpg first

[ripe quest]

Yeah. I spaced it for a second. Filter > Stylize > Tiles...

[tiny oar]

Yeah! I knew where it was but it wasn’t selectable. Then I tried different file types and figured it only worked with certain ones.

[ripe quest]

Yep. I forgot about that effect. I think you just have to activate the layer in the Layers Panel. Then apply the filter to that layer...

[tiny oar]

Are you able to do yours with raw files?

[ripe quest]

Well, no. Raw pixel data would first have to be converted. Then you can load it up into Photoshop.

[tiny oar]

Yeah, that’s what I did wrong. I had an image open in Lr and then just pressed edit in ps and couldn’t get it, I then went and saved it as a jpg and it worked. I appreciate it!

[slate vine]

I'll check later, Friend needs their machine back. Thanks, that sounds right though

[fluid wasp]

invert with normal blending, I can send my psd file here if anyone wants to check

[river otter]

Any advice for making textures for my resource pack for Minecraft? I want to make a realistic horror texture pack and I am not sure how to make some textures for specific blocks.

[ripe quest]

You'd have to look into any documentation that Minecraft might have for third-party mods.

Or what specifically are you asking about?

[frosty rock]

Is there a sort of symmetrical move tool?

[ripe quest]

Not really. Say more about the goal.

[frosty rock]

I want to move 2 things on opposite sides of the image away from each other

[ripe quest]

And you're concerned about the spacing/margins, etc?

What about setting up some Guides?

[frosty rock]

I do not know what those are

[ripe quest]

Using guidelines

Lines set at certain spots on the canvas

[frosty rock]

Oh, actually spacing isn't an issue, this is pixel art

[river otter]

I want good textures for blocks that I change with a resource pack, but I can not figure out how to make good textures.

[sly hawk]

Are you looking for this?

[frosty rock]

No, that's the brush. I want to use the move tool or something similar for that

[frosty rock]

I just think it's a bit tedious to do one than the other

[sly hawk]

are you making the most of the alignment tools?

[ripe quest]

Making great tileable textures is a skill. It can require quite a bit of work.

[river otter]

Yeah

[sly hawk]

Pixel art surely isn't done by drawing lots of boxes and nudging them around is it?

[sly hawk]

Couldn't you take any texture and turn it into a 'minecraft texture'?

[frosty rock]

Not always, but the project I am doing that with is taking a while

[sly hawk]

• Like... what are the specs for it to qualify as a minecraft texture?

[sly hawk]

Do you mind sharing a screenshot of what you're up to?

[river otter]

Yeah?

[frosty rock]

Move these further apart without having to do it manually. I know it looks small but I have to do this a lot depending on what I am and am not satisfied with

[sly hawk]

Well for one, he/she is using adobe illustrator. Not photoshop.

[river otter]

sorry about that, but i couldn't find a place to ask questions for illustrator

[ripe quest]

There is an Adobe Discord server for Illustrator: https://www.discord.gg/adobeillustrator

[sly hawk]

Unless I'm missing something, pretty much anything you find can be turned into a minecraft texture?

[river otter]

ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1883)

[river otter]

I know that already but I need specific kind of textures I can't find so I will have to figure out how to make them.

[sly hawk]

From a quick glance, a minecraft texture seems to be 1024 x 1024 px, but turned into a 16x16 grid.

[river otter]

I know that already...

You can change that though

to any resolution

[sly hawk]

so.... what possible texture would you like, but can't make?

[river otter]

I want to make some blocks for my resource pack that makes the game spooky. In a 256x resolution. I want to make some blocks like a old cracked and some blood on a hospital floor tiles and stone like walls, log bark, and more. And I want to try to make it realistic looking.

[tidal grove]

Is thee a way to remove all but one specific colour from an image?

this is the image and i just want to have the red outline and nothing else

[sly hawk]

Yes. "Select > Colour Range"

[tidal grove]

thank you so much

i was about to do it manually on mspaint glad i thought about asking here lol

[sly hawk]

No Problem. - I'm about to head to bed. Any other burning questions? 🙂

[tidal grove]

not for now thank you

[ripe quest]

Thanks, James!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #6 - 855)

[clever mirage]

I made a banner for my Youtube channel the other year by following a guide on Youtube, but I never saved it. It used masks to essentially layer images. I'm wanting to make a thumbnail for a video about completing 3 different games, and I want to have 2 diagonal lines splitting the thumbnail into thirds, with each section having an image relating to the different games. What is the specific method of masking called, if that makes sense to anyone? This is what my banner looks like for reference.

https://i.imgur.com/9901xg4.png

[ripe quest]

I would probably do that with Clipping Masks. Create those shapes; they're basically just skewed rectangles. Then clip each image to a shape. See: #1081318392750940290 message

[clever mirage]

Oh awesome, yes that makes sense. Perfect, thank you.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1884)

[lunar belfry]

why does this say "adobe photoshop lightoom"

its either photoshop

or lightrom

[ripe quest]

You're right; they're a bit inconsistent about it. :)

[lunar belfry]

yah, i'm sure there's a ton of pages out there, lot to try to update & keep consistant

i do have a lightroom classic question, i looked around on forums, and checked to see if there was a LrC / Lr discord, but did not see one

but, i upgraded to a 1440p monitor recently, photoshop scaled everything perfectly

and visually the icons text and everything appear perfectly scaled

however

in LrC everything is still tiney

i tried increasing the font size to 200% in preferances & thats the only size related thing i see in there

if anyone has a solution i'd apreciate it

(idealy one that does not require me to make my entire PC be 200% in size)

[rapid escarp]

Hello everyone! I need some quick help, how would I go about recreating this effect?

[lunar belfry]

do you have a photo you'd like to do this with already?

[rapid escarp]

Yes I do

[lunar belfry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGUO5HG7Nic&ab_channel=XpertiseLogs

this video shows something similar

look up something along the lines of "pop out effect"

ask questions if you get stuck along the way

[coral viper]

any good windows pc with good batery life

[lunar belfry]

i'd imagine most modern laptops are good enough

and list their battery life

[fair pawn]

Hello, can anyone help me fix this photo? I kinda want to tone it down. Like make it look a "normal" photo (basically remove that aesthetic looking filter from the camera)

Thank you in advance.

If ever, what are the steps that I can do? Like what settings should I play with?

[fierce salmon]

Is anyone familiar with the IPAD version of Adobe photoshop? I need help locating the "Find Edges" filter on the ipad version T_T

[lunar belfry]

did you shoot this on a phone or camera?

[fair pawn]

From a Digicam

[lunar belfry]

ahh ok

not much you can do as far as the exposure of the photo goes since its not a RAW

if you press ctrl + shift + A in photoshop

camera raw will open up and it will give you a dedicated photo editing window

you can mess with the exposure there, whites & highlights and see if you can get it to be a bit cleaner

i dont think you can denoise JPGs unfortunatly

[ripe quest]

Find Edges isn't available on iPad.

[fierce salmon]

noo!

Awe man

thanks IG

[fair pawn]

Okay, thank you!

[fair pawn]

Hello @lunar belfry ,here is my current progress. Do you have any idea how can I fix the clothing face skin tone? Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @lunar belfry (current: #74 - 23)

[fair pawn]

Sorry for bothering you again 😅

[lunar belfry]

No worries

I think this is good

I don’t think the dress can change too mich

[weary bay]

Is there a name for these things? I always want to use them in my designs but idk the name of it

Like the fill up stuff

[fluid wasp]

@hushed niche hi, sorry for the ping, hope I'm not bugging you up much. but whenever you can take a look, can you let me know what's up?

Also, I exported quick pngs out of those, and the original gave me a 5mb file vs mine came out, idk what's the dithering happening for, but it seems like a frigging dithered image for some reason 😅 that image was just ~700kb

[hushed niche]

I’m not in front of a computer right now. Could you explain what you are trying to achieve, what you struggle with?

Ok, this seems to be the start. Couldn’t a curve simply work to brighten the image?

[vapid flume]

"abstract geometric digital elements" That would be my search term if I ever wanted to search in a stock website

Sometimes when I don't know the name of waht I am looking for but I have an image, I upload it on Adobe stock (using the visual search) and look at the reults that come closer, then inspect the keywords the creator put into them (The choice of keywords is key to success on these platforms, so creators pay attention to this)

You can do the same with google lens and see what comes up and check titles and keywords used

[fossil ruin]

hey i need help i used to make guides from pulling the edges of the canvas

i formatted my pc and this setting is gone

[vapid flume]

Do you mean you can't see the rulers anymore, or pulling them doesn't work?

[fossil ruin]

the ruler isn't showing

[vapid flume]

Do you manage to make them appear with the menu instead of pulling them?

[fossil ruin]

rulers

[fossil ruin]

wdym

[vapid flume]

view>guides?

[fossil ruin]

yep it worked

thanks

[vapid flume]

OK, otherwise, check CTRL+R to make the rulers visible

Rulers aren't necessarily visible by default, you need to show them and then they will show if you save your workspace like it

If you format your PC and reinstall, you will be given the default Photoshop behaviour (that's why it's important to save your workspace so you don't have to customise Photoshop all over again)

[fluid wasp]

Eh, well, I have an image and someone else did some inversion in gimp. So, left is the original and right is the one someone made. I'm trying to get the left one the same as right.

[vapid flume]

It genuinely just looks inverted
(try CTRL+I) in the layer

[fluid wasp]

A simple inversion does not give the same result.

[lunar hollow]

while working with pen tool, if i did an extremly curve point before and need to keep working with the same path but continue with a straight line next, how do i achieve that?

jez the way i formulated that sentence is so screwed

[vapid flume]

Since all the dark areas semms to be now light - and vice versa, I would try an inverted curve
Something around those lines

[lunar hollow]

like that

[vapid flume]

@fluid wasp Now the exact numbers will need trial and error. Take the colour sampler tool, open the info panel, place strategically a few samplers on your reference and at the same place in your target document and tweak the curve until it fits

Don't mind the sample, I took the first image I had

[lunar hollow]

okay i found the answer

[vapid flume]

Cool! Don't forget to use the node modifiers ALT, SHIFT, and Control

They alter the way one half of the curve behaves

Otherwise you can use the convert point tool, but I find it cumbersome to switch while I can use ALT instead

[fluid wasp]

My image is grayscale, I only have a K with a % as a measurement since there's no RGB channel at all.

Same thing?

[vapid flume]

You can set it to RGB, it's in the info panel settings (hamburger menu)
Unless your image is in CMYK, or grayscale (but why would it be)
If you want to share the full window I'll show you

hamburger menu> info panel options> first reading colour mode

image>mode to check your document colour mode

The numbers in the info panel are according how the info panel is set up, not the document colour profile

You may want to read CMYK numbers on a RGB document if you wanted to

[hushed niche]

I did not know it had reverse image search, thank you for the info!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 577)

[hushed niche]

Did you try with a gradient map?

[vapid flume]

Yes, it's not entirely straightforward to understand as an icon 🙂

as @hushed niche says. I gave you the color samplers trick, and I used an inverted curve, but whatever works for you, and a gradient map could be the solution too. You can still use the color samplers to check if the numbers are correct between your reference and the target

I would determine the lightest grey and the darkest grey, and put each of them at each end of the gradient map

[fluid wasp]

How so? He mentioned he just played with the colors 🤷‍♂️ haha.

[vapid flume]

There are 1000s ways to do the same thing in Photoshop. I think the best way to do exactly what he done, if that's you want to achieve, is to directly ask him, because now, right off the bat, we can only give pointers.

I suspect most workflows done in Gimp will be reproductible in Photoshop one way or the other

[fluid wasp]

I mean you're not wrong. With your suggestions I got pretty close with a curve and brightness layers. But, there's still some sort of slight brightness which is something idk how? The layers are affecting the entire image. Yet there are parts that slightly seem way brighter when I simply use the curves/levels even.

[vapid flume]

You could still mask the areas concerned and apply the masks to new adjustments layers

You may end up with one main layer, one main adjustment, and a couple of other masked adjustments

[fluid wasp]

Yeah I guess I'll just wait for the person in question to show me what he's been doing

[vapid flume]

That would look like that where only a bit of the image is concerned by the adjustments layers

[fluid wasp]

Yeah ik how to work with masks 🙂

[vapid flume]

No idea how it works in Gimp, but once you got the workflow he's been using, I guess it will be quite straightforward to reproduce

[fluid wasp]

Yeah

[hushed niche]

I’m wondering if a 50% grey in difference mode would not work, or if setting your invert layer to 50% opacity is not what you are after.

[hushed niche]

Sandrine gave a good suggestion, to sample the lightest and darkest colors for your gradient. https://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/gradient-map/

[fluid wasp]

I was doing that and I got pretty close, very close.

Yet there was a difference in brightness as in the whites were still stronger

[ashen otter]

extreme photoshop noob here, how would i be able to delete just the inner black park of this?

[thick tangle]

magic wand tool

[thick tangle]

just select with it then mask/delete

[hushed niche]

It will delete everything as the sparkles outlines connect the outside edges.

[thick tangle]

i didnt see properly on my phone

[hushed niche]

Me too…

[thick tangle]

then erase those parts wich are 'connetced' with the outer line then u can magic wand

[hushed niche]

The black full screen background is not useful 😄

[thick tangle]

@ashen otter

here u go if u still dont know how to do it

[desert rose]

how can i remove this blue

also hi

[ripe quest]

A quick way to try would be to add an Adjustment Layer to the Group. Hue/Saturation + Colorize and choose that same green.

[desert rose]

I will try that but I also saw a fix on instagram but I forgot to save it, the person created a mask and then used the pick color tool, after that he brushed with the color. But I'm not sure exactly.

[ripe quest]

What I suggested doesn't require any painting.

[desert rose]

Yea it worked perfectly

thanks

❤️

[grave sorrel]

how would I separate the plants from the background in this pic? (Ideally I'd like them to have black bg)

I tried multiple things (like the duplicate blue channel thing or playing with filters) but to no avail

[hushed niche]

Excellent, did you do as described earlier? Remove connections, then magic wand?

[rapid escarp]

Thanks for the help! None of the videos I found helped, so I went to good ol' trial and error 😁 finally got it

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @lunar belfry (current: #71 - 24)

[thick tangle]

yup

[lunar belfry]

oh nice, looking good

try to get all of their foot in fame if its possible

looks a bit odd with it masked out

good job overall

[rapid escarp]

Yeah, but they are in grass

[lunar belfry]

ahhhh i see

[rapid escarp]

It's fine, it will be printed small on a flyer, not on the web 🙂

[lunar belfry]

i assumed something of the sort

i'll make one more suggestion, try leaving in a bit of the grass by the foot, so it shows thats why its missing

[rapid escarp]

hmm.... I will try that!

[lunar hollow]

if you're going to print it - don't forget about using 300 ppi, that going to make the image sharper and less pixalated, even tho its just a small flyer

[rapid escarp]

Yeah, I know that. I have a 1200 PPI printer, but no ink because cartridges are so expensive!

[torn condor]

What is the way to upscale 10x without waiting hours just to tell me that “Scratch Disk Is Full”?

[ripe quest]

@tropic apex - Nope.

[lunar hollow]

upscale it in the online editor like pixlr and then export it?

[torn condor]

upscale PSD online to 20GB?

I don't think anyone will offer single human 300+ GB scratch disk.

[lunar hollow]

? you just merge all the layers you got, export it and then put on the online editor, i don't think after merging the image will weight 20gb

[torn condor]

Will be blurry.

[lunar hollow]

yeah it's raster, you can't upscale it without losing quality

and even in psd file itself, without merging the layers, if you upscale it, you'd still get a blurry outcome

[ripe quest]

Please describe what "10x" means. Because you cannot endlessly upscale bitmaps without consequences. 1000 pixels to 10,000 pixels?

[torn condor]

I have PSD with canvas 40x30 cm, I need to print it in 400x300 cm

[lunar hollow]

well well well... that might be a little headache

if it's not too complicated... the easiest and surest way is to recreate it on a bigger canvas...

[torn condor]

I have no NASA PC either. 😄

[ripe quest]

400 cm is roughly 13 feet. Yes. If you don't have enough RAM and scratch disk space to hold that in memory, you're going to have problems.

And how exactly are you "printing" something that is 13 feet long? I assume you're taking this to a professional print shop? I would discuss this with whomever is doing the printing. They will have strategies for doing this.

[torn condor]

I do have contact, but they are not that smart to think about ideas and upscaling, they just print what you give.
That is why I have problems.
maybe I should open PSD in Illustrator and upscale.

[lunar hollow]

will not work, psd is raster itself

[ripe quest]

Illustrator isn't going to help you unless the graphics are all vector art.

[lunar hollow]

anything with .jpg and .png is also raster, you can't upscale it by putting in illustrator

i hope one day we will improve our screens to the point when we could endlessly upscale raster with it remaining sharp

[torn condor]

Yeah, this is indeed a big problem.
At least for people that dislike Illustrator, and rather use Photoshop.

[ripe quest]

Its not the "tool" per se. Its the strategy of creating the layout. One should use the most appropriate tool for the project or for the desired output. If you're trying to print an enormous banner, then you'd probably do a majority of the construction in Illustrator. Only the raster portions of the thing would be created/edited with Photoshop and those assets would be placed into the Illustrator document.

[torn condor]

If only Illustrator had normal guides and normal tools.

[ripe quest]

I've been responsible for many tradeshow banners and signage and have had to learn this the hard way.

[torn condor]

I will clear 300GB on HDD this time.
I have no plan designing two banners from zero.

[lunar hollow]

dont

you will have to if you want a good quality

jokes on you if you do it

upscaling it in photoshop 10x times wont keep the quality

[torn condor]

it will on photoshop elements, like color, text etc.

[lunar hollow]

pretty sure you'd have to find a new stock images also, since for a bigger project you need a better quality of the stock images to work with

[torn condor]

Even if I did it in illustrator, i have image that is 1000x1000px to work with and place it in banner.

Problem is in those that want work done with such images.

[lunar hollow]

maybe you could recreate that image using vector if it's not.. uhm.. colorful?

[lunar hollow]

they want the building image or the gates also?

[wind torrent]

Hey! wanted to ask for some feedback on my new project

Thankyou!

[lunar hollow]

yup, see yu there

[torn condor]

Building.

[lunar hollow]

well the building is not that hard to replicate in vector, it has a simple geometry

also it's black which means no huge color difference

[torn condor]

If they pay me 5000$ I would. I am doing this like for 100$

[noble aspen]

hey guys whats up my name is NTS JAC a versitle brand designer any tips on getting internships?

[lunar hollow]

buddy i was doing that back in the collage when studying graphic design, we had to replicate a COLORFUL image, and we had to do that in 1:30 hours, and so we did...

it's not that hard, you got it

[lunar hollow]

i just got into one myself, just called them, told them who i am, came to show the portfolio and here i am working for them...

also #🤷career-advice for this

[lunar hollow]

also you don't need to do that in illistartor like we did, just upscale it in ps and draw over it

[torn condor]

And then "Why it looks cartoonish"?

🤣

You probably never dealt with people that imagine what they imagine.
If I do that, first strike would be why is building alone, where is road, where are cars, where are trees, why is building having no shade, no gradient coloring (they would use other words for it), and so on...

[lunar hollow]

well yeah i haven't, you're right, but thats your only option

[torn condor]

Why are windows looking like this, why is logo roof color more red then it should be...

[torn condor]

What is my opinnion?

See.
Your way would not fit to this banner.
How would you put drawing in upper right corner and present it as a real photo?

Not everything is done by Illustrator, there are real photo shots, larger then 10 metters.
Pro cameras, good computers, but I bet they still have the way to uspcale things.

[lunar hollow]

yeah... or they told their clients that their stock image is bad and they need to use real camera to capture what they want to see in the graphic

[torn condor]

Do they draw Christiano Ronaldo in illustrator, i have seen his posters over building that are probably 50 meters and more tall.
There is no such camera either.
There is a way to upscale well.

[lunar hollow]

but you don't look at the image of 50m from 5m range, because you look at it from afar, it appears in better quality

[torn condor]

I should just upscale png.
No one is gonna look this from close either.

[lunar hollow]

also this is not centimiters

[torn condor]

Next time I will work in illustrator just because I don't need scratch disk.

That's mockup.

First time I worked 800x200 cm in Illustrator.
It was a nightmare to work on that project.

First thing I realized I should work in 80x20, and then uspcale, but, as I use photos, once I down it to something like 5cm, returning banner to 800x200 later will make image more blurry then it was originaly, because Illustrator has no Smart Objects.

I am guessing this, I am not sure, I have to try it.

[ripe quest]

FYI: Illustrator also uses scratch disks.

[torn condor]

I did not know that.
Probably less then PS, so I never had a problem, because it's a vector files in it.

[lunar hollow]

pretty sure rasterized images would still take as much space as they would've in ps

[torn condor]

I upscaled PSD.
It is 20GB file.

[ripe quest]

Is this a layered document? Many layers?

[torn condor]

Yeah.

[ripe quest]

Why don't you create a flattened copy? (No layers) Then upscale it.

Create a merged copy of all the layers first. Duplicate it to a new document.

[torn condor]

So I am able to make changes in office, boss would want to change text probably.
I need to add some more details too.

I am designing home, ending it will be in office.

And, of course, I don't have 300GB on laptop for resizing there.

[gilded frost]

Thank you!

For example I have a slide on a PowerPoint that Has a tilted computer screen, and I need the information on that computer screen, but it has to be warped and I’m not sure how

[hushed niche]

Hi! The main question you need to ask yourself is the viewing distance. 300ppi is needed for viewing at arms’ length. If it is further away, you need less resolution.

[hushed niche]

I hope that you saved it as a PSB…

[hushed niche]

Hi, you need to transform the corners in distort mode: https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/free-transform/

[torn condor]

Yup, it auto goes to PSB when file is big.

[hushed niche]

But is it a document that will be looked at closely, or something high, seen from a distance?

[torn condor]

Billboard.

[hushed niche]

I’m afraid that you’ve upscaled for nothing. https://blog.fiverr.com/post/how-to-take-and-print-large-scale-images#:~:text=Most billboards are printed at,and intended viewing distance increase.

[torn condor]

IF I have photo 40x30 cm and 300ppi, how do I calculate ppi lost for upscaling to 400x300 cm

[oblique tinsel]

no matter what color i use, it shows up as this weird pink

why?

nevermind im dumb

[torn condor]

95.29 ppi

[inland warren]

my photoshop is traking forever to do anything..

i keep getting this

[ripe quest]

Check the doument size. Image > Image Size... A common error is setting the wrong unit type, e.g. centimeters instead of pixels. 2000 pixels, OK. 2000 centimeters, your PC might be unresponsive.

[inland warren]

i think thats what i did...

[desert rose]

how do i make it so it goes on the car but with a different color

nvm i did it

moved the text up and changed the blend mode to exclusion

[simple belfry]

Im working with veryy high document file sizes

and saving takes ages

but i dont have any lag issues with task manager or anything

just saving taking a long ass time

is there anyway to optimize it

takes at least 5 minutes to do one save

neither is it like something very crazy

[torn condor]

It's normal.

[simple belfry]

it aint normal

never had 5 minute saving times even with this file size

[tidal grove]

back again, this time i would to know if theres is a way to make all of x colour turn into y colour?

to be specific i want to make all the red outline black

[ripe quest]

One way is using a Hue/Saturation Adjustment...

[tidal grove]

brilliant thank you

[errant pasture]

I'm trying make a lowtiergod version of my friend but I'm kind of an amateur at photoshop, can someone lmk tricks to add the lightning around the person like the original image and just give me overall tips for this project?

[river otter]

i got this colorful and finished one and i dont know how to make mine like that (the blank one) please dm me if you can help

if u can help or do it i would love it ❤️

[worthy plume]

Hello. i need help with something. I need to add horizontal noise to a texture. If you look at the following image. I need to make the smooth purple in the top left and right look like the fabric purple (highlighted in red). I would imagine I need add horizontal noise, but am totally open to whatever technique gets the job done.

[agile karma]

what specs you have for your machine??

[narrow heron]

For the past few days, holding down alt while scaling a layer no longer does anything
The only way to scale something without affecting its aspect ratio is using shift
Any idea why alt doesn't work? How can I fix it?

[dire swift]

Why is my text like this? I dont see any text

oh nvm i had blue as text color lol

[narrow heron]

is it the same color as the background?

[dire swift]

Yes haha!

Sorry xD

[narrow heron]

all good man

[dire swift]

mhm ty

[inland creek]

i've used threshold on this subject and it's not using 100% black, is that because i'm in CMYK or is it another problem? i would really appreciate your help

[misty jolt]

hey, i'd like to move these points but i can't, how am i supposed to do it ?

[radiant gull]

It's something I have on illustrator a lot too, but u should probably just change the lighting completely black on the layer or something.. that's what I do, probably not the best way but it works

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Does anyone know why my Photoshop is so dark? I pressed a key combination yesterday and it turned a lot darker. Illustrator is the 2nd image, it's a lot, lighter, like normal

Couldn't find anything on the interwebs

It's the same after a restart

[thick tangle]

try holding ctrl

[desert rose]

i wanted to ask

why

i cant see the outlines when i click select and mask

outllines like these

i think i clicked on smth but im not sure on what

nvm solved

[simple belfry]

i had 0 issues with any parts of my pc

alr said that

it was ps that was lagging

nothing else

my pc wasnt even at 60% on task manager

48 gigs of ram

so it shouldnt affect much

[minor robin]

I have tried many times to remove the background but it always removes some parts from the front
Can someone help me?

[minor robin]

thank you 🙇‍♀️

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1885)

[river otter]

how to remove this lines

[ripe quest]

Main menu: View > Guides > Clear Guides...

[river otter]

Thank You!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1886)

[narrow heron]

can anyone help with this?

[ripe quest]

Edit > Preferences > General... "Use Legacy Free Transform"

[narrow heron]

thanks man

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1888)

[river otter]

i got this colorful and finished one and i dont know how to make mine like that (the blank one) please dm me if you can help

[ripe quest]

Sorry. I can't help you with Photopea. You'll have to check the Photopea documentation.

[river otter]

i have photoshop it was just a base picture showing layers

[ripe quest]

Then double-click on the Layer Thumbnail for the Smart Object to open the SO in a new window and add your artwork.

[river otter]

i dont know how doi do the background or the logos or make it fit to my object, like the text will look wierd

[ripe quest]

Then I'd suggest doing the tutorials that come with Photoshop. Then you can develop the skills necessary to be effective. Start with the "Beginner" Level ones and work your way up. Main menu: Help > Hands-on Tutorials...

[river otter]

im not trying to sit through an hour of videos for a 15 minute project

[ripe quest]

Well, I can't teach you every command and technique that's required to rebuild those layouts. You need to have some prerequisite knowledge and experience.

[river otter]

im in a photoshop class i understand some of it i just need to know how to add a picture/text and it not looking wierd bc its not streched to the smart object

[ripe quest]

My point exactly... These are basic techniques: "how to add an image to a project", "how to work with Smart Objects", etc etc

[river otter]

so if i add an image to say the front of the box and it is a smart object, it will stretch to it right

[ripe quest]

The idea is that you open the Smart Object and create the layout inside that canvas at that aspect ratio.

[river otter]

ngl idk what open the smart object means

[ripe quest]

If you're trying to rescale artwork to fit a different aspect ratio, for instance by scaling it disproportionately, its going to be stretched or squashed.

[ripe quest]

A Smart Object is basically a document embedded into parent document. It is somewhat independent of the parent and can be edited separately.

[river otter]

then how would the person i got the finished photo from get it to look that good

[ripe quest]

But again. Its easier if you do the Beginner tutorials and learn these concepts one by one.

[ripe quest]

Probably because they took the time to learn Photoshop.

[river otter]

meh ill just pay someone

[ripe quest]

Sounds good. Good luck with it!

[river otter]

nevermind i gave up on that

how do i add the picutre to the front of the box

it wont let me add it as a smart object

[ripe quest]

Those layers with the generic layouts in them are most likely already Smart Objects. As I said above, you dbl-click on the Layer Thumbnail for the Smart Object to open that into a new tab. Then you work in there. Save it and go back to the parent/main document. This page in the User Guide discusses Smart Objects, what they are and how they work: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/create-smart-objects.html

[river otter]

any places to get a mentor, something where people help with my direct issues

[ripe quest]

One-on-one guidance... as in someone to teach you about every topic you'll need to learn? I don't know. You'd probably have to pay someone for that. Alternatively, you could do the tutorials that Adobe provides and learn how to use the app.

[river otter]

i really just need help with this not every topic

[ripe quest]

I've tried to help you but you don't understand basic techniques. Thus, why I suggested that you do the lessons that come with Photoshop. They're designed to teach you the basics of working in the app.

[river otter]

i understand some of the basics but i dont know how to add it, i got it to the menu and it looks wierd, ive never done it before

[sick dew]

Can anyone give advice on how could I achieve an effect like this on a render to look like it has those drawing line strokes effect?, as if it was drawn by pencil not sure how to call it.

[ripe quest]

Perhaps by creating a seamless/tile-able pattern that looks like strokes. Then filling selections with said pattern. However, creating a seamless pattern like that isn't necessarily trivial.

Also, someone may have already created something like that. It would require digging around. Maybe at Texture Labs: https://texturelabs.org/

[sick dew]

that helps thank you

[ripe quest]

You might be able to put black and white line art on a layer. Then set its Blend Mode to "Multiply" so the white drops out. Then put the stroke pattern layers "underneath" it in the Layer Stack. (That's probably how I would do it.)

[hushed niche]

Hi, There is a pencil-like filter. Do Ctrl+f for the search/discover tool, and type “pencil” it should list the pencil tool but also the pencil filter. It might be pencil daubs? I do not remember.

[hushed niche]

Hi, Which error message did you get? Did you try double clicking the smart object in the layers panel, as @ripe quest kindly directed you? Did it open another document? Did you place the wanted picture (with similar proportions)

[river otter]

it opens it do a new tab called rectangle.png

[hushed niche]

Yes. Paste, or drag your image in that document. Save and Close it. It’ll appear on the box, as explained in the help documentation listed above. (Forgot save step)

[river otter]

how do i close it

i got the picture into it

and i click x and it says i will lose saved progress

[hushed niche]

Sorry, file>Save

[ripe quest]

Can anyone give advice on how could I

[river otter]

i just gotta find a purple storm photo i like and thats large enough

i saved it

now what

@hushed niche

[sick dew]

I tried with Human's and your method too, I think both end up with really convincing results. Thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #28 - 65)

[tame kettle]

guys how can I get these?

[ripe quest]

Main menu: Window... each of those is a Panel that you can open. Then you can "dock" those panels in whatever order you want.

[gray hornet]

how do i change a picture with color to have a background color. Smth like this:

[dire schooner]

photoshop keeps crashing when trying to save in image>mode>indexed

how to fix this ?

[tame kettle]

thx

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1889)

[dire schooner]

i do not understand

[ripe quest]

What version of Photoshop is installed?

[dire schooner]

CC 2019

[ripe quest]

Try updating to a current version of the app.

[dire schooner]

okay

give me few minutes

[hushed niche]

Do you want to remove the current background and place the subject on a plain background with a texture? Or do you want to have just two colors, like your image?

[hushed niche]

Did you place the image you wanted in the “rectangle.png” document?

[river otter]

yes

[dire schooner]

what color picture exactly? fully colored or black and white or ?

[hushed niche]

And what happened in the other document? The image isn’t on the box?

[river otter]

no it shows up as a normal rectangle

not tilted how it should be

[uneven gulch]

AI not working ever since I got PS itself

[hushed niche]

Maybe posting some screenshots of both documents would help us help you.

[hushed niche]

Hi, is Ps up to date? Are you properly connected in your creative cloud account? did you accept the generative fill terms and conditions? Not sure if it is still needed, but did you enter your birthdate in Behance? https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-to-do-if-generative-fill-is-grayed-out-in-your-adobe-photoshop-ai-beta/

[steep crypt]

i need to include mockups for my graphics project, and what i need to include onto a mockup is a logo i have made

but what can i put it on

the projects theme is me making my own dessert cookbook

[misty jolt]

hey, i'd like to change the colors after i hit liquify to make multiple themes

[hushed niche]

Hello, gradient maps does wonders for experiments in color. See: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/discover/six-free-gradient-maps-for-photoshop.html

[hushed niche]

Hi, Did you design the cover of your cookbook yet? Or you could use your logo on a plate? Or on a wooden serving board ?

[misty jolt]

thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #27 - 66)

[toxic nymph]

in the pictures folder on my pc my PSD's have lost their photoshop logo and now bring this menu up, and pressing that top option doesn't open anything? all files still open if i open photoshop first though

[hushed niche]

Click on more apps, does Photoshop show up? Any way to search for it?

[toxic nymph]

seems like it, where should the correct file be located (windows)

never mind sorted.

thanks

[mossy niche]

Hi all. Is there a mappable keyboard shortcut for when you CTRL Left Mouse Click on a Layer to load that layer as a selection? I've been poking around in Keyboard Shortcuts but so far I haven't found it and I'm not 100% what it would be called.

[ripe quest]

The closest thing is Select > Load Selection... However, from "Channel > Layer Transparency" must be triggered by another click event. Thus, I'm not sure that workflow is available from one keystroke.

[steep crypt]

So this logo is a seperate stage (stage 1) and my front covers stage 3, I’ll try the ideas of the chopping board and plates though thanks for those ideas 🙏

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #27 - 67)

[mossy niche]

Okay, all good. Thanks for the response. Was building a macro but I can still do the rest after I load the selection.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1890)

[ripe quest]

You could create an Action that will do it. However, there is a caveat. I think that would only work if the Layer is a "pixel" layer. In other words, I don't think that will work with Shape Layers, Type, etc.

I could be wrong about that so you might want to experiment with that.

[mossy niche]

Hmm okay I will experiment, thank you!

[inland warren]

looking to make a cool style fan art like this. how would i achieve the blue glow on the characters and the fade at the bottom of their body?

[ripe quest]

An Adjustment Layer with a Layer Mask. Hue/Saturation + Colorize.... Choose "blue" and fade the effect to 0 using the Layer Mask.

[inland warren]

tryna magic wand tool a white background out and it gives me this..

[ripe quest]

You either have to rasterize the layer to convert it into pixels. Or you have to open the Smart Object and edit it as a separate document. Dbl-click on the layer for the Smart Object to open it.

[inland warren]

raterizering worked, thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 1891)

[inland warren]

im gonna give your example on how do to the fade on stewie

[inland warren]

when you say "0 using the Layer Mask" what am i setting to 0 exactly?

[ripe quest]

Layer Masks when painted completely black mean complete/full transparency.

You use a gradient (white to black) to softly transition from completely opaque to completely transparent.

[inland warren]

like this?

[ripe quest]

#1045711257178738760 message

[inland warren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jl9crUTlM&ab_channel=ShortcutsAcademy found another video that demonstrates, when they open the "gradient editor" mine does not open.. any idea why?

[ripe quest]

First, this person is using an old version of Photoshop so there are going to be differences between this and current versions of Photoshop. Next, you can access the Gradient Editor by clicking on the gradient swatch in the top bar or in the Properties Panel.

[ripe quest]

I don't know what you're doing; I can't see the process or steps you're taking so its difficult for me to know.

[long shard]

Alright I see thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @simple belfry (current: #556 - 2)

[dire schooner]

thanks

all is good

works as intended

[inland warren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsbaWS7Cq2s&ab_channel=AdobeVibes trying this tutorial, but get this result instead of the same one in the video

[ripe quest]

Invert the direction of the gradient. Black is transparent. White is opaque.

[cosmic quest]

Hello, I'm having issues with my .cr2 images from a canon 60d being a lot darker in camera raw than the jpg... i shoot both a jpg and a cr2 and they look normal on the camera and in jpg form but in raw it looks severly underexposed... am I getting a setting incorrect?

jpg example:

vs how it appears in raw

[ripe quest]

RAW files can and often do look different than their JPEG counterparts.

[ripe quest]

The point of using RAW pixel data is that the pixels aren't being changed in the camera. The exposure, levels, and other things can be modified after the fact. With JPEG, the pixels have potentially been subject to various changes inside the camera. This includes but is not limited to the compression that Canon has imposed when their filter saved the file.

[cosmic quest]

Thank you. Are there any ways I can make my images reflect more how I originally took them? I prefer it more that way

[ripe quest]

Technically speaking, the RAW file is "how you originally took it." Its just not being manipulated by Canon like other file formats.

[cosmic quest]

I also have the same problem but worse with my 70d, it changes the color hue of the image to a more warmer tone, compare the sky and the green color between the 2, top being original

What edits could I make to make the images more like the real-life look?

[ripe quest]

I bring RAW files into Adobe Camera Raw and make edits there.

You could also use Lightroom.

[cosmic quest]

I've tried to adjust the temperature on my 70d images before, but the color is still washed out compared to jpg

[cosmic quest]

That's what i usually do

So I suppose the image that camera raw shows me is the true "look" of the image, you could say?

[ripe quest]

It should be closer to what the sensor is actually recording. The JPEG could be seen as the corrupted one, since its being converted to a particular RGB color space and then compressed as JPEG. The compression alone could be messing with the color.

But if you like the JPEG better, you could just make sure they are saving at FULL quality. (No compression)

[cosmic quest]

I like the color of the jpg better, but I like to maintain control over shadows and exposure

[ripe quest]

Does it capture/will it save the file in any other formats?

It will probably only do RAW/JPEG side-by-side. I wasn't thinking it through.

Never mind.

[cosmic quest]

Yeah, I only do raw and jpg

[hushed niche]

Hi, you can change the default rendering https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/acr-raw-defaults.html of your images in camera raw: setup a different profile https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/adjust-color-rendering-camera-camera.html (camera vivid, for instance?) I auto-remove chromatic aberration, but prefer Camera Neutral. I use Bridge a lot after a shoot to cull images, tag them, input metadata, rename, etc. To get a punchier starting point, some use the auto button, then adjust from there.

[hushed niche]

And to work faster in camera raw, use its shortcuts . (I love the alt+double click on crop to auto-straighten) https://jkost.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022_ACR_v15_Shortcuts-2.pdf

[tribal bloom]

does anyone know any font that would look wayyyy better than this one? (school assignment but i dont like the font i picked out)

[lunar hollow]

a way to resize brush with trackpad? (not a macbook)

[serene coral]

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/changing-brush-size-with-trackpad-in-photoshop/td-p/11774448

[lunar hollow]

doesn't work for me

i also couldn't find the resize option in keyboard shortcuts settings

[serene coral]

you can use [ and ] on your keyboard. about the trackpad, it could be a Mac-only feature

[lunar hollow]

okay at least that works

[lunar hollow]

thanks

[torn condor]

Trying to identify this font, no luck so far.
Anyone can do it?

[lunar hollow]

?

ah the M is different

well the numbers are the same

[torn condor]

I tried that site too.
Maybe its envato font.

but that one is good too

[simple belfry]

anyone's got any explanation

for this?

[compact blade]

I would like this paper texture to fill all the vector objects of the image on the right. How can I do this quickly?

[simple belfry]

well

first of all

get rid of the water marks

using content aware fill

then

[hushed niche]

On a pc: ALT + Right click + Drag Horizontally

[simple belfry]

you're defo going to have to size this texture up

then change the blending mode

to something suitable

overlay could work well

and there you have it

@compact blade

[hushed niche]

Hi, the texture seems big compared to the image. Do you intend to have every shape filled individually? The fastest is to copy the texture on top of each layer, switch the blending mode to your taste, then, alt+click between them.

[sly hawk]

As @hushed niche already suggested, if you want to cover the whole room in the paper texture, since EVERYTHING is technically a vector object, you could just overlay it, set the blend mode to multiply and job done.

[toxic nymph]

anyone got any tricks for managing brushes? over the years i've downloaded loads of packs and struggle to keep track of which i use etc

[vapid flume]

@lucid crane Would you recommend a particular lens within the micro 4/3 ecosystem (I am assuming they're all compatible within brands) if I want a big aperture (the sensor is tiny) and still want the capability of a transtandard zoom, but not too keen on having ultra wide angles (I have a 24 mm equivalent right now, and it's more than enough)
We can make it a thread!

[unkempt field]

hello everyone

I'm trying to select text non-consecutively but I can't find any control to do it like shif and rigth click on Word for example

[sly hawk]

I don't think that's ever worked in ANY software.

oh wait! - wow you can.

I've been using MS word for 30+ years and never tried/did that

[unkempt field]

ctrl + shift and rigth click on word sorry

but i can't do the same on photoshop if anyone has a solution

[sly hawk]

I don't think SHIFT needs to be pressed? (In MS word at least)

• yeah, I don't think photoshop does it though.

Looking online, I'm not seeing anything to suggest otherwise.

---

I do wonder how much text you're adding in your PSD to warrant the need for this ability. If you're making a whole booklet / page / brochure etc, there are probably better suited tools like Adobe Indesign.

[unkempt field]

I'm making a restaurant menu and I lost 15 hours of work with a PSB file that no longer opens , I'm going to try Adobe InDesign, that would be better ?

Thank you for your answer

[sly hawk]

Adobe InDesign is definately made for making Menus 🙂

@unkempt field

[unkempt field]

arf

[sly hawk]

sorry to hear you lost it all!

if it was a PSB, that suggests it was MASSIVE.

I do wonder why a simple menu would result in such a large file

[unkempt field]

x) ok so i leave this place

[sly hawk]

See you in the **Illustrator **server then! since Indesign doesn't have its own discord server. - Or Better still:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/ct-p/ct-indesign?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all&lang=all&tabid=discussions

[unkempt field]

not so massive 38 Mo

[sly hawk]

38 Mb?

How come it was a PSB then?

I thought it would have been a PSD?

[unkempt field]

I don't know

yesterday I turned off my PC and this morning I no longer had any recent files the only thing I was able to recover using software was a psb file

[sly hawk]

I'm not sure if you're doing this as homework, coursework or an actual business but it's always worth checking out menu templates on Envato:

Literally 1,000's on there

This one for example is created for both Photoshop and Ilustrator.

Ironically, NOT indesign 🙂

[unkempt field]

thx , i'm going to watch this , i open a restaurant , i'm not a graphist at all

[pallid chasm]

Does anyone know what this style of lettering is called? Sorry for the lack of terminology not sure if it’s a “font” or what. But I like the general look/idea of it.

[sly hawk]

They usually call that a 'fish eye' effect.

[pallid chasm]

Would I just use an eclipse tool to then get the circle on the outside? (Once again I’m bad with terminology I’m used to just clicking buttons and dragging on photoshop)

[sly hawk]

Or "Inflate"

[sly hawk]

One sec

[pallid chasm]

I’m assuming the font on top vs in the circle is also different

[pallid chasm]

Are u like the founder of photoshop? I was expecting to get a unhelpful response but instead got a STEP BY STEP tutorial

Thank you so much

[sly hawk]

Woops. It should have been "Arch"

[sly hawk]

No problem. Glad I could help.

[latent flare]

how would I change the colour of this?

I need it to be a shade of pink

[sly hawk]

Is that just a flat layer right now?

[latent flare]

however the solid colour layer doesn't work

[sly hawk]

(With transparency of course)

[latent flare]

yes, with a contrast and brightness added onto it

because its a really light gray without it

[sly hawk]

Can you share the PSD?

[pallid chasm]

You did more then help I can’t thank u enough

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #6 - 857)

[latent flare]

the file?

[sly hawk]

Yeah

Here are a few options @latent flare

[latent flare]

o dam

thats good, thanks for the help james

[sly hawk]

No problem @latent flare . - Good luck in your project.

[latent flare]

thank you!

[latent flare]

hmm now I have another problem...

everytime I import the file into my indesign file it mutes the colours

I googled it and it seems common throughout most adobe software so how do i fix this?

[pallid chasm]

@sly hawk is their some fonts similar to "Helvetica Neue" that I can use on photoshop

[sly hawk]

I assume it's because your indd file is setup to use CMYK colour?

[sly hawk]

Yes. - Honestly if you google "Helvetica Neue Alternatives" you'll find some great suggestions.

[latent flare]

huh, how do I change that?

or how could I check?

[sly hawk]

Inter (go-to recommendation)
Roboto
Arimo

[lucid crane]

This may help 🙂
https://www.psdvault.com/resources/use-preset-manager-organise-photoshop-brushes/

[pallid chasm]

am i missing something lol

[latent flare]

its not a pre-loaded font

[sly hawk]

What's the end goal though? If you're going to print it anyway, you'll never be able to generate that nice vibrant pink from a normal printer

[pallid chasm]

ohhh ig ive only used pre loaded fonts, thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @latent flare (current: #196 - 7)

[latent flare]

well I need it to be handed in with a draft print

[sly hawk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkYqX1diJlo

[latent flare]

I don't think the print is THAT needed.. maybe

so does that mean i export my pink as cymk?

[sly hawk]

well... lets try and answer your question first! Switching indd to RGB.

One moment

[latent flare]

holy god

its so saturated

[sly hawk]

https://youtu.be/qa1Ti9d7Jk8?si=3KsG4AvzE88-jVoz&t=77

[latent flare]

I got it

[sly hawk]

Installing extra fonts is super easy

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter

[latent flare]

my problem I believe, is that when I do export the file digitally, the colours stay washed out which is not what I want, does this mean I have to rechange the colours to fit?

[sly hawk]

Just click "Get Font" top right. Save it to your deskop, open it and click INSTALL.

[sly hawk]

I assume that whatever you're exporting them TO is changing their colour profile - perhaps back into a dull (but safer for print) CMYK mix.

[latent flare]

ah, if I were to export it in pdf it would restore the originals colours/

[pallid chasm]

gosh I didnt realize how many styles of a specific font their is, i guess ill use inter - black and just experiment

[latent flare]

welcome to the world of graphic design

[pallid chasm]

LOL

[latent flare]

you have millions of fonts and you'll probably just default to futura

[sly hawk]

Helvetica Neue is crazy:

[latent flare]

bebas neue is similar

[pallid chasm]

yeah pretty much

[river otter]

This gave me a headache

[sly hawk]

There's always the old favourite:
https://www.tiktok.com/@mrrobertmayhew/video/7355466130963631392

(I had 3 large, national clients all switch their brand font to **Poppins **in the same 3 month span) #HowOriginal 🙂

[latent flare]

so how would I fix this importing problem? Do I have to export the photoshop file as a cymk?

[sly hawk]

No. - I wouldn't have thought so. - If you save your PSD in the usual RGB setting first...

I imagine you could just open/import it into indesign and as long as you follow the short guide above/below, it would work wouldn't it?

https://youtu.be/qa1Ti9d7Jk8?si=3KsG4AvzE88-jVoz&t=77

[latent flare]

its more odd than that, all the other files I have opened in indesign haven't faded the colours like this

this is the first time it's happening

unless I didn't pay attention

oh wait no it does it for all of them :V that sucks

[sly hawk]

A lot of the time you might not even notice the difference

[latent flare]

yep

its unfortunate :C

[sly hawk]

But that in that video guide showed how to get indd to show the vibrant colours again

[latent flare]

yea by changing it to rgb

but everything looked fine in cymk, its just these colours HATE the image

guess I just have to deal with it...

welp thanks for the lesson James

[hushed niche]

Hi, the files in recent are saved on your hard drive, those are just links to the latest files you’ve worked on…

[pallid chasm]

@sly hawk what do I click in windows pull down to access this

the grid and warp

options

[unkempt field]

hi thx , yes but where are the files saved ?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #27 - 70)

[tribal shore]

Greetings, I don't know if this is exactly related to Photoshop, but I was wondering if anyone is familiar with Error Level Analysis, just thought there may be overlap in expertise here. Was trying to get into it but seems a bit more difficult to find guides for it.

[hushed niche]

Create a new file, hit save, and see where it defaults. But YOU select where it saves, usually in the my documents folder.

[hushed niche]

Ctrl+T Edit>Transform. then warp Or is it Image>transform

[hushed niche]

I had to google it: https://fotoforensics.com/tutorial-ela.php

[tribal shore]

Yeah I have already used that website, but I am having questions and I didn't really find a discord or subreddit or web forum for it. Seems to be a bit niche but I thought it relates a bit to Photoshop (maybe not). I am generally trying to find fake/manipulated imaged that are usually manipulated by photoshop or Paint I guess. I am not always sure what Ia m looking at though.

[hushed niche]

I remember this plugin: http://www.reindeergraphics.com/fid.html by John Russ, that used to visit the official Adobe forums.

[gaunt harness]

Hi there! I am new to Photoshop and I would like to know how to adapt this t-shirt on the red background: Thank you very much

[hushed niche]

Hi, I would try puppet warp on a copy of the layer, but expect major distortion. I would use copies of the elements and to rotate them in position.

[tribal shore]

Seems to be out of service, I will check out the pdf though, thanks. Still gotta find someone that has worked with it to fully understand what I am looking at though I think. 🙂

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #27 - 71)

[gaunt harness]

Do you know if there is a video or guide doing this? I'm searching on YouTube Spain but all the videos about this are on flat surfaces where it is quite easy to place it without deforming

[hushed niche]

There is a book but old, out of print and $$$$: https://www.amazon.com/Image-Processing-Handbook-Seventh/dp/149874026X#byline_secondary_view_div_1713196402445 search image forensics

[hushed niche]

Some made long videos on the topic: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xRGt7byhS50

[gaunt harness]

Thank you! I'll see how it goes

[tribal shore]

Yeah I have seen it as well, but it is a bit pricy. I am totally doing it on a amateur level, not professional. Just trying to analyse verification pictures as nowadays photoshop, face apps, and A.I generated pictures are very common and fake accounts seem to be ubiquitous. Wasn't trying to become ane xpert just understand the pictures better. 🙂

Just sometimes I get very mixed results and don't understand why the ELA does what it does between different images and it's hard to find the answer oon google or a book I guess, would have to ask someone with experience. But this seems to be a very niche topic.

[pallid chasm]

how do i save a file as a object (in this case a logo) so I can drag it and put it onto other images to download

[steel acorn]

how do i make a line that goes straight through the entire canvas given two points?

[hushed niche]

You mean with transparency? Save a copy as a PNG, and the main document as a psd if it has layers.

[hushed niche]

Hi, with a brush tool, Click on the first point, hold shift, click on the second point

[steel acorn]

it didnt go through the entire canvas it only went between the two points

[hushed niche]

Yes, that’s how it works; I thought that the points were on opposite parts of the canvas.

Ok, are they vertically or horizontally aligned? You could place a guide, then do the same procedure I told you, from the intersection of the guide and the edges of the canvas. If they aren’t, get the line tool, trace a path on those points, then scale the path so that it covers the entire image?

[steel acorn]

scaling the path moves the line

[digital rapids]

I am trying to understand onionskinning in photoshop and for some reason when I move my image, it is "erasing" the onion skin from the previous frame

[hushed niche]

Not if you scale it proportionally, and from the center. Hold alt, then click on a corner, and hold shift alt as you scale, alt for scaling from both ends, and shift to scaleproportionally.

[hushed niche]

Hi, is your GPU driver up to date? Check in Help>GPU information

[digital rapids]

I think it is all good

[hushed niche]

Ok, on a Mac, the drivers are current. I would recommend to ask on the Adobe forums.

[digital rapids]

will do, thanks 👍

[lunar belfry]

trying to use AI denoise in Camera Raw 16.2

this is a popup i've never seen before

any suggestions?

[hearty wraith]

u can also remove noise in filter then noise

[lunar belfry]

hmmm ok

i dont think it will work as well as AI denoise

but i will give it a go

[swift cedar]

Hey guys, is there anyone who can help me with indesign?

[hushed niche]

Hi! There might be more Id experts in the illustrator discord… https://discord.gg/adobeillustrator

You could still ask here, one never knows, or there is an Id forum in the Adobe community: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/ct-p/ct-indesign

[swift cedar]

Ah, thank you friend, I'll call the people there so they can help me!!

[hushed niche]

Hello, I never encountered this error, I’d ask in the ACR forum, I found some threads on the topic: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/ai-denoiser-camera-raw-error-writing-dng-file/m-p/13873326

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-discussions/unknown-error-when-processing-denoise/td-p/13762459

[lunar belfry]

ok thanks

i tried using my desktop instead of my SD card but same deal

i will try a folder, maybe it does not like the desktop either

i'll read that second forum as well

[hearty wraith]

its better in my opinion

[uneven gulch]

gradient overlay not doing anything no matter what I change
I had this problem in the past too but I forgot how I fixed it 😅

[onyx nova]

Does anyone know how to make this image more detailed? (such as adding shadows to it with noise speckles)

because the suit is all white even tho theres some shadows and some

folds in the oriiginal pict

[sly hawk]

Not if that's the actual flat image. Any previous details have now been lost.

[onyx nova]

thats not the actual image

this is

[simple belfry]

hey

I've got a question for scratch disk purposes

I have my photoshop on my D drive

however when working my C drive is the one still becoming full

when working with files

why's that the case?

[neat quarry]

Hey, how do i edit the elliptical marquee tool after i used it?

[quaint ledge]

I'm trying to open a document that I was shared with but this shows up on the cloud icon

How do I fix it? Please I need an assigment to hand in tomorrow!!

[neat quarry]

Check your firewall settings im guessing

or reload cloud if you haven't already

i remember having that problem and it wasn't too bad to fix i dont think

[quaint ledge]

How do I do that?

[neat quarry]

settings ---> firewall and network settings ---> allow a app through firewall?

[hushed niche]

Hello, the install partition has nothing that do with where the scratch disk is located. This is set in edit>preferences>scratch disks

[hushed niche]

What do you mean by edit? Properties lets you feather it. You can add and remove to a selection with shift and alt.

[neat quarry]

Dont worry bro, i sorta shithoused it and i've got a couple more todo and have lost the will to do it, thanks tho

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #27 - 72)

[quaint ledge]

Hmm I don't see the settings or firewall settings anywhere

[neat quarry]

@quaint ledge

[quaint ledge]

Ohhh those settings

[neat quarry]

yeah, the physical windows ones

[quaint ledge]

Hmmm they're all grayed out

The 1st one is the one u told to me press

[neat quarry]

i reckon so

but dont quote me (especially as it's in spanish)

just tryna help cuz i've also got a assignment tomorrow aswell (10 hour exam)

[quaint ledge]

Says Adobe has permission?

[neat quarry]

Oh tf?

Mine didnt at the time

Try the good old turn it off and on again?

[quaint ledge]

Maybe

[neat quarry]

but isnt cloud stopped being supported?

[quaint ledge]

Hm?

[neat quarry]

That may do it im guessing?

[quaint ledge]

Hmmm

Idk cuz I'm just trying to open a file I was shared with and this comes up😭

[ripe quest]

Try signing out of Creative Cloud. Restart it. Sign back in and then try to sync the Libraries.

[neat quarry]

Yea, listen to the competent person ^^^^

[ripe quest]

You could also reboot the machine but I would just try refreshing the CC app first.

[ripe quest]

Thanks for trying to help. We appreciate it. :)

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @neat quarry (current: #866 - 1)

[quaint ledge]

Didn't work :(

Still shows the page icon

When I open it in photoshop it says it's downloading but it doesn't seem it's gonna be completed anytime soon

[ripe quest]

Are you sure that you have access to that file?

[quaint ledge]

Yup, i shared it with myself on a different device

[ripe quest]

What about toggling the Sync function?

Open the Creative Cloud desktop app. Select the Cloud activity icon in the upper right. Select the Pause button to pause syncing. Then select the Resume button to resume.

[quaint ledge]

Done

What was that supposed to do though?

[ripe quest]

It was one of the things suggested by Adobe. To see if you could "force" library sync.

[quaint ledge]

Its so weird because all my documents from my separate device show up on my pc except the one I was working on

[ripe quest]

Yeah. That's strange. Did you make it on iPad and saved as PSDC format?

[quaint ledge]

Yes...?

[ripe quest]

Can you open it on the iPad?

[quaint ledge]

It's in the school

But I remember it did show up in cloud app, but it too appeared blank om the ipad

[ripe quest]

It could be a file issue. Like a corrupt file. The problem is difficult to diagnose.

[quaint ledge]

Another weird thing, yesterday the file appeared on my pc but it was version of the file for when it was created

I started it last Monday, so the file only showed the file version of Monday even though I was days ahead if it

[simple belfry]

yes i understand but lets say for example

ill give you a good example

im using D as my scratch disk

when i open large file sizes

my C drive gets capped to max GB

even though my D drive is my main scratch disk

when i close photoshop, it'll go back to normal

[ripe quest]

In Photoshop, on the Home Screen, under "Files > Your Files" ... Can you see the file there?

[ripe quest]

How much storage is left on the C drive? If you get too close to full on the OS disk, you could have performance issues just generally with Windows but also with Photoshop.

[quaint ledge]

Nope

[simple belfry]

it caps even with 25 gigs of free space

thats exactly why

my D drive

is my scratch disk

but even with D being my scratch disk

why is my C one filling up

[ripe quest]

What about: Files > Shared with you?

[simple belfry]

when changing scratch disks

im assuming all the memory while working in photoshop

will be stored

on that certain drive

so then why is ps deciding to still use my C

[quaint ledge]

It says I have none

[ripe quest]

@simple belfry - Can you please type your responses on one line?

[simple belfry]

sure mb im used to typing words lmfao

[ripe quest]

Also. I don't know what any of this means. Is your C drive the disk with the Operating System on it? If so, how much storage is available. I'm not asking about the scratch disk right now. Just free space on C.

[simple belfry]

C is indeed my main drive, On my main drive after closing photoshop I'll have about 15 gigs of free space.

However C shouldnt be used in the first place.

[ripe quest]

This is why. You cannot let C get that full. Windows needs virtual memory to run. If you get below 20GB of free space, you're likely going to have problems... just, in general. But also with Photoshop.

[simple belfry]

Damn so this applies even when the scratch disk isnt being used?

im going to struggle to get 20 gigs free, my main drive is so weird for no reason. It says i have 121 gigs worth of apps on it but when counting it only comes out to about 40 gigs

[ripe quest]

Windows uses free space on C for "Virtual Memory" and its constantly trying to manage this. When free space gets too low on the OS drive, you can and probably will have performance-related issues. This has nothing to do with Photoshop's Scratch Disk assignment.

[simple belfry]

yeah it gets scary, i even reach 0MB on the drive in photoshop

hoping my pc doesnt break apart

[ripe quest]

Photoshop needs the scratch disk to store data so that it doesn't have to store everything in RAM.

But that is a separate issue from Windows and the Windows Paging File (Virtual Memory).

The minimum and maximum size of the Pagefile can be 1.5 times and up to 4 times the physical memory (RAM) that your computer has.

[unique bronze]

How do I fix Photoshop being laggy? I feel like I have 1 fps on a game

Specifically when I transform anything

[ripe quest]

What is the size of the document? Image > Image Size... and the unit type? A common error is that people choose the wrong units when creating a new document. 2000 pixels, OK. 2000 centimeters, that's like 65 feet wide. You'll probably have performance issues.

[unique bronze]

512x512

[ripe quest]

512 x 512 what?

Inches? Centimeters?

[unique bronze]

inches

oh

i see the problem

[ripe quest]

Yeah. 512 inches is like 42 feet.

[sounds of computer whimpering in the background]

[unique bronze]

another thing

what is this tool? im trying to follow a tutorial and cannot seem to figure out what that is

or find it

[ripe quest]

That is the Polygonal Lasso tool. Its for making selections. Its probably under the [regular] Lasso Tool. Long press and hold on the tool icon and a flyout should appear revealing other tools.

[unique bronze]

ok thanks

last thing

how do i make something directy editable?

nvm figured it out

[ripe quest]

Is it a Smart Object? Look in the Layers Panel. Smart Objects are denoted by a little file icon on the bottom right of the thumbnail.

[unique bronze]

yea had to rasterize it

if u cant tell i dont do this often but thanks for answering my questions

[ancient pike]

how do i remove the hard edges on the bat signal shadow?

[true basin]

Which is a better value photoshop for Ipad or canva for Ipad?

[grand apex]

Greetings photoshopians. I have never touched photoshop a day in my life and was wondering if it's worth the high-ish cost. money's tight but I really want to get into it

[true basin]

Are you on desktop or mobile like Ipad, Iphone, android, etc

[grand apex]

desktop, windows

[grand apex]

idk if the os matters or not

[crude ether]

why was my request removed?

[ripe quest]

@crude ether - Please don't ask for help with forgery/cheating here.

[true basin]

There's features not on Ipad compared to desktop. It also depends what you want to do with it. There's a free trial of photoshop you could try first. You get it for 30 days

[crude ether]

What you mean?

How can you tell it a forgery when it 48 pixel image text ?

[ripe quest]

Of course, Photoshop is worth it.

[grand apex]

I just wanna make funny stuff, like funny phrases in the sky, or maybe add me into pictures and stuff

[true basin]

Try the free trial first

[grand apex]

I will, is it hard to learn?

[true basin]

There's a complete tutorial on it. You'll get the hang of it!

[grand apex]

Thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @true basin (current: #866 - 1)

[true basin]

NOT promoting other products*** but there's also Canva that's free to do the same thing as well

[ripe quest]

How much "value" something has, only you can determine that. It really depends on what you're trying to create.

[true basin]

Appreciate it. i like the generational fill on the Ipad version. I'm also using the free trial.

[true basin]

I'm a “Ai Coach” for athletes and business brands. i work with people who want to learn Ai or want to do better like for instance learning new skills in diving. So I make graphics explaining all things Ai for new and present clients. The value is all based on what I can create through that

[ember maple]

Hello! I'm trying to write a photoshop js script hat toggle visibility on every group that is color tagged Yellow.

but i dont know what attribute to ask? Does anyone know (i tried the naive group.color)

[river otter]

Or you can use photopea

[twin bronze]

https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/objects/createoptions/grouplayercreateoptions/ here it says group colors are referenced as LabelColors. Maybe you can try assigning the layers to a list using for and try if coloredLayers.LabelColors != NONE or false

uxp documentation makes me jump out of a window really

assuming you are using UXP

[ember maple]

oh thanks, i ended up just using group names instead. And in the default documentation color doesnt exist lol

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @twin bronze (current: #28 - 67)

[ember maple]

nah im not using UXP, how hard is it to setup?