❓ask-a-question

[hushed niche]

Hi, what did you try so far? I guess that you already searched for blending images? Did you try to overlap them and use a layer mask or a given blending mode? Or just selecting the centre and use generative fill without any prompt?

[mystic oxide]

Hey! No I haven't tried anything really... I'm not sure where to being, I'm not familiar with photoshop in the slightest so I didn't know what the best method would be

[ripe quest]

Please use #💬chat-general for requesting help with projects. Also, given what you're asking about, please don't request help using artwork that you do not already have permission to use.

[hushed niche]

Using a search engine is a good start, or Ctrl+F and doing the beginner tutorials would help you understand the basics necessary to perform such tasks as https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/combine-images-auto-blend-layers.html or https://youtu.be/kxEof8ecl78?si=gUuoV0XwoHYDeR8o. I like to recommend the photoshopessentials website too.

[bold galleon]

Nice, I feel like that's pretty dang good. The only way I know how to make the transition better is to alter it using the clone/healing tools and also blur tool for the edges. The burn tool darkening spots can help

[bold galleon]

I like the content of that video but what's with the breathe sounds that almost sound as if they where added in with a soundboard??

2:01-2:05 have my favorite ones as he included a double

[shadow bane]

Hey guys, quick question. Im a little bored so im recreating the "a quiet place: day one" movie poster; two questions, any way I can make the meteor in the back look a little more distant? and is there a way I can make it to where the bright women doesnt seem clipped in?

hold on ill explain

Id like to get rid of this little mistake right here

[sly hawk]

Good first try.
The assets are all very different to one another, so it's extremely difficult to merge them together to a consistent image.

Start with trying to get the **lighting **correct.

[shadow bane]

I gotcha, doing that rn

Working on the shadows and lighting of the crowd

[sly hawk]

Try skipping through some of the sections here perhaps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2fngCW4JIU

[shadow bane]

Clutch, thank you

[vagrant perch]

How can I create a star like this?

[jovial pond]

I have this AI image I prompted of the statue of liberty and I want the face to look a little more accurate, what is a good whay for me to swap the face with a better one?

[warped rampart]

A stupid question but I haven't used Photoshop for a few months and now completely forgotten how to convert a raster into path/shape thingy?

[vagrant quail]

the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer's eyedropper tools are greyed out... any fixes

Also, is there anyway to get photoshop to use the 0 to 255 rgb thing and not the -180 to +180

[viral stratus]

Hello there can someone help me with automate adding an image to another image

if anyone could help me through vc i would be thankful :)

[ripe quest]

This only demonstrates how to open two PSD files at the same time. It has nothing to do with adding one image to another. Also, its seems like you've also inadvertently pinged someone while posting this. They might be wondering why. heh

[viral stratus]

we are in vc :)

[mystic oxide]

This may be a very dumb question, but I'm working on making a custom snowboard, and I have the dimensions of that set up in a photoshop template, I massively upscaled a photo to import in, but it doesn't import at that size (photo is about 15,000 by 15,000 pixels), is it possible to do that OR take the image I have currently scaled and "brighten"(?) it up to be more clear?

[wise meteor]

What art-style is this?

like two colors

[restive wigeon]

Is there any reason my photoshop acts very slow and nearly crashes after trying to make a gradient and then says the scratch disks are full in Photoshop 2024? I have cleared Media Cache.

[ripe quest]

What is the size (dimensions) and resolution (ppi) of the document? Main menu: Image > Image Size... Have you accidentally created the canvas at some ridiculous size, e.g. 2000 centimeters (instead of pixels)?

[ripe quest]

I can't even see what this is. Sorry.

Looks like a cartoon.

[restive wigeon]

thats probably too much

i put inches instead of pixles

thank you

[ripe quest]

Yeah. 2560 inches is like 214 feet wide. That'd be why you're getting a scratch disk error.

[coarse crater]

How would i layer mask if theres already a layer mask? Im trying to remove that grey colour it generated

[ripe quest]

You have a Layer Mask and a Vector Mask applied to that layer. I'm assuming you don't need the Vector Mask so you can delete that.

[coarse crater]

Ive removed it now but how do i remove the grey background colour?

[ripe quest]

Paint on those areas with black. Black hides pixels. White reveals pixels. Didn't we go over this the other day? Still have problems grasping this concept?

[coarse crater]

Yes but it removes the flower aswell

[ripe quest]

It looks like perhaps you have the flower selected. Perhaps you want to invert your selection.

[coarse crater]

Thats was for the vector mask.

[ripe quest]

Main menu: Select > Inverse...

[jovial pond]

Would anyone know the best way to do this?

[coarse crater]

This is what happens when it gets inversed

[ripe quest]

Can you please stop cropping the screen and share the entire Photoshop interface with the Layers Panel open?

Its incredibly difficult to understand what's going on when you only share tiny portions of the screen.

[coarse crater]

Sorry boss is this better?

[ripe quest]

OK. So that is a Generative Fill Layer. You probably want to Rasterize that first. If you want the Gen Fill layer to remain intact, perhaps make a copy of it first.

[coarse crater]

Ive made a copy of it now

[ripe quest]

Right-click on it that Layer in the Layers Panel and choose "Rasterize Layer"

Now it should just be pixels.

[coarse crater]

yup

[ripe quest]

You can also "apply" the Layer Mask. (Right-click on the Mask and choose "Apply Layer Mask")

Now you can make a new Layer Mask and just work on that. Hopefully, that should be easier for you now.

[coarse crater]

Ok thanks boss it worked

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2217)

[ripe quest]

Start with a real image of Layer Liberty and apply the flames and burn marks to it.

You're not going to have much luck going the other way (trying to match that image to the real Lady LIberty) unless you have some serious manipulation skill.

[jovial pond]

Alright, whats the best way to apply flames? The generative filling didnt work great

[ripe quest]

Get images of flames and composite them.

[jovial pond]

Alright, another thing also, Adobe stocks, is that a whole different subscription you need to purchase?

[ripe quest]

Yes. Its not included with Creative Cloud unless you've purchased some package deal or you have an Enterprise or Teams license that includes it.

[jovial pond]

Alright, because I study at college where they provide the whole thing for us free of charge so like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, etc but stocks was the only one I couldn't get access to

[ripe quest]

They probably don't have an Adobe Stock license then. You can ask your plan administrator at the school (to find out what is included with your plan).

[ripe quest]

As an aside, the Statue of Liberty, the outer skin is make of copper so I'm not sure how that would be on fire...

Doesn't make a lot of sense but I guess you can take artistic license with it. :)

[jovial pond]

Lol, Im trynna make a kind of logo inspired from the civil war movie . Just symbolic, like the bald eagle even tho it doesn't make the sound everyone thinks it does

[jovial pond]

Oh alrighty then, thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2219)

[orchid knot]

I'm using a tablet and rotated the picture I'm working on. I don't know how to get it back to 0 degrees rotation, it's always a little bit off

[ripe quest]

Tap the Esc key

[orchid knot]

👍 thank you

[tame lintel]

How do you make this from scratch? using hair brushes doesnt give the same result

[bold galleon]

I frequently get into situations where PS won't change the font unless it is selected, hindering me from seeing it in real time as I sift through the fonts unless it is highlighted which does the same thing. Anyone know how to fix this?

[ripe quest]

One moment...

[ripe quest]

Do you mean having the letters selected on the layer?

Or are you referring to something else?

[bold galleon]

OOF! I wasn't selecting the layer. You've actually helped me with this same exact thing before, thanks for doing it again!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2220)

[wraith mesa]

Hello everyone, is anyone of u know a website that can give me a high quality pictures of cargo ships in different angle?

[ripe quest]

You know what you can just activate the layer, highlight the Font field and then use the Up/Down Arrows on the keyboard to cycle through the fonts....

[ripe quest]

I don't know of anything specifically for that. You'd have to try searching the stock photo websites and see if they have assets that meet your expectations.

Or you can try to generate them with an AI model.

[coarse crater]

How do i get it to match the otherside? Lets say black is the front and pink is the back

Its cut in half and I want the otherhalf to be on the otherside

[wraith mesa]

ohh yeah yeah

thanks @ripe quest

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2221)

[bold galleon]

Yeah, thanks that's actually my preference and not being able to do it was tripping me up. I kept having the text tool selected with the text box open with blinking cursor expecting to be able to change fonts like that

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2222)

[ripe quest]

When you say "cargo ships" do you mean like this?

[ripe quest]

What do you mean "match the other side"? Like when its printed?

[coarse crater]

So ive got this image and I want it split in half.

Picture a card for example, on the front would be one half and on the other side it would be the other half of the flower

SO yeah like when its printed

[ripe quest]

I don't do a lot of printing or any designs where folded layouts have elements that have to align with each other. Sorry. I'm not going to be much help to you. There are probably templates for that.

[coarse crater]

no problem boss thanks anyways

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2223)

[wraith mesa]

yeah, btw where did get that? @ripe quest

i was looking for high quality photo so i can make a good poster

[ripe quest]

I generated it. Its not high quality.

[wraith mesa]

Ohh, it looks good but i will still look for more but thank u so much!

[ripe quest]

These wouldn't be suitable for high-quality printing. They are flawed in the details. (Or too small for anything other than screen use.)

[sly hawk]

What's the poster actually for? - Seems like a strange choice to include them on a poster.

e.g. - People advertising trainers, show the end result. - Someone wearing them on a path, or the a nice zoomed in shot.
not, the lady in the factory making them.

I'd have thought the same would apply for 'shipping'. 🙂

Obviously I don't know the context, so feel free to ignore!

[wild moss]

try making two images with each half, and printing the images into different sides

[sly hawk]

It doesn't sound like it needs any alignment does it? - Are you literally asking for half the flower to appear on the front, then it wrap around the spine and the rest of the flower on the back?

e.g....

[worn hill]

i need some help in trying to achieve this effect the image on the right is the effect i want, I tried posturize,threshold,bunch of filter combinations in the filter gallery but haven't been able to get close tried color overlaying the threshold still didnt manage, all i need is just the base since its overlayed with a grunge which is easy to do and some crf adjustments and ill manage to reach it but generally the drawing kind of effect is what im trying, does anyone have an idea

[warm bay]

Probably a pretty dumb question but how do i change the size of the text box without changing the size of the letters?

[limber stream]

does anyone know how to get like that smooth round looking finishing on the characters?

[coarse crater]

Yes something similar to this but wrapping around the spine and through to the back

[waxen rampart]

I would use the brush tool to “airbrush” in shadows and highlights to get a rounded, three dimensional look.

[limber stream]

wait what do you mean exactly with airbrush

[waxen rampart]

An airbrush is a mechanical painting tool. It uses an air compressor to deliver a soft spray of paint onto a canvas or paper. They were used by illustrators and artist before the digital era. You can use the brush tool in Photoshop at a very soft setting to emulate an airbrush in a digital file. Lightly spray in darker colors to create shadows and light colors (or white) to create hi-lights. Typically you would create a selection of the area you are airbrushing. After brushing in a stroke, you can use the eraser tool to clean it up. There are lots of Youtube tutorials to get you started.

[sly hawk]

Make sure to have the T (text tool selected) and then drag the corners around

[sly hawk]

That's not 'similar', it's exactly the same. - The image I shared was a book cover that wraps all the around the front, spine and back. - Just whack your flower image in the middle of the page and fold in half. You're good to go! 🙂

[coarse crater]

Thats what i think I did but its on a curved surface I cut it in half but it doesnt line up. I feel like im missing somethign very obvious..

[warm bay]

I meant doing this

having the space between the top and bottom be the same

[edgy flower]

Hello,

I'd like to disable Spacebar from triggering Timeline playback. Everything I've tried is in the pic.

Aside from asking adobe for a feature request, are there any external plugins or scripts that would disable spacebar for playback?

TY!

[vocal wren]

Hi everyone I’m on holiday and tried to take a nice photo of the sunset but the sun seems really small I was wondering if anyone could maybe enlarge it slightly so that it looks better yet still realistic, thanks.

[sharp bronze]

trying to scale up simple stuff like this:

but when i confirm

its like this

nvm

[slate sequoia]

I have an image for my book coming out soon and I noticed when I uploaded into an indie authors FB forum that it distorted the colors. When I googled why, it said reds tend to be distorted when compressed from uploading and downloading, my image is mostly blue.

How do I keep it from distorting? Is there something I can do in photoshop?

I have it set to CMYK for printing and 8bit, hopefully this helps to understand why compression is distorting the image

[pseudo apex]

How do I make the Vignette Effect focus on this specific Object?

[sly hawk]

Presume you found the interpolation settings?

[sharp bronze]

nope i saw that online

i just image scaled it

[sly hawk]

Add the glow around the object in the effects panel.

[sharp bronze]

and Changed the settings a bit

[sly hawk]

How big? 🙂

[vocal wren]

Honestly I’m not too sure how big I’d like, could you experiment with some sizes around 1.5xish and dm me them please?

[sly hawk]

Image above is at least 3 times the original size 🙂

[slate sequoia]

Just wondering if anyone can help me with this question. Thank you 😊

[pseudo apex]

outer glow?..

[desert tinsel]

i have a question about exporting images. so i have this image here that i just got done editing and i was wondering if there was a way so that when i saved it, it JUST SAVES THE EDITED PICTURE and not the rest of the canvas

is that possible?

or is it just always going to save the background no matter what

in retrospect i def should've just opened the image and edited it on its own instead of just throwing the image onto a canvas

that's my fault

but just wondering if that's possible to do

[glass forge]

That's what she said

[sly hawk]

Can you not simply crop it back down before saving?

[slate sequoia]

I might be wrong but you need another background layer, then save the layer as a png and it should remove the rest of the canvas

[vocal wren]

Oh wow ha I didn’t even realise sorry I forgot how small the original is, do you think it’s possible to make it a tiny bit bigger? Thanks very much

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 953)

[desert tinsel]

oh crud lol thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 954)

[river otter]

hello!

Can someone help me figure out how to fill out the inside of the hood?

Like how I can select the inside of it?

[stark wharf]

Object selection or magic want should do the trick as there looks like enough contrast. Check out how to use the various options here

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/making-quick-selections.html

You can then fill or mask the area. Best to do that on a new layer obove so you can edit

[river otter]

I am getting this error,

[devout bough]

Hi guys, do you know a tutorial video that can explain me the basic things (but also some complex stuff) that i need to be able to do for making posters (of movies, for example) ? Thanks.

[stark wharf]

Make sure layer isn’t locked and you have it selected

[stark wharf]

@river otter There should be but you could duplicate the layer and increase contrast to make selection on that layer then hide it or delete it once you have your selection and fill on a new layer

[stark wharf]

There are good getting started videos in the app and on the Adobe product pages

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

[river otter]

How do i increase the contrast if theres not a layer that already selects that part of the hood?

I am a rookie lol

[stark wharf]

Duplicate the layer that the image is on and use layer adjustments from layer menu

I take it there is only that single layer in the file

If you check in layers panel

[river otter]

There are a ton of layers, I am just a bit confused on which one to duplicate

The "design" One looks like this

if I deselect

[stark wharf]

Click on eye icon to hide layers to see which one you should be working on

Inside hoodie I’d guess?

[stark wharf]

Any luck?

[river otter]

Yea sorry, took me forever. I got it done. Thenk you so much

[sly hawk]

I think you need a bit of shadow on the inside of the hood....

[river otter]

Thats great advise thank you bro🙏🙏🙏🙏

[sly hawk]

You could also do with adding a bit of 'texture/creases' to the hood so it's not so 'flat'

[river otter]

Thank you!

[mystic hollow]

Hello! I have a question if anyone can help.

I'm trying to figure out how to type in japanese in photoshop but it won't work, it's just producing english letters.

I have japanese fonts but I can't figure out how to use them.

[stark wharf]

You will need to change keyboard settings to match the language, are they correct?

[short kraken]

guys how can i get rid of this box

i cant move the graphic

graphics disappears when i move the them out of the box

[tight elbow]

can someone please remove the transparent grid lines

[mystic hollow]

Is that the only way?

[stark wharf]

In View menu you can switch off the grid

[stark wharf]

I have pasted foreign language text into documents when it comes to Japanese and Chinese, you could try in a text doc then copy/paste if it only doesn’t work in photoshop. Is the text language set to Japanese in Photoshop when you select type tool?

[mystic hollow]

Dang I wish there was just a font that had japanese letters so you didn't have to do all that conversion

[stark wharf]

If you have a Japanese font and paste the text it will work… do you have the translated Japanese?

[mystic hollow]

Yeah, I see what you're saying.

So I just need to copy and paste and then set it to that font.

[stark wharf]

Yes

Line breaks can be critical

I rely on a translator to check

[glossy dirge]

how can i stop my brush from mixing like this?

nvm im dumb

i turned on mixer brush somehow

[gaunt summit]

I want to be able to zoom the image in without losing the original dimensions of the photo, so I'd like to be able to go from image 1 to image 2 (im using an online tool for this, but I significantly lose quality when I do this. What's the easiest way to go about doing this?

[rain silo]

Trying to remove the white smug on the right side please help me

I just need to brighten up the colors too!

[ripe quest]

You can't arbitrarily change the scale of a pixel-based image without losing quality. There are some AI-upscaler apps that might help but mileage may vary.

[ripe quest]

You've got some significant streaks across this image that might require careful painting/brush work to fix. Also, there are some spots in the dark areas where the clothing is blobbed together and it just looks like a large dark mass. Or there is no detail there to reclaim. So you'd either have to paint that in or use some sort of AI to "invent" details that weren't there before.

[ripe quest]

Also, what colors? This is a greyscale photograph. Unless you're referring to the slight "sepia tone" effect that it has. This is likely from being an old photo that was scanned and saved as RGB color.

[rain silo]

Yeah I feared that and I mean to get rid of the smudges to fix the color as it’s a bit too bright in places

Thanks for the help! @ripe quest

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2225)

[ripe quest]

You could start with some simple Highlight/Shadow, Brightness/Contrast Adjustments...

[ripe quest]

Some of these areas, I think would require artistry and hand painting...

To be honest, it would probably require selective adjustments. Given the range in the image, I don't think there is a one-size fits all approach for this image.

[bold galleon]

When scanning different blend modes is there an easy way to compare 2 different ones, without duplicating and pressing the eyeball? Or even comparing the blend mode to normal would be cool

[honest thicket]

Is it possible to have the swatch on the right appear in the library on the left? Edit: I'm understanding I need an .acb from the .ase on the right.. but I don't have one. :/ So hopefully there's a way to create one.

[proud skiff]

I'm having a weird issue with trying to make a tapered brush. What I want to do is have my brush leave tapered ends (consistent thickness with the ends of the lines being thinner) and no matter WHAT I do, the "control" dropdown on shape dynamics keeps reverting to "pen pressure" - I am indeed using a tablet with pressure sensitivity, but my hands are not steady enough to control thickness reliably. How do I force it to stop reverting my setting? This feels like a glitch

[sharp bronze]

is there a a way i can upscale this without transparent lines showing up

without converting it to a smart object

smaller its fine

they're all tiny shapes

[zenith harness]

Hey Guys! Does adobe has any tools for mindmaps and flowcharts?

[ripe quest]

When you're scaling, try changing the Interpolation Method to "Nearest Neighbor"

[proud skiff]

Ctrl + Alt + i, then make sure "Resample" is checked with the method "Nearest Neighbor," make sure you're scaling by a mulitple of 100%

[sharp bronze]

Okay tysm

[sharp bronze]

how do i do multiple of 100%?

so if im at 1024, i should do 2048

it worked

tysm

[sharp bronze]

just had to double it

[ripe quest]

Take a look at Adobe Express. There might be some useful templates in there. https://www.adobe.com/express/learn/blog/mind-map-ideas

[sharp bronze]

or idk

[sharp bronze]

ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @proud skiff (current: #915 - 1)

[sharp bronze]

+rep @proud skiff

[proud skiff]

I forgot the default is pixels instead of percent lol

[sharp bronze]

!rep @proud skiff

perfect

now i have a texture for my blender

[reef hound]

https://youtu.be/hxOH2GfsVao?si=pGQN1_FUxL3l7r_M&t=64 hi im trying to follow this tut would any1 be able to tell me what he does here ? i have linked the video with the time already set

like how does he make it disappear does he just delete it ?

[honest thicket]

Yep

The yellow part in that video:

https://tenor.com/view/penny-wise-wave-gif-10651328

A little after that though I see him paste it in. So I take it he ctrl + c and then deleted it.

[reef hound]

thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @honest thicket (current: #587 - 2)

[reef hound]

i want to add like electricity over the text how would i go about doing something like that

[serene coral]

I would look around online for a png of electricity and use it on top of the text. you can also use layer mask to make it appear in front or behind the text

https://texturelabs.org/?s=electricity&texture=only

[pseudo apex]

Can anyone still try and help me?

[serene coral]

you have to use radial gradient and set its points the way you want so the center is on the object you want to 'focus'

[faint garden]

the tutorial above is one of the options

if you wanted something like

you would have to import the png from wherever you found it AND change the blending modes

and preferably add a mask to the text layer and decrease the density of the mask so theres a bit of lightning coming through to the text but not enough so that it lowers visibility like in the pictures above

and the blend modes you would like to use are in the first category preferably because you are adding light not taking it from the image so preferably find a lightning image that has a DARK BACKGROUND or NO BACKGROUND

[narrow venture]

Did someone know how to have ABR file for the Summer 2024 Brush for Ps please ?

[vapid flume]

Let me check the link for you

https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/brushes.html
It should work, the link is at the top

Sorry, it's the spring brushes

I am not sure the summer ones are there yet

Kyle Webster has left Adobe, but I think he will continue to supply brushes on an on-demand basis. At least, that's what I heard

[narrow venture]

Since we don’t have Fresco on Mac we need to draw on Ps and I draw on Fresco iPad with the Summer 2024 Pack but when I work on Ps Mac it’s not compatible since the pack is not install on my Mac 😕

[vapid flume]

I just checked on Fresco, and I can see they are available there. Let me see if I can turn that into a link

I have Fresco on the PC

[narrow venture]

Thanks so much 🙏

[vapid flume]

No luck, the link from Fresco desktop only have the spring brushes. Let me find a way

Might need to do through a library or something

[astral dove]

Does anyone have an idea how could i make my own logo similar to these?

[sly hawk]

You need to provide more info. What's the logo supposed to be/represent/say etc?

[vapid flume]

@narrow venture I need to wait for the syncing to complete, I cannot see those in the libraries yet (I can see the spring brushes I just downloaded)
In the meantime I will ask around

[astral dove]

its a clothing brand its supposed to be like similar to those shapes above so i guess a shape

[sly hawk]

If you don't really care, and it means nothing to you, just pick something from shuttrstock perhaps?

Most brand marks at least represent SOMETHING. - A letter, a book, a relevant shape, shield, cog etc.

[astral dove]

thanks will do

[pine coyote]

my photoshop and illustrator just randomly stopped working upon launch. It just freezes when it loads and get stuck at certain points for each app. For photoshop it freezes once it reaches "preferences" and for Illustrator it freezes once it reaches " Plug ins" I am unsure if this is an issue that is causing it. I tried multiple ways to fix this, Uninstalling the programs and downloading again. I tried to run it as administrators. all apps are updated to the max, I dont know why this randomly happened. I did everything i can do to resolve this and it wont work. All my other apps work, prermiere and after effects so i am unsure why this is happening. anyone know how to fix this?

[vapid flume]

All was working perfectly for me today, but I heard about people having isues with the latest Beta version.

Are they Beta versions?

[pine coyote]

yes and no. The ones i am running is illustrator 28.6, tried 27.9.5 and still no luck. and with Photoshop i ran 25.11 and the newest beta and no success

they all keep freezing upon load

where it freezes

[stark wharf]

Did the preferences delete as they may not when you uninstalled, try deleting them and restart then try the apps

[pine coyote]

let me try that

not working still

[ripe quest]

Is your C drive or OS drive near full? It could be that or you have some sort of problem with the hard drive, e.g. bad sectors, file corruption, ect.

[reef hound]

Ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 956)

[reef hound]

Here my full logo I’m not sure how to explain it but I’m trying to add something subtle like the aqua text but for electricity I think both options are a bit aggressive and don’t fit the theme

[pine coyote]

no my drives are still good

[faint garden]

refer to the video above my image

[pine coyote]

i have about 40+ gigs in both

[ripe quest]

SSD or spinning disk?

[pine coyote]

ssd

its weird cause premiere and after effects work

just not illustrator or photoshop

[ripe quest]

What about holding down SHIFT CRTL ALT while Photoshop is starting up.

If it asks to delete the settings, say yes.

[pine coyote]

gets stuc,k here

[faint garden]

have you tried uhh the baby gronk method

[ripe quest]

It seems like you have a hard disk issue. Some sort of file corruption but its difficult to know.

[pine coyote]

skibidi rizz ohioed all over my keyboard im at my last edge sesh

so random it just happened today so gayy

[faint garden]

uhh have you tried installing another version

[pine coyote]

yes

[faint garden]

have you tried installing another version of cc

[pine coyote]

i even adobe cleaner tool and it still no luck

[reef hound]

Yeah still to aggressive I’m unsure how to explain what I want. I have a vision in my head but don’t know how to put it into words

[faint garden]

look up tutorials on layer masks

[ripe quest]

You can try the CC Cleaner app and start over with a clean install. I'd check the hard disk first for problems. The manufacturer probably makes a utility for that.

[faint garden]

@pine coyote https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/using/install-previous-version.html

[reef hound]

Best way I can put it into words or a image I want something that surrounds the text more than going inside of it or behind it

[faint garden]

ahhh you want a stroke of some sorts

[reef hound]

Yeah I think ?

[faint garden]

ohh no i get it

hmmm

have you tried pasting an image in changing the blend modes

and playing with fill if available or opacity

[reef hound]

Yes

[faint garden]

?

have you tried looking up yt tutorials on something about lightning stroke

[reef hound]

https://www.freeject.net/2022/06/free-download-15-electricity-photoshop.html?m=1 I think I might have just found it

[faint garden]

see

[reef hound]

Ty for ur help

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @faint garden (current: #916 - 1)

[faint garden]

bro what the leveling up system is this

[faint garden]

lol

[ripe quest]

Please stop posting GIFs here. This is a help channel.

[reef hound]

not even the png images work

[faint garden]

oh come on

someone hasnt tried being jolly

[faint garden]

how

did you brick your photoshop 😭

[ripe quest]

I'm asking you nicely not to do that here. We appreciate your cooperation.

[faint garden]

I love you man

[ripe quest]

._Electricity by freeject.abr - try chaning the file name.

[ripe quest]

Or is there a MacOS folder in there? These could be Mac file pointers.

Hence the reason they would not work on Windows.

[ripe quest]

Screenshot the contents of the zip file you downloaded.

[reef hound]

Give me a couple minutes

[ripe quest]

Use the one without the dot underscore... Notice the difference in file size?

The other is probably some MacOS file pointer or thumbnail or preview... whatever they do on MacOS.

[reef hound]

bruh thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2228)

[odd bear]

hello everyone, I have a problem with photoshop that I don't understand, when I skew a shape it also changes the properties

[stark wharf]

Have you tried booting up in Safe Mode?

This should be a thread!!

[ripe quest]

When you manipulate the points on the Primitive Shape (i.e. Rect, Ellipse, etc), it is converted to a Shape Path. Thus, all those "special options" like corner rounding on the Rectangle are no longer available.

[odd bear]

there is a way to avoid that, because I saw people who also skew the shape had the same properties??

[ripe quest]

If you're trying to retain that Primitive Shape and its options, you can convert it to a Smart Object BEFORE you transform it. Then you can always, enter the Smart Object, make changes, save it and go back to the main layout and it would be updated.

[odd bear]

thank you so much

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2229)

[odd bear]

you helped me a lot

[ripe quest]

Glad you got it sorted out!

[gilded sluice]

#✅community-guidelines how to edit image in photoshop

[distant adder]

Do you want to hire someone to edit or you are starting to learn Photoshop !!

[ripe quest]

For people new to Photoshop and not sure where to start...
Hit Ctrl F to open the Discover Window. - "Hands-on Tutorials" - Set the filter to: Beginner. Work your way through those materials. Those will get you familiar the basic tools and techniques.

[pine coyote]

I got it fixed!! Adobe agent helped me!

They uninstalled all my apps through cc cleaner and redownloaded it! Everything works now

[ripe quest]

I suggested that above and you said you had already tried that.

[pine coyote]

I didn’t do it the right way

I had to clean all

I only uninstalled one app

But Adobe agent uninstalled and cleaned everything

[ripe quest]

Well, its great that you got it figured out!

[pine coyote]

Thanks my bro, if anyone has the same problem Adobe is really helpful they’ll guide you through it

[ripe quest]

Well, generally, we send people to the CC Cleaner page which links to the app and describes that process in detail. However, Adobe Customer Care is there when people need a bit of additional support. If you can do it yourself, you don't have to give anyone admin access to your computer, which some people aren't very keen on doing. :)

[pine coyote]

i followed through with the cc cleaner page but it was asking to do only one program

i was unaware that i needed to clean all apps cause indesign wasnt working as well

only my premiere and after effects were working so i guess it was just design apps

adobe customer care suggested a full clean, i didnt know that was possible at the time based on the steps given :/

its random that it affected all my programs that were design, some dumb bug

[ripe quest]

Or something was corrupted during download, or there is an issue with your hard disk, etc. Its difficult to know why.

Regardless, you've apparently got it worked out. Now its time to start creating.

[pine coyote]

yea thats true, im unsure why it happened but i am sure glad it is fixed whew

yess its cool i found this community excited to share my work with fellow creative individuals

[stark wharf]

Normally Cleaner works with single app, you don't normally have to remove everything!

[ripe quest]

In regards to problems with multiple apps not starting up, we would likely recommend that they do a complete uninstall/reinstall of everything. It's a safer option.

[vapid flume]

@narrow venture I asked around and here is the answer. The summer 2024 brushes have never been fully released, because of Kyle's departure, they were never fully implemented. As of now, the latest fully released brushes are the spring ones.
I don't know if there is a viable solution to transfer them into shareable libraries, but I haven't been able to do it.

[river otter]

Hi, I have a question, I've cutout some layers and when I add them all together I have those blank outlines, how do I get rid of them?

[ripe quest]

It would be better to make copies of the layer/objects and use Layer Masks to hide pixels. This as opposed to chopping/pasting parts. Then you can refine the edges after-the-fact. Once you've cut and pasted, the pixels are changed permanently.

Also, it might help to understand the goal of this process. Are you hoping to put new objects behind some of these items in the scene?

[river otter]

so like

my layers disappeared

💀

[river otter]

humann

save me

[ripe quest]

Window > Layers... or F7 on the keyboard

[river otter]

tyyyyy

[river otter]

also

the generative fill

says "currently not available"

[ripe quest]

Are you signed in to your Adobe Account?

[river otter]

nope

[ripe quest]

You can't use cloud-based features without being signed in to an Adobe Account.

[river otter]

so i dont have to be signed in to use it

?

oh

do i just go on google and sign in orrrr

[ripe quest]

Help > Sign in... ?

Or open the Creative Cloud app and sign in there

[river otter]

found it

now i jus hope i remember my log in 😭

[ripe quest]

You can recover it regardless.

[river otter]

yeah but i be lazy sometimes

[ripe quest]

That's unfortunate.

[river otter]

i signed in

and then the sign in thing that showed i\up inside of photoshop disappeared, and i still cant use the feature

i think it crashed or didnt work

no it says im signed in

i just cant use it

[ripe quest]

Close Photoshop. Open the Creative Cloud app and sign in to your Adobe Account. Make sure you're signed in to your account. Then open Photohsop.

[river otter]

okii

[river otter]

do i leave it open when i open photoshop

[ripe quest]

No. You can close it. You just want to make sure that you've signed in and that CC apps are registered on that PC.

[river otter]

aaaa it worked

thank youuuu

literal life saver 🙏

[ripe quest]

I do my best. Glad you got it sorted out!

[river otter]

❤️

[astral dove]

do you know where i could find a logo somewhere else? i didnt really find anything there

[peak zephyr]

Could someone help me out 🙏 it would be very highly and kindly appreciated

[ripe quest]

You want to learn how to make something or you want someone to make something for you?

[vocal wren]

Hi everyone I need a favour, I took a picture of this cool church in greece but the background isn’t really matching the aesthetic I want for it, if possible could anyone add a nice sunset in the background and maybe add something to the foreground I’m not sure so completely fine if not. Thanks very much

[sly hawk]

You in Kos? That's church Agios?

[vocal wren]

Didn’t realise it was that simple ha thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 957)

[vocal wren]

Yeah it is lol I come here most years it’s a beautiful place

[thin atlas]

I need help. I'm trying to make a photorealistic globe map for an alien planet I'm making, but I can't figure out a method or find tutorials to make the realistic sea. Can anyone help out with this?

I mean something like in this image.

[coral lodge]

So as shown in this screenshot, whenever I hover over a layer it highlights it in blue. How can I disable this feature?

[ripe quest]

Select the Move Tool (V) and check the Options Bar > Gear Icon... Remove the hover options.

[ripe quest]

Perhaps you could use DEMs or top-down views of topographic maps. Colorize them. That might be one way.

[thin atlas]

DEMs?

[ripe quest]

Digital Elevation Models.

[bronze vine]

ive removed a green screen by using the remove background option

on this picture

[ripe quest]

You could maybe start with something like that and manipulate them.

[bronze vine]

but there are still a few thin green pixels around the model

is there a way to trim like the outer 2 pixels of the image?

[ripe quest]

You can add a Layer Mask and use Refine Mask. Then you can shift the edge by a few pixels. That's one way.

[bronze vine]

do i change something here?

[ripe quest]

Yes. Its going to depend on the mask you made

[bronze vine]

for some reason nothing changes

when i cahnge the shift edge value

[ripe quest]

I'm assuming that there is nothing on your Layer Mask.

[bronze vine]

oh yea..

well how do i get it to mask the whole subject

[ripe quest]

Ctrl click on the Layer to select the pixels. (Not the Layer Mask). Then you'll need to invert the selection. Select the mask and fill those areas with black. Do you understand how Layer Masks work or nah?

[bronze vine]

oh yea that worked

this looks correct, no?

[ripe quest]

Now Refine Mask and try to shif the edge slightly.

[bronze vine]

i still don't see a change for some reason

it is the one at the bottom right?

wait

i thikn i got it working

hold on

[ripe quest]

Yeah. You can try to expand the selection, fill the mask again and then try this again. Its really difficult to describe this.

[bronze vine]

i see a change when i move the radius value

but not the shift edges

the radius value creates this

adding feather to the mask kinda solved my problem

[ripe quest]

You would use all of those controls. Sparingly. Small changes.

[bold galleon]

I have a nice mask that I would like to copy to another layer, can I do this? I actually frequently want to do this

[ripe quest]

Hold ALT. Click and drag the mask to the desired layer.

[bold galleon]

Ohhh snapp, thanks! I'll not even exaggeratingly probably end up using this hourly

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2230)

[fallen bramble]

Use photoshop filter > render options

[gusty dome]

Hidey Ho All - I have some retangles that I want to make exactly 11 pt. When I type in 11 pt Photoshop will make it 11.04 pt. Why does it do that?

[bold galleon]

I have an image with many layers that I want to essentially make all the edges fade into transparancy. Kind of like a finishing "frame." How would I do this?

[coral lodge]

thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2231)

[quaint walrus]

any tips on creating custom posters similar to these? i'm a beginner at photoshop and would love to make posters for my apartment

[azure badger]

Hello! I am new to this world of Photoshop, and I am interested in making my own t-shirt designs, but I don't know where to start, could someone help me know where I should start, please, thanks.

[gilded sluice]

#📕server-guide how can i delete the flowers on the lakeside

[coral lodge]

im having this issue where the object is snapping like this. is there a way to disable this?

https://streamable.com/kd64ve

[ripe quest]

View > Snap...

And View > SnapTo... if you want to toggle certain snapping

[clear bramble]

So I’m having trouble trying to save as copy a tga it’s not saving to my pc any help?

[ripe quest]

Works for me. Version 25.11

[latent aspen]

who does t-shirt graphic design ?

[still cradle]

press ctrl

its the best option

[coral lodge]

I fixed it now

[coral lodge]

👍 ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2233)

[night fog]

trying to download photoshop and im outta options bro, its installing creative cloud as a DMG file??? and whenever i try to download it straight from the source its skewed, am i doing something wrong?

thought maybe i clicked something wrong

ive had ps before

just never used and deleted it

says its incompatible but I run a 4090, have 2 tb free

[cunning bobcat]

is there a way to make highlighted text using the layer style option?

like its been highlighted with a highlighter how it is on google docs

[wary isle]

How would one replace the shades of purple, into a series of red shades, whilst keeping the drawn look and basically not scuffing it all up?

[hushed niche]

Hi, I would recommend to do Ctrl+F and start with the basics tutorials to know how things work in Photoshop. I like the Photoshopessentials website as well.

[hushed niche]

Hi, I’d try another browser, see: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/i-cant-install-any-adobe-app-after-factory-reset-for-my-pc-dmg/m-p/14654729

[hushed niche]

Hello, it maybe keeps the proportions of the rectangle. Or if the resolution is too low, maybe is it trying to snap to pixels/units?

[hushed niche]

Howdy! To tally on, I’d look into tutorials to create lighting using render>clouds and difference clouds: https://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/lightning/lightning.htm but do not use levels so strongly. It could be the basis for a random elevation map.

[zenith harness]

Are these free hand pencil strokes?

I'm just guessing them. can someone help me recreate these pencil drawings.

[vapid flume]

These are just drawings made with the brush tool (hardness 100%, colour white, flow 100%)
It's easier to do with a graphic tablet as it's not easy drawing with a mouse, but if you only have a mouse, know that you can control the "smoothness" of the drawing as well (the stroke conteracts the jagginess of the line automatically)
Alternatively you can use vector strokes which can be tweaked after the fact with nodes. This is the method of choice for people like me who can't draw to save their lives 🙂

[zenith harness]

Cool. Thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 690)

[cunning bobcat]

is there a way to turn all these guides into strokes in photoshop?

[vapid flume]

AS far as I know, not in Photoshop (you can do the opposite thouigh, turn lines into guides)

I know it doesn't help 🙂

[cunning bobcat]

no plugins or anything? dang

[vapid flume]

But since you can have the snapping magnetism on, it will be relatively easy to draw a vector line over them, two clicks each time. Unless you have 100 of those obviously

[vapid flume]

The world of plugins is infinite, you can have a search on the marketplace (In your CC app)

but some plugins are not necessarily distributed through the Adobe Marketplace (that's the dev choice), and can be found on GitHub or some commercial platforms like Envato

I believe this option exist in Illustrator, so while it doesn't help as of now, that can be a good option for next time
https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/how-to-convert-guides-to-lines-that-can-have-strokes-fills/m-p/2481099

Apparently someone made a script
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vEEeHXLwT0
I haven't tested it though, exercise caution! @cunning bobcat

[cunning bobcat]

@vapid flume Thank you. I found a solution but it requires some type of script?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 691)

[vapid flume]

I cannot help you there, I thought the guy in the video made one ready to use, but I didn't check further.
Photoshop uses Javascript if that helps (I am unashamedly outsourcing any scripting needs to my beloved husband 🙂 )

https://www.creativebloq.com/photoshop/scripts-4132441
Apparently it just requires you to copy the script from the forum, paste it in a text editor, and then running it as you would normally from the script menu (File>script)

[cunning bobcat]

Thank you @vapid flume

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 692)

[cunning bobcat]

It worked

[vapid flume]

Glad I was able to find it's not hard to do as well! Win win for both of us

[carmine briar]

hello. I have this design (1 text layer, 1 rectangle, 1 text layer) and I need to make one for 1/100 to 100/100 but when I change the 50 to 1 I want it to be always the same spacing on the left side so the orange and 100 text should also go to the left. if you get what I mean,, sorry my english is not good and i dont know how to explain

like when I change the 50 to 1 it is like this but it's not possible to enable something to make it always have same spacing between 1 and orange rectangle and the text? it will take me long time always moving manually and not precise

[meager lintel]

I am looking for a recommendation, I want to create a sticker sheet for my phone case but I would rather not do it all manually. Are there any ways of easily doing this. I picked images out from online and I put them in photoshop and got the desired stroke on them to make them look like stickers, I want to have them randomly placed around the canvas except for the camera area and I want them to be randomly rotated but not upside-down

[vapid flume]

@carmine briar If I understand well, you need to have a fixed spacing between letters
I don't think it's possible with a text like that because spacing/kerning is built-in the font. You can tweak it, but you'll have to tweak it with the kerning option of the character panel for every number.

so two solutions, either you choose a mono-spaced font (like courrier), or you turn your text into shape, and it will react as shapes that you can align with the alignment tools

It may sound tedious but there is only 10 numbers and with the help of guides where your letters will snap onto, it can be a breeze.
To convert to shape right click on the text layer and choose "convert to shape"

[meager lintel]

Found a script online that does it

[orchid canopy]

Is anyone here available to assist me with a Adobe CRAW issue im having please?

[vapid flume]

Just ask your question and if anyone knows the answer they will answer!

[unreal cobalt]

hello everyone! I have a question to ask. How can I make text like this?

[lost hamlet]

I cant paint with brushes like oil in fresco…why??

[sly hawk]

Which bit specifically?

[unreal cobalt]

1 Gradient stroke

2 color inside the text

3 lens flare like effect

[sly hawk]

Here's one way... 🙂

[unreal cobalt]

thanks alot

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 958)

[sly hawk]

It sounds like this would be a lot easier if you used TWO text boxes?

Left one could be RIGHT aligned, and right one would be LEFT aligned.

[unreal cobalt]

you were such a huge help for me ❤️

[sly hawk]

If you need ALL the numbers, I'd suggest you try a photoshop data merge to speed things up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2PRJ50uZI8

[lost hamlet]

Please help with this question im very irritated!! #❓ask-a-question message

[sly hawk]

Are you using the mixer brush?

[lost hamlet]

I don’t know i just downloaded the program yesterday

[sly hawk]

Is this what you're hoping to do/use?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYFFbCh0QE

(Sorry, I don't use fresco)

[lost hamlet]

@sly hawk im just trying to use these brushes but they wont paint

[sly hawk]

oh, you're actually using fresco! - I thought you wanted photoshop to be like fresco.

[sly hawk]

Have you watched this guide?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EZlQAwH664

[lost hamlet]

Giving a try thanks. If someone else knows what the problem is, just type #❓ask-a-question message

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 959)

[lost hamlet]

Ok I know why

[molten solar]

@carmine briar The left hand text layer must be aligned right, and the right hand layer aligned left. That should be all you need.

Left layer aligned right:

[full valve]

Could someone please explain me how can i replicate the green color on the white?

[mint night]

I want to make a banner for my discord server but i cant figure out how to set it to 16:9 aspect ratio?

[mint night]

Please help me fast

[hushed niche]

Please share!

[hushed niche]

The crop tool is a way, or image size. But you did not explain the results that you expected: remove part of the flag? Expand it? If you want fast help you need to give accurate expectations

[mint night]

I handled it somehow

thanks tho!

Could you tell me a font that looks like this tho? maybe you know?

im trying to make my server a bit better

[ripe quest]

Generally, you create a document at the proper aspect ratio first and then put the design elements into it. Thus, if you want 16:9, then you probably want 1920x1080 or something like that. Then create your layout inside that canvas. If you try to scale these things afterwards, you could have problems scaling objects to fit.

[lost hamlet]

It was the pencil pro that refused to draw with different brushes in different programs. I could paint with my finger tho and in non painting apps pencil pro worked in a polite way. I removed the tip of the pen, changed the settings, unpaired pen few times etc.. nothing worked until i decided to restart the ipad. After that it worked as usual and I painted masterpieces

No idea why, the pencil terrified me

[hushed niche]

Thanks, it might help others, and it is good to know for the helpers, so that we have other recommendations to make

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @lost hamlet (current: #918 - 1)

[lost hamlet]

Im immensely happy that I could help. :hattip:

[mint night]

chat uhh

can i add text on a video. Since i wanna make my discord server's icon animated :P

i plan for it to be this:

but it just gave me a image

[scarlet rune]

can someone help me?

im trying to replace this image in an embedded smart object

but whenever i edit contents and close, nothing changes

[still verge]

Are you trying to save it as a GIF or as a Video?

[mint night]

Gif

[still verge]

And how are you exporting the file?

[mint night]

I don't have the option to export it as gif

Only image

[still verge]

Well, back up. You have the video on one layer and the text on another. Have you opened the timeline panel

[mint night]

No..

[still verge]

You're in Photoshop

Go to Window > Timeline

a box will appear

with a button

click Create Video Timeline

You'll see something like this

[void glen]

@micah could you maybe help me out with smth?

[still verge]

sure

[void glen]

ik its extremely simple, but do u know how to add like cool effects like this to text?

[still verge]

You with me so far?

[still verge]

So you want a fading bar behind the text?

[void glen]

yeah

couldnt rlly find much on google but tbh i didnt try those words, lemme google it

[still verge]

So you have your image on one layer, create your text on another layer

[void glen]

could try the gradient tool right?

on a rectangle bar

[still verge]

Use the rectangle tool

make a solid color rectangle

[void glen]

yeah

[void glen]

this right? i think this could work

[void glen]

what did you do to the white layer?

[still verge]

then add a layer mask and paint black on the edges of the rectangle

that's a layer mask

[void glen]

thats perfect lemme try real quick

[still verge]

Jesus has a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtGXyzbiQY

[void glen]

gonna watch the vid to see how to make the edges black

[still verge]

So you click the little box with a circle in it on the tool bar, and paint black (to hide, white to reveal) the layer.

[void glen]

do i have to have the white layer on the layer menu selected?

cause when i try to use the brush it just changes the color of the background a bit instead of the rectangle

[still verge]

Yes. So select the layer you want to mask. Add the layer mask, click on the layer mask (white rectangle next to layer) and paint on it.

Always mask instead of copy/pasting, when possible

[void glen]

gonna watch the video you sent cause i think im missing a step but thanks a lot for pushing me in the right direction.

[still verge]

Let me know if you need more help.

[void glen]

one last question, this image is 2 mixed into one, like the buildings and the hallway are one image and the one on the right with the girl is another. my question is what tools exist to blend images together?

I learned how to use the gradient tool in like layers to blend images together but is there any other way? any other tool that I can learn to use that will also give these results?

gradient tool is cool but was wondering if there are any other better options that i can learn

[still verge]

This is all masking too.

[void glen]

ok ill master masking then, any youtubers you recommend?

[still verge]

Jesus Ramirez (Photoshop Training Channel), Colin Smith (PhotoshopCAFE)

[void glen]

so this is masking and not done using the gradient tool?

[still verge]

Lisa Carney

[void glen]

alright, again thanks so much for helping us noobs out lmao

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @still verge (current: #435 - 3)

[still verge]

Yes, all masking

[void glen]

great thx!!!!

[void glen]

omg yeah that is much better then the gradient tool

[ripe quest]

https://discord.com/channels/547473772727238676/1045711257178738760

[ripe quest]

You can use the Gradient Tool on the Layer Mask...

[void glen]

thats what ive been doing yeah

[void glen]

but this looks better

for what i need

[void glen]

thanks for this

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2236)

[ripe quest]

The point is: you can use the Gradient Tool, the Brush, any number of tools on the Layer Mask to affect it.

[ripe quest]

Happy Masking

[void glen]

ok yeah i need to learn how to use the brush tool on layer masks now then

[void glen]

:)

[still verge]

Yah, you can use the gradient tool on the mask box to fade

dithering

Create the object, blur it a bit, set layer to Dissolve

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @still verge (current: #345 - 4)

[void glen]

how to use 2 gradients on a layer mask? for some reason i cant find anything on google

[void glen]

like if i want to put a gradient on the layer mask on one side of the rectangle, how do i add another for the other side without deleting the first grardient

[still verge]

So you can either switch to classic gradient and use lighten/darken mode.

OR

And easier/better

Put your Layer and Mask into a Folder, and then add a layer mask to the folder

[void glen]

perfect

the folger

[void glen]

folder worked great

isnt this gradient fading to almost like a white?

hows that possible

[still verge]

Not sure, would need to see the full image/layers

[void glen]

insteaed of going to transperent its got like white highlights

[still verge]

those appear to be on the photo imo

[void glen]

full image but i havent got the psd file

[still verge]

yah that's some object

[void glen]

u think? above the word HOPE it looks like part of the rectangle

[still verge]

not seeing it

[void glen]

isnt it pretty clear here=

?*

[still verge]

The fade continues beyond the H

[void glen]

cause if white is transparent, is there a way to make the gradient 2 colors? like from green to actual white?

white is clear i mean

[still verge]

Sure. you could make a gradient any set of colors

[void glen]

ill try it in a bit thanks again

[void glen]

yeah i wouldve thought cause the letters are a separate object then the rectangle, its just like put on top

[void glen]

yeah this is what i see on my image

cool space thing

[still verge]

So you can paint any color you want over top the graident

gradient

but the mask is strictly greyscale

[rough acorn]

hey bros, how can i export this image with transparent background? watched YT videos but my artboard isn't letting me do that

[still verge]

so is the white area actually transparent, or is it white?

[rough acorn]

it's not transparent

[still verge]

But you want the white areas around the photo transparent?

[rough acorn]

exactly

[still verge]

oh

actually, it looks like the man is transparent

[rough acorn]

yeah right, the white thing is the artboard

[still verge]

Select the Artboard tool then go to the context menu at the top and make your artboard transparent

Then export as a png/gif

[rough acorn]

thanks bro

[void glen]

@ebon trail Got it done thanks again

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ebon trail (current: #918 - 1)

[void glen]

@still verge

Oops tagged the wrong micah

[still verge]

Looks good

[gentle cosmos]

Hi! I have a question about making a 'long-shadow' but instead of having it go 45 degrees, i want it to be vertical, and have the shadow reduce size as it goes down.

[spark current]

How can I center-align text vertically within a container without aligning it to the bottom?

[gentle cosmos]

so then it would fill up that empty spot there

is there a way i can make this type of shadow without having to manually draw the lines and fill up the inside of it?

[spark current]

@still verge

[still verge]

So there's a few ways to do this, none of them will create a true 3d look without using Illustrator or other app.

[gentle cosmos]

may i kindly ask what those three ways are?

im trying using a triangle shape and flipping it upside down at the moment

[still verge]

Duplicate the text layer.
Make it Grey/dark grey.

Record an Action to do the following:
Duplicate the current layer
Transform the layer 99% h 99%v and move it down a few pixels

You could even make the action reduce the opacity a bit to fade it out

[gentle cosmos]

i do want to make it go vertical, is there a way to do that as well?

[still verge]

Another way is to similarly do it with Dropshadows in the layers panel, but that is a bit more difficult

Just increase the vertical change

so translate 0 h and 5 pixels

but it wont look as good

[gentle cosmos]

Would that make it look as similar as this one?

[still verge]

It could, yes

lower the amount you shrink the font by

[gentle cosmos]

Okay thank you!

I'll try and let you know

thank you for ur kind answer 🙂

also

may I ask another question?

I commissioned this to one of the designers i know

and i want to make the similar text box myself as well.

but im not sure if i can recall that box without using illustrator

i want to make one so that the edges of the text boxes are like that to make it look somewhat 3d

[still verge]

that's an inside-shadow

[gentle cosmos]

is the inside-shadow one of the blending options?

like this one?

[still verge]

yeah

Play with the size a bit

[gentle cosmos]

okay thank you!! ill try that

[still verge]

Not sure what you're saying can you rephrase?

[cursive night]

hi

I know its weird question but

how can I make the curves affect only the layer I wanted

[still verge]

You want to Alt/Option click between the curves and the layer you want it to apply to

Alt click on the line between them

[cursive night]

ohhh

it was this easy

thank you

[spark current]

like anchor text box?

[gentle cosmos]

im still not really getting these well-organized pixel edges. are these drawable with the inner shadows?

[spark current]

like i want it in the middle but not bottom or top

hopefully that make sense 😭

[still verge]

No that's going to be Bevel option

[spark current]

like the anchor text goes to the bottom

like i want int in the middle but not bottom or top

[gentle cosmos]

Oh thank you!!!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @still verge (current: #281 - 5)

[spark current]

maybe this helps? idk 😭

[still verge]

LOL never seen it before

[spark current]

OH LOL

no thats isnt in photoshop

its just a example on like what i meant

bye.. does this help-

[still verge]

I think that's just a diagonal line across the box that's been beveled...

or draw it and bevel it

[still verge]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking. Is there something you can show me that explains what you want?

[cursive night]

hey micah I did that and it worked but not like how I expected it to be it was wery sharp before I assign it to the layer but when I asign it to the layer it just goes to the old sharpness

this is the before assigning

this is after

[still verge]

Screen shot your interface and layers

[cursive night]

do you mean this ?

[still verge]

So the curves is on the log layer right now

is that the right one?

[cursive night]

yeah

[still verge]

Try a levels instead?

You're using curves to sharpen the blurred image/

?

[cursive night]

yeah

[spark current]

maybe this helps..

HELP

[spark current]

here

[spark current]

( this isnt photoshop )

the example is from a different program , i just want to like do the same thing in like in photoshop

where the anchor text is like in the middl

middle

[cursive night]

do you want the text start from middle ?

[spark current]

YES Like

its center

ykyk

see how in discord

the anchor text goes down

[cursive night]

from here

[spark current]

yeah like that but like

no i know its like in the middle but like when i hit enter doesnt go entirely down but like

omg idk how to explain HELP

[cursive night]

I am realy confused XD

[full valve]

What is the best way to paint the whole sweater green? Tried most youtube tutorials and doesn't work well

[spark current]

i shhowed it in the gif

😭

[cursive night]

yeah it starts from middle

[still verge]

do you just want to shift the baseline?

[spark current]

first example w/ the pink X i showed

is like when the second word it goes down

but with the second example w/ the check mark

its like it still goes down but just small bit and the top word goes up a bit

[spark current]

sorry im so dum wdym

[cursive night]

ohhh

you mean

it should be in the middle of the page

I get what you meant now but its realy hard to explain :D

[still verge]

ohhh

i see

[spark current]

oof

yeah cause like

i tried liek doing everything like what YT said

but when seeing them doing it its wrong anyway

like its not the thing that i need to liek figure out

it be great if yall can help me out on this 😭

[still verge]

this is a very html centric thing

[cursive night]

I never seen how to do it photoshop like that you want it to get centered automatically like in word program but I am actually very confused about how even did you find that gif

[gentle cosmos]

hi im really sorry to bother again, but where can i find this option?

[still verge]

i dont think ps does this.

[spark current]

i see

no worries. thank you so much anyway <3

[still verge]

which one

[spark current]

lol

thank you both anyway

[gentle cosmos]

the transform option

mine doesnt show that atm

[still verge]

Edit > Transform

Free Transform

[spark current]

@still verge @cursive night

is there like a some other way to do it?

like moving the text

idk

[cursive night]

yeah you can just moove the text yourself after writing it

[spark current]

like putting the 2 words in a text box and like

center it

yk

[cursive night]

just press control + t

[spark current]

ohhh

[spark current]

what does that do again?

[cursive night]

it lets you freely moove any layer you selected :D

in photoshop everything is a layer so you can move the text too

[gentle cosmos]

then do i have to make this change for every single duplicated layers that i make??

or is there a way to make it auto-shrink as i duplicate the layers?

[spark current]

ohh omh thank you so much 😭

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @cursive night (current: #918 - 1)

[spark current]

ok i do need help w/ it tho HELP

when moving it , is there like a guide?

[cursive night]

what do you mean by that :D

like centering the page

[spark current]

like a guide that like u put it in the center

like those guide lines looking thingy

idk help

[gentle cosmos]

isnt that automatically done by photoshop??

[spark current]

im not sure.

[cursive night]

yeah there is little purple dots and string that helps you

[spark current]

mhm i see

thank you !

[cursive night]

and it automatically puts them there

[spark current]

but if it does? how?

[spark current]

ahhh

okay okay

[gentle cosmos]

??

[spark current]

thanks <3

[gentle cosmos]

just try it LOL

[cursive night]

np happy to help

[spark current]

LMAO

stop ur makin me like in dumb as heck

LOLOLOLOLL

[cursive night]

XD

no you are not dumb not everybody needs to know everything

[gentle cosmos]

ur not dumb lol

[spark current]

lol thanks , yeah im just really new w/ photoshop

[gentle cosmos]

.

[cursive night]

and one last tip if you dont want it automatically putting somewhere you can hold ctrl while moving the layer

[cursive night]

I mean you can just duplicate the one you shrinked

[gentle cosmos]

but wouldnt that still not shrink the size?

[cursive night]

uhhh

I dont get it what do you mean by that :D

[gentle cosmos]

like this is what im getting rn

i want the size to shrink more and more

as im duplicating the layers

[cursive night]

oh I get it now

[gentle cosmos]

maybe i understood this in like the wrongest way ever

[cursive night]

you want the text yo get smaller every time right

[gentle cosmos]

YES

[still verge]

make the second layer solid color to match.
It does seem to be moving or shrinking

[gentle cosmos]

ok ill try that

can i make it fully white?

[cursive night]

there is realy not a way I know other than doing it by hand sorry

[gentle cosmos]

i want the shadow color to match the stroke color(white)

[cursive night]

wait is there shadow ?

I cant see text shadow on there

[still verge]

yeah

[gentle cosmos]

this is sort of what im trying to make

[still verge]

you might rasterize the second text layer

[gentle cosmos]

that part under the text

[still verge]

make it completely white

[gentle cosmos]

ok

[cursive night]

I dont think this is shadow rather than shadow it looks like its made by hand

[gentle cosmos]

i think it does too but idk

[still verge]

it probably is, but can be done other ways

[gentle cosmos]

i made it completely white, but i think the size is still not auto-shrinking

does the 'free transform' option make it auto shrink everytime i duplicate the layer??

so this is currently what i have

and ive made it so that the w and h is 99 %

and it doesnt auto shrink 😦

this is what im getting right now btw

[still verge]

Show the action

[gentle cosmos]

action as in

like what im doing??

[still verge]

Did you record an action?

[gentle cosmos]

how do u record one

LOL that was the issue i guess

[still verge]

Open the Actions Panel

Click the [+]

Type in a name "vertical shadow"

Hit the round record button •

Duplicate the layer
Control-T to transform, move it down a few pixels and then in the top bar set it to 99.5% x 99.5%

ill make a video

[cursive night]

how about just making one of them than stretching it down to the lenght you wanted than making the bottom narrower so it looks like its going smaller ?

[scarlet fulcrum]

Hey guys I was wondering what the best way to replicate these gel camera filters in Photoshop is? I've tried to search about it but the searches are dominated by gel lights instead
I've also tried RGB (it's the colours I need) color layers with varying fill and normal, soft light and overlay blending modes

[gentle cosmos]

wait i got what you mean

ill try

nvm i did not get what you meant

[cursive night]

me or micah :D

[gentle cosmos]

both actually LOL

[cursive night]

XD

[still verge]

SO the actions panel is a way to automate tasks

[gentle cosmos]

right

[still verge]

We're using the actions panel to do something over and over

[gentle cosmos]

i got that part

[still verge]

So click the [+] to create a new action

type in name for action

that will start the recording

[still verge]

duplicate your outline text layer
then Edit > Free Transform
Set to 99.5% x 99.5% and then move the text down a bit (use arrow keys to move it down a few pixels)

we'll have to play with that part

[gentle cosmos]

OMG

i did it

THANK YOU LOL

[still verge]

So, not as fast as doing it by drawing, but you can make it work

Also if you wanted the shadow to fade out, you could lower opacity

[gentle cosmos]

thank you!!

[gentle cosmos]

i really appreciate all your help, thanks a lot :)))

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @still verge (current: #250 - 6)

[solar kayak]

Please help! I need to change the jacket in the photo to another one, but it is very particular. I cannot use random color or pattern. How to do it? I've watched 10 different tutorials but none of it worked

[still verge]

like this?

[still verge]

Best to give us screen shots of what you have and what you want

[spark current]

where do i find this? swatches thing

is this swatches thhing like a inv of like colors that i saved

or.

[spark current]

Can you help me on the problem that i have rn ! Thank you <3

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @still verge (current: #211 - 7)

[spark current]

o-

[solar kayak]

Thank you! I have this girl, and I have to dress her in this jacket. Is there a way?