❓ask-a-question

[vapid flume]

This is probably the easier way to find about all the tools (for free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFfd0RYax5k

[tame cape]

😅
you cannot reach me the water
my englisch is under all pig

[vapid flume]

It can help if you tell people which language you prefer. Sometimes a good soul is willing to help in a language other than English (I know I do for French, and we normally discuss in a #1223011682012369027 thread, so as not to clutter the main channel with another language...

[ember sparrow]

How do I make the image editable?

[viral palm]

To change Smart object editable you must Rasterize it... Right click on thumbnail (in layer panel) then > Rasterize Layer.
Note this is a destructive way... I should suggest you to keep working with smart object as much as you can.
If you want to erase your selection It would better to use masking technique on a smart object (still editable) than erasing pixel of a rasterized layer.

[rugged marlin]

hi

i have this error message when i want to use generative ai features

[ripe quest]

Your app is pirated. Cloud-based features like Gen Fill are only available to subscribers.

[rugged marlin]

ok

[lime pebble]

☠️

[harsh void]

hello i need help, i would like to crop only the middle photo, without croping the whole project, how can i do that please?

[viral palm]

Around 25sec on your video you have a selection of the area you want to keep. Click on the layer mask icon at the bottom of the layer panel.

You should get what you want...

[harsh void]

thanks !!!

[finite orbit]

Hello everyone im doing some school work and i was wondering how do i do this text effect?

[midnight onyx]

The way I would go at this one is to get the text the size that you want it, rasterize the layer so that photoshop treats it like a regular image, then use the selection tool to grab the chunk that you want to move.

[viral palm]

Pretty simple effect. Two layers of the same text . One masked to reveal the inside of a triangle, the other with the same mask inverted to reveal the outside of the triangle. Then unlink mask from layers (click on links between mask and layer thumbnails. Then with move tooll selected (V) nudge one of the layer with arrow key to create the offset look.

[finite orbit]

Thank you guys for the help!! could you also help me do the text repeating itself like in the image to add that "depth" effect if it wouldnt cause much trouble?

[viral palm]

create a rectangle layer under your text layers then merge them inside a smart object. Then Ctrl+J (Cmd+J on Mac) to make a copy. Select the layer at the bottom of the pile then Ctrl+T (Cmd+T) to transform... Repeat as many times as your design needs.

[finite orbit]

Ill try that right now

[haughty storm]

hey I want to learn how to make life size things bigger within a photo; like this: this isn't my photo and not taking credit for it and only showing it off as an example; could I do this with AI? The person who does this has a manual process and doesn't use AI so I'd like to know if either or both ways are possible?

[haughty storm]

anybody know if Project Clever Composite ever made it to photoshop?

[viral palm]

Not yet but some of functions have been surely embeded in firefly... You know Adobe Max Sneaks don't always end up as shown in regular applications (like photoshop)

[haughty storm]

I'm using PS Beta because I couldn't figure out how to find some of the features like firefly in the normal edition

So Clever Composite is part of firefly or it will be when its all done then?

ahhh I miss the old days of how to/tutorials on a page rather than in a video... I can't see to keep up even if my life depended on it

[ripe quest]

Sneaks only show interesting things in R&D. There aren't any guarantees that they'll end up in the product.

[ripe quest]

Photoshop General Release has Generate Image, Generative Fill, Generative Expand. Certain features, like Composition Reference, you'll have to use the Firefly web service.

[viral palm]

@ripe quest is right and I'm sorry if you didn't quite understand what I was saying. I would say that some of the technologies presented in Sneaks are probably integrated into Photoshop Ai functions (using firefly), but not exactly as they are presented in Sneaks... I'm pretty sure that Photoshop's generative expand, image reference...etc. functions use some of the code developed for the Clever Composite project.
Sneaks are like concept cars... They rarely end up on the market as presented.

[haughty storm]

I see the composite feature on the firefly site, will have to give that a try and see what it does 🙂

[haughty storm]

is there an easy way to compare what is in the general release vs Beta? Even as they get updated, etc?

[ripe quest]

I don't think there is a comparison chart.

[leaden tapir]

Under exposed?

[potent harness]

anyone know how they got the effect on this text outline?

[viral palm]

Yes, It looks like... You could fix it with Camera Raw Filter... Use "Auto" button as starting point then adjust cursors depending on your preferences.
Note: Don't forget to make your image a smart object before.

[cunning wren]

is there anything i can improve?

[viral palm]

Same technique used is well explained here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7uSL_dPOVE
In your image the witch must be isolated (as the girl is in the video).

[midnight onyx]

all the scales are pointing the same direction. On a real tail they'd rotate around the bends. Is there any way to do that without a bunch of fancy warping and rotating?

[potent harness]

awesome! just learned about Fill and its usage from this vid, thank u very much ❤️

[viral palm]

Is your scales made with a photoshop pattern?

[midnight onyx]

I just typed something like "seamless tileable scales" into google and used whatever came up. Here's the one I used: https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/360869-fish-scales-seamless-pattern-mermaid-tail-texture-vector-illustration

[viral palm]

Try this technique... Make a long band of your pattern, Use Edit>Transform>Perspective to squeeze it on the end then turn it in smart object and use Edit>Puppet Warp to warp texture over your tale shape (add pins by clicking on the mesh where the texture must rotate)... I'm going to bed so if you're not familiar with puppet warp I suggest you to make a quick search for "puppet warp photoshop" on YT. Maybe someone else will have a better idea later but it's the first I have for now.

[midnight onyx]

that's perfect! I know how to do each of those steps, I just didn't think to do them in that order for this effect. Thanks and good night! 🙂

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 539)

[haughty storm]

quick question, can that be done on JPGs without losing quality like with actual RAW photos (the whole point of using RAW format to begin with).

[short loom]

how do i mimic this gold style?

[still verge]

Bevel and Emboss

[haughty storm]

Hi I'm trying to figure out how to create a shadow on a curved surface (not flat) I know how to do flat shadows, easily done but can't figure out how to make it look like its following the curve on the ground

[still verge]

do you have an example?

[short loom]

thanks!

[haughty storm]

I kinda already did it, its ok; its close enough I think

[hazy galleon]

Hello! I'm very new to Photoshop and I'm running into some issues when it comes to creating a mock-up of a menu that I'm making for a project. I've got two issues but let's just stick to one of them for now ;p

I've got this shape that I want to make semi-transparent, but thing is, when it overlaps with another shape it becomes less transparent. I want there to be no difference between the two shapes other than the outline. I was thinking that I could just do inverted beveling on the corner but not sure how to actually achieve that. Any help? :o

[still verge]

You need to mask the shapes out from one another so they don't clip, OR add them together.

[hazy galleon]

Not sure I understand. If I don't make them clip then I get this gap in between them.

The closest thing I got was this using Layers > Combine Shapes > Unite Shapes but the outline is still there ;o

[still verge]

Yes, you need to mask them out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNpO6G72O3w

[lavish roost]

How to get unbanned from ae discord?

[haughty storm]

pretty much can't

[lavish roost]

Welp, sucks. Gtg to forums ig.

[haughty storm]

how does one get the beta role?

[frozen magnet]

Hello everyone! Sorry to disturb but i would like to make this pixelated map "dense"

since the colors overlap and not pixelated, does photoshop have a feature?

Currently outside so i'll respond when i can, need all the help i can get!

Thank You!

stuff like this happens

Thank you either way!

[hazy galleon]

Is there a way to make it so that when you hide 1 group, it unhides another specific group? ;o

Like, I'm wondering if it's possible to set it up so that if I hide group 1, group 2 unhides and if I were to hide group 2, group 1 unhides again ;o

If that makes more sense.

[timid delta]

Lets say i made a circle but its not a closed one but i want to fill it with the bucket tool with the colour blue how do i use close gaps like in adobe fresco? or do i manually have to close all gaps?

Basically an auto gap fill tool or smth like that : D

[tame cape]

Hi @hazy galleon
Are both paths in one shape layer? Then the overlapping of the contours should not happen. Unfortunately, I'm not at my computer, so I can't show anything. But select the respective paths individually with the path selection tool black arrow and check the calculation mode (add) of each path.

[proper folio]

yo how can i get this effect

[hazy galleon]

No they were in separate layers, as they're suppose to act like "tabs" with their own set of layers linked to them. I managed to get it working using the masking guide that Micah provided :3

[tame cape]

If you have time, you should try the method with both shapes in one shape layer in Add mode. This could save you masking in the future.

[hazy galleon]

Does that allow me to move each shape individually using the move thingy? :o

[tame cape]

Naturally. You could also change the calculation mode of the individual shapes afterwards and edit the individual shapes. Absolutely flexible (my favourite)

[hazy galleon]

Hm yeah, I'll look into, thanks

[ripe wasp]

can someone teach me how to do like this tho?

[tame cape]

Create a new brown/dark brown gradient layer.

• Create a new white colour layer and mask it wavy.
• Create a yellow circle shape.
• Complete the speech bubble with the path tool.
• Write your black text and move it into the speech bubble.
• Add a cut-out cup.

Done

[ripe wasp]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #42 - 45)

[cunning wren]

which is better?

[tepid frigate]

I think this

[ripe quest]

Please use the #📝project-feedback channel to request advice/suggestions/feedback on projects.

[cinder leaf]

what would be a good way to mask out the hair and get as much detial as I can

[midnight onyx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oepd_o3FukE <-- This is the method that I usually use. There's a bazillion tutorials for other techniques on youtube if you want to experiment with other approaches. Just search for something like "select hair photoshop".

[cinder leaf]

thank you! I will look into it

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @midnight onyx (current: #292 - 5)

[devout bough]

Hi guys i've done this race week poster but it looks to me not completed yet.. Can you give me some advices about things i should add or change? Thanks

Then i have another question, the text, how can i make it have the same perspective as the colusseum?

[hoary locust]

I would focus on color grading; making sure that the colors and lighting is consistent throughout all the images. Maybe add some shadows at the bottom of overlapping images just to add some depth to it

[hoary locust]

Try using warp to make the text wrap around the collusseum

I'm trying to work on the text for this advert but i can't figure out what layout i should go with. Here is what it currently looks like but to be it looks a bit weird. Any tips on what I can do with the text?

[safe violet]

I made a circle and divided it into 6 triangles and cut each triangle out manually into their own images. My goal is to add a gradient to each triangle that goes from the top of the triangle to the bottom.
My problem with this is that since all of the triangles are cut out from one shape, all of them have 0 rotation. Is there anyway to calculate the rotation of each triangle instead of just guessing / and or is there a better and easier way to apply a gradient to all of them?

[tame cape]

360°/6 = 60°
Each part is added to the previous one.
The centre of the first part is therefore at 30°

[safe violet]

thanks 👍

[viral palm]

Not sure to understand your question but: You can open your jpg in Photoshop, right click beside the thumbnail in layer panel (not on the thumbnail) and choose « convert to smart object » > your image layer is now a smart object so if you apply a Camera Raw filter on it you’ll still able to remove it or change settings later… That’s a non destructive way to work.
Only bad side is if you want to save your file and keep it editable you have to save it as a psd or .tiff but file size will increase a lot (3Mb jpg can be around 140Mb in tif but keeps smart object filters)
You can also use Lightrroom classic (if you have a Creative cloudsubscription or a photography plan) you can keep your original and edit/devellop the image in new version you can edit afterward… I’m not a Lightroom user but there are some on this server (if you need help with it)

[haughty storm]

my point was, if you shoot in raw its easier to adjust the photo but if you're adjusting a JPG there's limits, was wondering if camera raw filter has the same limitations on a JPG?

But yeah, smart objects are the best ❤️

is there any way I can pivot a photo or something? I want to turn the black dog to the left but I think it would need to be a 3D object to do that?

[ripe quest]

There is no way rotate it in 3D space. You would either need to take a new photo or try to create something new using Generate Image/Generative Fill.

[haughty storm]

I'd use the generate image maybe but I want to keep the same exact dog

[ripe quest]

Set a photo of the dog as a reference image to influence the Generative engine. (Note: its not exact science and may take several attempts.) You can also try it with the Firefly Web Service.

[haughty storm]

so do I put a selection marquee around the dog I want to modify?

[ripe quest]

I would hide that layer. Make a selection in that area and generate it.

[tepid frigate]

try to do free transform + left mouse click and reflect it, if you meant this

[haughty storm]

a reflection?

[tepid frigate]

ye

[haughty storm]

nah I don't want a reflection, just want to turn the dog to the left a bit more

[ripe quest]

If its your dog, it might be easier to just take a new photo.

[haughty storm]

it is, and I agree; but trying to learn this as if it weren't my dog

[placid sail]

anyone know how to divide all these masks ( picture ) with the same proportion like this?

[ripe quest]

OK. Just be aware that this Generative Tech is not an exact science and may not work like you hope/expect.

[haughty storm]

yeah I knew that; it didn't work 😦

next question: There's no light reference, I could add one maybe; the background photo looks like its high noon I'd like to adjust lighting for both dogs and the background to be similar; what tutorial would I look for on how to do this?

[haughty storm]

thanks guys for answering all my questions 🙂

How do I generate soemthing like this with no outfit? (I'm being polite here, I need it blank for mockups please)

[ripe quest]

Maybe that will give you some ideas and get you started. Play with the prompt.

[haughty storm]

that'll work, but how did you do that?

[ripe quest]

Photoshop > Generate Image...

[haughty storm]

ty for the help; I feel like I'm not creative enough... really have to think out of the box for stuff like this

[midnight onyx]

I've been getting really good at using the pen tool and paths and stuff. Any recommendations for cool projects/effects I can make using the pen tool or paths?

[ripe quest]

Play with the prompt. Practice. Try things out.

[ripe quest]

Please stop posting the same question here. Perhaps make a post in the #1223011682012369027 and then it won't get lost in this chat.

[midnight onyx]

good call, yeah.

[limber patrol]

does anyone know what the number font is?

[nocturne harness]

For some strange reason, the brightness of colours in photoshop is reduced, as you can see the image on the left (photoshop) is more muted than the image on the right which is in a different app i need some way to revert this since before colours were equally as bright.

FYI this affects ALL Photoshop files, files created before the issue began and after, i also dont remember changing any colour settings and in fact i dont even know how to

Also this is adobe photoshop 2023, i dont use 2024 because its much slower

[vague bough]

having some problem with the alt+shift+ctrl+t command, whenever i use it it copies the transformation, but doesn't copy it onto a new layer. Am i just being stupid?

[bold galleon]

I feel like a clipping mask would be worth experimenting with on the text.

[viral palm]

Check if Photoshop uses the same color space than your other app.

[viral palm]

Alt+shift+ctrl+T shortcut works well on my end (copying transformation on a new layer). Try to close and reopen Photoshop to see if it solves your problem.

[haughty storm]

there's a website that lets you upload images with text to recognize fonts... I forget what its called

[limber patrol]

FindTheFont or smtg

i used it

didn;t really work

but i figured it out

[haughty storm]

yeah its not that great, but it gives you a better idea than guessing flat out

[haughty storm]

how'd youd o it?

[limber patrol]

i just asked others

it's impact

[haughty storm]

oh

seems common; surprised the site didn't tell you

[vague bough]

nope im still trying and it isn't working, i'm trying to do it on polygons to make the sunburst effect- and it only works if i convert it to as smart object. Which i don't want to do since i won't be able to alter the colour easily afterwards

[haughty storm]

I can't even see the difference in colors

I'm not sure, but I think you can duplicate smart objects and modify the duplicates if you want to duplicate the different colors?

[vague bough]

it's a bummer but i might just have to make them into smart objects

[haughty storm]

smart objects aren't a bad thing

[vague bough]

just sometimes when i colour smart objects through selection their edges look very grainy

[viral palm]

You shouldn’t have to but if it solves your problem you can do it….
You can alter the color of a smart object too.

[vague bough]

what's the best way to colour a smart object?

[proper folio]

anyone know how i can get this effect on text

[ember sparrow]

How can I reverse erase, not just with ctrl+z?

[ripe quest]

Reverse erase? Generally, one would use a Layer Mask and paint with white to hide pixels that we don't want to see. Then we could "undo" that by painting with white on the mask to reveal the pixels again.

[ember sparrow]

Yes, I have layer mask

[ripe quest]

This looks like two layers. The "E" and some twirled item that have been assigned the same color.

[ripe quest]

Select the Layer Mask by clicking on it in the Layers Panel to activate it. Then paint on it. Black hides pixels. White reveals pixels.

[viral palm]

It depends what your smart object is made from (live shapes, rasterized shapes), and what you want to do with your modified smart object...
Easiest way is to apply a layer FX>Color overlay (but it's limited if you want to apply blend mode to your smart object).
If your smart object is already colored and you want to change color you can clip a Hue and saturation adjustment layer to it... There are a lot of alternatives to change color of a smart object...

[vague bough]

i mostly go for the selection route, and just paint bucket it- not sure that's the best way though

[viral palm]

Not sure... Most of processes using Paint Bucket in 2024 have a best alternative... Could you share a screen shot of the smart object you want to recolor?

[zinc orchid]

I am trying to color correct the bottom image to look like the top image and I am having troubles with simply getting it done via saturation sliders, any extra tips? thx

[flat wasp]

ayo

how tf can i add a link to a pdf in ps?

i tried this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npfnput3MjA but it doesnt work

am i exporting it wrong?

[haughty storm]

didn't even know that was a thing

I know you can make an image clickable on a website if that's what your goal is, you'd need to use HTML code but the actual image itself with embedded links? IDK about that

[flat wasp]

nvm it actually works

i just had to click allow a couple times when opening the pdf

[haughty storm]

oh in the PDF, yeah!

[hallow summit]

I am getting lag with my tablet & photoshop that is hard to describe.
Its NOT brush lag, there's no brush lag. Its interface lag that only occurs when using a tablet pen.

Example of this lag: with the move tool if I click and drag on something, it immediately moves
If I do the same action with my tablet pen, it sits there and does nothing like 1/4th a second before suddenly leaping over .

Another place is any kind of slider does the same, if I try to scrub the Opacity slider it will do so smoothly with my mouse, but freeze and jerk suddenly if I use my tablet pen. Is there any way to fix this?

turning off 'Use Windows Ink' fixes this, except then I get no tablet pen pressure

[haughty storm]

soooo I'm trying to make life sized Giant dogs (or any critter really, not bugs though!) with normal sized people and I'm not sure how to porportionately size the various subjects with the background, etc etc any advice on how to do this?

[lucid umbra]

you can try to draw escape lines to see if they help with proportion. I myself am not an artist so I also struggle with that xD

[haughty storm]

"escape lines"? Not familiar, I'm not an artist either but here's an example and IMHO its not porportioned correctly either and its not my photo

but the concepts he uses, (yes the guy in the wagon is a pro photographer and does this kind of stuff all the time)

here's my project, I have no frame of reference of what's life sized 😦

I think the bear is too small, but if I make the bear bigger; the dogs need to be kinda bigger too

[hazy galleon]

I don't see a difference other than the left image is more blurry whilst right is a bit more crisp, brightness looks fine though.

Seems like a blur issue.

[haughty storm]

yeah I said there was not really any difference in color, but the one image is blurry because they cropped it or something?

I didn't see the blur; glad you can see that

[hazy galleon]

Could just be that there's a difference in quality :o

[haughty storm]

for sure, the less data the image has the color is going to have some loss

[hazy galleon]

Yeah. It just looks like one is "lossless" quality and the other is "high" quality, y'know?

[haughty storm]

pretty neat discord profile you got there 😄

[hazy galleon]

Thanks :D

[haughty storm]

is that your custom emoji? 😉

[hazy galleon]

I'm an emoji master

[haughty storm]

so you commission emojis? 😉

[hazy galleon]

Nah I just, join a lot of servers just for emoji's cx

Hey is there a way to scale down several layers at the same time?

I'm kind of blanking for some reason ;o

[haughty storm]

ah ok wasn't sure if they were yours or something, the info says the emoji is from an invite only server

group the layers together

[hazy galleon]

They're all grouped :o

[haughty storm]

they should scale together at the same time

[hazy galleon]

Ah right, wait I'm stupid ;p

[haughty storm]

are they linked?

[hazy galleon]

Free transform c:

Yeah they are :)

[haughty storm]

oh yeah that'll do it

[hazy galleon]

Is there a way to completely replace an image with another? Like, same position, same effects, everything.

Without having to actually go through and place it at the same spot, scale it down to the same size, add all the effects, etc?

[haughty storm]

that, I'm not sure; I'm still learning some things

this might work for you @hazy galleon https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-to-replace-image-photoshop/td-p/11066504

not sure that's the best way to do it, but its one way I suppose

[hazy galleon]

Where can I find "Replace Content"?

My images all use the same size and aspect ratio so this sounds the easiest.

[haughty storm]

idk, I've never done it but I would love to for future references

[ripe quest]

This is one of the many benefits of using Smart Objects.

You replace what is inside the Smart Object (basically an embedded Photoshop Document) and any Styles or Filters that were attached stay intact.

[haughty storm]

double click the smart object, delete, insert new content and save then bam?

[ripe quest]

Basically...

[haughty storm]

ah... so the first answer is NG... ah ok this is cool!

[hazy galleon]

Ah replace contents doesn't work since I've resized the image ;/

[haughty storm]

is it a smart object?

[hazy galleon]

Yeah I've now converted it.

[haughty storm]

ok, do what I just said here (I answered my own question LOL)

it should leave everything intact, you're only editing the smart object the size and everything should be the same when you're done

[hazy galleon]

Oh does the entire group have to be a smart object?

Or only the image I want to edit?

[haughty storm]

nah just the image you want to edit

[hazy galleon]

Huh I'm a bit confused. When I delete I delete the entire layer, in other words the smart object.

[haughty storm]

it shouldn't... lemme try

nope it didn't delete the layer; I deleted the image, the layer is still there

[hazy galleon]

What are you using to select the image?

[haughty storm]

I just had it select the subject since I only had one thing on the layer

lemme see if I can make a quick vid

there's lots of ways to delete something but idk what you're working on so I can't really advise

I tend to work with subjects or whole images so its easy to delete for the most part

hope that helps 🙂

[hazy galleon]

Hm that seems to be different from what I wish to achieve

[haughty storm]

you said you wanted to replace, so you gotta delete the image first ofc

basically delete what you don't want, put in the new image then save it and it should work

[hazy galleon]

This is what I've got.

I wish to replace the bottom icon with a different one, same size, same effects, everything

Just a new image (that also has the same original size as the previous image, 56x56).

[haughty storm]

hmm

I did image replace no problem

only problem I had was the image was not the same size as the smart object so there's that

[hazy galleon]

Yeah the issue I have is that it's just like a normal image. It's not too bad to just, redo the size and effects but, I'm going to have quite a lot of tabs :o

[haughty storm]

not sure how to do it, but I'd do the smart object replace method, you can open up the smart object, leave the original image there, drop in the new one on a new layer IN the smart object it will cover the original image; once satisfied you can delete the original image's layer and you're left with that layer, btw you can have more than one layer IN the smart object too 😉

that's how I'd do it, IDK of any other way other than that link but that seems to be not the best way anymore since smart objects are the way to go

[viral palm]

You can get a pretty decent result with a channel mixer adjustment layer > adjusting Red/Green/Blue output channel (only Red shown on the printscreen below) > then apply a "Blend if" adjustment to exclude white and light greys. I share the psd file with the ajustment layer used for my printscreen... It could give you good idea.

[zinc orchid]

thank you so much!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 540)

[viral palm]

if you double click on your "polygon 1" thumbnail (in layer panel) it should open your smart object in a new window. Is the triangle a live shape or a rasterized shape?

[tame cape]

Are the intelligent guides or the alignment panel not helping you? Simply drag all the images into the file and then align them ... ?

[haughty storm]

I'm needing to make a noon shadow; after researching a bit, I noticed the shadow is basically 360, how would you implement this in photoshop? Generally the drop shadow is for behind or when edited, skewed off to the side, elongated, etc depending on the time of day, etc)

[viral palm]

Noon shadow under your "pets on the beach"?

[haughty storm]

and the bear, yeah

I'll send new sample one sec

I still have a lot more questions as I progress with this project and I've learned a lot and remembered old techniques

[hazy galleon]

Sure but, I wanted to know if there was an easier way to simply replace the image for future references ;p

[haughty storm]

only way I can think of doing noon shadow is to make 4 shadows and squish them together at the same time?

[viral palm]

Best way is to paint the different type of shadows on seperate layers. Best blend mode to use is Multiply with a dark color (not black but a dark tone from your picture). Use a soft brush with low flow. Gif below show you an exemple. Hope it will help you.

[haughty storm]

ah ok I'd need to find a tutorial on this method; everybody uses the drop shadow method which works for other basic shadows

[haughty storm]

nah... use outer glow!

[river otter]

To create a border that is perfectly straight and level?

[ripe quest]

If you're asking how to create something like that then, you could try the Rectangle Tool in Shape Mode. Assign a Stroke and no Fill.

[river otter]

Thank you very much!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2420)

[viral palm]

Never use layer Fx to add shadows on a composite... Paint shadows and/or use techniques shown in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=686oc6CFZnY&t=294s

Technique shown in video doesn't really work for "noon" shadows... Better for long shadows

[haughty storm]

ah all the videos I've seen until now say to use layer fx

[hazy galleon]

Hello! I'm stuck on something.
Currently, I've got all of my tabs sorted out how I want them. The only thing is, when I unhide a tab from the [OUT] folder, I want anything below that to be hidden. So as you can see in the picture below, parts of "Fishing" (from my [IN] folder) and the [IN] variant of "Cooking", I want to be hidden behind the [OUT] version of "Cooking", if that makes any sense ;o

[hazy galleon]

Nevermind, I've taken a design direction change

[daring quarry]

I'm working with rpg maker mz how do I grab my tiles etc and make them bigger in this photo for a larger cutscene

But grabbing it from this map

[haughty storm]

is that photoshop?

[daring quarry]

No it from my a project I'm working on just need the photo full screen I will create a image then take it back to my project to fix it if I have to

The real question is how do you crab something small and Iarge it in photo shop

Grab I ment

[haughty storm]

I would presume a screenshot then crop it to what you need and then paste into photoshop

[daring quarry]

K now I will do that but I'm not used to the settings just yet just to let you know now I used to work with a older version of photoshop I just got into the new version but if someone can walk me through the basic I would appreciate it just on the new version

Here is my tools

I'm working on this

There is my settings and photo

[haughty storm]

I suggest you go through the PS tutorials for the beginning stuff as there's probably a bit of differences from the version you were using

[daring quarry]

Dam you guys are fixing new games not no 2d games .y bad

[haughty storm]

?

[daring quarry]

@haughty storm sorry I know I just got on I'm a cool person but can we talk it's way easier for me to talk and explain my issues please

[haughty storm]

<--- is Deaf, no voice

[daring quarry]

K I respect that then can you send me tutorials of how to please

How about a send you a sample then you send it back with a copyright image for me to see please

What do you mean deaf

Are you deaf

And I have been scrolling through them

Sorry did I start in the right page to talk to you

[hazy galleon]

Oh hey :o

<--- Similar boat, not deaf but mute

[haughty storm]

nonverbal? Do you sign?

[hazy galleon]

I do, sometimes. I find it easier to write on a notepad ;p

Cuz then I don't have to expect others to sign, which is quite rare. But my mother and I sign all the time cuz she's a nurse ;p

[haughty storm]

eh I don't like writing back and forth I like to communicate in real time rather than wait, pass the buck (paper) back and forth

[haughty storm]

that's a good point about expecting others to sign, interesting take! Now I have to ponder that thought...

[hazy galleon]

No like, iPad kind of notepad ;o

Digital notepad

[haughty storm]

ohhhh yeah still though I can't read handwriting very well so it has to be typed or I use ASL

plus I'm kinda leery of just letting someone handle my iPad/Phone and them then running off with it

most people aren't like that but just never know

[hazy galleon]

Yeah I guess it's different since you'd need them to actually sign back or write back ;o

I don't, I just show them what I wrote and they respond

Vocally :o

[haughty storm]

oh that's right, buh you can still hear 😉

[hazy galleon]

Yeh ;p

[haughty storm]

well technically I can hear too, with hearing aids, but it doesn't solve everything

but curious have you considered using an app on your iPad that lets you use communication cards, it will verbally say what you want it to say (its all preprogrammed)

[hazy galleon]

My digital notepad has that feature built in :o

[haughty storm]

ooo

is it different than the iPad?

[hazy galleon]

Only annoyance is switching language of the person talking depending on what language I write in.

[haughty storm]

oh yeah

[hazy galleon]

Yah it's way smaller, fits on your arm. I got it from my hospital :o

Like, they gave me one.

[haughty storm]

happy to hear your mom at least makes an effort to communicate with you in ASL or whatever other means ❤️

[hazy galleon]

You know old flip phones that had a keyboard? Like full size keyboard? It's essentially a phone like that but a bit bigger ;p

[haughty storm]

I haven't seen that particular kind but there are dedicated communication card devices that are mounted to wheelchairs for those with mobility needs basically does the same thing

[haughty storm]

sweet, err reminds me of that thing the PIPBoy thing in Fallout games

[hazy galleon]

Yeah kind of :D

[haughty storm]

sweet, ty for sharing

[hazy galleon]

I can only type on it though ;p

It isn't fit to surf/browse or play games etc. Only fit for typing c:

[haughty storm]

oh you can't touch a picture on it and it speaks?

[hazy galleon]

No only type, that's literally it's only function ;p

Well, it has a clock as well c:

[haughty storm]

interesting, the ones I was talking about is literally a communication card system, some are dedicated devices and some are in an app on an iPad like if you want to order a burger you can tap the picture and then tap the different ingredients, its pretty well thought out it doesn't have everything you could think of but the most common things you like or likely to want/need

[hazy galleon]

Ah that sounds neat :o

[haughty storm]

it is but its super expensive 😦

[hazy galleon]

Well, hey if you ever wanna talk more about stuff you could add me, probably best not to hog the #❓ask-a-question chat :D

And sorry moderators

[haughty storm]

whoops I thought we were in general chat

[lavish roost]

I need help.

[hazy galleon]

Okay well I suck at the program so, best not to ask me

[fading summit]

Hey there, any photoshop experts who can help me on a question I have?

Was watching this tutorial. However, the YouTuber doesn't use a keyboard overlay, and I have absolutely no idea how they did what they did 😅

[tame cape]

Which tutorial? Which timecode?
🤔

[fading summit]

Could I sent you a message? Not sure if it allows me to send links

[tame cape]

You may post links from tutorials. (But please include the time - nobody wants to watch 20 minute videos and guess which part of the video might be meant).
😉

[fading summit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKS4HO4ylFo

Minute: 7:22

They seem to sort of merge the brightness layers into another one, not quite sure what keys to press haha

[tame cape]

Unfortunately difficult to see on a mobile phone ...

But it probably selects the content of the three layer masks one after the other.
First: Ctrl + click on the mask thumbnail
Second: Shift + Ctrl + click on the mask thumbnail
Third: Shift + Ctrl + click on the mask thumbnail

Then fill with foreground colour (Black): Alt + Backspace

[fading summit]

Thank you that worked!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #41 - 47)

[tame cape]

Hi @last aurora
One possible variant:
Use the filter: other filters -> offset to shift your image horizontally by half the total number of pixels.
Then retouch the edges at the transition.

[haughty storm]

you can make an animation from a single picture? Neat...!

[woeful fjord]

Hello people, I am trying to edit a mouth tape piece to peoples mouths. Yes that sound's odd but its for my business and whenever I add it on it never looks realistic as its not showing the realism of the mouth underneath. Ill send a photo to show what I mean.

[haughty storm]

I'm not an expert at this kind of thing, nor have I done any kind of work but based on what I've learned recently you'll want to use the liquify tool to move the pixels so that it looks like its on somone's mouth; or do something really cool, find a photo of someone's mouth taped and cut that part out and then integrate it into your existing photos 😉

[woeful fjord]

Great idea thank you 🙂

[haughty storm]

yeah, I like to be creative; I try to think of ideas 😉 there's so many ways you can do this 😉

[woeful fjord]

Any better? Still feel like its not working 😦

[ripe quest]

I would find an image of duct tape or whatever and composite that into the portrait...

[haughty storm]

I kinda basically said this... yeah

[woeful fjord]

The product that I am trying to sell is the black material I am putting on the pictures, I appreciate your help 100% but am trying to get that black mouth tape on peoples lips

This is the product

[haughty storm]

oh you're trying to put your product on it, interesting

[woeful fjord]

Yeah 🙂

[haughty storm]

best thing I can suggest is to use liquify tool; I agree it does look weird but even the product image shows the tape looking super smooth

[vapid flume]

I would use either the warp tool, or liquify, and possibly the displace filter to have the lighting and shadow right

check in the online help for the displace filter (commonly called "displacement map") to learn how to use it because it's a bit not straightforward to use (but terribly powerful)

But I am assuming you got the product handy, so I would take a proper photo of the product on a friend's face in similar lighting conditions and angle as the model you chose, it will be easier to transfer from one photo to the other

I also hope you'll get a notice on your product for people with a Deviated septum (common cause of snoring) because otherwise it's a recipe for failure!

[haughty storm]

as in they can't breathe through their nose (Deviated septum)?

[vapid flume]

Yes, like me. I can breathe from my nose, but I wouldn't try to spend a whole night doing so 🙂

[haughty storm]

hopefully their tape is breathable

err better for the #💬chat-general

[vapid flume]

That's OK, we're not in North Korea 🙂 a little tangent is fine!

[haughty storm]

oh, lol err I didn't see u were a mod 😉 and ty ❤️

[vapid flume]

The rules apply to me too!

[haughty storm]

so while keeping within the rules, I do have a question about PDFs containing images, some people sell images inside of PDFs, can those images be imported into photoshop for further editing or use?

though I'm sure the quality of the images in the PDFs are also of concern

[tame cape]

Try it.
Open a PDF in PS

[ripe quest]

Sorry. I didn't see that part.

[haughty storm]

oh? I didn't know you could even open PDF right in PS

[vapid flume]

You can really open PDFs in nearly 100% of the Adobe products, PS, Adobe Express, Illustrator, bizarrely not in InDesign for some obscure reasons...

[haughty storm]

good to know, TIL

[vapid flume]

Also because I can, I will also point out that you can use Adobe Bridge to wade through pages of a long PDF (a short one if you wish too! 😁)
That's something I use all the time, so I don't have to open it in ts entirety and only open the page I need.

This annoucement was posted by the Adobe Bridge lobbying group (only one member)

[haughty storm]

buh, iirc lightroom can see PDFs too

never understood why, but I get it now

[wanton tartan]

hi i need help

so i have two layers that i am working on

i wanna select then copy a place that evolve both layers but it is only selecting the current layer i am on
if i select both layers it will just copy the hole image

what to do ?

[haughty storm]

not sure I totally understand, you want to copy both layers? Just select those two layers, it shouldn't copy the whole image unless the 2nd layer has the whole image on it? Screenshot your sample?

[wanton tartan]

yes one of the layers have the image

[haughty storm]

show us what you see

[wanton tartan]

discord keep telling me upload failed

[haughty storm]

cuz its too big, you have nitro? If not, use imgur

[wanton tartan]

600 kilo baits

Can not smaller that 600 killo

Kilo

[vapid flume]

Where do you need to copy these two layers?

[wanton tartan]

into a new layer

[haughty storm]

how many layers do you have altogether right now?

tbh if you just want to copy the contents from two layers, I'd hide all the layers you don't want, and merge visible or flatten visible, etc

[glossy nacelle]

how do i invert a picture?

[haughty storm]

invert, like color negative invert?

[wanton tartan]

it dose not help if i can have exactly what i need by doing this then why would i use the seclect to copy it?

[wanton tartan]

what dose that means?

[haughty storm]

can't really help if we can't visually see it

[glossy nacelle]

in mu picture there is a person who is looking at the left side

i want him to look at the right side

[wanton tartan]

just select him then ctl t then flip horozantly

alas

[vapid flume]

Why don't you duplicate instead? Select layers or group, right click, "duplicate layers"

[wanton tartan]

no idea why it worked

[vapid flume]

then it lets you choose where to duplicate it... Any open document or a new one

[wanton tartan]

i do not want to duplicat the the hole layers
i juas t want a pace of the two

[vapid flume]

I never really "trust" copy and paste personnallly

[wanton tartan]

the part in the dark is in different layer then the one up that is lite
i want to get both of them at the same time
i am just giving a example

[haughty storm]

free transform CTRL T and then right click and flip horizontal

do be aware flipping the image can have some unwanted effects if the person is wearing a graphic shirt

[haughty storm]

I do it a lot, but how would you copy other than duplicating? Seems like they want to merge two layers and then copy the result for whatever reason they have.

[vapid flume]

Yes difficult to say. I would say duplicate the two layers, merge the two duplicates and deal with the merge (so as not to touch the originals)

Or, I would turn them into a smart layer

I don't like copy and paste, except when I copy illustrator path to PS, it's the only way to have access to vector info easily

[haughty storm]

I now turn everything into a smart layer when it makes sense; I don't do it for shadows because transforming them gets weird

[wanton tartan]

i juast want to understand

why photoshop dose not have a sample all layers in the selection tools
specially marquee tool

[haughty storm]

it does

but idk how to use it

[wanton tartan]

mind showing it to me?

the marquee tool specifically

[haughty storm]

let's see if I can, one sec

[wanton tartan]

tyt

[haughty storm]

it doesn't in marquee tool apparently, but it does with clone stamp, smudge, blur, sharpen, paint bucket, spot healing burhs and healing brush tools https://www.google.com/search?q=Sample+layers+in+photoshop&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1100US1100&oq=Sample+layers+in+photoshop&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjINCAQQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAUQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAYQABiGAxiABBiKBTIKCAcQABiABBiiBNIBCDQ0ODdqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

this might be handy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsyJxEbhTkc

[wanton tartan]

witch i don`t care about
why dose they not have that ?

i found two way to pay around what i want
1- marge the two layers then select what i want ( a very bad idea most of the time)
2- select part of both layers induvial then marge both ( annoying way)

it would be easyer in they add sample all layers to marquee tool

[haughty storm]

its not a bad idea, but you could make two layers a smart object, does the same thing plus you don't lose quality

idk why they don't; but there's lots of ways to get around this

I don't like merge visible because losing transparency happens sometimes

[wanton tartan]

if i merged the two layer then it is one layer
means i can not change what i have on them let us say one of the layers are painting and the other is the background then i am stuck with the paint for ever

how can i suggest photoshop to add this future to photoshop?
i am surprise no one actually asked for it all the time

[haughty storm]

no, you're not stuck but I don't recommend merging, just convert the two layers as a smart object and you can edit it even after that

[wanton tartan]

well try it

low hope ngl

[haughty storm]

even if you can't edit it, you can undo

but that's the nice thing about smart objects is you can edit several layers as one if that's how you want it

[wanton tartan]

well see

i will go eat i am starving
this photoshop problem took all my day

is it well or will i keep forgating

[haughty storm]

yeah it can take time to learn these things, I spent all day doing that yesterday 😄

now I'm learning more stuff

[vapid flume]

@wanton tartan When you select anything, with any selection tool (including with a brush based selection tool) you are acting on the pixel content of a particular layer. That's how Photoshop works, if you need a selection done of the pixel content of more than one layer, you need to merge those layer and have your selection act on that merged layer. That'sjust how photoshop is built (I don't know any software that would act like you'd want it too, but I don't know every software either)
All you do in photoshop, you are doing it on the layer you have selected.

If you want to apply a filter on more than one layer? same smart layer or merge

Want to apply a colour on a layer with a layer style? Same Smart layer, merge or group

[haughty storm]

and you can pick more than one layer; hide the ones you don't want to work with so you're not confused; its really very flexible

[wanton tartan]

it is very simple
just add sample all layers option just like it exist in clone stamp, smudge, blur, sharpen, paint bucket, spot healing burhs and healing brush tools
why not

[vapid flume]

Sometimes you can get away with groups, but not with selections

[vapid flume]

File it as a feature request!
#1093156942647660615

[wanton tartan]

that how i play around it and it is sucks

[haughty storm]

how do you mean? if I pick two layers either merge or make smart object I can select everything, but you're right if I just select two layers I can't select everything

[vapid flume]

I am, unfortunately, not a Photoshop developper and I don't know the why of most things (Except that I probably never needed that option, since I would always merge if I needed to)

[wanton tartan]

i am seeing a lot of options
what to pick ?

[vapid flume]

Create your own

[wanton tartan]

i see

[haughty storm]

there's no right/wrong way to do anything unless it doesn't achieve what you want 😛

[vapid flume]

exactly!

[vapid flume]

These used to not have that option of sampling all the layers (I'm talking olden days) When it was that way, we used to merge the layers. That's actually a keyboard shortcut that is burn in my mind (and probably in most power users brains!)
CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E... Creates a copy of all the visible layers, merged in just one layer. That's probably one of the most used keyboard shortcut in Photoshop (and actually, weirdly, not part of a one-click menu entry)

[haughty storm]

I'm a long time hobby user of photoshop off and on, but yeah I remember a lot of features that we have no weren't there before, its getting to be a lot easier to use PS LOL we needed this stuff 20 years ago

[wanton tartan]

god
thank god i was not in the old dayes XD

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 752)

[wanton tartan]

congratulations

[haughty storm]

no karma for moi? 😛

[woeful python]

how do i edit a layer mask using a pen tool

not brush

it has to be pen tool

because brush is not precise enough

i already made a layer mask using one pen tool selection but idk how to edit it using the pen tool

someone help

[vapid flume]

Generally people tag moderators when there is something to moderate, is that the case?

[woeful python]

oh

my bad

[vapid flume]

If not, please avoid

[vapid flume]

No worries

[woeful python]

is there a tag i can use to ask for help

[vapid flume]

You can't edit directly with the pen tool, but you can use the pen tool to draw a precise path, right click on that path and choose "Make selection" and use that selection to fill your mask with black, white or grey

[grave spire]

I want to add roman numerals around the circle but in the center of each kind of division. How would I do that?

[woeful python]

let me try

[vapid flume]

No tag, this is a community forum, ask your question and if someone can help they will do

Most of us do work on the side so it's not like you can ring a bell...

[vapid flume]

You can do it with drawing a circle and "type on a path". The circle needs to vbe done with the vector tool though ("elipse"

That will helphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4oFdkSiAYc

[grave spire]

Thanks, but I'm not sure how i'd get them in the center

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 753)

[grave spire]

I need the text to be in each section but in the middle of it

[haughty storm]

I believe the path option still applies, you'll need to make a vector path for each part it seems

[woeful python]

bomboclaaaat it worked

[haughty storm]

idk... tbh, IMHO I'd just use the type tool and place the text there myself

[woeful python]

https://tenor.com/view/jalen-hurts-jalen-hurts-meek-mill-i-used-to-pray-for-times-like-this-gif-13709870523385828441

i never thought of this work around

[grave spire]

wdym

[tidal shard]

how do i delete this fine line? its from the sword picture i imported

[haughty storm]

Sandrine showed you a video of text along a path, you'll need to make a patch for each section, the video is for the whole circle, so it wouldn't work the way you intended

[haughty storm]

what line, I see a red arrow

[tidal shard]

its barely visible hahahaha

the arrow is pointing to the fine greyish line

here, i zoomed in a bit more for you

[grave spire]

I don't get it

[woeful python]

is it possible to increase canvas size on the project you're currently working on

[tidal shard]

Crop Tool (C), try it out

[woeful python]

bomboclaaaaaaat

how did i not know

[tidal shard]

hahahahahaha

[haughty storm]

wait, crop expands the canvas?

I'm used to doing it the old way by changing the canvas size tool

[grave spire]

So is there no way to get the text aligned with each section?

[haughty storm]

TBH IDK, but there's more than one way to do this, personally JMO I'd use the text type tool, then use the move tool to move each roman numeral

that's probably inefficient, takes longer butif it works; why not

[woeful python]

thats what im saying

[wanton tartan]

if you export that as jpg then reload it would it stay?

[woeful python]

how is it called crop if you can increase

the canvas size

[haughty storm]

not sure what that line is, have you tried using the eraser tool? If nothing gets rid of it, you have some kind visual aid turned on

[wanton tartan]

i mean just erase it with the eraser tool

[wanton tartan]

indeed

[haughty storm]

seems to me they need to change the name of the tool then 😉

[wanton tartan]

if the easer tool not working make suer you are one the correct layer

[tidal shard]

i've tried erasing, also i've made sure that im on the correct layer

but i think it doesnt work because of this small icon?

[wanton tartan]

no it have nothing to do with the size of it

[haughty storm]

its possible, see if you can undo a few steps and see if it goes away?

you can always redo

[wanton tartan]

try to paint on it then erais maybe
no idea

[tidal shard]

damn

[wanton tartan]

how about this
Marge all layers then try to
you can undo ofc after that if you don't want that

[tidal shard]

i just had to rasterize it

my dumbass cant read

anyways, thanks! 🙏🏼

[tame cape]

This is a smart object.
Two possible ways:
double-click -> edit and then save OR
rasterise and then edit

[haughty storm]

not sure how rasterizing has anything to do with that line but hey it worked I guess

[grave spire]

It needs to be in a circle though

[woeful python]

cant erase without rasterizing

idk why

but it just is

[haughty storm]

hmm...

actually you can erease without rasterizing, I just checked; but all my layers are smart objects

[haughty storm]

I'm confused, I saw your sample, you want the roman numerals in each of those divided spots, right?

[grave spire]

yh

[haughty storm]

ok, easy; use the type tool, rotate the text and move tool and if you have one of the more recent PS the auto centering/snapping tools might be able to help

[woeful python]

nah

atleast not on my side

maybe using a layer mask technically you can "erase" but you're just masking

[haughty storm]

what PS version do you have?

[woeful python]

2024

[haughty storm]

incorrect; its not masking otherwise it would show up as a mask

[woeful python]

yeah true

[haughty storm]

masks have their own mask layers

I'll prove it to you; one sec

[woeful python]

wait huh

im confused

[haughty storm]

see for yourself

I literally erased ON the layer itself without rasterizing, the mask is unaffected, it doesn't even create a mask

the mask is there cuz I removed the background, has nothing to do with erasing, you def can erase without rasterizing first otherwise what would the point of non destructive editing be?

mind you, that layer isn't even a smart object

huh I can't convert it to smart object anymore 😦 LOL

oh, well you were right

but it doesn't create a mask though

[light tendon]

ah thanks

[haughty storm]

glow them? Glow them how exactly? Radiating glow? You could do that with an outer glow for each piece on its own layer with the same colors

[vagrant stump]

Installed the newest version of PS (was using 2023) & haven't played with any settings. The color picker is showing a different color than what I selected (in image: picking the darker pink - showing muted pink/almost tan color in preview ring)

How can u fix this?

[haughty storm]

so use adjustments if they are on each layer you can make an adjustment layer for each to change brightness, etc

[vapid flume]

You will probably need to tweak it by hand, playing with the spacing and kerning (there is no automatic method for doing it exactly how you want it)
see the V/A options here

[haughty storm]

are you working in a different color space?

[outer gyro]

can someone do a simple task for me?

[haughty storm]

hey I'm trying to put the jack o lantern int he middle, I've done this with clipping masks before with text but this? How? it shows on the outside rather than the inside 😦

[vagrant stump]

I honestly have no idea - like I said, I didn't touch any settings, just updated & started using/noticed issue. Here are my current color settings (RGB is set to the same as my monitor) My opened image is RGB 8-bit

[vapid flume]

That's because your "hole" is transparent. Clipping mask only register where there is a pixel content

[haughty storm]

eh I'm curious about this, sometimes I run into this too so would like to know

[haughty storm]

hahah... well I didn't realize it was pixel based so that helps knowing that

I sorta accomplished it

I didn't clip it per se

its not what they want tho

[vapid flume]

Yes I was about to suggest that bit I didn't know if that's what you wanted to achive

[haughty storm]

its not mine, but its close but the thing is if what I think they want then the hole will be visible

[vapid flume]

Your only other -easy-solution is to fill the tranpsparency with white (fill a circle with white or any colour, put it underneat, merge the layers and clip the pumpkin on top of it

[haughty storm]

yeah I'll probably do that but I don't think it'll work exactly

[vapid flume]

I notice the edges around the empty space is VERY jagged, I think this won't look very neat

[haughty storm]

yeah it is jagged, not sure why; I'll try it again with just clipping it

[vapid flume]

Or try to mask the pumpkin with a mask in the shape of the planet? something around that?

I think I would recreate the planet with the pen tool, and make it a path, that could be used as a vector mask or something. And it will look smooth

when I say planet, I am thinking the shape of the transparent part

[haughty storm]

just trying to keep it simple gonna see if clipping would just be good enough but now I need to figure out how I can open the image in the planet shape without having to open it separately?

the resolution are vastly different

[vapid flume]

it looks like it was badly cut out too
Not much you can do if the pixel count isn't there

Anyhow, I will retreat as I still have some work to do 🙂

Bye!

[haughty storm]

🙂 ty for the help

[vague bough]

has anyone got any tips on getting rid of the visible lines when using the ai fill?

[haughty storm]

tried to make a clipping mask, it works with the planet over the pumpkin but not the other way around but if I hide the image behind the pumpkin, the pumpkin disappears too

[haughty storm]

where's the visible line?

[vague bough]

here's a better example

[haughty storm]

oh that vertical structure; you'll probably just need to mask it out with a brush/pen

[vague bough]

i have to mask out the entire pillar?

[haughty storm]

if that's what you don't want, that's one way to do it, IDK any other way

[vague bough]

i was able to make it a bit better

[haughty storm]

ah blurring it works but its kind of out of place cuz nothing else is that blurred at speed but you also have a 2nd vertical line right above the front of the car too

[vague bough]

yeah it is out of place

[haughty storm]

for the 2nd line I'd just use athe spot/healing brush

err content aware fill brush

actually you could do that for the pillar too

well I'll be back once someone can help me with the clippming mask issue

[vague bough]

oh alright thank you i'll give it a go

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @haughty storm (current: #938 - 1)

[haughty storm]

yay ty! ❤️

[golden mauve]

how do i export in photoshop just as it look? cuz when i export it merges the layers
the top one is a layer in overlay as blending mode

[woeful python]

quick export as png

[golden mauve]

tried but it exports it differently

[woeful python]

send screenshot for comparison

[grave spire]

Anyone know a good AI image generator

[haughty storm]

firefly

[grave spire]

got a link?

[haughty storm]

firefly.adobe.com

[golden mauve]

its in general

[hidden abyss]

could someone pleas remove my facial hair from some pictures and maybe make my eyes blue? shouldnt be hard at all but i dont have photoshop 😦

so figured id come here and ask bc tried some other stuff but im just bad

like the facial hair is gone but not clean shaven yknow, want it to look like theres no hair at all, bc cosplayed griffith from berserk

if so pls dm id appreciate it allot

🙏

[tame cape]

Hi @last aurora
One possible variant:
Use the filter: other filters -> offset to shift your image horizontally by half the total number of pixels.
Then retouch the edges at the transition.

I have tried generative filling. After a few attempts, the result is relatively credible.

[slim cedar]

is there a way to warp images? Because I want to make a photo of a cardboard (don't ask) look like a straight top down view?

[haughty storm]

go to edit, transform then warp

[slim cedar]

oh ok thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @haughty storm (current: #605 - 2)

[woeful python]

how would i go about making something like this

[novel jackal]

Lately my PS started misbehaving like this , any preferences I can crank up to prevent this from happening ?

It would load only half of the layers (Usually top ones first) and then when you move anything around, it would click in the rest of the layers and remove the ones that were loaded to begin with, and would start just smudging the object all over the place as I move it

File isn't that heavy really, so not sure why it's behaving

[viral palm]

Check your performance Preferences ... Do you use Graphic Processor (if yes try to uncheck it , if no try to check it and see if the problem goes away)
You could also be sure your graphic card driver is up to date. Let us know.

[viral palm]

https://firefly.adobe.com/ and type a prompt describing what you want... There are a lot of style references and effect you can add to give the same effect to the generated image.

[grizzled rain]

hello friends, I'm new here. I would like to add a measuring tape to my pictures. How is that possible? Here is an example

[novel jackal]

Nop, none of these helped sadly
Might be just some issues due to file made on newer version of PS
I'll try to open it on other machine with present version tomorrow and see how that goes

[woeful python]

bro how do you make something like tis

[woeful python]

wait what. youre saying i can just ai generate this image and not have to make it from scratch?

i dont know how i feel about that

kinda defeats the purpose of it all

[haughty storm]

AI is quite helpful, I use it for a lot of my stuff

[novel jackal]

I mean if the result is as good and it saves time, I don't see reasons why not to

[haughty storm]

but you still have to edit/fine tune it even with AI

[novel jackal]

AI as helping hand is really great

[woeful python]

how would you make this without ai

[haughty storm]

without... I'm not that skilled LOL

[haughty storm]

so you want to add like a real meausring tape/ruler to this?

[novel jackal]

Something like this as in inserting travis scott onto a pretty scene or making a pretty scene to begin with

[woeful python]

i feel like without having a solid foundation of how to do certain things without ai, your creativity is limited even with ai

[grizzled rain]

Yeah right

[haughty storm]

for sure

[woeful python]

what about the colors

[haughty storm]

so you want to do an image composition, grab a photo of a measuring tape or ruler that you like and mask out the background and place it where you want on the canvas 🙂

[haughty storm]

Curves, Levels, HSL whatever just a matter of making the selection

[woeful python]

word

[novel jackal]

If it's a person we talking about then you just can overlay colors onto it to blend it in

[haughty storm]

is there a quick/basic tutorial on doing color overlays on a subject? I've got a scene I want to use the colors from for a subject I need colored

[novel jackal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5cO9Y9zh8c

[grizzled rain]

I'll try that. Thanks 😉

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @haughty storm (current: #450 - 3)

[haughty storm]

I'm working on this now; not sure what colors I'd use

[novel jackal]

It's not ideal , but it's a good base to try and play with

[viral palm]

Line tool is a way to go... Group your lines (Mask the group) to leave white/transparent space behind the text.

[novel jackal]

Instead of color overlay mode you can play around and try other modes to see what works better for you , but this usually did the job for me

[haughty storm]

I've watched composition tutorials and it talks about using the HSL and using the dark/light range of colors to make the subject blend in

[haughty storm]

true overlay is usually the easiest, can adjust opacity

[haughty storm]

they said they wanted a measuring tape, I didn't realize they actually wanted measure tick marks

[grizzled rain]

there is exactly what I was looking for 🙂 perfect 🙂 Thanks guys

[novel jackal]

With this tutorial you essentially doing the same , but darken-lighten is done with brightness sliders in the second adjustment layer

But with that you can blend the object no less good

[haughty storm]

oh

so how do you know what colors to use, like in my example

the jack o lanterns aren't colored into the scene either (those were already there)

[viral palm]

Colors to do what?

[haughty storm]

to blend in the dog (yes that mop dog)

[woeful python]

curves

you can detect color curves of one scene and apply it onto another

[haughty storm]

I plan to do that, just gotta figure out what colors to use

[haughty storm]

I saw a video on how to do that, using the dark/light and it'll pick up the colors based on that

[woeful python]

did it work

[haughty storm]

not yet, haven't done it yet I need to retrace the tutorial steps first

[woeful python]

can i self promote

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @haughty storm (current: #358 - 4)

[haughty storm]

meh this mop dog doesn't have good edges 😦

I'd do it for you but idk how to do it on a box, I know what the tool does and I have limited experience with it at the moment

mop dog is making it hard to get rid of the background

[stiff trail]

This is where CaptureOne AI selection gets you.

It just... works.

So if you have C1, load it into that and you're off to the races.

Otherwise just use your blue channel as the basis for an alpha mask

becaus that blue channel gonna have contrast for days.

[haughty storm]

talking to me?

CaptureOne?

[stiff trail]

Assuming you're in charge of MopDog, yes

[haughty storm]

😛 oh I wasn't sure you were talking to me cuz you mentioned something I wasn't expecting

[stiff trail]

If you want to isolate MopDog in PS, use the blue channel

[haughty storm]

errm is there a tutorial on this? I was looking for one but couldn't find one magic wand can actually select based on color but like you said the blue is going to go on for days

[stiff trail]

Copy the blue channel to an alpha channel, then just refine it with levels/curves/burn tool

Dan Margulis labours over channel selections in his book

[haughty storm]

ah idk how to do that

[stiff trail]

Moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFdIcuU6kjI

Oldschool Aaron coming in Clutch.

In this example the hair's black and the background is white, you kinda have an inverse of that, but the principles are the same.

[haughty storm]

ok, that should be doable

looknig at C1AI its better than PS?

[stiff trail]

For automatic selection, yes.

Very much so.

[haughty storm]

is it easy?

[stiff trail]

However it's only a RAW editor, like LR, so if you want to use it to generate masks there are some... workflow issues.

[haughty storm]

ahh ok

I'll stick with PS then and use the vid

kinda surprised Adobe isn't there with that

[stiff trail]

I had to mask 60 animals for large format prints, and so I used the AI selections in C1 to make basically alpha masks as TIFFs, export those, then layer them back into the PS files to isolate the animals

[haughty storm]

I have no idea the comparison, just going off based on what you're saying

[stiff trail]

Yes, Adobe's "Select Subject" is consistently disappointing.

[haughty storm]

I've gotten good results mostly until now

[stiff trail]

Given their astronomic resources compared to Capture One's devteam.

The "Select Object" tool in marquee mode works a lot better for me than just hitting the "Select Subject" button, mind you.

[haughty storm]

but you're right select subject is still very hit/miss I don't quite need an advanced app like C1 but I would like to find similar tools like C1 that are as good as C1 tho

[stiff trail]

Presumably the additional shape context halps.

IDK, I use C1 for the majority of processing and PS for pixel retouching. I don't have much time or energy left to look elsewhere 😦

[haughty storm]

oh ok lemme try select obj

[stiff trail]

Definitely watch the video.

It's only 9min

[viral palm]

first easy thing to do: turn your mop dog in Smart object then use: filter>Neural filter>Harmonization then select your pumpkins background as reference image.

[haughty storm]

yeah tried the select obj in the marquee tools; same thing as "select obj" I find no real difference between the two anymore

rn trying to get rid of the blue background that won't go

[stiff trail]

Franck might be onto something - the neural / AI tools might do an adequate job depending on where the image is destined to go. For my workflow theyr'e almost never suitable so I seldom think to use them :/

Bit of a dinosaur in that regard.

shoo's Blurple toward the Phlearn video

[haughty storm]

ty for the helps; I can't give carma, no perms

[limber jolt]

is there a more accurate easier way to remove her blushing other than color replacement tool?

[stiff trail]

I'd smack it with the remove tool to see where that gets you, then (personally) I'd just repaint it. It's anime, so there's little surface texture to worry about.

Mixer brush on a low frequency layer of a frequency separation if you wanna be careful about it.

[haughty storm]

so far this copying blue to Alpha channel isn't helping, he just copied the blue channel, darkend it and then brushed the mask some and made the selection get deeper into the darker pixels

the blue channel unfortunately is almost the same color as the dog as is the background

[stiff trail]

That sort of thing

[limber jolt]

waw

so u removed and repainted?

[haughty storm]

see in his white vs black, blue channel seems to be interfering with the dog's fur @stiff trail

[stiff trail]

That was a very crude selection with selective olour to smush it toward the right colour, then FS, low freq mixer brush to blend it in, then HF clonestamp to take the artifacts out.

Blurp can you post the original unaugmented dog?

[limber jolt]

uhhhhh seems like a lot of tools to me idk how they look like

[haughty storm]

I do see wehre blue is darkest in the center

its a real crappy background they used

wonder if replacing the color to black would be any better?

[limber jolt]

also how can i fix her left eye and make it normally like the right one

[stiff trail]

Learn to draw instead of using genAI? 😄

BLurple in my tiredness I said Blue channel, I of course meant Red.

That gives you max contrast between dog and paper

[haughty storm]

oh, haha... I would have figured that out

[haughty storm]

copy right eye and flip it and place it on her left eye?

[haughty storm]

drawing isn't my forte

[stiff trail]

That was for the anime guy

Not you

So copy the red channel out for a mo, levels it

Then use the dodge tool on the doggo

[limber jolt]

oh! right😅 well i used remove tool and it did the job

[limber jolt]

hmmm ill try

[stiff trail]

You wanna end up somewhere like this

But it IS a heavily polluted image, that blue is strong through the white fuzz

so you're on a "worst case" kinda image.

Whatever BG you lay it onto you can then use generative fill to fix the roughly blended areas

I find it works really quite well for hairs, and is faster than painting in your own strays

THen you can copy that alpha to a layermask and use Select and Mask to "Decontaminate colours" with a bit of edge refinement

[haughty storm]

huh that's GREAT!

ahh I'm still learning how to do this

[stiff trail]

It's not gonna be fantastic because you've got depth of field blur mixing your BG into your fur

So expect some manual tidyup and artistic lisence.

licence

Again, whatever you're pasting it ONTO will dictate your success

as some things will hide your errors more than others.

[haughty storm]

ah ok I'll pass on this dog then 😦

thought it would fit great in the halloween scene, this is a real dog breed, never see them that way tho

this one any better @stiff trail ?

[stiff trail]

Try it !

You only learn by doing

I'd soldier on with the white dog, you'll learn a lot.

[haughty storm]

I would but would take me a long time I'll keep it and poke at it later

[haughty storm]

hmm I still can't reveal the extra details like Phlearn says to do @stiff trail ; I'm revealing the detail through the layer mask but its not doing anything idk why

eh I think I know why

[haughty storm]

I gave up, left too many artifacts

[river dragon]

Hello. HAs anyone experienced issues with trying to open a file in Photoshop causing a crash? Just File -> Open... crash. Don't even get to select a file. Or File -> Open -> "On Your Computer" ... crash. I've tried switching GPU processing on and off, changing my scratch disk, deleting my preferences. Opening it from the past files list, or dragging and dropping, both work. Just not File -> Open.

<crash exception="EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" exceptionCode="0xc0000005" instruction="0x00007FF65F856180">

[haughty storm]

isn't this supposed to do it automatically like AI sense of some sort?

nvm, it did make a change; its very sublte though

[lucid river]

how do I unroll an eyeball? lol, I mean, I want to create a flat image to put onto a 3d model, using an eye texture I have, but the texture I have is round, and the morph/warp tool doesn't flatten it enough. Is there a better way than creating 100 strips to 'flatten' it ?

[hazy galleon]

/giverep @haughty storm

[haughty storm]

you need perms

[haughty storm]

yer probably going to need to create a flat eyeball yourself or find one from the internet and just throw one in

been looking on the interwebs for info on how to make an ambiant reflective glow on the side of the dog the lighting is wrong on the dog too but I can't fix that I don't think

[lucid river]

thank you! But, I figured it out.
Better to not use photoshop for that. It's a 3d model problem, so I took it to Blender and stencilled it on there.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @haughty storm (current: #292 - 5)

[ripe quest]

All you have to do is reply with "thanks" :)

[ripe quest]

Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hazy galleon (current: #939 - 1)

[haughty storm]

ahhh I see

[haughty storm]

Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2421)

[haughty storm]

weird, cuz I clicked on the bot's profile and it shows a few commands LOL

[ripe quest]

Yeah. I think most of that is probably disabled due to abuse. :)

[haughty storm]

makes sense

[unreal agate]

would anyone happen to know why liquify changes between projects, the first image is what the liquify looks on the second object, and the first image is what it looks like on the first project, everything i copied and pasted over is the same

first image: liquify in the second project, second image: liquify in the first project

[viral palm]

are you looking for something like this?

[hazy galleon]

Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2422)

[viral palm]

Your text is placed inside a smart object and you've applied the Liquify filter to this smart object, haven't you?
if so your text need to be exactly at the same place inside the smart object... It doesn't seem to be the case here.
Could you share the two Liquify window at the same zoom ratio? (just to be sure I am not wrong)

[thick cairn]

How do I make it so when I click this

It doesn't GRAB it and make me resize it

But instead just select the layer

Because every time I click it, it grabs it, as if I'm holding down left click

[vapid flume]

That what I would have suggested. There is a a add-on in blender that straightent unwraps from curved object which I think might help.
I just need to remember the name! 🙂 Bear with me

THe add on is called "UV Squares" apparently

[vapid flume]

You need to grab inside the lines and not the node or the line

you'll have ddifferent states of the cursor and yours needs to be (the screenshot app I have won't pick up cursors)
But to decribe them, you need to see a big black arrow, slanted to one side, instead of a small double north/south arrow

see this little video to see the difference

videos pick up the cursor

assuming your talking about the transform controls of course, it could be the rectangle tool but we don't know here
It's always best to screenshot the whole window in order to give the best info as possible. Otherwise people who answer always shoot in the dark

[thick cairn]

I click the nodes

So I can get this menu

Is there a different method for this menu to pop up when selecting a layer?

It's so stupid that by default the cursor grabs the node as if I'm holding down left click though.. why would they design it like that?

[vapid flume]

If you click the nodes, you'll resize

CTRL+T is the keyboard shortcut for the transform menu

otherwise edit>transform>choose your transformation
Or right click on the canvas, with your relevant layer highlighted

It's the layer selection that counts to trigger the transformation. If you just want to move it, click and drag inside, if you want to resize click on nodes or on lines.

[vapid flume]

You are the one who chooses where you place the cursor 🙂

[thick cairn]

Yes I know, it just still doesn't make sense to me why it holds onto the node with a click, instead of holding down click which would be expected.

Thank you though

[vapid flume]

That might be something with your preferences, or your keyboard, if I need to move a node, I need to hold and drag.

Keyboard or tablet, my old wacom used to do that for some reason

[thick cairn]

Keyboard and Mouse yes.

[thick cairn]

Another ridiculous thing is that once I've clicked it, and dragged it (against my wishes as I'm not holding the click) if I click the node again, it doesn't do anything, as expected.

[vapid flume]

AS I said, there is something wrong either with your preferences or your mouse or keyboard

This is not the expected behaviour

[thick cairn]

I've not changed any settings though.

Well, other than 1000 states

I'll see what I can find in settings I guess. Thank you thus far.

[vapid flume]

Try resetting the prefernences, particularly if you have updated the software recently. Try to see in the CC app if you can update to a newer version as well. But Resetting preferences might do the trick

[vapid flume]

You like to live dangerously 🙂

then quit Photoshop

[thick cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/austin-powers-gif-5090756650443962254

[cobalt osprey]

Hi everyone, is that a new thing or CTRL H is no longer working to hide a selection outline?

[stiff trail]

Oh I hope not.

Though they do seem to have veered into adding nonsense now.

Stares at Selection Brush Tool

[nocturne harness]

It should because all the colours were fine and just as bright as the other app a week or two ago

[wanton tartan]

that is the why i never updated my photoshop from the old 2022 version
all the new "futures" are bad

[stiff trail]

Yeah I'm sticking a few versions behind HEAD for such reasons.

[tame cape]

Mac or PC?

[half thicket]

its ai generated so it botched the lettering for whatever reason, more than happy with the overall logo but cant understand why ai cant solve the simple task, even tried reprompting but it keeps shooting out random avatars etc, things I never wanted to change

[ripe quest]

Delete the lettering and do it yourself in Photoshop. You're likely not going to be able to prompt that and make it work.

[half thicket]

ye thats the thing that I feared, dont have photoshop but I'll look into it, thanks for the help 😄

[ripe quest]

What made that? Ideogram?

[half thicket]

nah chatgpt 4.0

was really amazed with the result honesty, after that not so much, probably has to do with good prompt

noticed he has a really hard time focusing on adjusting things, even if you strictly say not to change things, listing them up it still does

[ripe quest]

AI is great at general tasks and it can produce some cool stuff. But the details get muddled.

[ripe quest]

Yeah. You can't talk to it and have it just make changes in certain areas. You'd need an AI tool that you can paint over and mask the areas that you want to change (leaving everything else untouched). And even that is difficult.

Lettering is always difficult, regardless and people should just do that with an art program.

[half thicket]

crazy to think that something that "simple" would be such a challenge

[ripe quest]

Part of the problem is that you're assuming that its simple. heh

[half thicket]

thats what im saying thats why its "simple", its still a very complex topic if you include all of the features of lettering

[ripe quest]

Its possible when you have a similar font and know Photoshop. :)

[half thicket]

the second one is going to be a challenge😂

[tame cape]

And the first one?
Do you know the name of the font used?
🤔

[ripe quest]

That's all generated pixels. There is no "font"

[half thicket]

well I used waht the font and found a few of them

that already is amazing, thanks for that

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2423)

[tame cape]

What would they be?

[haughty storm]

I noticed ChatGPT will go overboard with some prompts too! It does a pretty good job sometimes, but yeah!

wish I knew how to do that 😄

[haughty storm]

yes! 😄 thank you!

[woeful python]

did you mange

[haughty storm]

yep I sure did, I used the neural filter, it didn't do much on my project but it helped on another one 😄

Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @woeful python (current: #939 - 1)

[half thicket]

but now it looks kinda clean

[haughty storm]

did you get AI to do that?

chatgpt even

I'm curious how did you get ChatGPT to even do text correctly?

[sweet field]

Sorry, this is inappropriate for this server.

[half thicket]

it didnt, I edited it myself hahahahha

[light tendon]

I often run 3d programs, stuff like zbrush, blender, substance painter, but photoshop for some reason lags like crazy when doing stuff like zooming in or panning camera, all I have in my project is a single 1080p image

[haughty storm]

oh... lol 😄 I like the editing from one of the mods here; yours is nice too but they all just disappeared

[haughty storm]

are you running other apps while doing this?

[light tendon]

nope

[haughty storm]

weird, I do know PS can be laggy sometimes; doesn't happen very often for me but wonderinfg if you rebooted your machine?

[light tendon]

yeah it happens every time 😭

[ripe quest]

Not that difficult when you have a good command of Photoshop. Its just a lot of practice to get there.

[left oxide]

hello guys good eves I just got my Illustrator~ and can someone help me do this pattern huhuh

[haughty storm]

you'll probably want to do a trace, I think illustrator can do that, meaning you'll have to draw the lines

not sure; I don't really do illustrator

[tame cape]

Wrong server
It's probably better to go there: https://discord.com/channels/634884897185595412/637037500451258369

[haughty storm]

how is that done? 😄 or at least can point me to the resources on moving the light, please 🙂

[weary heron]

usually happens to me when the size of the canvas is huge

[left jewel]

@tight terrace hey hello, i want juste one question, how to export a selected area into a image png

[pallid umbra]

hey guys it's been a while

i have some questions, lately i have been getting design gigs for my local burger tent.
I want to look up professional photos i can use for food.

for e.g.
Loaded frites cheese jalapenos
Loaded frites cheese tenders
Loaded frites homestyle tenders

Where can i look for pictures that have the same theme? e.g. on a plate or wooden plate or in a carton box etc.

[haughty storm]

you want to export certain layers, not the whole art project? Hide the layers you don't want shown, flatten visible or merge layers, then go to File>Export (or Save as a copy)

[haughty storm]

stock photo websites

[ripe quest]

Try Adobe Stock. https://stock.adobe.com

[woeful python]

help

[left jewel]

@haughty storm i just deleted the leyer i dont wanted to export and now how to resize the workespace to fite to the image size

[ripe quest]

Right-click on the Layer, choose Duplicate Layer. Choose New Document. Then export it. File > Export > Export As...

[haughty storm]

use the crop tool and you can expand the workspace 🙂

[ripe quest]

If you're trying to export just a specific layer, you're better off duplicating it to a new document and then exporting it. Don't bother trying to crop it.

[haughty storm]

good idea, it comes out much more "clean" and the dimensions are to the image rather than having to guess

[glossy nacelle]

how do i paste it? so it wont move when i move my mouse?

[left jewel]

@haughty storm @ripe quest i dont understand you guis im stile stuck. ther is a screenshote

[haughty storm]

paste what? Its already on the canvas, if you want to move it around in a larger space; use the crop tool to make the canvas/work space larger

[haughty storm]

not sure what you're trying to accomplish here

[glossy nacelle]

i dont want to move it around, but it moves thats the problem

i want it to be on the layer

how do i do it?

[haughty storm]

tbh I would just duplicate that layer and export it to a new document that way you have a fresh layer your artwork doesn't move on?

its gonna move if you use the move tool no matter how big the workspace is

[left jewel]

@haughty storm dont be made its fixe, i just save them has a PNG insted of PSD

[glossy nacelle]

can you remind me how i duplicatw layer?

[ripe quest]

Select the Layer. Ctrl J

[haughty storm]

they beat me to it 😉

[ripe quest]

I'm a professional. Don't try this at home. heh

[haughty storm]

I tend to use the mouse, it crawls all over my screen 😛

ye I know the kb shortcuts can be faster haha

[fallow berry]

Why can't i click it?

[haughty storm]

is your layer reasterized?

[fallow berry]

yeah

[haughty storm]

D Humann knows 😄

[ripe quest]

It already seems to be desaturated so what are you hoping to accomplish?

[fallow berry]

I haven't done it, so I don't really know

[ripe quest]

Also, if you're still transforming the layer, finish that first.

[fallow berry]

I haven't changed the desaturated properties yet

[ripe quest]

There is a transformation box around the layer. Were you scaling it down?

[fallow berry]

No, why

[haughty storm]

you have to finish it or its not going to let you make any changes to the layer

[fallow berry]

But when i click on the layer i want to desaturate it doesn't allow me without those blue lines

I have tried ctrl+d to deselect but it doesnt workj

[haughty storm]

oh @ripe quest that's not the transform bounding box

I have the same thing, when I select a layer, I get the blue box too

[ripe quest]

You can accomplish the same thing by adding an Adjustment Layer above that one. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation... Then crank the saturation slider all the way down.

[fallow berry]

It's just frustrating tough, why can't i do it this way it's way easier

It seems relativitly easy to fix so I am just at a confusion

[ripe quest]

First of all, I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish. The layer already seems devoid of any color. So why "desaturate" the layer? Next, I would use a non-destructive workflow, like using an Adjustment Layer to modify the pixels without changing them permanently.

[fallow berry]

I was trying to make it sort of rainbow effect from top to bottom

[ripe quest]

That isn't want desaturate does.

[fallow berry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5xyRGmSXro

I was following this toturial

Never mind lol, he did brush strokes afterwards

[ripe quest]

Probably not the same as what they're doing in the tutorial. I didn't watch it. But Adjustment Layers are what I would do.

[fallow berry]

Aslo a small problem I can't click on the hue saturation either

😂

[ripe quest]

Hit the Enter Key. Then try.

[fallow berry]

Could you be more specific?

Oh my god bruh

[buoyant valley]

I am trying to make this type of logo for my friends game and dont know where to start any reccomandations on how to do this and what I should research to make this?

[ripe quest]

There are Transform Handles around the Layer. If you're transforming it, you need to complete that FIRST.

[fallow berry]

I am not tough, but I found the problem

It seems the RGB type thing is only allowing me white and black

How do I change that?

[ripe quest]

The Image Color Mode is set to Grayscale. Change it to RGB. Main menu: Image > Mode > RGB Color

[fallow berry]

yuppe it works

yuppe

yippe

[haughty storm]

looks really busy! But others might have ideas for you in #📝project-feedback

[fallow berry]

Ty!

[ripe quest]

No. They are asking how to create something like that. That is not the appropriate channel to ask.

[wanton tartan]

hi

so with the clone tool can i copy a place but not let it move at all ?

[ripe quest]

Just make a selection around the area and hit Ctrl J

[ripe quest]

There are a lot of templates for that sort of thing on stock sites like Freepik. There are probably YouTube tutorials that discuss how to do something similar. I would have to search for it myself. I might search for "Photoshop text effect" or "photoshop text fx"

Some of those examples look like they would have multiple different types of text effects.

[wise trench]

Can someone tell me how to add life snow photoshop?

[ripe quest]

What do you mean by that exactly? You want to animte snow in Photoshop?