❓ask-a-question

[novel jackal]

Why the Delete Hidden Layers function is unavailable

[viral palm]

Do you have any Hidden layers?

[novel jackal]

Yeah aplently

More than half probably

Is transparency lock related maybe ?

ie lock transparent pixels

[novel jackal]

Nevermind, found the cause

Deep deep deep deep buried

Had couple layers locked

[fleet mountain]

Hello. I have a logo witch have a white backround. I want to make the abckround transparent, how can I make itt?

And I have a part where can't be transparent

[lucid crane]

Why not post the logo and make it clear what has to be transparent and which bit you want to keep 🙂

[fleet mountain]

I have in almost in the middle a football which has white parts but itt can't be transparent

[viral palm]

Why don’t you share the logo?

[fleet mountain]

the logo is not mine

[haughty storm]

use the object selection tool on the football and see if that works then you can mask it to hide the background or possibly use the remove background tool.

[fleet mountain]

Itt worked. Thanky you ❤️

[haughty storm]

np

[lost fiber]

is anyone able to remove a hand out of a photo for me?

[late fern]

emm meybe how bc shadow is in the 3d model

[haughty storm]

you have photoshop? It might be simple enough for you to do but you could create a selection mask by selecting the hand first then masking (hiding) the hand via the mask layer and might be all you need 🙂

[serene coral]

Isn't it a separate layer?

[late fern]

no its with a shadow

oh nvm i finded option to disable

casting shadow

[haughty storm]

glad you figured it out, I knew it wasn't on a separate layer

[unkempt mantle]

guys so im messing around with variable data and it just doesent seem to work I have tried many tutorials and the only solution which actually does import the data set is a script I found but the problem is it exports the automatically but I want to add a few actions to it

so I was wondering if anyone knows why the variable data wouldent work even when I do exactly the same steps as in the tutorials could this be connected to how I export my data though I have tried many ways and with the mentioned script I can make it work but not with the actual variable in photoshop

[fallow berry]

How do i remove the handle on photoshop. I don't really like the facvt the handle sometimes effects my vector line

[unkempt mantle]

every time I change the import settings it just comes up with a different error

[viral palm]

Click on anchor point with the Convert Point Tool.(the last tool of the pentool set in tool bar)

Alt+click on the last anchor point made to delete the handle you’re shaking on the video. Is it this one you want to remove?

[fallow berry]

japp

[viral palm]

Does it wok? I can’t show you now I’m on a mobile device…

[fallow berry]

Ooh, wait i get how

So I selected the anchor point handle and i clicked ctrl and then alt to the middle anchor and it disappeared

[fallow berry]

Thank you for your help anyway!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 597)

[unkempt mantle]

how do I fix this exactly?

[viral palm]

Not familiar with variables but looks like your .CSV file has too many columns compared to your .PSD file variables…
Could you share a screen shot of both CSV file and PSD file variable setup? Could help peolple to find what’s going wrong on your side.

[unkempt mantle]

this is what they look like

though what I am wondering is if the "," in the actual data set text are screwing up the importing

[graceful stag]

Anyone have any ideas how to make this size label look good? I still need to write the size in this, its for skipants for a brand called alpex

[haughty storm]

ah I see you got the E blended into the astrisk/star 😄

[graceful stag]

oh you remember me or haha

[graceful stag]

This is the best one i've done, i don't really feel like its good enough tho. It should be more normal i guess:

I mess with this a lot

[viral palm]

Probably a mess with your imported data set « layout » check this video to be sure you didn’t miss something important with the data formating.
https://youtu.be/1PYu9dsaE5I?si=NkS9k0j5uK4owK73

Usually csv uses « ; » as separator rather than « , »

[unkempt mantle]

its fine I just decided to use illustrator as it worked almost immediately once I learned how you need to set data up for illustrator but thankyou nonetheless for your time 😉

[torn raptor]

Hi! Ive been trying to use this plugin in my work but every time i try to use it it just seems to get stuck in an infinite loop of loading, stopping, and loading again whenever i do anything

Its the mobchain plugin from doronsupplies, its a live displacement map and all of the videos ive seen it instantly updates the original file but with mine it just gets stuck

[viral palm]

Ok, and I know variables are used with Illustrator more often than with Photoshop so you could find more info online in case you have trouble.

[unkempt mantle]

yes one thing I was still wondering do you happen to know any way to lets say only limit the text box horizontally and not vertically meaning the textbox would adapt to the amount of rows instead of being static

[static bone]

i have 2 images that i would like to change a small thing of but idk how to do it and it would be for free ( idk if this is post in the right place in any case ) thanks in advance

[viral palm]

No I don’t. I don’t often use variables. Sorry.

[torn condor]

Is this possible in PS?

[viscid finch]

Hey there! This might not be the place to ask this, if so feel free to remove. I’m a high end retoucher and use PS for work daily. Today PS updated and I’ve noticed that gen fill is significantly worse at blending in selections with a blank prompt. It almost always spawns in random objects/animals/patters that are not found in the image itself and I’ve noticed a significant decline in the quality of such selections where as in previous iterations it used to be very responsive and accurate (albeit it still needed some help on my end). Is it no longer possible to just leave the prompt blank and it would extrapolate from the surroundings? Me and my co-workers are trying to figure out if we just need to revert to a previous PS version as the difference in quality is pretty big.

[zealous dune]

hello,
How can i convert this selection into a new layer ?

[static bone]

did you answer to me??

[viscid finch]

No? Mine was a question and I did not tag you?

[static bone]

oh okay im sorry also that i tagged you

[torn condor]

Gen. Fill never worked correctly for me, so I can not say anything.

Nor FireFly.

[viscid finch]

It worked really well for me in previous iterations. I use it in conjunction with a lot of tools.

[static bone]

is it possible to make is so even if i got a picture with barely seen text on it to remove that text?

[viscid finch]

It depends on the image, but for the most part it should. It also depends on the texture of where you’re removing that text

[static bone]

could i send an example in private?

[viscid finch]

No, sorry! Im not a helper here and I’m working at the moment, I came in for my question.

[static bone]

i meant as in showing you

not asking for help

just asking if its possible

if your able to tell by looking at it

if not then nvm

[unkempt mantle]

right click and click copy

[scenic echo]

Hey guys! Im currently working on a project on photshop but for some reason my text layers has become regular layers and i cant edit the text is there any way to fix this somehow? Best regards!

[ripe quest]

With a selection and the appropriate layer active, Ctrl J will JUMP the selection to a new layer.

[zealous dune]

@unkempt mantle @ripe quest thank you!

[velvet quest]

Hi, Where are these random colours coming from?

[ripe quest]

I think this is a known issue and is also impacting the Remove Tool (or they might be related). Downgrading to the previous version for the time-being might be a decent workaround.

[viscid finch]

I appreciate your response! It seemed like a jarring difference. I’ll revert to a previous version, thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2437)

[ripe quest]

You could downgrade to the previous version of the General Release and hopefully that will allow you to work. You could install the Beta if you want to play with some of the new features for the time being.

[viral palm]

TBH your picture is too small to figure it out... You didn't ever explain where is it coming from...🤔

[velvet quest]

Sorry, I am using the Oil wet flex brush and I can't really explain where they are coming from, I just pick a colour and they appear when I use the brush

[violet geode]

why is generative fill greyed out? Worked yesterday

[viscid finch]

Yeah it just updated this morning, I thought I had stopped automatic updates, but maybe I was mistaken. I usually hold off on updates for a while since I depend so much on it for work.

But will do thank you.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2438)

[velvet quest]

Oh wait I think I figured it out

It was the brush size, sorry

[viral palm]

No problem. Is it a regular brush or mixer brush? I'm curious to know...

[velvet quest]

Just a regular brush, Kyles Real oil wet flex

[viral palm]

Are you talking about Beta (V26.1) or Regular (V26) Photoshop? Just curious to know before upgrading my Beta... Yhanks in advance!

[olive spear]

If I wanted to make a halftone pattern, would using photoshop or illustrator be better?

[ripe quest]

I think the General Release has an issue. I'm not sure about the Beta.

[ripe quest]

Depends on your goal. For a print document, I would probably be doing the setup for that in Illustrator.

[olive spear]

It's just gonna be part of a profile picture, I'm probably going to end up using both anyways though

[ripe quest]

If you have the time and the interest, try both apps. Its worth it just for the learning experience.

[violet geode]

can I get generative ai to take style from another picture? like I want to have a certain painting style but its just not doing it for me. Can I show it the style I want so it can try to replicate it?

[ripe quest]

Yes. You can try it. Its not an exact science but it will take a style reference and try to match it up.

[violet geode]

how do I do that though

[ripe quest]

One moment

[ripe quest]

From the Generate Image GUI...

[ripe quest]

Reference image and what it generated...

[violet geode]

But can it use the style from the reference image to the image I'm working on?

cause this just generates a completely new picture based on the reference image

[ripe quest]

Generative Fill doesn't have the reference image feature.

[loud moat]

Here's a brain teaser for the big brain Photoshop users- I have two colour palettes, one is the original and one is a modified version that has had a colour plus a blend mode applied to it (that I don't know). Is there a way to reverse engineer that to figure out what was done to the colours to reach that result? I'm assuming the answer will be no, but.. you never know if you don't ask lol

[viral palm]

do you have the two color palettes? Honnestly there are so many filters/effects/blending modes/Adjustment layers...etc that can affect colors...

[loud moat]

I have both the original and then the modified version, but unfortunately do not have the steps taken to get to the modified version. So you think I should just kinda eyeball it and make up something from scratch that gets it close enough?

[viral palm]

When you say the original and modified version are you talking about pictures or a color palettes?

[loud moat]

Both- it's flat shading, so I have a colour palette I can grab from it that is exact colours

[viral palm]

Can you share them here?

[mossy solar]

Hello i am trying to turn my pants into a white colour from grey

I want the white that is on the right

however i always get this weird almost transparent white when i adjust hue and saturation for white colour

what can i do tto fix this?

these are the original pants

[brazen glacier]

hey guys how do i remove this fly?

[loud moat]

It looks like you've taken all the saturation out of the colour. This might sound counter intuitive, but you want to brighten the white area a tiny bit, and then add a bit of blue-ish purple to the white area. Only a tiny smidge, but it will make it look whiter.

Reason this works is because an old traditional method of making clothes look whiter was to do something called blueing, which means you add a hint of blue, which strangely enough makes it look whiter than it being neutral.

[mossy solar]

you mean something like this? but it still looks not right?

[loud moat]

Looks better though! The other problem you have is that making a black object look white is actually quite a difficult task, because you need to maintain the shadows and contrast.

[viral palm]

Which colors are the originals which are modified? is it left colors => Right Colors? If so I don't think it's an easy one here...
Relations between HSB values look different on each lines.🥵

[loud moat]

Left is original, right is modified. If it's not an easy one, I'll just eyeball it in that case then.

(Basically, it's an eye character palette between a character regular and character in shadow, but I need to now take another characters eyes and do the same thing... but I was not provided the mapping for how to take the colours even though that was expected to be provided lol, so making it up as I go)

Cheers! Will just eyeball it in that case

[viral palm]

Good luck!

[winter ermine]

why do my PS files now not have any thumbnails?

Even new files dont have any thumbnails now

[ripe quest]

In the File Explorer, right-click on the File and go to Properties. In the General Tab, look at the "Opens with" field. If it doesn't say "Adobe Photoshop" there, hit the "Change" button, locate the Photoshop App in the list.

[winter ermine]

gotcha. cheers mate

[latent field]

how do i turn this into an actual texture?

[ripe quest]

Please describe what you mean by "actual texture"

[latent field]

well

when i try to overlay it onto a picture

it darkens the picture too much

i just want to add the cloudly texture to an image, without making it a whole different shade

let me show you an example

normal vs with it

and when i use overlay it becomes a different saturation entirely

@ripe quest

[molten nacelle]

Have you tried other blend modes? Screen or luminosity might be more what you’re looking for rather than overlay

[latent field]

well when i use screen/luminosity the texture is hard to even notice

let me show u

just made it look brighter

[ripe quest]

I'm not sure the styles of each image actually compliment each other.

[latent field]

no ik but its about the consistency

like i want to use the black background for all my icons for this certain project

[ripe quest]

One moment.

[molten nacelle]

I mean by its very nature, having that cloudy image as a texture is going to lighten / darken portions of the image. How bright vs how dark will depend on what you’re going for. For example, you could take that cloud image into its own project, desaturate, crank the contrast/adjust curves, export as a png and then use with a blend mode of your choosing. Your lightness and darkness values will be more apparent, but if you want the texture to be noticeable that’s the trade off

[latent field]

something like this?

[ripe quest]

You could try to do some Advanced Blending using Blend If and perhaps adjusting the Levels of the overlay.

As you can see, I also masked around the icon itself.

[latent field]

yeah that has a really noticable effect and it dosnt change the color itself too much

[ripe quest]

If you don't want to change the icon, then I would mask that first.

And only do this "texture" effect over whatever background you're going to use.

I put a border around my icon to separate the elements.

[viral palm]

You want the texture to be applied on the icon itself or only on the background?

[ripe quest]

Ideally, these would all be separate layers so that you wouldn't have to do complicated masking but my example shows that you could do it after the fact if you really had to.

[latent field]

the texture should be on everything

but its all adjustable anyways

[ripe quest]

Oh. I thought you said you wanted it as the "background" Guess I missed that part.

[cunning bobcat]

font boldness is inconsistent? any ideas?

[ripe quest]

You could do a combo effect where you use different overlays for both foreground and background but that might be getting too complicated for you. :)

[viral palm]

If you don't want to alter the colors I would suggest you to Desaturate your texture and play with levels to keep texture without too many contrast between Blacks and White. Clip the texture to your icon then try Multiply blend mode.
You can add the original texture under your icon layer if you want.

[ripe quest]

Choose a different font... (?)

Does that font do something different with each letter or is the bold font only assigned to those letters?

[cunning bobcat]

no to both

its montserrat

it shouldnt do this

[viral palm]

It shouldn't

[cunning bobcat]

i've tried even retyping it, making a new text, both didnt work

[ripe quest]

Save your work and reboot Photoshop.

And/or test Monserrat in a different app. This seems like some glitch.

[cunning bobcat]

did that, didnt work, but i tried it in another project file and the problem seems to still persist

[ripe quest]

You could also try uninstalling/reinstalling the font itself. It might've gotten corrupted on disk or clashes with an old version.

[cunning bobcat]

Ill try that

[viral palm]

Yep weird , It looks like you have different font weight depending the letters used... What Montserrat font are you using (weight)?

[ripe quest]

This seems like Regular and Bold are getting mixed somehow. This might happen if you installed it directly in Windows but also via Adobe Fonts.

[cunning bobcat]

bold

[cunning bobcat]

this didnt work

[ripe quest]

I would remove it completely. Like look in the Windows Fonts folder. See if its there and remove it. Also, remove it from Adobe Fonts, if you installed it from there. Then reboot Windows. Then reinstall Monserrat from Adobe Fonts.

You can get Monserratt from multiple sources. Perhaps it got crossed up somewhere.

[viral palm]

You font is probably corrupted... Look mine is behaving as is supposed to.

[cunning bobcat]

tried this

[cunning bobcat]

google fonts

its alright

ill just use another font

[ripe quest]

Remove it completely. Reboot Windows. Resintall it from Adobe Fonts.

Unless you have some need to use the Google Font elsewhere?

[cunning bobcat]

i did this

its all good though

human sans does a fine job aswell

thank you both for your help

[ripe quest]

You removed it and rebooted Windows and it still didn't work? I find that hard to believe but OK.

I think its been installed multiple times. I've seen this happen before with fonts installed both from Adobe and another source.

[cunning bobcat]

yes

[ripe quest]

Anyways, good luck with it.

You can check Adobe Fonts and see if it thinks that Monserratt is still installed: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/montserrat

[unreal palm]

Hello! How do I create a text effect like this? It looks like a strongly saturated, slightly orange-tinted pattern texture was applied to the yellow text. I'd like to know how to achieve that effect.

[fierce lynx]

Hello. Can someone help me, I want to make blurred square frame, but corners are wrong

[molten nacelle]

Can you take a screenshot of your current layers you’re using?

[fierce lynx]

the bg layer is just a color

and frame is frame with blur filter applied

basicly I just need a frame, nothing more

[wheat hamlet]

Anyone know if there is a way to make my logos like this? Or is it something you would just have to make from scratch.

[fierce lynx]

looks like it was made using vectors, drawing locking alpha, gradients and textures

[fierce lynx]

I figured it

Made it kinda manually, but not too much

I made a few frames with different alpha and blurred them together, so corners look like I want them to look

[viscid fern]

Hey yall, how would i go about degraining a image?

[exotic galleon]

well while making some designs i didnt look the ratio and now i want those to be posted on instagram . so is there any way to adjust the size of psd without disturbing any element or do i have to work on a new one ?

[ripe quest]

No. You're going to have do a new layout for that aspect ratio. Adobe is working on AI tools to do this sort of thing. They showed them off at Adobe Max this year. However, they're still just R&D projects at the moment.

[exotic galleon]

okay

[nocturne cairn]

Are you familiar with the Camera Raw filter in the Filter menu? Scroll down until you find the Noise Reduction slider within the Detail section.

[nocturne cairn]

I also suggest converting your layer into a Smart Object before you apply the filter. That way you can easily edit the filter at any later date without actually altering the pixels within the layer.

[nocturne cairn]

Smart Objects are a little more advanced. So if you don't want to use them, I suggest at least duplicating your layer and apply the filter to the duplicate. That way if you mess things up you can always throw away the duplicate layer and you still have the original.

[proud scarab]

Hey guys imma build a pc and photoshop is my time to time program i work with files that are 10 to 15gbs, do i need a seperate ssd for scratch disk will it give me any performance advantage ?

[vapid flume]

I would suggest it, even if it's not the biggest storage capacity
Ideally you'd want a Hard Drive for the start up (typically C:) then a separate scratch disk.
Of course it's down to budget etc...
Check this and see if it helps
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/kb/optimize-photoshop-cc-performance.html

[sly hawk]

What sort of spec were you working towards anyway?

I just bought a new PC that has these specs:

• Intel Core i7-14700KF Processor
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Graphics
• 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD

I've already put in another 1TB SSD and I also noticed that with just:
Outlook, Chrome (1 tab open), Photoshop (with a 6 layer, 5,000px image), teams, slack, discord, plus standard Microsoft operating system bits (MS firewall etc) - my RAM usage is:

10+GB RAM usage when I'm not even pushing it.... - yesterday when I was batch processing photoshop scripts for some bulk mockups, the RAM was completely tapped out.

• meaning that I'm going to upgrade the ram to 32GB of DDR5 today.

[river otter]

Hey there- anyone know how I can make this vector not have so many layers? Do I have to group them or something?

[sly hawk]

Those corners are 100% correct. That IS what would happen. Imagine the gradients from the top and side combine in the corner, laying over one another. - making it 'thicker'

[sly hawk]

JEEZ!

Yeah, if you don't plan on editing it further, just group them all and either turn them into a smart object, or merge them into a raster

[river otter]

I need it to be a vector for printing and they need to edit all the colors of the file

[sly hawk]

if you delete a section, what's behind it? White? or another layer?

[river otter]

Its all grouped under 1 layer so if i take out the layer its white in the background

[sly hawk]

No, I mean if you delete a single tiny shape, what's behind it...

oh it doesn't matter. - regardless.

If you want it to remain fully editable as a vector, you need to keep the layers and shapes as they are

[river otter]

How can i group sections of layers without having to select them using the layer column?

[proud scarab]

However the thing is which i hit everytime when i research into this topic, how much will it be different to use 2x 2TB nvme vs 1x4TB nvme i'll have the same storage capacity nontheless is it still worth to put a seperate scratch disk

[proud scarab]

i7 14700kf+rtx 4090(will be upgraded to 5090) 2x32 6800CL32 ram with storage to decide

• custom windows which has amazingly less memory usage

[proud scarab]

Idle memory usage is between 1.7-2.2

[sly hawk]

With that spec, I don't think it really matters. - Just use an SSD scratch disk with a few 100GB free and you should be golden.

[vapid flume]

I just changed my PC with the aim of getting into 3D so I have asked in 3D servers (Adobe Substance) what was preferable and I was told definitely 2 smaller ones
My config is
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor
128 GB (127 GB usable)
GeForce RTX 4060Ti 16GB
3 SSD internal (2TB, 2TB and 4TB) and one standard HDD external for my archives (4TB). One of those SSD is there for the automatic back up, meaning that my scratch disks are set for both C: and D: .
That means I do not practice what I told you earlier 😂
But honestly, I don't work that much with files exceding 1 GB, and my photoshop usage is mainly ecommerce and beauty retouching, I used to do fairly complex comps but not anymore and if I did, I would look more into 3D integration. Times change!

Thruth is, 2 smaller SSD costed me less than one equivalent big one

So it made sense to me.

[viral palm]

OMG…I feel so ridiculous when I see your configurations🫣

[vapid flume]

I sold two kidneys and an arm. I wouldn't recommend!

[viral palm]

Lol

[vapid flume]

That said, I used to have a super powerful laptop and used to make them "last" 4/5 years, but this one is a desktop, so definitely cheaper than a laptop and I will look into updating it instead of changing the whole stuff

So it will cost less (fingers crossed!) in the long run

Also, it's in my business expenses 🙂

[vapid flume]

my "old" 4 years old laptop was still pretty good for Photoshop. I had no complains. Illustrator and 3D stuff, on the other hand...

[ripe quest]

I'm not even going to state my system specs then. You might become ill. :)

[viral palm]

I don’t use laptop anymore… My last one was an XPS running on Vista XD…I’m desktop all the way since I don’t travel a lot…

[vapid flume]

Yes, the one I bought before this one was bought with travelling in mind, then came Covid

But if I had that kind of hindsight.... I'll be rich 😁

[viral palm]

I don’t have any doubt… I won’t share mine ‘cause you won’t speak to me anymore🤣

[proud scarab]

The thing is i work with really high res images as i'm preparing large print outs in real world which are exceeding 70cmx100cm thus my file sizes tend to be multiple GBs generally crossing 15-20

[vapid flume]

Bloody hell, nobody cares! It's what you do with it that count (and no, there is no double-entendre here)
You've sufficiently proved that you know your onions.

[proud scarab]

And sometimes i prepare 3-4 of these and merge them into one bigger file

[vapid flume]

PSB for the win! 🙂

[viral palm]

I was jokking… I know you and Daniel are kind enough to still talk to me 😂

[proud scarab]

Definatly so i guess i'll go with 2x2TB rather than going with 4TB and making that stracth disk at the same time

[vapid flume]

Yes, I don't think you need a gigantic scratch disk (I may be wrong though) but investing in a speedier one defo does the trick
In the end, the two smaller ones I bought were faster than the 4TB, and cheaper

[proud scarab]

The thing is 4TB single disk is cheaper than 2x2

If i go with 4tb one i'll make that disk my os disk in the sametime

[vapid flume]

That might depend retailers then

or where the market is

If I had bought a 4TB, I would have split it in two, with 2X2 I didn't need

[proud scarab]

What do scratch disk exactly do yeah the things generally do not fit into the ram will be used by it.

Generally crop gradient and such

And as file size gets bigger the bigger scratch disk size we need

[vapid flume]

They take care of the overflow when the ram is full, so technically if you have plenty of Ram, so need less scratch disk, but given what you are working on, you probably need both

Did the link I gave you of any help?

[proud scarab]

However what will be get faster when i get a faster scratch drive generally its said that ssd speed do not matter that much ?

[vapid flume]

I'm probably not technical enough there

[proud scarab]

Adobe hides their words like they do not explain or elaborate yeah it did to some extent

I have read a lot of puget explanations

Last few days

[vapid flume]

Did you try asking in the Adobe forum? That's where you might get hold of Adobe personel

[proud scarab]

Did adobe had a forum god damn new day new info thanks, i'll take a look around there

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 767)

[vapid flume]

Let me get you the link

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem/ct-p/ct-photoshop?page=1&sort=latest_replies&lang=all&tabid=all

The forum is alive and well for many decades now 🙂

Discord servers are relatively recent in comparison

[ripe quest]

I have 2x500GB scratch disks. I bought the cheapest Samsung SSDs I could find and I only use them for file transfer and scratch space. If they die from too many read/writes, I don't care. I'll just replace them.

If you don't have space or money for two, 1 500GB SSD would probably suffice.

[glossy basin]

Can anyone help me to make a thumbnaile like this pls?

[frozen magnet]

im trying to resize this, however it comes out as blurry

how can i make sure it still is a pixel solid color?

[lofty topaz]

how can i adjust more parts of the circle

when i try to reshape it, only a cross set of dots apear to edit the scale of it

[stiff trail]

When that happens, right click it

You'll see the warp/distort etc.

If that's what you mean.

[lofty topaz]

What i want basically is to edit the circle shape more. When i try to scale it, only 4 points apear to edit

I want to edit other parts of the circle

Because i cant get it to this shape for example

[molten nacelle]

It needs to be turned into a path if you want to have more points

[lofty topaz]

Ah yes

How do i do that, is there a YouTube tutorial

[molten nacelle]

What I would recommend would be starting from a path, so from your shape tool that you drew the oval with, select path from the drop down rather than shape

[molten nacelle]

Alternatively if it's still active as a shape layer you can use the pen tool, and press CTRL and then click on the line of the shape, your mouse will look like this

[torn condor]

Is there ai to make mascot with different poses?

[fickle phoenix]

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for someone with good knowledge of this thing that, It's kinda urgent. Would you please like to guide me that I'm unable to bring this kind of arrow below, so that the dustbin and other options are going to come in the panel. How do I bring that? Plz guide me step by step because I'm a beginner in photoshop software with victus laptop in wacom one tab.
If you would like to help, please
ping
Thank you!

[vapid flume]

I don't really get your question but one thing, if you're trying to work with 3D with Photoshop, know that the functions have now been retired (unless you're using an older version)

new versions have most of the 3D disabled now

[fickle phoenix]

I'm using 2021 version

[fickle phoenix]

Would you please like to tell me on which versions does this 3d works?

[vapid flume]

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/kb/3d-faq.html

[fickle phoenix]

Because I was finding it extremely challenging to draw this accurately with correct proportions.

[vapid flume]

Well I would say prior to 2020 it should work but I am not entirely sure

Adobe has now its own 3D tools (3D in Photoshop have always been clunky anyway)

not sure you can go back as far as 2020 in the CC app though

I wouldn't use 3D in photoshop even in older versions though (I mean I did at the time and it was a apain in the butt)

[fickle phoenix]

But I can't go back to 2020 version because I took the help of an engineer to install the software offline. Because online downloading of the software was containing virus. If you would like to help me install 2020 version then it would be a gr8 help for me?

[vapid flume]

Are you using a legit version?

[fickle phoenix]

Why was it so? Reason?

[vapid flume]

Because it's better with a real 3D software

[fickle phoenix]

I'm using a cracked version because I can't afford the paid version of it.

[fickle phoenix]

Okk

[fickle phoenix]

So the 3d objects won't gonna work with photoshop, is that what u r trying to say so?

[vapid flume]

For example Blender is free and it's a real 3D program. Or Substance tools, they are top notch. Even Illustrator is better at 3D than Photoshop was

[vapid flume]

So do you realise you are on the OFFICial Photoshop server here?

maintained by Adobe?

[fickle phoenix]

OK I'm a complete beginner so I have no idea on how do I draw a correct proportion 3d cube.

[vapid flume]

We can't help you if you are using pirated software

As I said, Blender is free and is better for your task anyway

[fickle phoenix]

I'm not using that now. I'm using paid version of 2021 version of photoshop software

[vapid flume]

Then you could probably go back to the 2020 version using the CC app

Sorted!

[fickle phoenix]

Still i was facing that

[fickle phoenix]

So the 2020 version is much better than 2021 paid version?

[vapid flume]

Both would be paid, they are available in the CC app

the 2020 will have the 3D features but not any Generative AI stuff. If you want all that you need to have the latest version (2025) and use a proper 3D software for doing 3D

[fickle phoenix]

So u r trying to say is 3d won't be possible in photoshop, right?

[vapid flume]

It's not a question of what is better or not. If you insist on using 3D in Photoshop, you need an older version (with less of the other features)

[vapid flume]

Not anymore

Photoshop is not a 3D software, period

[fickle phoenix]

Idk y that utube channel was teaching us how to use 3d in photoshop. That's why I followed. So how do I stop that from buffering without deleting my older projects in process?

[vapid flume]

What is the date of that tutorial? 5 years ago?

check that

https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/dimension.html

it should be included with your subscription

this is a proper 3D software for simpler projects

It's very easy to use

[vapid flume]

Check if you have ray tracing on, and kill all of the other instances. After that it's down to the ram your computer uses. it might crash if too heavy

[fickle phoenix]

7yrs ago

[vapid flume]

Yes, not good!

Things have changed in 7 years! 🙂

[fickle phoenix]

Idk y this link is not opening. If you can guide me step by step like what particular command do I have to click?

Would you please refer to this video where I'm stuck currently?

[vapid flume]

This is a link to a new software, Adobe dimension that should be included in your Adobe Subscription.

I wouldn't know how to guide you for the rest

[fickle phoenix]

Nope it's not there with my subs

[vapid flume]

What is your subscription?

[vapid flume]

You should use your mouse in that instance, it's easier. The pen might slow down things

Your computer is computing the rendering or something. it's either your leave it to finish, or your stop the process with CTRL+ALT+DEL

Anyway, I need to go!
All the info you need is in the conversation above.

[fickle phoenix]

Will it gonna delete my old work which I was doing b4 Dat?

[vapid flume]

If you didn't save it yes. If you did save it, no

[fickle phoenix]

Tysm 4 ur guidance.

[vapid flume]

You're welcome!

[scarlet crag]

Got a question/issue, i'm hoping someone here will be able to answer or provide any tips on. I am looking to fill in the rest of the lip color here to match the lipstick but im struggling with finding the best approach to do so.

[vapid flume]

My general approach would be to use a technique called "Frequency separation" that creates 2 layers one that only affects the texture (and that you won't touch in your case, but is still required in order for the retouch to work) and on colour layer that will be coloured in. I would use the clone stamp tool on that colour layer (Named "low frequency" layer, the texture being the high frequency layer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMkoCQA0o4o

On the Youtube thumbnail, you are seeing the result of the high frequency being retouched. You, on the other hand will be working on the low frequency layer.

A word of caution, like in all things related to portrait retouching: less is more. A perfect skin doesn't exist and looks horrible.

[stark bramble]

why is the W off like this, cant get it to work

[molten nacelle]

Does it fix itself if you raise the dpi / ppi

[stark bramble]

yes wow it did, everything on the poster got better lol. Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @molten nacelle (current: #195 - 8)

[molten nacelle]

You're welcome! You'll find most things a little more detailed and crisper on a higher density 🙂 Just don't go overboard and raise it too high, or file sizes will balloon with diminishing returns... for the most projects 72 ppi will be enough, but if you're making large scale things for print (like posters) 300 dpi is the standard. I don't know what yours was previously set to, but when vectorized things like text are looking pixelated that's a pretty good tell that the pixel density is too low

[stark bramble]

Alright, you know some stuff!
Thoughts? This was before the dpi edit

[molten nacelle]

😅 I mostly know things now just by doing things wrong for a long time first... and am probably still doing many things wrong, but hey that's the process!

On first glance of your poster, I love how clean and modern it is! Very much looks like a sweet poster that some car nut friends I have would hang near their desks. I have a few subjective suggestions, but I would love to see it now after the upscale, I'd probably be able to give some better feedback if that's what you'd like 🤘

[stark bramble]

Alright!

@molten nacelle here it is

[haughty storm]

I'm curious when you use an iPad to draw or paint in real time on PC you have to use an app to make the connection, does it work well? Or would I be better off using PS directly on iPad and saving to the cloud?

[split galleon]

Is sending a creative brief questionnaire to a company that is ordering a design a better option than just asking questions via email? What are your experiences with this?

[violet geode]

how do I check what inputs I put in for the oil filter on a certain image?

[viral palm]

Did you already applied the oil filter? If so, the image was changed to smart object before or you've directly applied the filter on a rasterized layer?

[violet geode]

I applied it and then closed photoshop

[viral palm]

OK if you didn't used this filter in other design photoshop should give you last settings used if you re-apply this filter.

[violet geode]

yea I used it in others already and changed the settings

[viral palm]

Any chance you've applied it on a Smart Object?

[violet geode]

yea

but its gone now

the filter is on the image, just no settings

[viral palm]

If it's applied to a smart object you should see the oil filter smart filter above... Double click on it to access the oil filter settings used.
If you rasterized the effect applied, I'm sorry to say that but your settings used are lost...
The interest of using Smart object is to keep the effects editable afterwards so you should avoid (as much as possible) to rasterize a Smart object.

[violet geode]

what is rasterize

[viral palm]

Raterized image is an image with fixed resolution. It is no longer considered an editable graphic, and changes to the object cannot be undone.(effects/filters applied are fused inside the image).
A smart object, is an image that has been embedded within a Photoshop document. It is still editable, meaning changes to the object can be undone and modified at any time and you keep access to the filters applied to it.

[viral palm]

If you have the before and after image at the final resolution I can try to find settings used (or something close)...
Don't promess you anything but could worth a try... As you want.

[haughty storm]

?

[violet geode]

Thanks but its not worth it

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 598)

[restive dock]

hi , i have a questions , i want to make a glow. i use the solid color feature and i press control + i. and last thing i need to do before using my brush is to make it into linear dodge(add)

but when i use the linear dodge(add), the color fades away and turns into pure white

i really apperacite if someone helps me with that , thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENCMGabrOcY&list=PLcw2orOVSQWquRSEZG629FU5xqzTYmJ1A&index=5

[lament horizon]

hello i want someone to help me with a picture

is to remove a watermark but is a pretty hard to remove watermark and i tried everything to mixed results

[molten nacelle]

Could you provide a screenshot of your layers and what colors you’re brushing with / on top of, etc?

[lament horizon]

@molten nacelle hey could you help me with mine, i could provide screenshot of the picture

[viral palm]

I can't help. Idon't use Ipad to draw on PC. Sorry.

[molten nacelle]

You can feel free to go ahead and share the screenshot. I just may have to preemptively warn you that depending on what the photo / watermark situation is, many folks here may be reluctant to help you. Often because watermarks are protective measures against using peoples images without credit, permission, or compensation. With that out of the way, show me what you’re working with! 😅

[lament horizon]

yeah sure, is nothing bad. I will explain it to you better on DM

[viral palm]

Did you follow step by step Benny's demo?

[viral palm]

Is a solid color layer(with the grey cursor line under the thumbnail - like on the screen shot) or a regular layer filled with a color?
If you just filled a regular layer with color be sure to invert the mask and not the layer itself.

[haughty storm]

ah I just like the idea of using an iPad better than a pen pad

[viral palm]

I assume you have an Apple Pencil...

[haughty storm]

yeah the new iPad came out and so did the new pencils

my current iPad IMO is too old for this

[viscid lintel]

How would I non-destructively remove a single color? I need the full bright green to be gone using an adjustment layer of some kind.

[viral palm]

Bright green must be transparent or you want to change its color/hue?

[viscid lintel]

Must be transparent. If changing the color/hue to black or another pleasant color is an option, that would be equally fine.

Ah, here we go.

I just used the color range tool and applied a layer mask.

Strike that. It's not amazing.

[viral palm]

Yep... You figured it out!

[viral palm]

You can apply a light value "minimum" filter to your mask to clean the light green fringing around...

[viscid lintel]

I was hoping there might be an adjustment layer that acts like a band stop filter. Just cut out all of a certain luminance.

[viral palm]

That's what I get with the technique shown in the video...

[haughty storm]

neato... can minimum be done with anything that has fringing?

[viral palm]

You can easily change the color with Hue/Saturation adjustment layer (like on this video) but to get a transparency it's more tricky since there are some green parts in the design you want to keep...

[haughty storm]

so why not change it to a color that isn't in the design that way it doesn't disturb the design iself?

[viscid lintel]

True, true.

[viscid lintel]

Oh that's such a neat button. I had no idea it existed.

[fair belfry]

Hi guys I wondering if anyone could make the hair sticking out and the hair inside the helmet along with the logo on the helmet gone if that’s okay?

[terse mason]

?

[viral palm]

minimum is a quick way to shrink a mask... Often used to remove the white "halo" around a masked out subject... It's just a trick (works better on high resolution image 'cause we can<t go lower than 0.2 value)... And doesn,t work on anything => Really bad on hair and fur masking.

[haughty storm]

was going to say... cuz contracting or expanding or feathering, etc seem harder

even refine hair can be tricky too

[terse mason]

leave my boy refine brush alone! He aint do nuthin wrong!!

[haughty storm]

smh wrong channel, discussing a feature and its best uses

[molten nacelle]

May not be a question, but it’s just banter relating to the topics being discussed

[viral palm]

Hope I understood what you're asking for...

[orchid siren]

Could someone change the text proof; SubToToJikun01 to Proof: Lil_brogamer3321 and remove the other red guys message.

** If your working on it react to the message **

[fair belfry]

Yeasirrr appreciatechu

[fair belfry]

Oh wait also you see that “ Hayes Fawcett….” Can you remove that as well please 😭

[urban merlin]

how can I make the shadow on the pumpkin match the on the bottom teeth

[wraith mesa]

Hello im asking for a help to recreate this gold medal in ai but high quality and png hehe for educational purposes pls

like this but realistic design

[molten nacelle]

I’d have to have a better idea on your layers you’re using to create the shading in order to really advise you beyond suggesting adding a new layer, selecting the brush tool, holding Alt to sample the color of the shadow, manually brushing in additional shadows, and masking off areas you don’t want the shadow on

[urban merlin]

thanks a lot that worked perfectly

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @molten nacelle (current: #180 - 9)

[molten nacelle]

Right on 🤘

[molten nacelle]

Rather than trying to use AI to recreate it, there’s a wealth of free PNGs online if you do a little digging. Like this one for example?

[wraith mesa]

ohh i need royal blue laace my prof said T _ T

thanks a lot bro for the effort

[molten nacelle]

Like this?

[wraith mesa]

i think this is more okay i will just manipulate it '

[molten nacelle]

I mean the cutout is pretty rough because it’s from my phone, but that’s a real medal

[wraith mesa]

really ohhhh

thanks alot @molten nacelle

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @molten nacelle (current: #168 - 10)

[molten nacelle]

Anytime 👍

[restive dock]

it seems if i chose a dark color , it wouldnt work , i need to chose a light color

[lofty topaz]

ok, so when i edit the right part of the shape, how can i "mirror" it to the leftt side

so the shape can be symetrical

[stark bramble]

Is there a way to like ai/auto generate shadows under car in photoshop?

[restive dock]

i want to make the blood look thicker , any idea how?

[sly hawk]

blook?

[sly hawk]

yeah.

This was done with Gen Fill.

[stark bramble]

how do i open that box because i cant get it to open

[sly hawk]

The 'box' on my screenshot? on the right? - It's just the layer properties of the Gen Fill layer

If you can't see it, maybe go to Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials

oh wait...

you mean the box at the bottom,

[stark bramble]

this one at the bottom yeah

[sly hawk]

Are you using the latest edition of photoshop? Non-pirated etc?

I'm not judging, it's just that it won't work if it's not a legit copy. - this is because it connects to Adobe servers etc

[restive dock]

how? what is bloook?

[sly hawk]

You tell me. You typed it.

[stark bramble]

oh yeah its of course the real one, it dissapeared yesterday

[restive dock]

oh srryyy

there ^^^^

[vapid flume]

Where is the blood? Sorry I was looking for something red 🙂

[restive dock]

um the dark red thing , i used brush

[sly hawk]

Can you share the whole pic? Seeing it in context may help.
The fact that it has an opacity isn't helping

Some highlights instead would work wonders!

[restive dock]

how did you do that?!

mine looks so dryy

[stark bramble]

thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1020)

[sly hawk]

https://motionarray.com/stock-motion-graphics/thick-red-blood-drips-on-alpha-1260130/

[vapid flume]

You need to add some dimension to it, make it more 3D. You can use a layer style "emboss"

[restive dock]

does it cost money?

[restive dock]

emboss?

[stark bramble]

@sly hawk Yesterday this generative fill worked great but I havent got it to work today at all. It doesnt do anything

sometimes all it does is just like cut small parts of the car out

[restive dock]

thats what i needddd

[restive dock]

it looks better now

[vapid flume]

Obviously mine looks more like ketchup now, so you need to add that dimension to a shape that already resembles blood,

[restive dock]

ey nothing wrong with ketchup haha

[restive dock]

dimension?

is it another tool in phtoshop?

[vapid flume]

3D effect? a sense of dimension

[vapid flume]

no, the tool I used is called "bevel and emboss)

[restive dock]

idk , i am a beginner

[restive dock]

oh oki

[sly hawk]

(You can download this asset for free from here:
https://pngtree.com/freepng/blood-red-dripping-three-dimensional-realism_6861041.html

[vapid flume]

It's a way of expressing the need for a more 3D feel: to add dimension to a design = make it look more 3D

[sly hawk]

What did you select before asking it to generate anything?

[restive dock]

wow, that already better than mine that i have been trying for hours...

[stark bramble]

I used the pen tool

[sly hawk]

(This is what I selected)

[restive dock]

i see

[stark bramble]

@sly hawk yeah it could have been that problem. better now

[restive dock]

do you know how i can make the size selcetion longer , as i need the brush to big but either itss to big or its small , its too sentsetive

[stark bramble]

@sly hawk nah still really weird, does not work good

[vapid flume]

You can type numbers directly in there, unless I missed something in your question

[restive dock]

but idk what nummbers i want , i just toogle the thing untill i find the size i want

[vapid flume]

You can use the up and down arrow as well. If you check in your preferences you can display the real size of your brush as a cursor, it helps

[restive dock]

but whe it comes to end , its so hard

[stark bramble]

like what it this lmao

[restive dock]

sorry little confusing

[vapid flume]

Check my settings, that way you will see th exact size of the brush with a cross hair in the middle

[vapid flume]

you can also use the [ and ] keyboard shortcuts to increase or decrease the size of your brush on the fly, without touching the slider

[restive dock]

i dont find the AND key on my keybaord

[vapid flume]

(if you got a graphic tablet with express keys and/or a roller these shortcuts can be added to the keys, it's easier for drawing)

[vapid flume]

the and is not a key, the key are [ or]

or is not a key it's a word

just hit they [ and see what it does. Don't follow blindly what I say, test it for yourself

[restive dock]

which one is it?

[vapid flume]

like [ and ] ... [ to decrease and ] to increase

[woeful cargo]

I really like this shade of blue but I need it to be like a yellow version of that but using hue saturation isnt even showing me yellow

how do i achieve this

[vapid flume]

You could use "replace colour" instead if you know the exact hue you want to change it to.

[woeful cargo]

I dont know the exact hue, i just know i want it to be a yellow version

am trying colour lookup to no success rn

[vapid flume]

Colour look up is different, it's changing all the colours (it's more a tool to grade photos)

[woeful cargo]

I tried channel mixer but i just learnt it and not really working

[vapid flume]

if the design is on its own layer you can also try that

[woeful cargo]

but that removes the gradient

[vapid flume]

if you want to use the Hue/Saturation layer, then click on the colour with the eyedropper (in orange in the screenshot) it will only chooses cyan (or blue) in your case, mine show red.

it sometimes gives better results that changing the whole colour

Sorry the image you posted is small I didn't even see there was a gradient

If the design has a gradient on it, the solution is either hue/saturation or play with the individual channel curvesso in your case, lower the blues (low blue = yellow, like in standard colour theory)

[woeful cargo]

Am playing with these rn

now its just green

trying to remove the green makes it black

[vapid flume]

I had a try and I can see the gradient now

I would play with the sliders at the bottom. Because your lighter colour is cyan, but the darker is blue it won't work unless you extend the scope of what Cyan and blue are

[woeful cargo]

I got it

Chatgpt fixed it

[woeful cargo]

iill try this

too

theres green though

thanks for taking the time

to help me

[vapid flume]

You need to play with the slider in both the cyan channel and also the blue channel

[vapid flume]

Personnaly I would apply a new gradient to this design, but it would need to be separated from the white background. I don't know if that's the case

[woeful cargo]

yeah thats what i asked gpt to do

[vapid flume]

It would be easier (the other methods are valid though)

[woeful cargo]

crazy what ai can do nowadays

[vapid flume]

It's always best if you show the whole window, because that way we can adapt our answer based on how the layer stack looks. If it showed a separated layer for the design, I would have suggested otherwise

I don't use chat GPT, so I wouldn't know

[woeful cargo]

how come

you dont use chatgpt

[vapid flume]

plenty of people don't. That's everyone choices 🙂

I read the help files instead

[woeful cargo]

yeah i know, but like is there a reason to avoid it?

[vapid flume]

I found that answers posted by people using chat GPT are often wrong

THis is a conversational agent, it scrapes answers humans have posted before (it doesn't invent anything) so if a human posted something wrong, the answer chat GPT gives will be wrong

Of course it will be right if the answer the human gave is right

but I like to try things by myself, that way, I know what is true

[woeful cargo]

I say use GPT as a tool, if you know what you are doing then its a great help, also with o1 preview using reinforced learning to look at its answer, and then correct itself, and do this process again and again

[vapid flume]

You need to check the answers though. Too many people take what it says at face value

[woeful cargo]

Agree with this

[vapid flume]

It's like what you read on Facebook 🙂

I only use Ai writing tools to correct my grammar and writing flow because I am not a writer and English isn't my first language, so it's not like I don't use it at all. It's just what works for me

[woeful cargo]

i use it mostly for programming, like in unity if i need it to create like a quick Gizmo displayer for the area in which my enemies spawn in (a rectangle showing on screen in runtime) it will do that, without me having to like spend time doing it

I also use it to teach me or explain math/physics, and give me feedback on my english. Especially with claude being so much advanced now, the nature of these subjects math/physics is that i have a textbook right next to me so if i get it wrong i know straight away, and the more you use gpt the more you get a feel of when it answers right compared to wrong

as for english, that is really what gpt is built for, so i know its accurate

[vapid flume]

The thing I know is that for answers made by people here using it, it often gives a wrong, or a circumvoluted answers

[woeful cargo]

i meant for essays or creative writing

[vapid flume]

Sometimes people come here because they don't know how to express the issue they are having

[woeful cargo]

stuff like that

my parents use it a lot since they dont know english well, using it to write emails

[vapid flume]

If you know the jargon, you'll get any answer from any tool, if you don't know the jargon, only a human can understand what you are saying

I'll probably use it when it will do the dishes and the laundry 🙂

[glossy basin]

Can anyone help me to make a thumbnaile like this pls?

[vapid flume]

Which part of the thumbnail do you want to make (I wouldn't help for the brick 3D design 🙂 )

can you be a bit more specific?

[glossy basin]

i mean I can make the Thumbnail but i am beginner in PS soo what should i add to make the thumbnail more intresting attractive?

[vapid flume]

What do you start with? can you show the design you have so far?

[glossy basin]

ok then i am finishing it after finishing the main part then ill show you ok?

[vapid flume]

Othewise there are plenty of tutorials to make thumbnails attarctive. I am not a specilist, I never dome Youtube thumbnails before. I can only answer questions about Photoshop tools

[vapid flume]

You should show to #📝project-feedback

[glossy basin]

Ohh ok

[vapid flume]

This channel is for Photoshop issues, yours is an "aesthetic issue"

As I said, I would be useless helping you with that 🙂

[glossy basin]

Ohh okk Thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 769)

[vapid flume]

https://lickd.co/blog/content-tutorials/how-to-create-a-good-youtube-thumbnail

see if that helps

[raw lodge]

Someone please tell me How to cover faces in Photoshop like this?

[glossy basin]

ahh can you help me ? how can i remive the watermark?

@vapid flume

[raw lodge]

Answer please

[woeful python]

what brush can i use to mimic this

[woeful python]

let me try

[vapid flume]

Looks like conté crayon or something similar (any dry medium like pastels etc)

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

[woeful python]

this is bs

🤣

how do you blend the colors like dat

[woeful python]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 770)

[viral palm]

Usually you must use a light color to create a glow effect… In « Linear Dodge(Add) » mode , BLack is a neutral color (effect doesn’t work on this color) so the more the chosen color is dark less the effect is visible.

[stark bramble]

Anyone know why generative fill doesnt work here? Does not create anything that looks like a shadow lol

[serene coral]

Make sure to get your selection right, select more than you need first, including the lower part of the car and see if it's going in the right direction

[stark bramble]

Okay, you know how this generative fill sometimes messes up parts of the car? Like the wheels etc. Someway you can fix that? Like erase the generative fill at that specific spot?

[serene coral]

You can simply refine the mask the generative fill layer has by default

[stark bramble]

Oh okay so after the generative fill has made the shadow I can like readjust the mask?

[serene coral]

Exactly

[stark bramble]

Awesome thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @serene coral (current: #6 - 913)

[forest comet]

It is on Turkish but it doesn show up in the PS program.. anyone?

[molten nacelle]

Did you change the install language after installing?

[short loom]

how do i mimic this effect?

[viral palm]

Filter>blur>motion blur

[molten nacelle]

blurring, isolated red hues, noise & grain, soft feathered masking

[short loom]

Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 599)

[short loom]

Thanks too!

[ripe quest]

@real dagger - Please ask questions here. There are more people to help if I'm not around. :)

[real dagger]

Kk

[stark bramble]

how do I open the mask again to readjust now that it looks like this

[viral palm]

The mask should be visible beside the Layer thumbnail in your layers panel.

[stark bramble]

the thing is that i want to be available to get these lines visible that appears when using the pen tool again

@viral palm this is what i want to open after genrative fill

[viral palm]

I think the problem is that generative fill works with layer mask… What you show me here is a vector path… I don’t think generative fill feature can create a vector mask rather a layer mask…

[stark bramble]

okay thanks
also why wont generative fill create any good shadows here? when I try to make shadows in another document it works great.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 600)

[lofty topaz]

can anyoone help me with this

[viral palm]

TBH I don’t know why you get weird result with the shadow here… You could try (on an other document) to merge your car with a white background and try to generate a shadow? Does it give you the same weird and (unfructuous ) result? Generative can give uncertain results…

[stark bramble]

did it in a new document and it worked well, so weird

[viral palm]

You won’t like my answer… Unfortunately you can’t edit several anchor point handle simultaneously in photoshop and there is no « snap » feature on vector handles…
You can add guides over your first modified handles to bring the handles on the opposite side at the same place/level…
A bit tedious but it works…

[lofty topaz]

yeah i just cut it in half and copy pasted it to the other side

[stark bramble]

is there any way to like copy this one into my original document?

[viral palm]

You can use a trick now… Wait 2 min I will type here…

[viral palm]

In the document where you get the good result > copy the bottom part with the good shadow and paste on a layer above your car in the original document… Put the blend mode of the shadow on « Multiply » > then align shadow under the car… Does it wok?

[stark bramble]

cant really get that to work, isnt there just a way to copy the whole car plus the shadow to my original document?

[lofty topaz]

is there any good addon or tutorial that lets you add details to letters, like scratches, paint worn off effect, ect

[stark bramble]

actually got it to work now but heres the thing, compare the lower part of the car in these pictures, generative fill messes it up. can you fix that? It kind of cuts out a bit and also messes up the wheels

[lofty topaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=g9CT2YVgMFc

i guess this will do

[viral palm]

Honnestly I’m not a generative AI guy so for this type of work I would prefer spend time « painting » or building shadows from scratch rather wasting my time trying make AI works… AI is just a timer saver for me so when it doesn’t work I switch to classic techniques to mimics real shadows…Sorry, maybe a more AI oriented people could help?

[forest comet]

yes it was first at english then i had to change it to turkish to make a video , then i had to install that language but it still didnt show up

[stark bramble]

get it all good thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 601)

[dire swift]

Soo good looking volvo!!

I love volvos so much

Btw someone help me fix this...

Every png file on my pc opens up in photoshop :/

[ripe quest]

Right-click on one of the files in the File Explorer. Choose Properties from the context menu. In the General Tab, look at the "Opens with" field. Click on "Change" and choose the app that you want to use to open PNG by default. Then enjoy your images in that app. :)

[stark bramble]

Yeah it is a nice one

[dire swift]

File Explorer crashes when i try to right click, it's really weird.

[dire swift]

I hope i'll own one of those older models or like a newer V70. <3

(but now it didn't)

[ripe quest]

Sounds like some problem with Windows. Rebbot Windows and try it again. Or see if there are Updates for Windows that you're missing.

[dire swift]

Fixed it haha

Thanks man

I was too late to say, but it did crash once, when i right clicked.

But not now atleast 🙏

[ripe quest]

Glad you got it sorted out.

[dire swift]

Thx for the help again. 👍

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2440)

[stark bramble]

Yeah right, swedish gold

[dire swift]

Fr!

[molten nacelle]

You might have to reinstall the program with Turkish selected beforehand

[tame cape]

Hi @stark bramble
I would go the 'old-fashioned' way.
Add two areas as shadows + core shadows underneath your cropped vehicle.
Then reduce the opacity of the core shadow to approx. 75% and the opacity of the second shadow to max. 15-30% opacity, depending on the background.
(I have only roughly cut out the vehicle for demonstration purposes)

[tacit berry]

Is there a way to copy the location and transform setting from a layer to a different project with the same specifications?

[tacit berry]

Got it, for reference, Right click and duplicate layer, click drop down from window that pops up and select other active project.

[narrow venture]

Got a problem on Fresco Windows: when i draw something it’s make a Line first. Someone Got the problem before and can resolve the issue ?

[ripe quest]

It seems to behave normally for me. What version are you running?

[viral palm]

I think you simply use a thin brush... Check the video from @ripe quest to see how to change your brush...

[narrow venture]

5.5.5 version

[ripe quest]

I can't reproduce that. Seems to be fine for me.

[narrow venture]

That can be the tablet?

When I draw fast Fresco crash…

[ripe quest]

Are your GPU drivers up-to-date?

[narrow venture]

Yes

[serene coral]

make sure your pen tablet drivers are up to date and enabled for Fresco, that line is how Windows handles pen input by default...

[lunar sierra]

I wanted to print a custom label for a soda can, so i measured the can, made a photoshop document with those measurments, and edited a label i found online to fit the size of the document. When i print this out, it should in theory fit perfectly right?

[still cradle]

are you making it in CMYK color pallete?

[lunar sierra]

Yeah

[still cradle]

300 dpi?

[lunar sierra]

But idk if the label i found online is in CMYK, does that matter?

[lunar sierra]

Not sure how to check that tbh

[still cradle]

whats here?

[molten nacelle]

Image > Image Size

[lunar sierra]

Oh yeah it's 300 dpi

[lunar sierra]

Thanks <3

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @molten nacelle (current: #147 - 11)

[still cradle]

okay so propably you can

but are you sending it to printing company?

[lunar sierra]

Oh no it's just for a DIY project. I'll just print it on printer paper, cut it out and glue it on the can for a halloween costume

[solar kettle]

Uhm, so Pantone: Where is it? I have Pantone at work but can't use it at home. Pantone Connect is no help and has bad ratings apparantly

Generally asking, not just for Photoshop (actually need it for indesign)

[unreal shell]

Does anyone know how to set up the symmetry correctly so that it is the same on both sides?

[sullen forge]

does anybody in here help me i dont know what to do and i need to use photoshop in my school and i dont know nothing

[ripe quest]

See: #1042633933948465214 message

[ripe quest]

Start with the tutorials and lessons that Adobe provides with the app. Open Photoshop. Hit Ctrl F on the keyboard to open the Discover Window.

[sullen forge]

does anybody know someone that will due commisons on photoshop ?

[ripe quest]

Try Behnace Hire: https://behance.net/hire

[viscid fern]

is there a way to keep the middle selection? I understand i can just redo it but just curios if i can break a already committed selection

[ripe quest]

Break? You can hold ALT to subtract from a selection.

[viscid fern]

gotchu dont think its possible for what im asking

[ripe quest]

Sorry. I don't really understand what you're asking.

[viscid fern]

my goal was to select the hat but i accidently selected the bottom, i asked this question because i liked the top selection but didnt like the bottom selection i was wondering if there was a tool or way to break a selection to be able to select the top of the hat with still having the middle selection untouched

was just wondering if there was a shortcut

[ripe quest]

There are ways...

[vivid surge]

Hello, ive been trying for the past few hours to make a seamless hexagonal pattern but im unable to, any idea on how to make one?

i watched couple of tutorials

[winter ermine]

where have my panels / toolbar gone

[vivid surge]

they barely helped

[ripe quest]

Tap the TAB key.

[winter ermine]

just does this sidebar here https://gyazo.com/37946841636f522bf5e89d4cf694488a

[viscid fern]

gotchu thanks for the info

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2441)

[ripe quest]

Window > Workspace > Reset [Workspace Name]

[winter ermine]

Will that reset all my workspace settings?

[ripe quest]

It will bring it back to the whatever state it was saved with.

[ripe quest]

I don't know what this video is supposed to show me.

[ripe quest]

If you just want to turn the Toolbar back on, you can go to Window > Tools...

[storm path]

Anyway to heal corrupted PSDs?

[viral palm]

Here we go... Sorry for the delay

[orchid siren]

hi

anybody here

can someone help me photoshop

[viral palm]

You will need a recovering app... Google is your friend! Search for "PSD repair "... Lot of offers (some are free online...) but I honestly can't recommend one in particular as I've never used this type of software. Don't put too many hope on this 'cause many recover softwares can't recover really clean files... I hope I'm wrong🤞

[orchid siren]

Franck.

[viral palm]

Any question?

[orchid siren]

Can u photoshop smth?

It's pretty small

[viral palm]

It depends... I can't promisse anything with so few info...

[viral palm]

Shoot your point we will see.

[orchid siren]

Ok so

Can you make the Proof; Subtoto smth say Proof: Lil_brogamer3321

and remove the red guys hair and his text.

[violet geode]

How does increasing ppi increase image quality? I can't see a difference

[orchid siren]

Tell me if its possible frank

[viral palm]

I'll try to keep correct but... Even if I could I wouldn't do that... Even if it 's a game picture I don't do any sort of forgery... Sorry
I see you already posted this request yesterday... If nobody replied it means I'm not the only one... And I doubt any serious user here will do.

[orchid siren]

Hm, Alright. Thanks though. Just wanted to cheat proof so i can skip trainings in a game.

[violet geode]

Do I use the deafault photoshop color profile for printing an image or do I use sRGB IEC61966-2.1.

[viral palm]

PPI doesn't make any difference on the screen... It makes the difference when you'll print your image.
first 1:30 of this video explains what I mean... And the rest is great to (if you have time)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73o_UnmAeP0

[viral palm]

Since I'm not a printer specialist and nobody seems to reply I would suggest you to read this from the Photoshop help online.
Perhaps it will help: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/printing-photoshop1.html

[half canopy]

Send me a DM.

[tawny kiln]

is there shortcut keys for photoshop timelines?

[haughty storm]

I'm trying to make the objects behind the picture frame appear in front of it intstead, like the plate, candle, flowers I know I need to mask it but I'm confused how and I feel like I should know this already but I'm not sure I have the layer order correct either

I did have a layer mask but something's not right

here's what I'm trying to do:

do I do a gradient mask?

I have it almost how I want it; but I don't want it translucent like that

[haughty storm]

oop, nevermind; I figuerd it out 😄 I just copied the two objects to a new layer and put them on top; problem solved

[wraith sierra]

https://www.behance.net/Mostafa_Sh

opinions :3 ?

[haughty storm]

you'll get better answers in #📝project-feedback FYI

[wraith sierra]

no one answered :\

[brave wedge]

does anyone wanna teach me photoshop through photopea im willing to learn

u can record me and upload it to yt if u want

[cosmic lichen]

What would be the best way to select these keys and fill them in black on a new layer?

[thick tangle]

Have u tried object selection?

[cosmic lichen]

I haven't I'll give that a try

[thick tangle]

Or try remove background

[cosmic lichen]

Object selection worked decently well ty

[thick tangle]

Np

[light heart]

Hey! Can someone help with my tiktok/yt pfp, i am trying to upload an image (1080x1080 res), i try it all, compressing the image, changing res to 200x200, and nothing quality still bad

[vapid flume]

I cannot really help (as don't really know about these specs) but one thing: the more you compress, the more the image will look bad

So you should stop compressing and start over

[light heart]

ok thanks

[vapid flume]

One thing to consider if the platforms allow it is to upload in PNG instead of Jpeg and see what it looks like.
so it would be: 1st having your Photoshop file set at the right size and resolution (but the resolution doesn't matter, the pixel count do, since you're not printing)

File> export as> PNG

and don't change anything

For example Instagram accepts PNGs for images and the result is always good on my end: No compression

[real dagger]

Can someone help me putting 2 images together in 1 to see how they look like?

[vapid flume]

Do you need someone to explain how to do it, or do you need someone to do it for you?

if the latter you should go to #💬chat-general

If the former stay here 🙂

[real dagger]

The second psrt

Part

[vapid flume]

In that case ask in #💬chat-general then and see if someone will be kind enough to help

[storm path]

Hm, okay. I was hoping for some reccomendations via experience.

[real dagger]

How could i make the inner imge brighter?

[ripe quest]

One moment

[viral palm]

Add an adjustment layer over your design with a layer mask revealing the effect only in the center (black mask with a white elipse). You can try different type of adjustment layers: brightness and contrast, levels curves…etc

[ripe quest]

You could try something like this...

[rocky kindle]

Hi,
I would like to make a blur at the bottom but only at the bottom of this png so it is a little bit smoother and not this abrupt. A sort of ghost effect but with only a blur
Tried a few blur but I did not found what I was looking for.
Also tried to mask it and blur only the mask but same result, not exactly what i was looking for

[viral palm]

Blur and fade the bottom or just blur?

[ripe quest]

What exactly are you looking for? You'd have to explain that otherwise we're just guessing...

[real dagger]

And do you think is doable to like remove the text that is written already ??

[ripe quest]

Sure. Try painting over it with the Remove Tool.

[viral palm]

Did you try filter>blur gallery>field blur (you can add pins to control the blur zone and strength)?

[real dagger]

Thanks a lot

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2442)

[ripe quest]

Quickly with the Remove Tool...

[real dagger]

Many thankd @ripe quest , could u send me that image? To check if it works with my plan?

If possible

[ripe quest]

Here you go, pal.

[viral palm]

I think you’ve guessed it better than me…

[real dagger]

Perfect

[rocky kindle]

Thanks this is what I was looking for
Would you add/change anything ? Seems strange but I can't find what is offf

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 602)

[ripe quest]

Sometimes, I'm a good guesser. Other times, not so much. :D

[sly hawk]

@ancient ferry #💬chat-general message

I'd suggest you erase/mask the old branches and then copy, paste and flip the the ones from the other side.

You can use puppet warp to tweak the angles/position

[ripe quest]

They can't do it. They're asking for someone to do it for them.

[iron locust]

I am thinking what would be the best approach to change the sign to "I have a dream". Than I have to make this pictures with same in 3 more different languages. Any good workflow for that?

Credit: Foto by Nathan Dumlao form Unsplash

[sly hawk]

Yeah, sounds like a smart object for the text is the way to go...

@iron locust

Firstly remove the existing text 🙂

Then add the new text in... not forgetting the smart object step

Then swap out your text 3 times

You could also include a displacement map to help avoid the text looking so 'flat' and fake...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA2MxlQ1tcI

[river otter]

Hello,

I have a question about Photoshop's background generation feature. In Photoshop v25, when I selected an object, used "inverse selection," and generated a background, I could get a nice background based on what I prompted. For example, if I had a colorful cup and asked for a table, it would create a realistic table, making it look like the cup was placed on it.

However, in Photoshop v26, this doesn't seem to work the same way. If the cup is colorful, the entire background ends up looking like something out of a Disney movie. Is there any way to adjust this to get a more realistic background like in v25?

Thank you!

[iron locust]

Oh, this is perfect! Thank you @sly hawk 😍

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1021)

[sly hawk]

Hey Huda - You can't get it for free, unless you're talking about a dodgy pirated copy.

and asking here, on the official Photoshop discord group, literally run and operated by Adobe - isn't a smart idea.

@thorn mason

[molten nacelle]

It's always surprising the amount of people who self report on official channels...

But yes, just get the photography plan through the creative cloud and pay for it legitimately

[light heart]

i have a question why this happens with my image quality
left pre pfp:
right pfp:

[ripe quest]

Images are post-processed by Discord to meet file format, file size (dimensions and data on disk) and compression requirements.

[light heart]

Ooo ok, what a im supposed to do if i dont want that quality loss

[molten nacelle]

I mean the largest resolution discord supports is 512x512

[ripe quest]

Export to PNG and try uploading that. There could be some compression/decompression artifacts/quality loss taking place. Difficult to know.

[light needle]

Can someone please explain or link a vid that shows how to turn the truck's container colour from green to red and the black letters yellow?

[ripe quest]

Maybe someting like this...

[faint marsh]

Updated to PS 2025 and now I can't resize my text box at all, I don't know why it started doing this maybe I accidentally enabled something going through prefrences but its quite annoying.

[coarse nacelle]

any advice for what to do for the framing of this scene? like background, position, rotation etc?

[light needle]

Thanks much

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2443)

[analog rivet]

Hello, my Photoshop just crashed unexpectedly, and I was expecting for the file I was working on to be saved in the background, as usual, but it wasn’t. I went into settings, and it appears that the “Automatically save recovery information every”…. is grayed out and I’m unable to activate it. Any thoughts what it could be and how to fix it? Thanks

[sly rampart]

should i upgrade from cs6 to the newest version of photoshop?

[molten nacelle]

I mean CS6 is probably over a decade old at this point and Photoshop has only become more powerful and capable every year

[sudden tangle]

Why can't I use these alignment tools up here to make the thing centered?

[viral palm]

Do you have something selected?

[ripe quest]

Align to what?

[sudden tangle]

Yeah

[sudden tangle]

This did it!

Thanks @ripe quest

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2444)

[sudden tangle]

@viral palm Thanks for the help also!

[lunar edge]

does anyone know to get the effect around the light?

[sudden tangle]

Do you know if it's possible to like line something like this in blender? I have a circle and I want to add these objects easily around it evently. I have a GIF using 3d software blender as an example.https://gyazo.com/16078b7fd13feb97c785a8648d75c4e5

I want to add images around the circle easily and evenely without hand placingh each image around it. I've also attached a reference image

[ripe quest]

You're asking how to do this in Blender?

[sudden tangle]

no no

in photoshop.

I used blender as an example since it's the only way I know how to show you

like how they dynamicaly change around the circle

based on the amount there.

[ripe quest]

It would be easier with Adobe Illustrator now their new feature.

[sudden tangle]

Okay, do you know of any affordable illustrate plans? Like I get photoshop for $9.99 with lightroom but don't want to pay the $23 or so for illustrate separate.

[ripe quest]

It can be done in Photoshop but its probably going to require a bit more effort. As far as other Adobe Plans, I'm not expert in the different plans and pricing. Sorry.

[sudden tangle]

Okay no worries thanks!

[ripe quest]

With Photoshop, you could probably use 'Step & Repeat' https://youtu.be/9Cn9R8edryA?si=GXhg0bkrpoZ2y6KU

[outer sun]

Hello i am using photoshop and i just started i need some help

[sudden tangle]

Let me try this ! Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2445)

[outer sun]

I have packaging for a product for a presentation im trying to get rid of everything on the package but maintain the package itself with its structure just want to get rid of the name and design

so i want a completely black package

[storm path]

Best Photoshop settings for exporting an image downscaled from it's native resolution? Dealing with JPGs, PNGs and TIFFs.

[outer sun]

ive been messing with color range but nothing is working could anybody help please

[storm path]

Tried the remove tool?

[molten nacelle]

I'd need to see a screenshot of what you're trying to remove to give the right advice

[outer sun]

I feel like im not explaining to well

yeah let me ss

ok this is it right

forget the ghost and the pumpkin

i want to get rid of everything on the package

such as the name and the designs like the bat and skull

so just a black package

[molten nacelle]

Well, just so you know... something like that would require more of a manual approach (aka more time consuming) to selecting and masking than color range selection. Color Range selection is best utilized when theres a single color value, or values very close to that color. This bag has many different shades, and shading on the crinkles, etc. The approach I would take would be selecting around the elements you want removed with something like the lasso tool, seeing if generative fill / content aware fill can do some of the grunt work, and if not then you'll be going in with a brush, carefully sampling colors, and painting in the plastic packaging yourself

[outer sun]

ill try the lasso

how do i use content aware after selected with lasso

wait nvm

its working!

[molten nacelle]

Yay! Glad to hear it

[wooden minnow]

Hi, any tips to refine edges smoothly in Photoshop?

[empty tusk]

hey guys i actually need help when i click on camera raw prefrence it always closses adope

[stiff trail]

Feels like given your current arrangement you should make the stencil in Blender, then drop it into PS as a guide and place by hand 😐

[stiff trail]

Which version, did you recently update, have you reset preferences ?

[stiff trail]

In future, the remove tool is your new friend.
Also if you need to do any cleanup, search for a tutorial on "Frequency Separation", it is a technique very very useful for cleaning up jobs like this.

[stiff trail]

A picture is worth a thousand words here - screenshot of the problem.

[tulip silo]

how do i make my photo like this? im completely new to photoshop and ive been fidgeting for 30 minutes to try and mimic this effect

[stiff trail]

Start with a 90's cellphone and...

😂

What's the source image ?

[tulip silo]

@Gaothearsonist on insta

[stiff trail]

I mean the image you're trying to edit sorry.

Looks like you want to desaturate, block the shadows up a bit, and add both luminance and colour noise

Nik Colour FX has a plugin that does all this analog mangling

But IDK if there's still a free version of that already.

[tulip silo]

i see

thanks a lot!

[sly hawk]

Maybe try using https://deepfriedmemes.com/

[sly hawk]

At that point, maybe just get a new crisp packet mockup psd?

https://www.pacagemockup.com/free-snack-pack-packaging-mockup-psd/

You can then make it whatever colour you want

P.S. - Here's how you can use mockups on photoshop

Not bad for a 4 minute, off the cuff, attempt:)

[stiff trail]

I love those smart PSDs, every time I use one I forget just how clever they can be

Had a business card template that was sublime in its execution, real inception level stuff for the repeating cards

[sly hawk]

Yeah, I use that sort of workflow a lot in my own work for roomsets, rugs, carpets etc.

[stiff trail]

I have to revisit how they're built every time, as it never comes up for me.

[sly hawk]

Yeah, it's handy to download a few to see how they're constructed, and then once you understand the principal, you can then go away and make your own custom ones for your own needs.

[stiff trail]

I wish I had call to, I'm just retouching McDonalds grade images as fast as I can :/

(As an aside, don't suppose you have CaptureOne and a wacom/windows ink tablet do you ? Just looking to see if someone can quickly repro something.)

Should only take a mo, if you're willing lemme know and I'll message you!

[real dagger]

Hi , this pic has the bottom cut and i want to try and fix but im unable to

[viral palm]

Even with generative expand?

[real dagger]

I could not make it work

[sly hawk]

Worked ok for me?

[real dagger]

I dont know what im doing wrong but thanks!

[sly hawk]

In my example, the bottom of the card didn't look very defined, so I added an extra bit above

@real dagger

[real dagger]

Thanks!

[tepid ravine]

Hey guys, sorry if i'm question is too dumb.

but i'm just a beginner and i would like to have a guidance, where to start at first, can someone give me some hints?

[sly hawk]

Start with some beginner lessons from within Photoshop

Then watch a few youtube videos on whatever interests you.

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

[tepid ravine]

@sly hawk i reallly appreciate brother.

i will start it now for real, i was just worried bcs sometimes if u dont filter good on Youtube you always find

advanced videos

[sly hawk]

You should be fine, just include the keyword 'beginner' and you should be golden.

"learning' is just discovering these short quick little 'techniques' that you then combine together at the right time to get your desired result.

Key thing to mention that 99% of photoshop uses existing assets. Don't feel like you need to literally hand build everything from a blank canvas. You're not learning to be a painter in the 1400's

[glossy basin]

anyone plss check my feedback message

[keen scroll]

Can anyone help me edit a picture pls dm me I need help

[stiff trail]

"Have a goal"

That's not facetious - Have an idea of WHAT you want to do, and you can work toward it.

[keen scroll]

Pls rq any good photoshop editors that can help me

[tepid ravine]

indeed, makes sense bro!

[tepid ravine]

good ideia bro, thx anyways

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @stiff trail (current: #196 - 8)

[kindred solar]

Dear photoshop magicians, Ive got this picture that u want to "scale up" or atleast (which is my main goal) turn it into "pixel art" 😅 but idk how lol

[stiff trail]

I'm serious - it's easier to answer "How do I change this red handbag to a blue one" or "How do magazines get that smooth skin look" than it is a generic "How do I learn photoshop", if that makes sense ? So if you have a photo, think of wht you want to DO to the photograph, and that'll guide what you watch.

ALlllllso Photoshop can be used for everything from photo retouching, to composition, forensic work, graphic design, etc... And they all use different methodologies and tools. So having a steer on that is a big part of it too.

Right click - Make selection ?

Then layer->Layer mask->reveal selection

Is that what you're after ?

[feral totem]

Do I do that when on the bezier tool?

[stiff trail]

Yeah

on or inside the path

[feral totem]

Sorry, where do I see this part. On the layers tab?

[stiff trail]

File-Edit0Image menu

Up at the top

For me it's Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M but it's possible that's a custom shortcut 😂

[feral totem]

It was haha😂 But I found it

For some reason though, it was greyed out

[stiff trail]

If you don't have an active selection it will be.

You need to turn your path into a selection

[feral totem]

I've done this, but for some reason, it isn't working. Am I doing something wrong?

Also, thank you for taking your time out to help me

[stiff trail]

You already HAVE a layermask

That's why you can't make a new one 😂

OK so you wanna fill the existing layermask with black, make your selection, then fill it with white.

Or delete the layermask by dragging it to the bin, and then the option to "reveal selection" should be back.

[viral palm]

In your video your layer is active not your mask. You must make your mask active if you don’t want the menu to be greyed out.

[feral totem]

Ohh😅 I'm coming from Inkscape, so this is a bit new to me

[feral totem]

Umm, where would I find the existing layer. I feel it might be the one that I used to remove the background of the brain

[feral totem]

Hmm.. How would I make my mask active?

[stiff trail]

In your video, it's in the layer panel, it's the highlighted one