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[woeful python]

i need to study compositing more

[slow ledge]

thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2538)

[ripe quest]

Or maybe an easier, less editable and goofier approach if it control doesn't matter as much. heh

Yeah. Sounds challenging. The first thing would be to make the two faces. And make sure they "line up" when you do the mask. Then worry about the "unzipping" part after, I guess. Then you'd need assets for a hand and an appropriate zipper that would make sense for the comp.

[woeful python]

but you know im the hardest designer alive. it will be done by tomorrow

just need a monster and a good playlist

[woeful python]

thanks for the tips

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2539)

[woeful python]

i could really just switch that skeleton thing for the demon but that feels like cheating ngl

[ripe quest]

The "C" stands for "Confident"

[woeful python]

but this is a good reference

[ripe quest]

I'm not sure that zipper makes sense to me. I would want it to be down the middle. Symmetrical. But that's just me. :)

[woeful python]

i hear you

like functionally it doesnt make sense

but as long as people understand and i like it. i dont mind

[river otter]

my making stuff bigger size tool isnt working

someone help lpz

[ripe quest]

Edit > Transform > Scale... i.e. for making stuff larger.

[woeful python]

can i ask a question unrelated to photoshop

[ripe quest]

If its going to turn into a conversation about unrelated topics, then post in #💬chat-general, please. :)

[wooden minnow]

Hi, if I want to replace contents of an object, it has to be converted to a smart object first right?

[ionic spoke]

if the object is something of a placeholder, then yes

[craggy osprey]

Dear Photoshop experts, I need your help perfecting a procedure.
I'm trying to create a tutorial for how to make a Ditherpunk image sequence.

My current action sequence is:

-Pick Image size
-Adjust Image Canvas
-Select Indexed Color mode (Set to 4 colors, black and white)
-Change "Color Table" to load a saved Pallete file (.act)

For some reason, including "Change color table" always messes up the image sequence, and I don't know why.

I've managed to finish sequences by only selecting a pallette with the "Convert to indexed color mode" action

But this limits the amount of control I have over the pallete and the contrast.

Ideally, I make a set of action where I first convert to a 4 color indexed color mode,

and I am then able to hand select every color by editing that pallette....

This is an expert trick, but it's very important I master it....

[bold galleon]

I want to make this white background either transparent or black and was just going to do a mask with some manual work with the bullet effect but was wondering if there was a simpler way? Mainly wondering because I run into this same situation every now and then

But I really don't mind doing the manual work that photoshop already makes easy

[rose oriole]

can anyone photoshop somehting for me rq like super easy just changing 1 number

[serene coral]

Please don't ask for help with forgery...

[rose oriole]

its not like that lol

[clever sentinel]

How can I accept myself and my work on ps?

[serene coral]

#1042833042378592329 message

[serene coral]

Accept?...

[clever sentinel]

Okay fair enough

[serene coral]

Can you clarify your question?

[clever sentinel]

Okay I meant got like an artist idea block in creating new stuff on ps

Idk how to get that going

[serene coral]

You can look for inspiration anywhere, go for a walk, meet your friends, listen to some music... 😁

[ripe quest]

Take two dissimilar ideas and try to combine them together in a unique or interesting way.

There are also sites that will suggest design prompts at random.

[clever sentinel]

Gotcha

[ripe quest]

Just suggestions. There are lots of different ways to find inspiration.

[clever sentinel]

Ik mine has being in slump

Cuz of accepting feedback

[ripe quest]

It happens from time to time.

[clever sentinel]

No wait I don't feel confident enough to be good like you all

Ps many hidden features Ik some of them but ye...

[bitter dew]

Do you guys know any paid professional course which helps a lot to progress ?

[turbid umbra]

hi all!
im trying to scale up this pixel art im working on and id like for it to keep the hard edges and crispness of it when i do that. i thought thise setting here for image interpolation would help but it didnt. any ideas on how to go about this? :3

[kind ether]

hey is there a reason i an use smoothing on my brush?

[river otter]

i dont have an image as an example but this could be easy to imagine if i have a character or a whole image how could i put text behind the character

ill try to find an example

this image how he has the text behind his head how could i achieve that

[lapis lion]

Hi so, so i use lightroom cloud in another computer. So the option "edit in photoshop" download the image to then open in photoshop.
Where are stored that photos in my computer?

[serene coral]

#927508840193351750 message

[serene coral]

Use layer masks

[craggy osprey]

I wanted to ask about this another time.

I think it has something to do with how Photoshop initially generates the black and white pallette?

In some pictures, the colors will be right in the picture, but have a slightly different order in the pallette

so when I import a pallette file, it changes the wrong ones.

[broken blaze]

how do i make the texture of these guys same as tomerry from lor?

i did have an idea about just using clone stamp but it looks kinda messy

[craggy osprey]

Looks fine to me

[broken blaze]

thx 😄

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @craggy osprey (current: #957 - 1)

[loud cove]

Hey guys im really new to this photoshopping stuff and you probably are going to think im ridiculous but i randomly came up with this idea in my head after listening to “Six Foot Seven Foot” by Lil Wayne and i just wanna try and edit this photo to where it looks like the elf on the shelf wrote a lyric from the song on this “christmas to do” list but im so bad i dont even know what im doing or how to make it look realistic 🥲 here is a reference photo if anyone can try and offer help or even just do some simple photoshopping urselves im willing to recompense for ur time thank you! 🙏🏾 and Dms are open

[grizzled spade]

How do i make the ShaPE pEN outline Curved?

[vapid flume]

What do you have as a strat photo for this. Do you already have some text written on the notebook, or do you start from scratch.

Because as it looks now, it looks like the lyrics are already there? unless I misunderstood something

[vapid flume]

You need to manupulate the handles with your direct selection tool (the white arrow)

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

[woeful python]

why cant we clip mask groups

[vapid flume]

Some people like to draw first and finesse their curves later (Nothing wrong with that!), some people like me, like to try to get the curve right with the pen tool, while drawing, directly

[woeful python]

i feel like this is something that is very needed but not talked about

i dont want to convert to smart object cause what if i want to go back and change something

[vapid flume]

https://www.adobe.com/uk/learn/illustrator/web/pen-tool-exercises?locale=en-GB&learnIn=1
For some exercises mastering the pen tool

[woeful python]

and i dont want to create a new group to convert because my scrach disks dont like it

[vapid flume]

What do you mean by that?

[woeful python]

clip a whole group a to a certain layer

[vapid flume]

You can, if you convert the group to a smart layer

[woeful python]

say i wanted to clip the composite to the car radio

[woeful python]

isnt that just a smart object

[grizzled spade]

No i want the have the end of the outline not in the middle

like we get sharp edges when we leave the outline

[vapid flume]

You'll get a smart object called "composite" clipped to car radio, but a smart object that contains the group in its entirety (and can be tweaked)

[woeful python]

what

[vapid flume]

Try it!

[woeful python]

na bro

wait wat

wheres the smart layer thing then

i only see smart object

where

[vapid flume]

So I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean

[woeful python]

thats going to merge everything into a smart object

i still want to tweak each individual layer

[vapid flume]

Yes, but it's not really merged you know

[woeful python]

but it acts like one you know

[grizzled spade]

This is what I'm getting at

[grizzled spade]

i don't wanna bend the outline line i want the edge to be smooth and not sharpy like this

[woeful python]

i dont get it

[woeful python]

you're going to have to create individual lines for that i think

you're asking for 2 things at once

[vapid flume]

check the stroke options when you got your path selected

I assume you want a rounded end instead of a square end

[woeful python]

can you send me some fire gradient maps

for graphic designs

crazy color combos

[vapid flume]

Sorry I don't have any

Not really the kind of stuff I would need 🙂

[woeful python]

i found this one freebie pack that had like 50 gbs of stuff. and i LOST IT BEFORE I DOWNLOADED ANY

im so mad

[polar swallow]

try FIlter - stylize - oil paint and alll value 10 exepct of last

[vapid flume]

Browser history?

[woeful python]

it was months ago

idek what to search

[grizzled spade]

Yes

[grizzled spade]

Shush then

[grizzled spade]

Yes thnx exactly 😄

[woeful python]

God forbid someone tries to better their understanding to help

[vapid flume]

In that case use the screenshot I shared earlier ("Rounded cap")

[grizzled spade]

Well not really like u helped anyways.... U should've read it from the beginning for better understanding anyways

[vapid flume]

You don't have to open the "more option" window if that's just what you want to do but I had to to be able to screenshot it

[grizzled spade]

This one thnx got it

[vapid flume]

Glad you got it sorted! 🙂

[grizzled spade]

[vapid flume]

BTW, you can have the same with corners (rounded or straight)

Also, and I don't know if that's the case with OP, but English is not everyone's first language (It's not mine either)

So sometimes just a little bit of empathy doesn't hurt

[woeful python]

mf u think i didnt try

[grizzled spade]

Sorry

[woeful python]

nvm bro

[grizzled spade]

🤦

[vapid flume]

AAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDD, we can also leave it at that.

Thanks for moving on

[grizzled spade]

[woeful python]

im a better designer than you bro

[loud cove]

They arent there im trying to get rid of the text on the notepad to add the lyrics except i still want the “christmas to do list” on there so essentially what im trying to do is something like this but still in a checkbook format and get the same color as the “Christmas to do list” text on my photoshopped text if u get what i mean

[woeful python]

calm down

[vapid flume]

OI, you two!

Stop it or it's a time out. I said we are moving on

[vapid flume]

Let's start with the rough idea, The first step would be to create a notebook page like the one you see, and write on it. Not in perspective, just a new page, with a new document

And then we'll apply this new page to the original notebook

@grizzled spade remove that emoji, or it's a time out

Thank you

[loud cove]

okay i dont wanna be annoying but im super new to this so how would i go about making a new notebook page?

[vapid flume]

@bigE, so create a new document with a white background, write your text how you want to see it on the page. And once done, we'll put some blue lines underneath to create the lined paper.
That's the trickiest bit, because you'd want the lined paper of the first page to align with the lining of the edges if you get what I mean

Say that this note book is an A5 format (looks like it by the size of the elf etc)

[reef gate]

any ideas on how i could make the fish look a tad bit more realistic?

[vapid flume]

so create a new document in A5 (it will be too big but that's OK, all we need after all is the right ratio)

[woeful python]

na bro.

[vapid flume]

If you don't know how to create a new document, I would suggest you start with the inbuilt tutorials within Photoshop, because you will need to know the basics to follow along the steps

[vapid flume]

I'm not a bro

[woeful python]

my fault

[loud cove]

okay thank you will do if i get stuck ill come back here with questions much appreciated

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 820)

[loud cove]

i will say i am on mobile as well

[vapid flume]

Go to "help" in the top menu, and then "handson tutorials"

Start with the beginner drop down menu and follow along with a few tutorials, you'll gain 1 week worth of knowledge in an hour 🙂

I can only help you for Photoshop on Desktop sorry

[reef gate]

using ps on phone is insane

[loud cove]

its okay i understand 😞

[loud cove]

LMAO bro u gotta hear me out here it was a last second social media idea and i cant get to bed so 😭 i figured might as well ask

[reef gate]

theres apps which are 1000 times easier to use

[loud cove]

any recommendations?

[reef gate]

picsart 🤷🏻‍♂️

[loud cove]

cause this is lowkey a pain in my backside

[loud cove]

bet thanks for the feedback

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @reef gate (current: #957 - 1)

[vapid flume]

The sequence of events will be:
1- create an entirely new page with your writing on it, apply a series of lines with the method of your choice (the ideal method would be to create a repeating pattren so it can be changed), you may not have to create those lines depending on how #2 works. Save that doc and give it a name
2- go back to the elf image, and ask GenAI to remove the writing from the original page. It will help keep the lighting and shadows as you will need to make it realistic and not paste an entirely white page with no lighting (see the light and shadows on the page in your ref). If the Gen AI reproduce the lines well enough, then no need to have them in #1
3- Paste the page document from #1 and use the transform options to make it fit in the perspective. (file>place as embedded)
4- change the blending mode of that new layer (the writing) to something like "overlay", you'll need to test which one is best in the list (it will keep the light and shadows from the original)
5- I think that will work without any further amends

Copy and keep that sequence of events somewhere so you can refer to it as you learn.

[reef gate]

hi Sandrine

[reef gate]

do you have any ideas for this?

[vapid flume]

Not really, I think it looks realistic enough

It's really blurry though, but I guess that was the intention

[reef gate]

ah i think its just bc its a screenshot

[vapid flume]

@loud cove I wouldn't have said it like the other person, but designing on a phone is really bonkers. You need some screen real estate (and some powerful machine) to do what you want to do

Not saying that it's impossible, I can still retouch photos the old way if I want to, with brushes, ink, an airbrush and some Frisket films. But I won't

It would take me 10 days versus 10 minutes in Photoshop

If you need the right tools, then you need the right tools

If you need to colour grade something, using a mobile is OK-ish as long as you don't want to be super accurate (I'm thinking lightroom mobile). But what you need to do? Use a desktop.

[tame cape]

Hi @turbid umbra
I don't see any difficulties with the ‘nearest neighbour’ interpolation method ...

[zenith pilot]

can someone send me like a preset or a file that makes colors looks more cooler?>

in photos

like a color booster or smth you got me?

[viral palm]

You can start with Photofilter

[hushed niche]

Cooler as hip, fashionable or as color temperature?

[hushed niche]

If you go to the gradients panel, in its local hamburger menu, select legacy presets, and load the photography toning presets in the gradient maps, with lowered opacity.

[sudden plank]

Anyone know how i could get that blue/red/gray smokey texture thing

[viral palm]

Paint Blue and red color on a layer then play with blending modes... Depending your image and the effect wanted multiply, softlight or color blend modes could work...

[sudden plank]

Apprecite it ill try it out right away!

Any chance u could send me that picture?

found it nvh

[viral palm]

It's just a layer fill with filter/render/clouds with a second layer above where you pint your colors on then play with its blending mode to get the effect you want.

[stuck junco]

hi everyone ! do you know how i can remove those border to have a full use of the letter size?

[acoustic shadow]

where is the 2D tiger silhouette in photoshop?

[vapid flume]

THese probably depends on your printer. I have those as well but just on the edges, because my printer isn't a edge to edge
It's possibly that you may just need to change the orientation (landscape VS portrait)

This print pop up is driven by your printer drivers

[viral palm]

Dashed areas are defined by your printer settings... Try differents "paramètres d'impression"

[vapid flume]

this one?

it's in the custom shapes

[vivid sigil]

How would i replicate this type of dispersion-ish blur effect with the text?

[turbid umbra]

TYSM!!

[turbid umbra]

isn't that cause you're using my png and not the actual pixels like me tho? :0

[acoustic shadow]

thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 821)

[tame cape]

Your PNG is broken and not usable.
Or I have overlooked the original file. Have you posted it? That would have saved me a few minutes of work ...

[turbid umbra]

i.. kinda forgot i could do that im sorry hahaha
yeah! i can as soon as i get home
you're appreciated !!!

[tame cape]

You are welcome to do this - but you don't actually have to.
If it's pixel art, then your image should be the same size as the one in the top left corner (one pixel = 1 colour dot) that I posted there before:
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[green raft]

Maybe a little off topic but i haven't used photoshop in over a year so cancelled my subscription and i wanted to use it the other day but its like £23 a month now MY question is. Is there a free alternative that i can use for a fairly simple edit ( A tattoo the Mrs asked about)

[vivid sigil]

affinity has like a 6 month free trial iirc

[sudden plank]

Trying to recreate this, how would recreate that kinda broken texture for the pink text

[viral palm]

Torn paper effect on the left or the grunge texture overlay?

[sudden plank]

thanks a lot, you happend to have any idea on which font it is

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 646)

[viral palm]

I Don't know... Hard to see... It's a Bold sans serif font for sure.

[sudden plank]

oh im so tired dident see it was a question, torn paper, thought you said torn paper as if it was a tool

[sudden plank]

Imma search

[river otter]

does anyone know how to get this type of blur around the fighter

[sudden plank]

ayee we both doing ufc posters

[river otter]

yessir

[viral palm]

I can't find the same D with the square inside hole... Classic "Helvetica Black" or "Impact" could work... Here is a quick video to show you How I would tackle the texture effect...

[sudden plank]

Ty! I got 2 more questions, how do i zoom out lol? and how would i remove the background of this pic

[river otter]

does anyone know how to add like shine like this

glow*

[kind ether]

are you able to do a cutout (lassoo tool) then make that a new layer?

[viral palm]

Ctrl+ to zoom in, Ctrl- to zoom out, Ctrl+0 to fit in window.
The checked background is often used as watermark if you want to remove and keep transparency you'll need to buy/licence this image.
You can search for free smoke background on internet... Adobe stock free section is a good place for that https://stock.adobe.com/free

[balmy dock]

adobe won't let me download anything, it tells me my OS (?) isn't compatible. i've checked every requirement and i have them all, even exceed it in some places. i've no idea what the problem is and i need adobe for my project please god help me ive been troubleshooting for an hour 😭 ( im on windows 11 pc )

yes i have a good gpu, yes my processor is fine, i dont think its my graphics

[small trail]

how do i get a dot brush without the anti aliasing fade effect thingy?

just a solid color

[ripe quest]

Are you using the Opera Browser to download the Creative Cloud apps? If so, use a supported browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, etc.

[balmy dock]

god damnit

it says opera is compatible ?

thanks bro.

[near knot]

how do i remove the black background on this image

[ripe quest]

Try Advanced Blending....

[near knot]

thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2540)

[river otter]

what can i do about the stem? i feel it takes away from the main flower but im not sure how to do anything but erase it and i cannot use ai

[fossil wharf]

Clone stamp it out

[viral palm]

Why not just paint over it?

[viral palm]

I'm not sure what you're looking for, but the solution might be to change your brush mode to “Dissolve”.

[flat rose]

if anyone is free can u help me with a project

[feral crag]

what can i add to this

[river otter]

i dont know how to do much in photoshop atm, how would do i go about doing that?

[viral palm]

I'm not sure you'll get many answers from so little information.
if you could give more details you might be more successful...

[viral palm]

You should start by following the basic tutorials available in the "Learn" section of the photoshop homepage.
That's a good place to get started.

[maiden phoenix]

anyone know how to achieve this effect?

[ripe quest]

Basically: Adjustment Layers can get you most of the way there: Posterize and a Gradient Map.

[cedar mist]

I’d increase the size of the screen and fix up the typography

I like the overall design of him coming out of the screen

[sly hawk]

A better font and more consideration of letter spacing

The titles are all over the place, They're not aligned off anything and just floating awkwardly around.

[wooden minnow]

Hi, can someone please tell me how to make the shadows on my main subject’s face ‘less stripey’?

I’ve followed some of the steps in this tutorial - https://youtu.be/mzkacYEaAG0?si=YgUxFAOTACklVEtr

[sly hawk]

Just lower the opacity so they stand out less

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Does anyone know where to get image processor pro?

[wooden minnow]

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ps-scripts/files/Image Processor Pro/v3_2 betas/

[sly hawk]

only place I found seemed to provide some other PS Scripts folder

[wooden minnow]

Thank you! I’ll try!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1055)

[wooden minnow]

This is the only thing available right now unfortunately :(.

[sly hawk]

Oh that's great. I went to the same site, but when I clicked your link, it actually gave me the RIGHT file!

[wooden minnow]

Oh that’s fantastic, I’m so glad

[feral crag]

How to do this?

[feral crag]

how to fix this shape text

[slate oracle]

Hi guys, i need an advice... What should i add to make it look better? And for you, whats the better version? Thanks!

[polar swallow]

yo bro can u also help me to make text like that

[wooden minnow]

1. The Typography looks too detached from the rest of the scene
2. Option 1 is better in my opinion (personal opinion) since I think it has more atmosphere and mood
3. You could probably set the red figures on the sides to a blend mode to make them appear blended into the composition
4. Maybe you can blend in your central subjects and car a little more, and make small sky adjustments

[slate oracle]

Ok, thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @wooden minnow (current: #957 - 1)

[sly hawk]

Put it back and stretch it **without **using the direct selection tool

[sly hawk]

I think you should make the car bigger and closer to the camera. - Looks too small like they're driving a clown car around...

They also seem to have a dark shadow on their orange outfits. Especially the guy on the left

[sly hawk]

It's just shapes stacked on top of each other... as layers

[river otter]

completely overlooked that thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 647)

[feral crag]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1056)

[river otter]

Hello do u guys know illustrator tutorial i can learn illustrator

[hushed niche]

Hi Maxxy, FYI, there is an illustrator discord, https://discord.gg/adobeillustrator and illustrator comes with lots of built in tutorials (into its help menu)

[river otter]

ok

i did msg there but no one replayed

did msg again there

[hushed niche]

We are all humans, are busy working/attending school/designing, volunteers are not there 24/7. I learned a lot in AI from Deke McClelland https://www.deke.com and Monika Gause., https://youtube.com/@vektorgarten?si=GMVxrCCCnf1sEtI8

[worldly summit]

@sly hawk it doesn't work

[sly hawk]

Hold SHIFT when you drag

...
...
...
tadah!

[worldly summit]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1057)

[hushed niche]

Or hit Ctrl+T, and Uncheck the link in the option bar

Between H and W

[civic warren]

would anyone be willing to help me with installing adobe photoshop running into some problems namely running the correct installers

[feral crag]

What wrong send a screenshot

[civic warren]

its not letting me open it with any of my programs do i need to install it on chrome instead of operagx?

[worldly summit]

you can try to use chrome

[ripe quest]

Opera is unsupported. Try Chrome, Edge, etc.

[ripe quest]

DMG is for MacOS. The Adobe site can't detect your OS so its defaulting to the MacOS installer.

If you're looking feedback on the design, please post to the #📝project-feedback channel.

[polar robin]

Got it my bad lol

[wooden minnow]

Hi, I tried to blend this hourglass into the wall. but this is just rough and I know there must be a better way. Can someone please give me suggestions?

[maiden phoenix]

perfect thanks brother

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1059)

[lunar belfry]

i would like to create a similar layout to this in PS. is there a better way to go about this without warping each one of my page designs to fit the curved pages?

is there a better method to achieve this look in InDesign or other software?

[lunar belfry]

it took me a while to even spot the hourglass. what are you trying to visually achieve exactly?

[wooden minnow]

Yup, that’s the problem 😭, and also I’m trying to achieve a blended effect (blended into the wall so that it looks like it’s kind of a blended mural if that makes sense). Keeping in mind, this is a small piece of an entire composite that has already been completed, and this is the only element left.

[lunar belfry]

hmm. maybe if you have an example of how you would like to be blended i can help you

[wooden minnow]

Oh and to answer your question as well, I highly recommend InDesign for this, and if you’re unsure where to start, Adobe has a bunch of InDesign Templates like these available for download if you have Adobe Stock, but you can use the templates within InDesign to get started nevertheless! And definitely check out an Adobe Coach Certified course to get you up to speed - https://youtu.be/k01oYs6cPV0?si=-LxQg8ySN0ddhR5h

[wooden minnow]

Sure, let me look for one! Thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @lunar belfry (current: #73 - 26)

[lunar belfry]

i just scim through this vid, i think he mostly shows how to create a document. i already have a document designed and printed, i want to visually reprisent some of the pages like the screenshot i showed above. i've done it with 1 page flyers before, but this ones slightly more complex and looks more 3d, so just trying to figure out the easiest way to show my already finished project in that specific manner

[wooden minnow]

Well, in that case, I’m sure you know that you can create pages in InDesign and rearrange them how you wish, but I’d suggest a combination of image placeholders and text placeholders in different layouts and placements! I think you should be able to achieve the look you’re aiming for! For example, for the tower page, it would be a vertical rectangular image placeholder for 3/4th of the page, then dividing the remaining 1/4th into two parts, and applying the header with some spacing and then once again applying a text placeholder for the body and basically just putting it together!

Once you’re done with this, you can export each page as a PNG and maybe put it into a book/magazine PSD mockup. The mockups typically consist of smart objects so it’s easy to replace and change up your content. You can find plenty of these for free online, but if you’re willing to pay, you can definitely get better options.

[lunar belfry]

yee the last bit is what i need

[wooden minnow]

Okay great

[lunar belfry]

lmk when you find one

[wooden minnow]

Ideally I’d love a concept like this where the statues seem to blend into the wall but also have a 3D effect, so it would be amazing if that could be achieved with the hourglass too. If this isn’t quite possible, maybe a mural style like a painted wall with the hourglass blended into it would be a good visualisation?

[lunar belfry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgPnXL_jGTI this tutorial kindof does what you want

[wooden minnow]

Thank you so much!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @lunar belfry (current: #70 - 27)

[lunar belfry]

you can also try the double exposure method

if you look it up you might find what you want

[wooden minnow]

Interesting, I’ll have a look!

[lunar belfry]

lastly, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch0lK5gj7DM

you can do something like this

turn your hourglass into the wall texture

that way it blends in more

your screenshot seems fairly low rez but this would be the cleanest way to do it

if its just a tiny detail maybe leave as is

[wooden minnow]

Okay thank you so much!

[feral crag]

How can i make my design stick out like this

How to put the layer on top of the background

[slim dune]

Can someone help ? I used polygoon tool, i placed it, i did CTRL J but they arent visible...

[civic warren]

i have recieved error 201 uppon installing photoshop i know i have enough space i have 150gb reserved for ps and ive used ps before on this laptop so im not sure its a hardware issue i would like to be able to use it paid for a year lol

[lunar belfry]

simply using the layer pannel in photoshop

create your background

put your subject on top

thats it

if you get stuck, ask a more specific question

[lunar belfry]

looks like thast because its white on white

just blends in

use the transform tool and you'll see where it is

[lunar belfry]

is your GPU driver up to date?

that is often a likely issue

also make sure your internet connection is solid

& that your firewall is not somehow blocking adobe/photoshop from doing its thing

[civic warren]

ok bet thnx

[slim dune]

how cloud i make like this?

reffeence

[vivid sigil]

How would i replicate this type of dispersion-ish blur effect that's on the text

[viral palm]

I thought about this question yesterday, but it's not easy to solve... Could you share a higher resolution image?
It looks like a mixture of effects... Dispersion and color glitch. But I think there are manual actions and not just filters.

[vivid sigil]

This one is a little higher quality i think

actually maybe not lol

[viral palm]

Do you mean doing something like this?

[small trail]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 648)

[viral palm]

Sorry I can't.. There is more than Photoshop Layer Styles involved here...This was perhaps created with 3D app.

[feral crag]

Thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 649)

[river otter]

yo quick questionn is there a way to save a layer or layer group in photoshop so u can quickly reuse again in another project?

[ripe quest]

Open the Libraries Panel. Main menu: Window > Libraries... Open a Library or a create a new one. Then drag the thing from the Layers Panel into a Library.

It should ask where to save it. Save it. Then it should be in that Library.

[glossy snow]

is there a command in photoshop 2020 that makes the layer go to the top and go back where it was just for see how it looks above all the layers

and also is posible duplicate a layer while you are animating on puppet wrap or im forced to add the pins all over again

[viral palm]

CTRL+SHIFT+] = Bring active layer on the top of the pile. > CTRL+Z to reverse your action
That's shortcut on North American keyboard, don't know if it works on other regions keyboards.
For puppet wrap, I'm not really familiar with animation things but I think if you've made your layer a smart object before to apply pins they should stay editable inside your smart object (🤞 )

[glossy snow]

keyboard is latino

[viral palm]

Azerty?

[lime pebble]

any ideas on how to make this less blurry?

[viral palm]

AZERTY or QWERTY physical keyboard?
If yours is QWERTY you can change for US.
(I have to switch my windows settings too here with French Canadian keyboard )
Brackets are just beside the Return key (far right of the first letters row)...

[viral palm]

You can also customize a shortcut...
go to Edit> Keyboard Shorcuts...> Unroll the Layer section> Scroll down to Arrange ...

[glossy snow]

ty

[lime pebble]

anyone?

[viral palm]

Blurry feeling is perhaps because there are a lot of greys in your Pharahon mask... Not sure you'll like my idea but you could try to apply a Black to White Gradient map to the face and drag Black cursor and white cursors toward the center to reduce the greys (More the cursors will be near the center less shades of gray you will get) ... Worth a try

[cedar mason]

Hello. I know that everyone is already tired of me here, but I need to ask something else... I noticed, that emboss here is "white". How can I do this exactly like in here?

[ripe quest]

I feel like you've been doing this for a long time. Can't you just pull it off with a simple Layer Style?

[cedar mason]

I sure freaking do... Thanks, I'll try.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2542)

[ripe quest]

I would probably make it a lot larger than you actually need to give yourself some space to tweak the Layer Style values.

[cedar mason]

To be honest, place, where I need to print this, says that .psd is not goes...

[ripe quest]

I can't read any of that but I'll take your word for it.

Generally, if you're trying to have text printed with embossing, the printer handles that and you wouldn't put that into the design.

We're taking about "professional" printing. Not some consumer-level, home-based printing.

[cedar mason]

And what should I do then?..

[ripe quest]

You just do the layout with no effects. Then use a printing service that does embossed printing. Many of them do that.

[cedar mason]

So I just tell 'em to do this like it shown in the movie and I don't need to edit it? I thought it's necessary to make in file...

[cedar mason]

She said, that I need coral, .pdf or Ai-files...

Maybe, I really need to do this in Ai all over again?..

[ripe quest]

No. Find a printing service that does embossing. Show them the picture of the card and ask them if they can do it like that. You just provide the flat design. They handle the embossing in the process.

[ripe quest]

Yes. Do the layout with Adobe Illustrator in fonts and clean vector graphics (if there are any graphics)

[cedar mason]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking about, why is Ph makes it possible to do embossing in it then?..

[ripe quest]

It's just a special effect. To visualize a certain effect or style. Its not meant for printing.

[cedar mason]

Got it, thanks.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2543)

[cedar mason]

Will I be able to put screen from the movie on background and to type on it to make it accurate?

[ripe quest]

Screen?

Are you talking about that texture that is on the card image?

[cedar mason]

I'm about this.

[ripe quest]

I don't understand the question. Sorry.

Do you mean put that image into Illustrator and "trace" over it?

Like, use it as a guide?

First, you should ask the printer if they have a business card template that they want you to use. Many of them have templates. It will show bleed lines and cut lines on the template. You should follow the printer's instructions to create the layout.

[cedar mason]

@ripe quest I've put it there and typed with Silian Rail to make it exactly how in movie, symbol by symbol.

[grizzled spade]

Suggestions

How do i make this better

[polar swallow]

np <3

[cedar mason]

Cute AF.

[grizzled spade]

Yes u are right, we can do this on Blender but for that i would first need the vector of the font, than have to try metal finish material with lightning @polar swallow

[grizzled spade]

[slim dune]

How can I make like line and on sides white or transparent

Here is refference

[slim dune]

Is it any good, and how cloud i make this effect liek on refference so it is not boring color and shape?

[vapid flume]

If you create a thin black rectangle with thick wite stroke you could place it over your hexagon and it will work. Of course it would be two shapes instead of one, but if it's the result that counts and not the steps, then it should work

Those complex vector shapes are a bit tricky to do correctly in Photoshop (not impossible obviously), they're way easier in Illustrator

Of course you'll need to adjust the 4 corners individually, which I've only roughly done here

[vapid flume]

Sometimes printers will ask you to provide a second (most likely PDF) file that shows them how to create the embossing die. The printer will have to create (as in manually build from metal) an embossing mold (Sorry I don't know the exact terms)
First things first, you SHOULD ASK YOUR PRINTER. Don't ask people on the internet while there is one person who knows the answer and will be 100% right. The person who will print your design...
Also I sent a video the other day, so you should know how embossing works. The guy demonstrates with a bespoke embossing mold (the logo you see in the video) and this mold has to be built with from a file (most likely with a CNC machine I suspect) but @tame cape will confirm or throw me into the fire, depending if I told you BS or not 😂😂

Bottom line: The printer is the only one who can reliably answer your question

Rule #1 of the graphic design club: TALK TO YOUR PRINTER!

[tame cape]

Hi Sandrine
Full agreement. There's nothing to add.

[vapid flume]

I am saved from the wrath of the printer! 😂

[eager jewel]

Anyone know why copying an illustrator file into photoshop as a smart object makes it become grey scale?

Please @ me if you reply

NVM I fixed it

[feral crag]

is my portfolio good?https://exquisite-guardrails-202954.framer.app/

[cedar mason]

Ok, now I can't make it exactly on right place...

[tame cape]

Maybe your Photoshop file is in grayscale mode? Please show a fullscreen screenshot with visible title bar, please.

[vapid flume]

When you will give the file to the printer, don't include the effect. Give them the flat text file

And the second PDF will only be the text in black

[cedar mason]

Yeah, I've already got it...

[cedar mason]

I'll just do it again in Ai...

[vapid flume]

But have you talked to the printer about what you wanted to do?

And ask about costs too. Creating the die isn't cheap

[cedar mason]

Isn't cheap?..

[vapid flume]

No they have to create a die for you, and just for you. Have you watched the video?

Once they finish your job, the die is useless, they have to bin it

See this: It's an illustrator file for a gold foil design I created
On the left, this is a block black series of shapes that indicates to the printer where the goil will go
On the right, the design without th gold bits
That will be two files (PDF) to be given to the printer

and that's the result (althought gold is difficult to photograph)

So for you it will be the same: A flat black text to indicate the embossing to the printer, and another file with the design without embossing.

And yes, I had to call the printer to ask about what they wanted, not all printers will want the same kind of files. That depends on their machine

[olive plover]

hey guys, can someone tell me how to make it so that text would be behind this roof but above everything else (this is just an example photo i found)

[echo mason]

hello,please can you help me change the lenguage of the program 🙏

[lucid crane]

duplicate the layer and then mask out everything in the background apart from the roof and then anything you put in a new layer between the original and the top masked layer will be behind the roof.

[olive plover]

hmm alr ty ill try it :D

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @lucid crane (current: #26 - 87)

[polar swallow]

pls check dm <3

[dire nimbus]

I need to make vape liquids bottle lable what is the best thing to use?

[hushed niche]

Hi, you need to change the language of your Creative cloud app, and reinstall photoshop, it’ll just add the language. Then, in preferences/interface you can select the language you want and restart.

[hushed niche]

To fake one in an image, or to print an actual one on future products? If the latter, InDesign or IIlustrator.

[eternal fable]

Hello, I have a recurrent issue on lightroom (sorry there is no discord for lightroom) anyway the same feature exist on photoshop. When I try to run AI denoise on some RAW picture Iget this message (GPU runtime error.Camera raw requires gpu accelaration.This has been disabled for rest of session) on someother picture it go fine. My GPU drivers are up to date. Maybe some picture need much more processing than other and since my gpu start to be quite old and slow I'm thinking it could be that. My gpu is Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 2Go VRAM

[slim dune]

Sorry but I still do not underastand how you did that 😅

[vapid flume]

Observe the layers (that why I ALWAYS Include them) as well as the properties panel in my screenshot

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/drawing-shapes.html
All the rest can be done with the standard commands for the vector shapes

[slim dune]

But I do not have stroke option like you do?

I can just chose color is it look like normal, i can use either black or either white

[vapid flume]

Check that your stroke is going outwards

Also check that it's not too big

[sick hare]

How do i insteal Creative Cloud? keeps downloading a dmg file but every time i open it it only opens in notepad

and when i try to install from the website it says my system is out of date or something like that

[ionic spoke]

are you on a windows based machine?

[sick hare]

yes

[ionic spoke]

DMG files will not open on windows, as they are designed for Mac OS

[sick hare]

ah

[ionic spoke]

https://creativecloud.adobe.com/apps/download/creative-cloud?locale=en

navigate to that website and at the bottom there should be an installer

[sick hare]

that just installs the dmg file again

[ionic spoke]

could you send an ss?

[ionic spoke]

screenshot

[ionic spoke]

most websites are configured to automatically detect the os when no download options are available, because you are using opera it could be an issue

do you have edge or chrome?

if so, try downloading through one of those

[sick hare]

If i try to install it through the apps pade it says update required buy my PC and all the parts in it are significantly above the recomended and my PC is fully updated

[ionic spoke]

I see, let me know if that persists, after opening the link i sent in chrome or edge

[sick hare]

doing it through chrome worked

[ionic spoke]

i am assuming .exe or not allowed lol

[ripe quest]

@ionic spoke - Please do not post EXEs in the server.

[ionic spoke]

sorry

[sick hare]

not sure why opera keeps downloading it as a dmg file

[ripe quest]

If you're using Opera, that browser isn't supported.

Please use a supported browser, Chrome, Edge, etc

[ionic spoke]

opera is designed for privacy in mind, websites are unable to get access to certain bits of info they would normally get from other supported browsers

[sick hare]

Ah

[ionic spoke]

it must of have flagged you as a mac user, in that case giving you the DMG

[sick hare]

guess im keeping chrome then

[ripe quest]

Using Opera, the Adobe site can't detect your OS and it will default to MacOS and show you the DMG.

[sick hare]

Ah

thank you

[ionic spoke]

you're welcome

[vapid flume]

I like that your YT channel points to Thames Valley Police 😁
Is that intentional?

[plush willow]

looking to make a quick meme like this but how would i transform the black box with text as the same perspective in photoshop? instead of inside the video editor im using

[ionic spoke]

there are many ways to do this, let's use the vanishing point tool for this

[ionic spoke]

start by selecting your text and duplicating the layer

[plush willow]

this is what i had so far

im curious if i just merged the text with the background & perspective transformed the 2 if it could work

im sick atm my brain isn't here today srry

[ionic spoke]

no worries, you could do that too

[plush willow]

yeee i think i got it haha ty

was easier than i thought

[ionic spoke]

Ok glad to hear, if you wanted to use vanishing point it can produce more exact results:

[fast sorrel]

Hello Everybody,
I am wanting to create, within my adobe cloud, a cloud file with embedded links to additional files on the cloud, but a photoshop error message says that cannot be done. Is this true?

[ionic spoke]

I think you are better off using Bridge to acomplish this

[plush willow]

ooo

ok, ty

[broken igloo]

Good afternoon. I am extremely new to all adobe products (2 weeks) and I have the undertaking of making some logo and jar wraps while learning from scratch and I have a logo that someone else made and I am wondering if someone might point me in the right direction to make the image actually round like the logo instead of rectangle shaped? I do have the entire library of programs available to me but it's like a different language in a sense. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[sick hare]

Yes, its a bit of a joke amongst the british that have had to sit through the same video at least once a year in high school

[reef gate]

hi, is there any way to make the subdivision dots on the grid more scarce?

[fast sorrel]

Do you mean, not trying to use the cloud for embedded links? The further i research the more it looks like its not even possible at this point.
How would you use bridge for this?
Thank you. 🙂

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ionic spoke (current: #104 - 16)

[molten solar]

I can't tell from your description, but you may be running into the fact that Adobe has deprecated cloud storage. Also "embedded links" is contradictory: either they're embedded or they're linked. Embedded objects wouldn't be a problem. Linked objects would need to be in a CC LIbrary, because there is no longer such a thing as an Adobe Cloud file. (That said, you can accomplish effectively the same thing by using OneDrive or Dropbox. Just be prepared for crappy performance any time objects need to be downloaded so they can be displayed/used/edited.)

[fast sorrel]

oops, i meant "place linked". I have large files that i would like to compile in a single .psd and the "place linked" is ideal.
i see, so i should upload the files i want to link as part of an adobe libray?
Also, what do you mean by "deprecated"?
Thank you so much.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @molten solar (current: #270 - 6)

[sly hawk]

Can you share the visuals/requirement here? e.g. screenshots etc

[sly hawk]

As long as you ensure you have the file synced to your local computer or available via a direct path (like Dropbox's folder on your desktop) and NOT a web URL, you should be fine to do this.

Theoretically it means you could focus on a layout and another person could edit the logo file remotely.

[sly hawk]

Yes, in the preferences, you can change the grid settings and level of subdivisions

@digital shadow - how much are you typing!?

[sly hawk]

Just turn it into a smart object and then drag the corners around whilst holding ALT. - You can easily skew it into the right angle.

[broken igloo]

Thank you for the reply 🙂 I would just like to be able to have this round instead of the entire rectangle it saves as. Ive tried to see if it has layers and it doesn't (I don't think) And also the little microbes I tried to removed with the lasso bit it took part of the text as well. I'm VERY new to this

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1060)

[broken igloo]

Oops PDF, let me copy it instead

[sly hawk]

It's ok I've got it.

[broken igloo]

Thank you

[sly hawk]

ALL images in the world are saved on canvas that are rectangular. - however, the trick is to make the rectangle parts transparent

Is it 'transparent' in your photoshop window?

[broken igloo]

No it isnt

[digital shadow]

Hello all! :)

I am in a bit of a pickle and hoping I could get some advice regarding getting a design/shape extracted from a web image/photo and make it clear enough to print in good quality. Source image attached (.avif) and what I'm trying to extract is SpongeBob, as shown on the shirt.

For background, the shirt is sold out and a friend really wants it, so my idea is to get it printed on a shirt as the next best thing. I did try something on my own already both in Photoshop and Illustrator, but the result is still not great (also attached - blurry edges on .png and a lot of wobbly lines in the .ai version). Is there a quick and easy way to do/fix this? :/

Thank you!

[broken igloo]

Thank you so much

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1061)

[sly hawk]

Here's a better one with a black edge

[broken igloo]

The video was extremely helpful, thank you so much for your time.

[sly hawk]

You ALMOST got there on the illustrator version

you just need to tidy it up and merge a bunch of shapes together to loose the dodgy ghosting and extra lines etc

[digital shadow]

Thank you, James! ;D I'm going mad with it, as I'm just not as familiar with either tool. I've been struggling with getting the various "shapes within a shape" to merge, so that the smooth tool would work better or more consistently, but it's just so painful without having them merged. Is there an easy way to merge them so that I can smooth out the actual shapes as desired and where needed?

[sly hawk]

Dammit.

I recorded a video of me 'fixing' it

but It ended up being 50.2mb

the limit here is 50mb

[digital shadow]

Dagnabbit! xD

Zipping/compressing/splitting/cropping it won't work, will it?

[sly hawk]

yeah course

just doing it

As you'll see... still needs some final 'fixes'. - but since this is the PS discord, and not illustrator, I don't want to send the chat here off down a rabbithole

[viral palm]

Adding a Stroke Layer Style to the folder should work (if I understand well what you want to achieve)
Layer Style give the same result on both folder (Design 1 and Design 2 in the psd file)

[sly hawk]

btw,,, I'll fix this and send you a new AI file

[digital shadow]

https://tenor.com/view/selfie-zootopia-sigh-smile-gif-5294374

[viral palm]

And I forgot... If you want interaction between your stroke and the Background image don't forget to play with stroke blending mode to find the one that suits your design.

[sly hawk]

(I don't use illustrator that much, so I was a bit slow)

[digital shadow]

Slow? I've been working on this for days and you've seen the end result - you were lightning fast, if you ask me! :D

I appreciate your help - it will be much, much easier to smooth it out now, I'll dive right into it! :)

Thank you, kind sir! :D

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1062)

[viral palm]

Best I can do with original picture...

[fast sorrel]

Thank you very much!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1063)

[merry phoenix]

Hey! I'm trying to replicate these paper edges on this banner - can anyone help me how to do this? I mean I could probably get roughly that look by making a selection with the polygonal lasso tool but I don't think I'd get those "frayed" edges.

Also what keyword should I search in order to find the texture that is overlayed over the whole image

[viral palm]

Search for Torn Paper texture on Stock sites... Adobe Stock free section has a huge selectionhttps://stock.adobe.com/free

[sly hawk]

You should be able to find some stock images of 'torn paper' segments

[merry phoenix]

Alright thanks, found one. What's the easiest way to cut off the image where the torn paper starts?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 650)

[viral palm]

I also made a stream (speechless) on how to mimic torn paper effect from scratch... it could (perhaps) help...
https://www.behance.net/videos/98e5080c-84b8-4004-b802-bab28cd65305/Simple-Torn-Paper-effect-Photoshop

[sly hawk]

Share a link to the pic here and perhaps Franck or I can show you 🙂

[merry phoenix]

I downloaded this one: https://stock.adobe.com/de/search/free?k=torn+paper&search_type=usertyped&asset_id=300621245

[merry phoenix]

That looks very interesting, thanks. I'm want to get this done quickly but I'll look at your stream tmr and try it out!

[sly hawk]

Gimmie a few mins, just need to boot my kids off the PC

[tame cape]

@sly hawk posted a great video on this topic a few days ago, not directly about torn paper, but definitely useful for your subsequent editing.
#❓ask-a-question message
#❓ask-a-question message

[viral palm]

1min to 8min 20 that's enough for torn paper effect (you can speed up the video x2) => 4 min and you're done. Beauty of this one is you can do any torn shape...

[merry phoenix]

I'll probably try it because my laptop appears to be too slow in order to load the illustrator file

[sly hawk]

My way kinda cheats, since I'm using adobe Firefly for help

[fast sorrel]

if there is no longer an adobe cloud file, what is it that i am uploading and syncing to? is it that pure cloud documents are no longer available and now its just .psd, .jpg, etc, instead of .psdc? is .psdc gone? (chat GPT has some outdated knowledge!)

[sly hawk]

Your PSD would be saved locally on your desktop

Your assets would still need to have a 'local address' on your computer.... such as a dropbox folder, or one-drive location etc

this means that if someone was to SWAP OUT an asset on dropbox, your PC would resync and claim the 'new one' and then the PSD would in turn, update to the new asset as well.

---

@merry phoenix - Did my suggestion/video make sense?

[fast sorrel]

thank you. So there is no more pure cloud document.

[sly hawk]

I'm not sure to be honest. I don't use it

I use a cheaper cloud storage solution anyway

[fast sorrel]

i never did either, but now i am trying to be able to work across multiple devices.

What do you use?mHow do you do it?

[merry phoenix]

It did but I think I’ll try the manual methods from above since I want a bit more control over the textures and edges

[broken igloo]

@sly hawk Might I ask you one more question? I'm using the lasso to try to remove the little microbes there that are "highlighted". However it isn't removing anything, so I am quite sure I am doing something wrong.

[sly hawk]

You're currently selecting the WHITE bit

Not the microbes

If you invert your selection first... you can then paint over them in white

.... to 'remove' them

@broken igloo

[broken igloo]

Thank you! Self teaching PS and Illustrator is insane! I appreciate your time very much 🙂

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1064)

[mighty estuary]

i'm making a smart object in photoshop but the gradient curve always has the colors flipped, left triangle needs to be black and vice versa. because they're flipped the shape of the object in the game mod i'm working on ends up inverted. i'm using a black and white linear gradient and have no idea what to do differently. anyone have any ideas? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1108627547287199754/1318710159463415988/image.png?ex=6763500a&is=6761fe8a&hm=d92080ec0294dc1179ca7091cf1f5bfd9024fd33b6687f09be939c217be96902&

I also noticed when i open the curves editor these boxes to the left are swapping from B/W to W/B and i don't know if this is part of the issue

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1108627547287199754/1318717690260492318/image.png?ex=6763570d&is=6762058d&hm=02ec52ed48c95fb69f68f5be81f9c5029151079b5f2f723d0537170d394cc486&

[torpid kestrel]

Hello, how can I export a psd file to substance painter with every layers ?

[viral palm]

Old school method (without any Firefly AI things).
Place your image over the torn paper texture> Clip image to the torn paper texture> turn off visibility> Select the plain paper with the best selection method (I used Color range because It was the best for selecting orange paper)> Use selection to create a layer mask on the image you want to apply onto the texture... Repeat with others pictures/textures.

[viral palm]

could you share the whole Photoshop UI?
What's your Curve preset (top of Curve properties window-we can't see it)?

[mighty estuary]

sec

[mighty estuary]

the colors need to be inverted so black is white and white is black in that square and the selection triangles on the curve window apparently but i have tried so many things and i'm completely stuck

[viral palm]

That s what I was thinking... The problem is that you're working in Gray mode... If there is no particular reason to use this mode you should switch to RGB mode.
To do so, go to Image>Mode>RGB Mode...Your curves should work normally.

[mighty estuary]

with what i'm doing i have to be in grayscale mode, this is part of a heightmap for a game so it can't be RGB

i just can't figure out why i can't get these colors inverted

this is what it should look like from the tutorial i was following:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/262368858264829952/1287138910706733147/image.png?ex=67632786&is=6761d606&hm=6739fe6d2bc343a751c29b4c44e668e00b420cc33ce89a50e032a19a1be9e389&

...and i just noticed he's in RGB mode

you are incredible

in theory this should work now will finish it up and test, thank you so much

[viral palm]

TBH you can work in RGB you just have to use only Black,White and Shades of grey.

[sly hawk]

There's a 100 ways to get the same result, but I used this probably overly complicated route this time

[warm orchid]

hey so i have this image (attached), and im trying to make the wave designs that i boxed, fade out as it moves right. how can i do that?

[vapid flume]

Would apply a gradient mask do the trick?

apply a mask to the waves layer, choose the gradient tool, check it's a black the white gradient, trace a gradient over the waves, while the mask is highlighted.

If the waves aren't on their own layer, it's probably better that you cut them and place them on their own layer, otherwise the gradient will affect the turtle monster as well

[sudden plank]

How can i mix these so it looks like its one picture

[vapid flume]

I would apply a gradien on the bottom layer mask like I explained in the previous post.
I would also align tone and luminosity with a levels/curves adjustment layer so it looks the same time of day

The bottom one is blue the top one looks like it's black and white

One nice thing to try is the "replace sky" option.

Choose the bottom layer, and go to edit>sky replacement

You can choose the replace the sky by one offered by default, or your own image. In your case, choose the top image and when the sky is replaced, you can tweak the layers and masks that Photoshop have created for you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYq7XOIKWWM

[torn condor]

What can I use to have good auto lightness because my monitor is not reliable, I end up with such contrast in every work?

[sudden plank]

Anyone know how i can improve this fight poster

[sweet field]

The text at the bottom is a bit hard to read, could be improved by making it bigger. Wouldn't the "VS" be on the right side? Right now it looks like some unnamed fighter is going against "Davis Alderidge", which I'm guessing is not the intention

[sudden plank]

Yeah ill add that thanks! Anything more?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sweet field (current: #24 - 93)

[sweet field]

Other than that, I think it works well as a poster. What's the intended purpose for it?

[sweet field]

Other than calibrating your monitor, you can familiarize yourself with the histogram feature in Photoshop (and other apps), which lets you see the balance of colors and values

[sudden plank]

Its to promote a boxing fight in a game called prizefighter!, thanks for the advice looks sick

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sweet field (current: #23 - 94)

[devout bobcat]

Why is it that when I open an AVIF-File I see the camera Raw Filter section first?

[vapid flume]

It's probably because there is a file association within ACR

I can't show you right now as my apps are updating, but you can change file associations for ACR, within Bridge

Edit>camera raw preferences, if I remember well

[polar swallow]

thx bro <3

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 651)

[vapid flume]

My bad, it's not in Edit> Camera Raw Preferences, but in Bridge main preferences

You choose here what opens with what

[devout bobcat]

Ooo thanks Sandrine!!! very helpful👍

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 823)

[vapid flume]

You're welcome!

[grizzled spade]

Can someone help me make a perfect circle at the bottom of the sword like figure

[feral crag]

How can i fix this cutout

[proud atlas]

bro where can i find some practice projects to enhance my video editting skills

[pine spade]

So everytime i upload a thumbnail onto a yt video, it becomes blurry on the channel page. I export them in 1280x720 and always under 2MB. I use adobe photoshop ofc and are there better export settings or something? Or is it just something youtube does.

Has anyone got experience with this?

[plush willow]

if i wanted to copy paste translated text from english to korean & have it appear in a text box do i need to install anything?

the boxes here are korean text but not picking up

[plush willow]

nvm found it!

[slim dune]

Do I need manually to draw two blue and two black box or there is option? also i am looking for such angle so it is not straight line

[ripe quest]

Just draw rectangles and then skew them.

[slim dune]

So I would need 4 rectangles?

And how cloud I make it like go from lighter to darker color ?

in same rectangles

[ripe quest]

Probably not. Black background. Three blue rectangles (probably)

[slim dune]

But there is blue black blue black?

[ripe quest]

You could Group the rectangles and then use a Gradient Overlay on the Group.

Or are you saying that the white part is a design element?

[slim dune]

I am doing memorandum, white is just background

I think it is okay cloud be better ( it is just cropped upper part )

[ripe quest]

I mean, There are a lot of ways to go about this. Here's one...

[worthy cedar]

How can I get this kinda transition?

[slim dune]

Thank you very much 🙂

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2545)

[sweet field]

Do you mean the gradient on the text?

[slim dune]

Why I am getting Could not select a layer because the point you clicked on is not inside the vector mask of a visible layer. when I want to use path seleciton?

[summer violet]

It's been a while, but what does the bottom symbol entail again?

The cartridge, disk slot, box looking thing in the bottom of Layer 0

Like when I move it out

Then out of all Artboard, it turns into this finicky thing

I think the initial thing came about because of me creating Artboards... But anyway, I kinda forgot my PS essentials, so some help is appreciated

[tame cape]

This is a solid color adjustment layer.

[summer violet]

Huh
Hmm... soooo, what it does is... just change colors?

Do I get rid of it? Do I keep it?

Actually a concise manual page might suffice if it needs a length explanation

Things like how images are rasterized doesn't need a course in CS, but a little guide gets the point across, as an example

[tame cape]

If I understand you right …
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/adjustment-fill-layers.html

[summer violet]

Too many words, but that is what I was talking about, yes

[molten solar]

It's a solid color adjustment layer (white), by the look of it.

[summer violet]

Like all it does is just be a certain color?

[summer violet]

What about this thing?

[molten solar]

It probably goes weird because it no longer has anything to adjust. An adjustment layer not on an art board is probably undefined in the underlying code.

[summer violet]

Ahhhh, so it is like a paradox or glitch or something

So I should do without it?

I was intending on setting a single color across all Artboards, but this got tricky from the looks of it

[molten solar]

It's meaningless. Like trying to adjust the feathering on a vector mask.

[summer violet]

But I thought feathering on any mask works

Erm, well... alright

So, in order to set a color across these Artboards, what do I do?

[molten solar]

The top three adjustment layer options (Solid Color, Gradient, Pattern) all show that kind of thumbnail.

[summer violet]

Hah, so weird!

[molten solar]

Set up the color layer however you want, and make it a smart object, then copy the smart object to each artboard. That way, if you change the color in one SO, it will change everywhere.

[summer violet]

Oh, so I HAVE to set multiple layers as the color I want for each Artboard

Well, let me figure out how to Smart the Object

[molten solar]

Photoshop isn't Illustrator. Layers live inside artboards.

[molten solar]

That would be a good strategy. Pick almost any YouTube tutorial on smart objects, or use the Learn module. You should be using smart objects anyway. Non-destructive editing is the pro way to Photoshop.

[summer violet]

I'm sure it's a no-brainer once I get going

Anyway, I have one more question

Actually, wait, 2

1- Doesn't the need for multiple Smart Objects impact the storage or performance or RAM usage in the PSD file?

2- If I am working on a comic, does Illustrator ever come to mind as a solution? Between it and PS, I mean...

[worthy cedar]

Yes

[molten solar]

1. Smart Objects are .psb under the hood, so they add to the file size, but that shouldn't be significant if it's a single color. It's a different way of working. No impact on RAM.

[summer violet]

Do they add a LOT or just a couple o' kilobytes? Probably odd to ask, but I am admittedly low on storage, hah 😅

[molten solar]

2. It depends on your style. Many comic artists use Illustrator, but at least as many use raster techniques, so they work in Photoshop or any of a dozen other raster apps. In general, a vector file is smaller than a raster file with the equivalent content.

[summer violet]

Oh?? Is that so?

Hm... I may need to reconsider my options for my art career

I mean, I like not seeing pixels when I do my art

[molten solar]

Umm... Storage is cheap. If you plan to make money with your artwork, consider it an investment.

[summer violet]

Smaller sizes and no pixels makes I a considerable option

[summer violet]

By cheap you mean the PSB's don't add a lot, I hope

[molten solar]

I mean adding storage is not expensive. In the years since I went freelance, I've never avoided investing in what would earn money: faster computer, more storage, better pen tablet. Yes, it might hurt in the short term, but anything that allows you to turn out product faster and/or better will pay for itself.

A .psb takes up more space. Every raster layer in Photoshop takes up space. Vector layers (the solid color is a vector layer) take very little space. It's the pixels (even if they transparent) that add size to the files.

[summer violet]

Mmm okay it seems the precise numbers of space eaten up by PSB's are inconclusive, but you make it sound like it's not a lot, so... I guess I'm good

Much appreciated

[molten solar]

@summer violet A 2k x 2k 8-bit pixel layer uses 4 x 10^6 bytes, at one byte/pixel. Vector adjustment layers don't use nearly as much. You can experiment. That's the best way to develop a gut feel for how it works.

[summer violet]

"Don't use nearly as much" certainly sounds good!
4 MB isn't a big deal per adjustment layer, if they take up 4 MB each, which you say they don't. Soooo I'm good!

Much appreciated, again, @molten solar

I will look into Illustrator
I hope it doesn't have a huge learning curve for a PS user

[molten solar]

@summer violet I don't know your style or how you work, but my best advice is to try everything until you find the tool that best fits your personal workflow. I know some fantastic artists who outline on paper and scan into the computer to do the inking, for example.

[summer violet]

Well, I kinda select shapes, then mask, and then start working in necessary layers for BG and colors and lineart
Nothing beyond that

If I use PS, can Illustrator be learned relatively quickly?

[grizzled spade]

....

[summer violet]

Oh, yeah, help the dudes out

[molten solar]

Illustrator has its own learning curve. It's very different from Photoshop because it's all vectors all the way. A layer can have dozens of objects, unlike Photoshop. Be prepared to spend quality time with the Learn module. The basics aren't difficult, but Ai is a different thought process than Ps.

[summer violet]

Duly noted. Thanks!

[molten solar]

Find some free vector art and download it for editing in Illustrator once you've got a handle on the basics. I would highly recommend a visit to your local library and find any of Deke McLelland's "One on One" titles for Illustrator and for Photoshop. Structured learning will get you up and running a lot faster than noodling around on your own. Once you have a grasp of how the app works, you'll be able to ask more specific and more useful questions.

[summer violet]

Gee, it sure does sound like a handful now!

Either way, noted!

[feral crag]

How can i fix this cutout

[summer violet]

You mean the outline?

[tame cape]

Please show the unedited original.

[summer violet]

And the layers

[molten solar]

Here's the thing: If you plan to make money with your art, your art has to be good enough that people will pay you for it. By definition, that makes you a professional, and the first thing you have to know is your tools. Look on the bright side, a couple hundred years ago, you would apprentice to a master, spend 4 years cleaning and tying brushes, another few years mixing pigments, then maybe be allowed to help the master. What we have today makes it a doddle.

[summer violet]

I can't argue with that. I do take a little while to learn some things like Blender. I could certainly use structure

But I think that's enough about me. Other users are in need of help!

[tame cape]

This seems to have a much smaller size than your cutout shown ...

[slim dune]

opinion and suggestions?

[polar harness]

how do i create the falling water tezture

[tame cape]

for starters - the hair is much more complicated
now it's time for something to eat.
😋

[sweet field]

You're not getting the right result when you make a gradient on the text?

[tame cape]

Here you go. It's not perfect - but it might fulfil your requirements.

Upps.
Here is the PNG @feral crag

[feral crag]

Can you please explain to me how you cut this

[summer violet]

Hi guys, it's me again

I am kinda struggling with Smart Objects for some reason

I was trying to set a PSB file with a pattern to apply across multiple Artboards, with the method of placing each copy of the Smart Object in the bottom layer of each board

But...

Just if you ask why: it would just be nice to apply patterns as one pleases

And holy **** the PSB's are giant in size

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

WHAAAAAAAAAAT

Ogh I think I'm gonna hurl

Oh, my God, how did I let this happen

Well, now I'm over 30 GB's free

[tame cape]

Object selection tool Select subject (cloud-based) - result similar to yours
Select and mask ( shift edge)
Draw and refine manually in the mask

[feral crag]

can you send me a video tutorial because that's what I've been doing and it haven't been working

Or we can hop in a call and you can show me.

[tame cape]

Discord does not support the formats of my screenrecording software. And it took much longer than 10 minutes. So I would definitely exceed the maximum possible 50 MB. So unfortunately no.

[feral crag]

Okay thanks anyways

[summer violet]

Google Drive:

Is it my turn now?

[feral crag]

Sure i can try to help.

[tame cape]

You are welcome.

[feral crag]

have you tried Asking Chatgpt It is really helpful

[summer violet]

... N-no

[summer violet]

...

[summer violet]

I used regular transform tools to accomplish this
I feel like I shouldn't have to do that

@feral crag, I appreciate your effort in asking GPT for me, but I did not find it helpful

I meant GPT, not your effort

[sweet field]

Please don't share AI generated responses as advice here, it is not accurate and shouldn't be trusted as a source

[sweet field]

Looks like that might be a graphic error. How does it look after exporting?

[summer violet]

Hold that thought

Okay

So, I tried once more with a different pattern

I used no transformation

It's... kind of working? But I think there's something missing

Like it's behaving unpredictably

What do you think is happening, @sweet field?

Ugh, and every time I copy the Smart Object the Scratch Disk gets full

I am 30 GB FREE WDYM IT'S FULL?!

Hahahah... maybe I should try this out on a smaller file

[sweet field]

PSBs are huge in size. You might be running into issues because of that

[sweet field]

You need a lot of space if you're working with big files. The space used in scratch disks is more than the size of the file

[summer violet]

And I was told otherwise
sigh

Okay now the PSB's ate up my storage again

8 GB free

Let me try amending this... @sweet field, where are PSB's normally stored?

[sweet field]

You choose where to store them when saving

But if you have another drive that has more space then you should switch Photoshop to use that for scratch files

[summer violet]

Hah, okay I'm not getting my 30 GBs back for some reason after clearing the Temp folder

Wait wait it's definitely because PS is running

[sweet field]

Yup haha, was about to ask

[summer violet]

There we go

30 GB again

Man, this application sure could use storage optimizations
ANYWAY, yeah, what were you gonna suggest for the BG thing?

[sweet field]

To be honest, that's not really enough space to work in Photoshop, especially with bigger projects. But try with a smaller file and see if that works for the patterns

[summer violet]

I'll do that right this second

@sweet field, do you convert a regular layer by clicking on it once with the Artboard tool on?

I could have opened a new file with Artboards automatically set but I'm stupid

New, hopefully lighter file

Ugh

This is the PSB

@sweet field ?

I don't get it. Why is each Smart Object copy offset like that?

Interesting...

A symptom of Artboard behavior

@sweet field I feel like I'm making a breakthrough, but how do I put an end to this behavior?

Hmmm...

I need to resolve this before two days or else I'll be in trouble!

Even an all-encompassing Artboard has some offset

If people are quiet here because they think I'm going insane, I'd appreciate it if you tell me so

[sweet field]

This looks fine to me

[summer violet]

Look at the bottom

[sweet field]

What is the reason you're doing it like this? What's it for?

[summer violet]

And left, but I left the bottom because it's clearer

[summer violet]

As I said before, it's just nice to control backgrounds across multiple Artboards

[summer violet]

.

[sweet field]

I was trying to set a PSB file with a

[viral palm]

Reminder: using multiple artboards can be quickly intense on ressources and you could encounter performance issues.
If you're doing that just because it's nice why not, but if you have a specific goal to achieve, there's perhaps an easier way to follow.

[wooden minnow]

Hi, so I have a question. How do I move a layer mask to another document while retaining its properties, but then I’d like to attach it to another layer that it wasn’t originally attached to

[viral palm]

Are the two documents the same dimension?

[wooden minnow]

They are, yes

[viral palm]

You can not drag the layer mask directly from one file to an other but you can drag a layer with its layer... If the two file have the same dimension you can align them. To drag and replace a layer mask hold: ALT+Click on the Layer mask you want to move then drag it over the blank layer mask.

[wooden minnow]

After attaching the layer mask to the new layer, can I turn off the original layer and will the effect still be maintained? In my case, this didn’t happen

[near knot]

how would i make a texture like this, just the dots with the spacing in between

[viral palm]

Not sure to understand... Could your share the layers panel of your Photoshop UI?

[wooden minnow]

I had needed to move a gaussian blur effect from one document to another since initially I thought that the effect was applied to a mask. But then, I realized that it was applied to a merged layer with a mask, and so when I tried to move the mask to another document (similar to your demonstration), the gaussian blur effect wasn’t applied to the blank layer. I tried reapplying it but it said the layer was blank so it couldn’t be applied. I think that was the problem, so no worries, it’s all good now!

[viral palm]

If the layer onto you applied the blur is a smart object you should be able to copy the blur filter to an other smart layer.
If the gaussian blur was applied to a raster layer this effect has been "burnt" into pixels of your layer and is no more editable or movable.

[wooden minnow]

Okay thank you so much, noted on this!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 652)

[mystic finch]

Hello, I have product packaging which needs to be slightly altered, will pay.

[grizzled spade]

Anyone?

[strong drum]

Hello, does someone know how can i get the first image look like the second, i mean only the hole that is pure black at the bottom and then gradually smooths out, im new to photoshop so sorry if its kinda dumb question

[grizzled spade]

ain't that fortnite

[strong drum]

Haha yeah

[grizzled spade]

[ripe quest]

Gradient Layer... Diamond Shape. Adjust Rotation. Set Layer Blend Mode to Multiply.

[slim dune]

What to do I cant save project?
edit i fixed

I cant select any font

[meager scroll]

anyone know how to clean up a photo removing the RGB Pixels?

[minor crystal]

I draw some line art and I want to colour it in, how do I use the brush tool to paint it but stop it from going over the lines?

[tame cape]

Hi @meager scroll
You can try for example:

• Photoshop Filter Denoise,
• Photoshop RAW Filter (Denoise),
• Lightroom Denoise,
• Paid plugin eg Topaz Denoise

[tame cape]

Hi @minor crystal
For example, you can draw on a layer below your line layer.

[sly hawk]

Best bet is to set the black and white outline layer to have a MULTIPLY blend mode

and then paint on the layer below it

...or simply use the fill paintbucket tool

[abstract eagle]

Im new to photoshop (started 2 days ago), and I was wondering if theres a more precise way to skew an object? Because when I try to skew something to 12.3, it always goes to 12.2, or 12.4, it skips 12.3 every single time, even though I did it on another rectangle.. Edit: I'm on MacOS if that changes anything*

[minor crystal]

Is there a way to make the brush recognise lines and not go over it? My lines are 3px thin so that method is a bit tough

[abstract eagle]

Actually.. I have a rectangle with the desired skew, but when I clone it the skew changes depending on the size, is there a way to keep the same skew no matter the size?

[tame cape]

Please show something

[celest python]

how do I get this highlight off the right side?

I tried masking and changing exposure but it's not been providing the best results

[minor crystal]

so um my arms and dress are different layers like this, so I wasnt able to use paintbucket or the magic wand

[stuck junco]

question if i want to have a mask to know exactly where i can write during the edit is it possible?

i can't find a way to remove the border because if i try they say it is not recommanded and they propose me another format for that

[abstract eagle]

How do I change the width of an object without adjusting the Skew?

[sly hawk]

I remember using a tool like that, but can't remember where!?!

[strong drum]

Omg thank you so much 😄 🙏

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2546)

[near elbow]

Does anyone know how to merge two paths that are on different layers?

when I try merging it does this weird thing

nevermind fixed it

[vapid flume]

You can, but this window is driven by the printer, it's likely that you won't have any indication of the exact dimension. If you're ink rich, you could print a black rectangle that covers the whole area, and then measure on the sheet of paper the exact non printed area.

[vapid flume]

Maybe because your printer CANNOT print edge to edge, and therefore you'll be missing bits
You need to create an area that corresponds the printable area within an A4 sheet and then only design in that area. Maybe make a template you can resuse, in the same way you have printable templates for addresses labels

What is it eaxctly that you are trying to print?

Remember that we can't really give you fixes for your printer,

[minor crystal]

is it possible to merge the arms and dress together? and then maybe I can try the method with the multiply blend mode

[stuck junco]

I try to find place a logo in a top right, for the edge to edge I know my printer can do edge to edge, exemple : pictures 10x15cm so idk why it’s different for letter but I will try to find the spot with test

[vapid flume]

Because I think "letter" is wider than A4 if I rememeber well and it's probably edge to edge for A4 only. Just guessing here...

[fading storm]

font?

[broken igloo]

Does anyone know why my PS would open so small?

[deep cipher]

What is the best RGB mode? My images are washed out in Photoshop for some reason... They are missing like 30% contrast

[tame cape]

You may not even be in RGB mode. Please show a screenshot of the title bar of an open image (or in the menu: Image -> Mode)

[deep cipher]

My PS is in Russian, but it's in RGB i think

[tame cape]

Yes.
It is in RGB 16 bit/channel.

[deep cipher]

Okay, this is weird, i just opened a picture next to it and it's the same color now

I think it bugged out somehow, it's fine now

Thanks!

[tame cape]

A computer restart often helps.
😉

[deep cipher]

I've a question, what type of filter is this? I've seen it on many anime photoshopped stuff

And GFX overall

[deep cipher]

And could someone tell me what this means?

[ripe reef]

hello can someone please help me with putting text in a text?

i want to put around 120 names in this "25" text

i want something like this

[outer parcel]

so basiclly i am trying to download the creative cloud

and it wont let me donload it

or use the ps

[feral crag]

how to do that background?

[sly hawk]

What browser is that?

If it's Opera... - don't use it to install anything from Adobe. - Try chrome or edge instead

[outer parcel]

`i did chorm too didnt work

[sly hawk]

Are the adobe servers blocked on your machine for any previous piracy related reasons?

[outer parcel]

uh no ?

first time using it

i just paid the year plan

[sly hawk]

What if you try visiting https://www.adobe.com/apps/all/desktop

[outer parcel]

i i pressed download on creative cloud nothing happened

[outer parcel]

here

[sly hawk]

Sorry I'm not sure mate

[outer parcel]

cant mention higher ups for this or

like i just paid a year plan for it and end the end it not working :/

[crystal sparrow]

hey is it possible to have a window at the top right constantly showing a zoomed out and flipped version of the current work?

[sly hawk]

You might need to contact customer support

[outer parcel]

how ?

[sly hawk]

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/contact.html

[sly hawk]

You can have multiple windows showing the same canvas at different levels and yes you can flip a preview

[outer parcel]

for some reason it wont show my plans too

i tried to do customer support but it wasnt much of help

[ripe quest]

You'll have to contact Adobe Customer Care because no one here can access your Adobe Account.

[crystal sparrow]

thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1065)

[outer parcel]

thank you they fixed my problem

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #3 - 2547)

[ripe quest]

I'm glad you got it sorted out!

[tame cape]

Yes.
I know.

[exotic sage]

Hello, i have a problem in
I need your help.
Could you tell me how to improve image quality?

[slim dune]

Do I need to send to someone fonts if I am giving them pdf ? They just need to view not edit

[tame cape]

No. Everything that is required is embedded in the PDF file.
(Please note: There are also fonts that do not allow embedding).

[slim dune]

Thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #21 - 102)

[slim dune]

Is there a way to know if font dont allow embedding?

[tame cape]

As soon as you try to create the PDF file with a ‘restricted font’, you will receive a clear message.

[river otter]

yo, I'm on Photoshop 26.0.0, it seems the Masking feature is entirely broken?

the brushes don't wanna work, so I restart, and reset all the preferences, and then only one brush works, but poorly

I can't tell if its just my incompetence or a bug - but this is the best I can do with trying to crop out a logo from a white background

[warm orchid]

I have this text here that doesn't really have any special attributes, but I was wondering how can I transform it into a type of font like the second image attached?

[river otter]

I believe that is hand-drawn

[warm orchid]

the second one?

[tame cape]

Sorry, I'm on 26.1.0
@river otter

[river otter]

how could i do the southside text part where it has that lag effect

[visual elbow]

how can I adjust the points on the curve so that they are evenly spaced/centered with the oval

[tame cape]

Hi @warm orchid
something like that?

[visual elbow]

like, I know i can move them by holding CMD, but it doesn't really let them snap or anything

[river otter]

I am forever in debt to you

thank you so much

I've still no idea what's gone on with Photoshop but I guess I just need a newer version

I'll update when I can

[tame cape]

Have you considered the possibility that the problem may not be with Photoshop at all?
🤔

[vapid flume]

You can use guides, which can be placed at specific location, the points will then snap to the guides
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/using/grid-guides.html

[visual elbow]

thank you, whats the best way to put them at 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4ths of the oval

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #8 - 824)

[vapid flume]

You got that in view>guides>new guide (or you can also do with "new guide layout)
and type 33% and 66% (you can type the % directly in the input box, Photoshop does its own calculus there)

[visual elbow]

appreciate it!!

[vapid flume]

you can even do multiplications, substractions, divisions and additions there (for example you can type 33% + 20 mm and it will figure it out)

[tame cape]

Would it perhaps be a good idea to create a copy of the ellipse and write the text directly on it?
🤔

[visual elbow]

possibly! how do I write on the ellipse?

[tame cape]

With the type on path tool. (Important: Ellipse should be path or shape)

[visual elbow]

was that tool removed? I don't see it

oh, its an illustrator tool

[tame cape]

Sorry, my bad. If you hovver with the 'normal' Type tool over the ellipse - then it becomes the Type on Path tool
😉

[visual elbow]

hmm, its not doing that

[tame cape]

Does that help a little? It still works the same, for years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQKmrKOHyao

[visual elbow]

ah! it worked, thanks, how do I flip the text here

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #21 - 103)

[visual elbow]

nvm, figured it out

[paper jewel]

Could anyone help me with something involving Illustrator? They wont reply to me on their discord...

Im trying to remove the "ear" lines inside of the box.