❓ask-a-question

[lavish dragon]

Indesign

[lucid crane]

Ah, no discord however there is an Indesign community here:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/ct-p/ct-indesign?page=1&sort=latest_replies&lang=all&tabid=all

[brittle goblet]

Who tagged me 5 times

[hushed niche]

Or you could go to the illustrator discord. https://adobediscord.com

[dawn silo]

So I have thirty pictures open. Is there a way to save all of them to a specific folder (different from the one they were originally in) all at the same time with their original names? Or will I have to do it manually?

I found Image Processor, but that doesn't have a .png option. Is there a different way that has a .png option?

I tried Automate -> Batch but that's saving as .psd

[hushed niche]

Hi, there’s image processor pro. But it is not always easy to install.

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

[sly hawk]

**Image Processor pro **does have a PNG option

[sly hawk]

I would ask what your current goal/workflow is - since there's usually always a smarter way to do something

[dawn silo]

I'm creating a resource pack for Minecraft. I'm editing a bunch of .pngs and I wanted the ability to just save all of them into a specific folder at once with their original name to make it easier on me but I'll probably just do it manually because I'm now having to redo all my work because I tried something new with the Batch feature and it closed all my files without saving them, and I'd rather that not happen again lmao

[sonic leaf]

would anyone know how to change the color of this without changing the color of the whole thing?

i wanna change the color of the tan color

this is just an image btw

[ripe quest]

Use a Gradient Map Layer and choose colors for the dark and light regions.

[ripe quest]

You might be able to set up something like this for maximum editability...

[mortal valve]

When I was working on a similar project I had 100s of files I needed to rename. I used this program to avoid doing it manually https://www.advancedrenamer.com/

If you still need to rename them it can save a lot of time

What's the different between Gradient and Classic gradient? Are there any important changes to be aware of with regards to using them? I'm following a tutorial that uses an older version of photoshop where they set the opacity to 100% which is only an option when classic gradient is selected in the latest version of PS

Also they don't have the method option in the tutorial. They're using CC 2019. Should I leave method set to smooth? (the default)

[ripe quest]

There are several workflow type differences. With the Gradient Tool in "Gradient" Mode, it creates a Gradient Fill Layer which remains easily editable AFTER you create it. That's probably the most important change. With Classic Gradient, you would draw it and if it wasn't want you wanted, you'd have to draw it again.

I guess one thing with the Classic Gradient is you could draw gradients using various Blend Modes and create different effects with it.

[unkempt cave]

If I hide a layer, will that layer show up in the final project?

[ripe quest]

If you hide it and export out to a different format, e.g. PNG or JPEG, it will not show up when you export.

[mortal valve]

Alright thanks. With the classic gradient when you say blend modes do you mean the blend mode when drawing the gradient and not the blend mode of the layer the gradient is on?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 2831)

[mortal valve]

Worth noting TIFF supports layers but you can flatten the image when saving

[ripe quest]

The Classic Gradient has a Blend Mode option so technically you could draw gradients with different Blend Modes activated and it would "build up" the gradients with each successive gradient you draw on that layer.

[mortal valve]

Oh ok that's cool

[ripe quest]

This isn't a great example but you get the idea...

[edgy cradle]

hi i need help pls if anyone is available

[fierce hornet]

what do you need help with?

[edgy cradle]

oh thank you so much

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fierce hornet (current: #43 - 46)

[edgy cradle]

i have an exam which we have to recreate art pieces of our chosen artist

i was looking in dawid planeta

to create a piece about human inner conflict

but my Photoshop skills are dog water

[edgy cradle]

i am tryna recreate the left image then mine is at the right

[fierce hornet]

you're almost there. you just have to cutout the subject a bit more nicely. then use a curve to adjust the lighting. then add fish. cut it out. do the same as you did with the just and you're pretty much done. then do overall color grading and other adjustments.

[mortal valve]

Shadows are important too

[edgy cradle]

thnak you guys

let me do that right now

[edgy cradle]

this is how it is goign

[fierce hornet]

add some shadow on marked areas

and try adding cat shadow here too.

[edgy cradle]

ohh ok

on it

[slate sandal]

Anyone know how to make a brush solid when defining a brush preset?

I want my brush to cover when applied like circled in red, my brush which is circled in green shows stuff below

[thorn anvil]

anyone have advice for doing this sort of light texturing?

im sure thers a fancy name for it but im not really sure how i would go about it?

is it like charcol?

its darker around the edges too

[edgy cradle]

is it better?

[fierce hornet]

Blue marked area hard shadow. yellow marked area light shadow. but do no add any shadow behind the cat as you did in this photo.

also test different angel where the shadow looks most realistic. you can move the shadow with "move tool"

[edgy cradle]

ok np

[edgy cradle]

do you think i nailed it or need to fix the lighting

[viral palm]

unfortunately that<s not possible with brushes because a photoshop brush is based on a Black and White image. Black pixels of this original image will "paint" and white pixels will be transparent (and shades of grey will be semi transparent....
Best way to achieve what you want is to mask part of the layer below the layer you're painting on.

[fierce hornet]

I can help you in vc if you want. that would be much easier for me to help

[edgy cradle]

ok np

[edgy cradle]

pls don't flame my ass

[viral palm]

You can paint on a layer above your design with a soft and low opacity brush where you want the texture and the vignette (dark edges) then add noise (Filter/Noise/Add noise).
Reduce opacity if you need. I used a soft round brush in the video but you can use random shape brushes (clouds or smoke for exemple)
You also try to find "grunge vignette texture" stock image (on Adobe Stock free for exemple) , Place the texture above and change its blending mode to blend the effect with the design below. (image used in the video: https://stock.adobe.com/images/full-frame-old-white-paper-texture-background-with-vignette-for-design-backdrop-or-overlay-design/280966615?prev_url=detail)

[thorn anvil]

tysm!

[gleaming dust]

is there a way to erase outside of a selected area with the quick selection tool?

[hushed niche]

Hi! Ctrl+shift +I is the shortcut for select>inverse then you can erase outside your selection.

[gleaming dust]

ahhh tyty!

[hushed niche]

https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/make-selections-photoshop/

[obsidian badger]

Hello, can anybody make a video of how to make the face, eyes, hair more smoother like in the 3rd file 2nd image? I find it very difficult as I am still new to photoshop. thank you!

[spice orchid]

imagine a drawing with an outline; the outline is darker if its next to a dark background and its clearer if there is something lighter touching it

if I want to remove the darker parts of the background with magic wand, I can adjust the settings and have an isolated drawing

the problem is that the drawings oytline wont be consistent because the outline changes tones

how can I fix this

[potent canyon]

hi every one

so I have a flower here, I drew an inner circle around it and the circle is pretty big

how do I make the flower "thinner" and "sharper"?

you know, so when I attempt to draw the circle, it become a smaller circle than this one?

[obsidian badger]

@ripe quest hi, could you continue helping me with this? thanks for the video yesterday.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 2833)

[ripe quest]

Please don't ping people to ask for help. You can ask questions here. Then you'll have to wait until someone is available. If they can provide some insight into your issue, they will probably reply. Thx!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @potent canyon (current: #985 - 1)

[potent canyon]

got it

[ripe quest]

You're welcome. Unfortunately, I can't provide a video or any in-depth help right now. I'm busy working. Sorry. Hopefully, someone else can jump in and provide some assistance.

[ripe quest]

This is a like a 16 year old version of Photoshop. Most of us are using modern versions of the app. One thing I will say is that you're zoomed to ~1000% so you're looking at this at the pixel level.

[hushed niche]

Hi, I would look at frequency separation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMkoCQA0o4o

[potent canyon]

here's the original flower

so I want to shrink it, so the five inner "tip" of the flower is aligned with the circle I drew

how do I do that?

[hushed niche]

Hi, I would draw and copy thin oval shapes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R3ZvLhq7hI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToxEQoxAEEo&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

[hushed niche]

You could also duplicate and hide one copy of layer1, select the black of layer 1, invert the selection (select>inverse or Ctrl+Shift+I), select>modify> contract it, then delete?

[potent canyon]

uhm I'm a bit lost here

you mean I have too many layers?

[hushed niche]

No I mean to create and hide one copy of the layer before you modify it, it is a security practice when you do touch the pixels.

[distant grove]

Hi folks, I have a set of pages separated by selection blobs, all on the same layer. How can I separate, and distribute them into different layers?
Slices? Artboards? Guides??

Funny thing that photoshop doesn't have a way to tell a count of and numbering selection blobs.. 🤔

[ripe quest]

Make a selection. Then cut/paste to a new Layer.

[ripe quest]

"count of" - "numbering selection blobs" ? Not sure what that is supposed to mean. Photoshop is primarily a bitmap editor so I'm not sure what functionality you're expecting.

[distant grove]

That's wayy to laborous, I have allot of pages!

[ripe quest]

Are they all part of one bitmap? One raster image?

[distant grove]

One raster image

[ripe quest]

If so, what are you imaging that is supposed to happen?

You have to separate the pixels to different layers.

[distant grove]

Yes! That's my wish. programmatically, a selection blob has its area, and borders, and there's oter blobs. Internally, they're still counted anyway, because that's how software works (I assume), unless...

But anyway, I'm looking for a simple parametrical way to separate pixels into many different layers

Is there a script for that?

[ripe quest]

No idea. There is a Scripting API. You can give it a shot if you have skills/experience there.

[distant grove]

https://github.com/ES-Collection/Photoshop-Scripts/blob/master/Split 2 Layers.jsx

[distant grove]

Exactly the answer I thought I would get, and the kind I didn't wat... :p

[hushed niche]

If all the pages are the same, and the location of the images does not change, an action could work.

[hushed niche]

There is a counting tool: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/counting-objects-image.html#:~:text=Select the Count tool (located,Choose%20Count%20tool%20options.&text=A%20default%20count%20group%20is,and%20label%20size%2C%20and%20color.

[distant grove]

the pages are proportional atleast in the hight, but setting a constant height value is tricky, because there's a shift over count..

[distant grove]

loooots of clicks that I'm trying to avoid ..

[distant grove]

Oh wait! There's a way to automate that! 🤔

[ripe quest]

If there are no constants that could be used with an Action, then you'd have to script it, I suppose. Sorry that isn't the answer you want. However, you're speaking in coding terms but don't want to write code. You're also assuming that Photoshop is going to "guess" how to separate your pixels... based on what value or constant then?

Even with scripting, its going to be tricky as we're still talking about bitmap operations, i.e. pushing pixels around.

[distant grove]

Sorry for being to jumpy

I'm here for your advice and knowledge

[ripe quest]

I had to do something similar to this where there were 4 images (in a quad rectangle) in one canvas. They had to be chopped into 4 pieces and exported out to individual PNGs. And there was a lot of files. Scripting was the best option. Writing a script to split the image into 4 and export to PNG. Then use an Batch Action to run that script on a directory of many files. Luckily, all of the images fit that same format and even if I lost 1 pixel at one of the edges, it still worked. I don't know if that will work for you but that's why I suggested it.

[distant grove]

There are even command line sollutions for a simple repettative task like this, like Image Magic, etc.. But here I thought that PS would easily do it, was to lazy to go into installing new stuff...

[ripe quest]

Image Magick comes with its own set of problems. Mostly doing this from a CLI with no visual feedback. At least Photoshop gives you a GUI and you can watch it happening to see where your script goes off the rails.

Anyways... that's pretty much all I had. Sorry. Good luck with it!

[distant grove]

I was thinking maybe there's a way to automatically create guides on edges of selection blobs, or snap the edges of sclices to them?

[ripe quest]

There is a Guides Layout feature. And you can create a Guide Layout based on a set of criteria, like number of guides, margins, gaps, etc.

[distant grove]

Another idea would be Arbords from selection rectangles/blobs

[ripe quest]

In fact, I did a video about that very thing: https://youtu.be/qeIW1I9P9lI?si=_2GsnFK7y1_Oqe8o heh :)

[distant grove]

Nice video! But in my case, the guided gap area would shift along the whole of pages, over page count..

[ripe quest]

Thanks! Yeah, I figured that's where you were going this line of discussion. There is a variable shift across many files.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @distant grove (current: #985 - 1)

[distant grove]

Many blobs in a single file in my case

other files are just a repeat of the same process 🙂

[lunar raft]

Anyone know how to select shapes in Photoshop by pixel size range (e.g. 100 to 200 px)?

[jovial pond]

Working on a thumbnail for a video. I want to include a type of reverse blood drip on the persons shoulders. So instead of going down its actually going up. Does anyone know a good method for this?

Mainly inspired from MW3

[wind osprey]

Quick question, how do you swivel on photoshop?

[ripe quest]

Swivel? Do you mean rotate the Canvas? Press and hold the R key and drag with the left mouse button.

[wind osprey]

I work normally with premiere pro,

And there is a 3D model that

flattens things

like a rotate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hGzEcWfibM

Besides skew

[ripe quest]

In Photoshop, you'd have to do this with Transform. Edit > Transform... Scale, Rotate,

[wind osprey]

ah

there is no manual

All good, I appreciate it <3

[ripe quest]

Maybe create custom brushes. Maybe try Generative Fill and/or Generate Image.

[jovial pond]

Yeah I have a blood brushe pack. I just dunno how ill make it look good

[ripe quest]

One thing to try with Generative methods is to do like "water droplets dripping down." See if it will generate something that is workable. Then flip it. :)

It probably won't work if you use the word "blood"

[jovial pond]

yeah

[ripe quest]

All the AIs are so squeamish about every word or token, you'd have to do like "red liquid dripping down a wall" because blood will get moderated out and the job will be canceled.

[ripe quest]

Say more. Not sure what you're trying to do.

[lofty iris]

Hi!

I want to create instagram carousel with these 2 photos for my project. Is there any way to match the pictures for carousel using photoshop. Photos and idea are from chatgpt and i really want to keep this vision and photos as similar as possible. Is this impossible task and should try something else?

[hushed niche]

Outside of scripting, I do not think so.

[viral palm]

Create a 2160px X 1350px document then place your 2 images on the canvas. Align one on the left and the other on the right.
Create a Selection in the middle and make sure the selection is overlapping the images edges then hit generative fill button and wait for the magic => choose your favorite version.
Display your rulers (CTRL+R) then drag a vertical guide in the middle (hold shift while dragging for an easy alignement) . Select slice tool and make 2 slices then go to File/Export/Save for web (legacy) , set the output format of your two slices, hit "Save.." button, make sure "All slices" option is selected and export...You're done.

[calm horizon]

how do i erase something thats on the picture anmd i want to get rid of it

[tame cape]

a better way: mask it

[calm horizon]

i just used spot healing

[calm horizon]

i just messed up my bar, what happened here manm

[tame cape]

drag here and drop

[lime anvil]

how do i get a coloured profile on camera raw filter?because it is only showing monochrome profile

[tame cape]

Hi @lunar raft
do you mean something like that?

[lunar raft]

Mayhaps.... 👀 👉🏽 👈🏽

Kinda like Color Range, but searching for shapes of a specific size (pixel count) range.

[viral palm]

Unfortunately there's in Adobe illustrator but not in Photoshop...

[tame cape]

Search automatically? Then no. Then the answer from @hushed niche and @viral palm applies.

[dawn kraken]

why can i not download neural filters

when i click download it does nothing

ive tried youtube and everything

[ripe quest]

Are you signed in to an Adobe Account?

[dawn kraken]

duh

how would i have photoshop lol

[ripe quest]

People pirate the app and then turn up here asking why the cloud-based features don't work.

[dawn kraken]

well its for sure paid ps😂

[ripe quest]

Go to Help > GPU Compatibility... see if any errors or issues are reported there.

[ripe quest]

Good. So you're saying that you see a download button but you click and nothing happens or... ?

[dawn kraken]

yes it buffers for a like a millisecond then does nothing

[ripe quest]

Do other "cloud services" work? Like Generative Fill or Generative Image?

[dawn kraken]

yes generative fill does work

i haven't tried the generative image yet but generative fill indeed does work so I'm not sure what the problem here is

this one seems to work since i dont have to download it

but

the ones it gives the prompt to download it does not work

[ripe quest]

OK. How about trying this? https://www.reddit.com/r/GenP/comments/yd26z4/neural_filters_not_downloading/

[dawn kraken]

ok tysm ill give it a try, seems to work for everyone else so ill lyk

[ripe quest]

Before doing that, you could try signing out of the Creative Cloud app. Restart the PC. Then Sign back in. Open Photohsop and try again.

[dawn kraken]

ok ill give it a try thanks again

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 2834)

[dawn kraken]

what is CCstopper?

and do i have it or do i need to download it

[ripe quest]

I would just try the sign out of CC. Reboot. Sign back in to CC. Launch Photoshop and try again. Try that first.

[dawn kraken]

i just did that g

still didn't work

[ripe quest]

I see that your Photoshop shows that its ready for an update. Why not just try updating first?

[dawn kraken]

ill go ahead and do that rq

IT OWRKS

tysm bro

[ripe quest]

Glad you got it sorted out!

[dawn kraken]

srry if i came off sorta disrespectful i was just getting frustrated

[ripe quest]

Nah. Don't worry about it. I understand. :)

[dawn kraken]

thank you once again, absolute life saver

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 2835)

[ripe quest]

You're welcome. That's why we're here. To make jobs and lives easier.

[sacred grove]

@ripe quest do you know how to make it so when I hit open, it goes to my cloud documents

[ripe quest]

File > Save As... Save to cloud documents PSDC format

[sacred grove]

I have most of my files saved to the cloud, I just can't get to them when I hit file > open.

sometimes it will say in this second pic, on the bottom left, like open from cloud documents

[ripe quest]

Go to the Home Screen. Then tap "Your Files" tab on the left side of the screen

[sacred grove]

thank you very much

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 2836)

[sacred grove]

it's a lot faster too then hitting file > open ❤️

[muted nimbus]

Can someone send a poster psd file that they’ve done in the past?

[viral palm]

Strange question... Like giving you our labour?

[muted nimbus]

No sir, need it for ideas.

[viral palm]

Ok! I understand... Perhaps it would be faster to make some search on sites likes Pinterest... Great for inspiration with few keywords.
Adobe express can also be great... Lot of template for free

[open flare]

I’m currently working with a dataset-driven PSD template in Photoshop by using variables and data sets from a .csv file. Each row in the dataset represents a different version of the design, and I’m using Photoshop’s "Data Sets" feature to export each variation.

The issue is that Photoshop only allows exporting these dataset variations as .psd files by default. To get .jpeg versions, I have to run each exported .psd through the Image Processor manually. However, this process is inefficient because:

The PSD files are large and take up a lot of storage.

I have a large number of dataset rows, so exporting and converting them manually or in bulk is not feasible.

Photoshop does not provide a built-in way to export each dataset variation directly to .jpeg.

I need a way to automatically export each dataset variation directly to .jpeg (instead of .psd) in order to save time, disk space, and processing effort.
Im back

[hushed niche]

Hi, you would need to find someone who can write scripts. Try Ps-scripts.com

Bridge has a quick export to jpeg function that might help.

[open flare]

there was a script written by someone and I used but it created temporary psd files (which is bassicly the same thing)

[open flare]

I will look into that

[hushed niche]

Or use the scripting tag on the Adobe forums. https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem/ct-p/ct-photoshop?page=1&sort=latest_replies&lang=all&tabid=all&topics=label-actionsandscripting

[hushed niche]

What about increasing your storage?

[open flare]

well it wont work becuase im working with like 4 k variants and each psd file is like 200 MB

I was thinking about creating my own little program that could do it but it will exclude me from making quick changes or smth

[hushed niche]

An external SSD of a few TB might do the job. You gotta have the area needed to fit your workflow, no?

[blissful flume]

i was wondering if i got a picture that has been photoshopped, is there any clues either in the metadata or the picture itself that could let me know it has been photoshopped?

the picture does not look photoshopped at first glance, but as i zoom in specific areas it looks very pixilated im not sure if thats a dead giveaway tho

[signal heath]

Hi

I am new to photoshop and I accidentaly closed the bar to manage tools (idk how to call it but the one when you edit a text for example or the one where there is AI tools) and I can't find a way to open it again

[tame cape]

Rule 1
Don't trust any image that you haven't edited yourself with Photoshop!

[tame cape]

The one on the left with the tools? That's the tool bar. The one at the top with the settings for the tools? That's the Control Bar. Both can be switched on and off in the Window menu.

[blissful flume]

if you happen to know a lot about photoshopped photos, what do you think of this picture? can you tell if its been modified, something looks off to me but i cant quite tell

[signal heath]

the bar like that

[tame cape]

I'm not sure. But it looks AI generated to me

[tame cape]

menu: Window -> Contextual Task Bar

[signal heath]

thank you

[tame cape]

I'm not sure. But it looks AI generated to me.

Apart from the extremely long phalanges and the unnatural transition between the little finger and the ring finger, there can't be a ring at this point.

[blissful flume]

thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #17 - 148)

[astral oar]

does anyone know how to add text behind images ?

[vapid flume]

There are multiple ways, and it depens what exactly what you want to do, but one of the most used method is to use a mask
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/place-text-behind-object-photoshop/

[astral oar]

Thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 945)

[ornate herald]

What's the best Photoshop tutorial which covers all the basics??

[astral oar]

LOL

Please ban this dude

[vapid flume]

You can ignore/block them you know?

[astral oar]

I did

[vapid flume]

We only ban people who cause shenanigans in the server, we don't track DMs (Hopefully!)

you can also report to Discord

We don't ban people based on DMs 🙂

If you're offended by what they said, I have no words though

[vapid flume]

I think the ones that are in the software (help>hands on tutorials) is really the best you can find
It even allows you to try directly in the interface with guided prompts

[ornate herald]

Ohhh I see
Appreciate it homie

[tame cape]

Irony on:

[vapid flume]

Plenty of us have books. I also had very bad books 😅

I still think the tutorials inside the app are the best (I tried them before reaching that conclusion)

I wish I had them in the early 2000s 🙂

[tame cape]

Absolutely
🎯

[vapid flume]

I remember for one Christmas, my OH bought me a full package of Photoshop books, I had the very excellent Martin Evening's "Photoshop for Photographers" (an absolute bible!)
As well as some of the early Bert Monroy books (This guy is a genius)
But in the middle there were some absolute crap, and all of them aimed at the beginners market. This was a time when you could pedal every BS and still be published because the skill was so new. I guess it's the same now with other type of skills (who would buy a book on VR for beginners for example)

I only told him many years ago, noone likes to gift crap stuff 😂

I remember that Photoshop WOW book. I think I had it with the pool and frogs montage in the cover. It was wild years design wise 🙂

[shadow comet]

Whats your issue

People come here too for paid requests so asking you is not a crime

You have been given the tutorial go watch it so you can be able to do it yourself

[shadow comet]

thank you sir...

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 946)

[vapid flume]

You might want to have a look at my profile

Never assume

[shadow comet]

Ohh so sorry lol... Thank you ma'am

[vapid flume]

No problem 😉

[shadow comet]

The reason I dm him is that someone posted casually like that too and they paid me for working their edit even more than 3 clients from here now...

[vapid flume]

You also just need to realise that it can come across as desperate, and pushy... Based on the screenshot, that's obviously not a rude interaction (in my book) or anything. But if someone pinged me like that, I would ignore and not engage. But That's just me.
Lots of people do that on LinkedIN (ask you to be a connection and try to shift their ware at the first message) and that's an instant "unfriend" from me.

[shadow comet]

Normally here if they send a message like that in the server they expect someone to dm

I am also on some other Photoshop edit server... That's how the audience expect not spamming the server in response to their request

[vapid flume]

They usually do in the #💬chat-general l because that's where those kind of interaction are supposed to take place. As a mod, if someone asks in ask a question, they want a tutorial. If you want to snoop on people who might pay for your service, don't snoop in the #❓ask-a-question . It's not the right place.

[shadow comet]

Ohh yea i get it now

[vapid flume]

Also, I am not an admin, so it's not my call, but if I was, I would remove any business interaction from this server

[shadow comet]

I didn't even check the channel 😂

Sorry please

[vapid flume]

IMHO it is not the place. Here is a place to learn and to showcase. Adobe has a system in place for finding work, and that's where we generally redirect people

You might want to open an account (It's free with any Adobe subscription)
https://www.behance.net/joblist?tracking_source=nav20

[winged bough]

hey yall

got any ideas of how I could extend the walkway so it goes to the blue object

[quasi shard]

Anyone know how I can select the rest of the subject easily, I need to select the entire thing. I have already removed the background but I would like to contract the subject

[vapid flume]

Have you tried using the same method bul holding shift to add to your current selection?
The issue will be mainly with the white trousers because it may lack definition against the rest

Ultimately, if you deleted the background and want to select everything that is present in that particular layer, just CTRL + Click in the layer thumbnail (not anywhere else, the thumbnail) and you will get a selection of the entire layer content, without the transparency.

[orchid charm]

So my friend made me this logo for a project I am working on, however I am going to re-make it from scratch. I don't know how to curve the text or get the circle, could someone explain to me please?

[vapid flume]

You will need to "type on a path"
see that tutorial
Since it's a logo, be sure you do everything with vector tools, not raster ones, otherwise you will get into trouble when the friend will need to make it bigger or smaller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Snm7Q3_25w

[viral palm]

Trace an elipse path then put the Text along the path... Here is a short video

@orchid charm : @vapid flume 's video is well explained too ... Sorry Sandrine, I was recording while you were answering.

[vapid flume]

No problem!

[orchid charm]

Thanks for showing me how to wrap the text guys! However, I still don't understand how to get the effect of the 2 circles and the text in-between them

[vapid flume]

You just need to draw circles (2 of them) with the elipse tool - a vector shape (circle is obtained with holding SHIFT while you are dragging)

[hushed niche]

I would recommend to put guides at the center of your document, then you’ll be able to draw the circles from there if you hold alt before clicking. After the click, release alt and hold shift to draw a circle and not an ellipse.
See: https://youtu.be/5R3ZvLhq7hI?si=Ls7HpyJcyrnqR5Ty

[orchid charm]

Hey, I hate to be bother, but is there any chance you could or someone else do a short video like above? I can't understand the text that well!

[vapid flume]

I think if you need to understand how to get the text, it might worth reviewing the basics, go to Help> Hands on tutorial, and type for example vector shapes in the box
You got all the videos available there and you can also see some tutorials where you actually practice along as you watch...

Otherwise it could take a while!

[orchid charm]

I meant i'm more of a visual learner and reading messages I have difficulty understanding compared to copying a video

[calm horizon]

so i made a thumbnail, and i want the whole thumbnail to be sharpened, what do i do?

it seems like u can only sharpen image individually, i want it the whole thing though..

[vapid flume]

That's why I pointed you to the videos in the hands-on tutorials within Photoshop

[vapid flume]

You need to sharpen a merged copy of all the layers. The quickest way to do that is to press, at the same time, CTRL+ALT+SHIT+E (that's called the claw shortut, you'll understand why) It creates a merged copy of all the visible layer. Place it on top, just to keep organised and then apply your filters there

filetrs are applied on layers, you can't apply one on multiple layers, except if you gather all your layers into a smart object, which is another solution on top of the one I just gave

[calm horizon]

thanks i got it

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 947)

[small trail]

why is my selection not exact?

im using the pencil to colour it in so idk why theres like a blur effect at the edges

[viral palm]

What selection tool did you use?

[viral palm]

Automatic selection tools have to handle and interpret anti-aliasing pixels (The Anti-aliasing effect softens the appearance of edges in your image) = > That's what is giving you semitransparent areas. Older tools such as the Lasso tool or the Magic wand can deactivate anti-aliasing, but this will result in a rough contour (stair-step appearance).

[dreamy cape]

How could you get a texture like this?

Besides manually finding it and overlaying ig

[viral palm]

I'm not sure to understand your question but this design looks like a flat logo made of shape with Polygonal texture clipped over it.
You can search Polygonal texture on Adobe stock free (for exemple), Place embeded the Polygonal texture over the Logo and create a clipping Mask, You can desaturate the Texture (make sure it's a smart object) with Image/Adjustment/Hue and Saturation and mask out the hue and saturation filter mask to bring back red were you want.

[dreamy cape]

Oooh thanks :)

[livid trellis]

how do i cut an image using another image?

[serene coral]

you can use clipping masks 😄

[frozen ridge]

Can someone help me? I made my logo in a different program with a transparent background, and I want to use photoshop to apply outer glow, but when I do it seems to be limited by this arbitrary bounding box and the outer glow is super funky, how do I fix?

[ripe quest]

@blazing smelt - You can't advertise products/services here. Sorry.

[viral palm]

What is your "transparent background" file format? PNG?
Could you share your entire Photoshop UI with the layers panel?

[frozen ridge]

It is png but I had to convert from SVG to png using an online tool after exporting

[viral palm]

What do you mean by cut?
You can:
1- use clipping Mask or
2- Use image 1 selection to Mask Image 2
3-Use image 1 selection to copy image 2

[livid trellis]

i understand it now from your video already, thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 773)

[viral palm]

Is the brown area around the Z a part of the design or the result of your outer glow FX?

[viral palm]

You can place SVG directly in Photoshop without online tool (could be the root cause of your problem).
Try: File/Place Embeded/ select your original SVG file => it should be loaded with transparency and if the SVG file is clean your outer glow effect should work properly (without bounding box limitation)🤞

[final crater]

is layers panel on the left the strat

why do u have it there

just for more space?

[frozen ridge]

the brown area is the outer glow only the blue z is the original design

[frozen ridge]

ok Ill try that

[frozen ridge]

thanks it turns out it was whatever convert to png mechanism. I didn't realize I could directly export svg, and I was inadvently using my upscaled png I needed in a png only platform before I realized I needed to go through photoshop. Still, i wonder what the issue was.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 774)

[viral palm]

It gives me a larger view for the Layers panel (useful on files with lot of layers) but also because I'm left handed and when I use graphic tablet it's less travel.

[final crater]

ah ok

[sacred rain]

can anyone help me with an after effects effect I want to re create

[tidal anvil]

Trying to run photoshop like usual and for some reason it’s now taking 100% disk usage when it didn’t used to. Any help? It’s majorly lagging everything.

I haven’t made any changes to photoshop for this to happen

[hushed niche]

Hi, did you make sure to use the correct units? ( 3860x2160 inchesat 300ppi is huge compared to pixels)

[tidal anvil]

yes. it was only 1080 by 1080 72 ppi lol

and it would get to that usage just upon launching, not even having a project open

like even just on the main page before making a new/opening a current project it would be at 100% usage and remain like that with a project open

[hushed niche]

Hi! Do you mean an EA effect you want to recreate in Photoshop? Which one? Saber ? Or the screen modulation one? State directly your request, it’s faster than extracting the info 😉

[hushed niche]

In inches/cm or pixels?

[hushed niche]

Do you have all of Kyle brushes loaded, or lots of textures/presets?

[tidal anvil]

this is what i was working with. and in the past i have been able to draw with way larger proportions too without issue, nothing has changed between now and in the past when it ran smoothly. i only have a few kyle brushes and the same ones i had back when it was running smooth as well

[hushed niche]

I would try to reset Photoshop’s preferences manually by dragging the preferences folder to the desktop. This way you can copy them back if it does not work: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually

[tidal anvil]

i will try when i next can thanks

[viral palm]

Better chance to get answer on Adobe Video server (Première/Ae) => https://discord.gg/adobepremiere

[hollow cliff]

Anyone has any idea why my Photoshop sometimes will bug out and not allow to start a New project or Export, I notice my PC will start working harder and even after closing Photoshop it gets stuck in my processes so I need to "End Task it"?

[viral palm]

What version are you using (26.5.0) ? To see go to Help/About Photoshop.
If not => update your PS and see if the problem persists.
If it's just sometimes it could depend on what you're trying to do (file size, number of different files open...etc) at this moment and/or other tasks running in background and/or hardware performances... Hard to say with info given.

[steep rampart]

hey, i have zero experience with photos shop but I need to texture this topographic map both on the water and on land. how do i even begin this process?

[viral palm]

Do you mean something like that?
If so search for an old paper texture on any stock image site (https://stock.adobe.com/free) download it then go to file/Place Embede and choose downloaded file. Place it over your design and change its blending mode (multiply for exemple)

[steep rampart]

close, i meant more adding like a grass texture to a section, sand to another, water another etc

[hushed niche]

Hi, you could make a selection with the magic wand; expand it by one pixel, jump it to its own layer, (Ctrl+J) then fill with the wanted texture, either in a layer style (the best, allows scaling, rotation, etc.) or via the fill command.

[thorn anvil]

running into a problem when i use magic brush and the raster mask

i usually set the magic brush to 250 to select all non-transparent pixels in a image

however with the raster mask, it's instead just selecting a full rectangle instead

any fixes?

[viral palm]

Change your B&W design to Smart object and add level adjustment to crank up the black, Set its Blending Mode to Multiply.
Use the Magic Wand tool (W) to select area you want to paint in, Create new layer above your design and paint with a textured brush inside your selection... (check the short video)
At the end you can add the textured paper effect over if you want.

[viral palm]

Magic brush? you Mean Magic Wand?
If so try to play with "Contiguous" setting option and see if it changes something...
But I<m not sure to understand your technique...

[thorn anvil]

contiguous didnt work but i found another work around

is there a way to only select where two shapes overlap?

in this case a solid color triangle and text

nvm found a workaround

sorry for posting questions i figure out

[hushed niche]

It is not a problem, but it might help others if you shared the solutions…

[thorn anvil]

for the text thing i was trying to achieve the effect in the photo below. My solution to this was very janky, but basically, i duplicated the text layer, and rastrized the topmost one. Then, i switched to the shape layer that i wanted as the background, used magic wand to select all non-transparent pixels, then switched back to the text layer to delete the insersecting text. From there you can use magic wand to select the remaining text and switch it to the color you want

idk if that makes sense, ping me if your following that and need help

[final crater]

@thorn anvil theres probably some smarter way to do this with blending modes, but if you use masks at least you can preserve the text layer without rasterizing

what i did was make a new solid color layer, clipping mask it to the text

invert the mask of the solid color layer, and then add white to where the lines were

[thorn anvil]

ah yeah

that is a lot smarter

i was just looking for a quick solution

[calm horizon]

how do i change size for my remove tool?

[fierce merlin]

Brush size?

Use brackets. [ or ]

[acoustic shadow]

hi- there is no discord for adobe lightroom (/classic) so i must ask here, please help

how do i move the file name so that it isnt covering my image

i want the text displayed outside of my image, fully gone is also an option im cool with

[hushed niche]

What about a white text in difference blending mode. Then a layer on top to colorize

[hushed niche]

Hi, a quick trip to the help file would give you the answer: Show/hide info overlay Ctrl+I on a PC or Command+I on a Mac

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/keyboard-shortcuts.html

[gloomy spindle]

does anyone knows why I joined illustrator server but it's all unlocked even if I reacted to the verification message

[hushed niche]

Yes, there are some issues for the moment, please be patient.

[gloomy spindle]

ok thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #12 - 221)

[keen yacht]

i have a pdf with 2 pictures. i want to import both on a single page A4 size but when i try to drag those pdf to A4 size page the pictues get blurry. How to fix it ?

[ripe quest]

Main menu: Image > Mode > Grayscale? Switch to RGB Color...

[tame cape]

@gloomy spindle
Is it working for you now? Or should I forward it to a moderator?

[gloomy spindle]

its working

@tame cape

[fervent girder]

dont know where to ask. but can anyon guide how to set up payment gateway for client in Behance plateform?

[proven shard]

Why does my Gray - Black Radial Gradient look like this? its not as smooth as the other ones

[granite torrent]

someone knows how to do this?

[calm horizon]

how to change brush size for remove tool

[vapid flume]

It's probably better if you ask in the Behance Server

I can't share the link here as it's not permitted (don't ask 🤦‍♀️)

search for this server on Discord

[signal marsh]

anyone know how i can blend bottom of their bodies so it doesnt look so unordinary

and the botttom half of the middle dudes legs

[vapid flume]

You can create a mask on their layer and apply a vertical gradient on this mask so there is a transition from background to layer

[signal marsh]

im not using the black layer as bakcground will it still work

[vapid flume]

This is called a Duotone. One way to do it is to use the gradient map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0yR1umwcfg

[signal marsh]

just googled it ty

[vapid flume]

The layer should look like this, see how the bottom will be trransparent (with the background layer appearing there) and the top left as is

[signal marsh]

🤣

[hushed niche]

Hi! There are not a lot of tones between those colors.

[hushed niche]

This is not Photoshop?

[signal marsh]

nope

[hushed niche]

Then you might bet more accurate help in the dedicated discord, no?

[signal marsh]

its just the same but looks different, its the same ui and stuff

[hushed niche]

Maybe, but this is the official Adobe forum, why not visit a Photopea discord?

[signal marsh]

i think i did at one point and it was dead, but i could have just joined a fan one

not sure why i came here instead

yea

[granite torrent]

thank you my friend

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 948)

[signal marsh]

thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 949)

[hushed niche]

I think it makes more sense, I would not visit a Ford discord if I had a problem with my GM, as the answers might be wrong for my problem.

[signal marsh]

i appreciate your concern but photopea is made to be functionally similar, with many of the same tools, features, and even the same interface

[vapid flume]

Photopea too broke to host a server of their own? They have a Reddit one though
https://www.reddit.com/r/photopea/

[signal marsh]

🤣

[signal marsh]

is there unwritten beef between photoshop and photopea

[vapid flume]

No, but Adobe is paying people to admin this stuff, I don't know why they should help the competition

It's the same with Gimp and Affinity Photo by the way

[signal marsh]

thats a fair point

its good that adobe even pays its admins

most wouldnt especially with things like photopea which are near identicle - im not sure waht it can or cant do that photoshop can or cant

[vapid flume]

I was a Beta tester for Affinity for most of the new versions 1.0 (Designer and Publisher). I was helping the forums as well, we are polite here compared to there about people asking questions about the competition.

[signal marsh]

anyhow you helped me which is all i care about

[proven shard]

That means there isnt a fix?

[hushed niche]

You could try adding noise to dither the gradient, it will reduce the stair stepping, even if it is counter intuitive…

[fierce merlin]

https://discordapp.com/channels/547473772727238676/548246314383835146/1363315686461673542

[calm horizon]

ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fierce merlin (current: #99 - 18)

[fierce merlin]

yw

[proven shard]

Worked

i've tried different thinks now to retouch this but nothing really worked can somebody help me out?

[fervent quiver]

how do i do a chromatic aberration effect

[gleaming dust]

i learnt mine on youtube

super simple, if you want a video

[fervent quiver]

apparently turning off specific color channels in the image works fine

[gleaming dust]

yupp

[fervent quiver]

seems like the result it produces is cmy for some reason but i cant complain

[gleaming dust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET-897IX0Zo

technique 2 produces red if that's what you're looking for

[mortal valve]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xI5b6HQ2SOQ?feature=share

Is there a way to make this in Photoshop or Illustrator without using generative ai?

[fervent quiver]

probably not, but if you set up a scene in blender, cinema4d, 3dsmax, etc and make a good material, and have some good shaders, you can probably achieve a similar result

if anything it would be better than ai, since the ai result is kind of strange when you really look at it

[dull kiln]

Can anyone guide me on how to rotate the wheel emblem when it's at an angle? I'd like for it to be flipped upright

[viral palm]

Copy the inside of the wheel with elipse marquee tool then rotate the copy

[river otter]

is there a way i can get this sort of font ?

[buoyant goblet]

I used killigrew for something very similar to that

In the graphic above I just used the bevel/emboss effect and messed with the contour

[hushed niche]

Hi! Search for “Fraktur “ or “Blackletter” on fonts.adobe.com or your favorite font site.

[unreal walrus]

Hello guys! Does anyone know how to fix Color Banding in Photoshop or Illustrator? Feel free to PM me if you think you might be able to help thank you! 🙂

[vapid flume]

Either increase the bit depth of the image (16 bits instead of 8 bits for example) or add a tiny bit of noise to break the bands. It doesn't have to be a lot, just test by trial and error (the amount depends largely on the size of your image)

[bronze ivy]

I dont know if this is the right channel iam pretty new here, but i need a help from someone, anyone. Me and my gf took a nice picture but my eyes are closed! can someone open them for me please? 🥺🥺

[hushed niche]

Hi, the correct channel for requests is https://discord.com/channels/547473772727238676/548276405151203338

[boreal totem]

What would be the most precise/fastest way to select this text? I tried using the magic wand, but when i moved it, it left behind a lot

[cinder fern]

How does one import a grayscale image/layer as a specific colour channel

Working with texture maps and i need to import a grayscale image as a blue layer

Thank you

[viral palm]

Ctrl+A to select all your Grayscale image the Ctrl+C to copy it (Make sure your image is in Grayscale mode before copying it)
Open your destination image (make sure it's an RGB mode image) then go to Channels Panel, Make the blue channel active then CTRL+V to paste Grayscale image in the Blue channel.
Note to avoid weird results make sure Texture and destination images heve the same pixels dimensions.

[viral palm]

Easiest way is to use Object selection tool... For better result make sure to set the Select Subject option to "Cloud"

[boreal totem]

Oh wow! Thats perfect

Thank you

[night void]

Bit of a tough ask, but can someone help me design a few things, basically a few posters

[lunar belfry]

#❓ask-a-question message

just bumping my question from a lil bit ago

if anoyone knows

[river otter]

an affect aswell?

[ashen flax]

is it possible to somehow remove this background? the image is generated using AI, if its possible to do it, can you tell me how?

[hollow cedar]

Hello people !
I need some help in achieving the follow specifications for my image, im guessing its doable in adobe photoshop.

[ripe quest]

File > New... set it to those parameters.

[hollow cedar]

its a pre-existing image

[ripe quest]

If it won't "automatically" select the objects, the you'll probably have to carefully add a layer mask and paint out the background manually.

[ripe quest]

You can't just make an existing image into a higher resolution and hope to improve quality. Raster images don't work that way.

[hollow cedar]

i see

[ashen flax]

i used the magic wand, lowered the tolerance, and it did a good job, just had to fix a few things but overall it turned out good

[hushed niche]

Hi! What have you done so far, what are you struggling with that we could help you achieve?

[hushed niche]

How was your image created? And how big? It needs to be 3600x5400 px so about 20 megapixels, most phone images are of such resolution.

I do not remember one.

As an alternative you can get a list of the layers below the cursor via Ctrl+Alt+right-click (or alt+right-click if you already have the move tool.

I found this page that recommends to create scripts to activate the functions (no need to learn, just copy and save as described) you can give a KBSC to a script.

https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/104901/how-to-switch-between-group-and-layers-using-a-keyboard-shortcut

[signal marsh]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1362945533228089625/1363910806965588150/PEACE_20250402_133847_0000.png?ex=6807c06c&is=68066eec&hm=77c4ed4789c3dcf99ee61a4e7e1a475c90cd234b4c68e996f660aa807688509d&

anyone know what i could do to get this filter

[signal marsh]

anyone know how i could get a spotlight on this that doesnt look silly

[hushed niche]

There’s lots of effects on that image. Strokes/lines, an irisation effect, thorn paper effect…

[signal marsh]

ty

are all accesible on photoshop?

[signal marsh]

i was talking about the main fuzzyness

[hushed niche]

It looks like a photocopy texture: see https://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-make-a-photocopy-effect-in-photoshop/ and the download

[signal marsh]

lool

@hushed niche

wrong dude

ty

[hushed niche]

What do you mean?

[signal marsh]

i @ the wrong person but someone deleted it for me

[merry hawk]

Anyone know why the expand button is grey'd out, i need to be able to expand it so i can send it to my mate but wont let me unless i click find edges first but when i do that it makes all the edges wonky, and curved corners

[signal marsh]

didnt say thanks before so u didnt get karma so thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #12 - 224)

[viral palm]

Wrong channel! you're on Photoshop server...
Try to ask on Illustrator Channel :https://www.discord.gg/adobeillustrator

[rancid bough]

Applying a stroke to type in photoshop and it has rough edges? Why?

[sly hawk]

What font is it?

[viral palm]

Check your "Type mode" and try different one... It should solve your problem🤞
Make sure you're applying the stroke effect on a Live text layer not a rasterized layer with some low opacity pixels on the edge...
If so semi transparent pixel could be the root cause of your issue.

[proper dune]

Anyone know how to get dynamic images for fifa cards

this is a official card but when i find a image idk what size ect

say this is an image

i would have to cut her out ect but idk how to get the shadow at the bottom

cause this is the image above

[sly hawk]

I don't know what you mean by 'dynamic'?

[proper dune]

never mind i did it but the image quliaty is bad

[sly hawk]

So where did you get the 'shield' part from?

and all the icons etc?

[sly hawk]

Nothing to 'expand' it looks like just one big raster image

[rancid bough]

Could someone identify this font or one similar?

[fierce merlin]

https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/vs/upload

[last aurora]

does anyone have more examples of text and cloth morph like this and how to do it photosho?

[fierce merlin]

This in particular looks like the text was rasterized, then some eraser and burn effect or shadow added.

[last aurora]

do you any examples like thsi? I want to get inspiration

[void hawk]

how do i erase a layer, need to blend it with background

something like this

followed the steps, wont happen.

[hushed niche]

Hi, a layer mask could also work in this case. See the next message for a good explainer.

[hushed niche]

Hi, if you pain yes in White in overlay mode on the mask, nothing will happen. Hit X to switch Foreground and background, set yo blend mode to normal and paint on the mask where you want to hide the object.
Dark hides, light reveals.

https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/understanding-photoshop-layer-masks/

[abstract spire]

does anyone know of an ai tool or a text remover tool that will remove text from a image with a patterned background? I tried a few basic ones but all seem to mess the background up. The eraser tool in photopea managed to work the best but back ground still blurred when removing text. Some AI “pro” versions say they can do it but I don’t wanna waste money on something that won’t work. Any suggestions?

[serene coral]

have you tried Photoshop's Generative Fill?

[heady salmon]

How do I remove alpha outer-layer

like this

[edgy thicket]

Does anyone know if there is a adobe software that could help with making patterns I really want to make a diagonal stripe pattern with motifs for a phone background but I cant find out how to do it with online tools?

[deft verge]

Hey, I am new to photoshop so I know basically anything and I have a question... I have a 3D model from maya and I want to create the different texture maps for it, but I have no idea of what to do... I already got my png from Maya with the model... What I want to do is the color map, just adding textures instead of paiting it myself

[hushed niche]

Hi, one can create patterns in Illustrator

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/create-edit-patterns.html

or in Photoshop.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-patterns.html

Even in Adobe capture on a phone.

https://helpx.adobe.com/mobile-apps/how-to/make-album-cover-adobe-capture.html

[hushed niche]

Hi, you could Ctrl-click the layer thumbnail to make an opacity based selection, then add a layer mask, and use levels to tighten it.

https://www.adobe.com/be_en/learn/photoshop/web/make-selection-layer-mask

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/editing-layer-masks.html

[hushed niche]

There are other answers on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/1k57077/how_do_i_remove_alpha_outerlayer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button (so that other helpers do not waste time duplicating them)

[edgy thicket]

why does my mouse do a little 🚫 when trying to put a paintbucket down normally it asks me to rasterize it (dont know what that is) this time it doesnt

is there a way to change a colour from something to another?

[edgy thicket]

Im trying to make all of these stripes equal in spacing how would I do this?

[lucid crane]

you could set up a grid, draw / duplicate the lines, then rotate that layer to the angle you need

[hushed niche]

Rasterizing means changing vectors to bitmaps.

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/file-types/image/comparison/raster-vs-vector.html

https://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/vector-shapes-vs-pixel-shapes-in-photoshop/

[hushed niche]

See: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/replace-colors.html either hue/saturation, replace color or the color replacement tool

Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFat6ftzR_0&pp=0gcJCfcAhR29_xXO

[lofty pine]

SOS! Has anyone ran into an issue in photoshop where it shows your text like glyphs not matter what you type?? its a google font.. Monte Carlo I cant switch fonts, this is branded.. I have uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled it...... it works fine in Word

[fierce merlin]

This may help:
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/find-replace-fonts.html

[terse night]

hi, in photoshop, i insert a image and it was clear

when i resize it, it becomes blurry

[sly hawk]

Set interpolation. to be 'nearest neighbour'

[terse night]

do u have a instruction to do this thing

[sly hawk]

Yeah-

there's a couple of my videos where I show it.

one moment

[terse night]

ok i already got it

like this?

[sly hawk]

#❓ask-a-question message

Yeah, that's one way

[terse night]

dopesnt work

[sly hawk]

You will see the same options when you just 'transform' a layer too. - e.g. begin to stretch/enlarge it

[sly hawk]

Can you share the original (small image) please

[sly hawk]

When you make it bigger, multiply it by a factor of 'something' so there's no split pixels

e.g. x10: 17pix to 170 pix

or to 340px etc

[terse night]

oh

[sly hawk]

Did you get this solved?

[sly hawk]

Here's a Demo if you need it. - Personally it's better NOT to rasterise something and instead PAINT on a new layer over the top - it's then non-distructive

[terse night]

ty

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1143)

[viral palm]

Step 1: Place the text over your fold fabric texture then add a layer mask on Text Layer and paint with black to hide parts of the text.
Step 2: (Cast Shadow on Text) =>Clip a layer over the text and paint cast shadow with a soft brush (pick dark color from the texture layer)
Step 3: (Drop Shadow under text) => Make a selection of visible text then create a layer under Text Layer and fill the selection with dark color (You can set blending mode of this layer to Multiply to get darker shadow), Add a gaussian blur effect. Then you can create a displacement map (like in the video)
Step 4: Use Displacement map to distort the shadow and modify Blending opition to display shadow only where the gap between the texture and the text is supposed to be small (lighter areas of the texture)...
Hope videos will be clear enough...

[frozen sundial]

any reason as to why the new photoshops generative is not as great as the 2024 version? i mainly use it to just make like dark green nebulas but even with that, they look terrible in the 2025 version

[signal marsh]

can i see a side by side ( i cant help you im just curious)

[frozen sundial]

yup!

ill do a 2024 version vs 2025
prompt
dark green nebula with stars
super simple

[signal marsh]

yea

[frozen sundial]

2024 vs 2025

[signal marsh]

thats so random, do you know if adobe use their own ai for the pictures or do they pay for a service like chat gpt

[frozen sundial]

i have no idea. figured id ask about it because ive just been using 2024 until i get the prompt to upgrade

[signal marsh]

😂 wish i could help wishing you better looking nebulas

[frozen sundial]

😭

lol thanks though

ill just keep using 2024 until its deleted

[signal marsh]

yea seems like the clear winner

[vale briar]

anyone know how to fix this?

when i hold z and drag it shows the area youre zooming in (like frame by frame too) instead of a gradual zoom effect

[viral palm]

Perhaps try to change zoom tool option in Preferences/Tools

[vale briar]

it should be checked right?

[viral palm]

if checked PS will zoom while you hold click, If not you'll have to drag left/right to Zoom in/out...

[vale briar]

thank you so much it's fixed now

[loud vale]

I am not sure if this is a bug of sorts but I have Josefin Sans font installed, I can access it in all other apps except photoshop, it is just not there, did anybody have any similar issues?

[vapid flume]

No, but I had the same issue in other programs (like Inkscape), some some reason, some fonts that have been installed through - say - Microsoft store, aren't installed in the same folder as the other ones.
I use a font manager (Nexus font, but there are others) that lets you find the font even if it's hidden. But you can also just do a search in the explorer itself. Josefin is a font from Google fonts, so you can either download it directly from Google, or sync it from Adobe font. All for free. If the font is synced, there should be no issue, but if there still is one, then I suggest you install it from Google. (and vice versa if you installed it from elsewhere than those two)
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Josefin+Sans
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/josefin-sans

[loud vale]

I had the issue with the synced font not loading properly anywhere so I moved to the google one, that works perfectly everywhere exccept photoshop where it just does not seem to exist

[vapid flume]

Are you sure it is installed in the right folder?

[loud vale]

I checked through the control panel fonts, unsure where else to check

[vapid flume]

You're on windows or mac?

[loud vale]

Windows

[vapid flume]

They should be here
C:\Windows\Fonts

[loud vale]

I can see the font there, yes

[vapid flume]

That's strange then. Let's see if someone else has the solution, but in case noone has, I would suggest you post on the Adobe forum, that's where you can post bug reports and where Adobe employees hang around.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem/ct-p/ct-photoshop?page=1&sort=latest_replies&lang=all&tabid=all

[loud vale]

PS and AI

[vapid flume]

Have you unsynced your Adobe font by the way?

If not unsync it, there may be a conflict

[loud vale]

I know there are two i-s in the PS search but it does not search it at all

[vapid flume]

You can still resync it later if needed

But mine works so it's not an issue with the font (it could be, although I wouldn't expect that from Google)

[loud vale]

I do not have it synced from Adobe fonts

[vapid flume]

OK, another thing you can try is to check with another variable font

Maybe there's something preventing variable fonts from appearing (Throwing things at random there, we never know)

[loud vale]

I appreciate the help, I can use Acumin VF normally

[vapid flume]

OK, wait a bit in case someone else has an idea, otherwise, like I said, it's probably best to file it as a bug report to have more clarity.

[loud vale]

Will do, I will wait until tomorrow and then file the report, for now I have took the text from illustrator and pasted it in to have a prototype at least

[vapid flume]

Or you can do what most people do, import your raster elemenst in Illustrator and add your typography on top there (Unless you need masking etc on top of the typography)

[loud vale]

I have never done that and never heard of that option to be honest, this it the prototype, it is far from done, I used to do it all in illustrator but since it's all digital Illustartors gradients were underwhelming

[vapid flume]

You can do pretty advanced gradients in Illustrator, notably with fre form gradients, which is an option you don't have in Photoshop. (I think it's been requested for a long time now)

In your case, since there is not much interaction between the text and the gradients, that's absolutely something I would do in Illustrator for the text

Some people would do it in InDesign as well, it's where the best text options are (arguable the worst are in Photoshop, since photoshop is not really text oriented)

I think most graphic designers will take the image and add all the vector elements (including text) in a more text oriented software than Photoshop. I understand that sometimes you have no choice, but it seems to be a possibility there...

[loud vale]

The issue is, when I exported it the gradient was looking like this, the design is a bit different as I wanted to redesign it anyway but you can clearly see the lines in the bg

[vapid flume]

Obviously I don't know the details of your design (and how the raster effects have been set if you've done it in Illustrator) but I have done a quick search for leaflets done in Illustrator and Indesign (even templates) and there are loads of them.

[heady salmon]

when i cut something out of an image it leaves a area of alpha pixels around

how do i stop this from happening

[vapid flume]

My prefered way to use gradients in Illustrator is to use masks. The cool thing there is that you can stack effects within the masks on top of the gradients . But that would be a discussion for the Illustrator server that!

[vapid flume]

Try to see if you got any feathering in your selection tool, or any form of anti aliasing

Also make sure you look at things at 100%, because the display accuracy can be patchy at magnification other than round numbers (the best being 100%) and sometimes you see a fringe that isn't really there (You can can check that by exporting and looking at the export)

[heady salmon]

ok thanks!

[vapid flume]

If you want 100% accuracy, don't cut things, but use a vector mask, whenever possible. That was you will retain your eaxct cut at all resolutions and there will be no feathering (unless you deliberately apply one in the mask properties)

This is how a vector mask looks. In general, I would avoid cutting and pasting unless there is no other way. Masking is the way to go! (and it's non destructive, meaning that you don't have to start from scratch if you make a mistake)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqVmGxvHaY
That's for normal masks

That's for vector masks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7526LhIXzoA

[loud vale]

I will take a look at the AI server as well, thank you for your help

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 950)

[loud vale]

Ended up removing the google version, getting the synced one and all works perfectly fine

[proven shard]

How can you straighten the watch like in the image? Because apparently he fixed it somehow in photoshop

[stoic gyro]

any clues where favorites from batch generate in beta are stored?

[river otter]

i think there are a lot of ways, you can cut it and use masks and transform it with 'ctrl + t' and ajdust each section of the watch's bracelet until it get straight

[serene coral]

Liquifying is what you probably need here

[tame cape]

Is the first image also available in a better resolution? Because you can straighten the bands with layers, the liquify filter and various transformations - but you are guaranteed not to achieve the same high-resolution detailed result of the final image.
@proven shard

[wet cove]

How do i get these set up properly as a new animation sheet? When i make a new sheet with the size and height proper- it firstly doesnt wholly fit into it but it also when animated- plays weirdly

I also feel like i did something wrong with it- with the hidden and seen icons. I dont know what else i did wrong possibly. (Size of texture is 256 x 256 so animation sheet should be 256 x 1024) But I saw somewhere, either from trying to export or save or something.. that it said a different size, which might be a factor too if it altered original size.

[long gale]

How do i make similar pack icon?

[viral palm]

Do you mean stored? => Generative workspace
Click on the funel icon then choose "Favorited"...
Not sure that's what you were asking for Katarina...

[viral palm]

100% agree with @tame cape ... The final picture isn't from the one on the left...

[hushed niche]

Which version is it? I do not recognize the icon in the app?

[fervent quiver]

my photoshop is all red

quick mask is off

pressing q makes it more red and pressing \ does nothing

how do i fix it

[tame cape]

@fervent quiver
Check your channels panel for an accidentally activated alpha channel and switch it off.

[opaque plover]

asked SoraAI to improve the halftone vintage effect im trying on this cutout, any tips on how to recreate what it made from scratch? (original on the right)

[dawn kraken]

how do i fix the stroke layer style coming out so bumpy and low quality

[dawn kraken]

just add the halftones yourself or find halftone presets on youtube

[acoustic falcon]

guys what software is this? is that photoshop?

[ripe quest]

No. It looks like Clip Studio Paint.

[viral palm]

Stroke Fx is applied to a text layer (Thumbnail with a T inside) or a rasterized Text?

[viral palm]

If it's a Live Text Layer Make sure anti-aliasing option is not set to "None" ... It could be the root cause of your problem...
If it's a Rasterized Text layer that could because of the edge fuziness of the Letter you're trying to apply the Fx on.

[hushed niche]

That was the issue, but cjay shotgun the question to several channels, and left without a thanks when the raster layer was brought up.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 775)

[naive valve]

Does anyone perchance have a vintage jersey mockup?

[spring dome]

How do i get the exact same colour as in the Screen on print aswell? Please help :((

[vapid flume]

You need to simulate the colour of your print, on your screen. If you get to print in a print shop, the print shop will give you a paper/ink profile that you will have to load into Photoshop (soft proof) and it will show you the colours as they will be on your print (more or less, it's not an exact science, most people will perform test strips and correct through trial and erroron top of that)

If you are using your own printer and paper, you need to create your own profile. This profile will change if you change paper, or ink, it's a combo of multiple parameters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXbYv8F9Zww

https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/comments/14nzc09/creating_a_printer_profile_without_special/

It also helps if your screen is calibrated. I mean your screen will not show the same colours as mine for the same image, calibrating it will put both in the same area (again, not 100% exact)

[spring dome]

are there any colours which are not possible for a printer to print? Because i was scanning child's artwork but when i printed the exact same file which i scanned without any modifications, it came out in a different colour

how could that be?

@vapid flume

sorry to ping

[vapid flume]

Plenty of colours are out of a printer's gamut

Sometimes you can circumvent that by asking the printer to add extraplates (either digital or litho), but it costs extra and not everything can be solved with an extended gamut process

You can also ask to add spot colours like - say - fluorescent inks

But you will NEVER acheive a full gamut.

Print are ink onto paper, it's a "physical" process

Screen are light beamed onto a screen, completely different

https://www.gsmmagazine.co/colour-gamut-screen-vs-print/

Also, since the same artwork, scanned the same way will not even appear the same way on YOUR screen than on MINE, then obviously, even if all your colours were within the printer's gamut, it might be different as well, that why you need profiles: If I load the same profile as your printer on my screen and apply that printer's profile and you do the same, we will get something more or less matching

If we then print it on the same printer with the same inks and paper than the profile, then we will have a similar print. Again, provided that all our colours are within the printer's gamut.

[serene coral]

has anyone ever encountered this issue when trying to edit photos downloaded from Facebook?

top one is what I see on my Ps canvas, bottom is what it should look like...

[tame cape]

There were two/three questions here on the server two or three weeks ago (that was also about this partially lined view of files).

I do not remember a solution. It was probably assumed that the downloaded files were corrupt.

[tame cape]

found this one
#💬chat-general message
and this
#❓ask-a-question message
@serene coral

[ripe quest]

@silk owl - if you'd like to share work for feedback, please post in #📝project-feedback

Also, please don't try to ping "everyone"; that doesn't work here and if it did, everyone doesn't need/want to be pinged when you post something. Thanks.

[jovial pond]

How come prompts with generative fill are very sensitive? Like I understand it censoring things like blood or guns or whatever but I tried to do one of a fireball but it didn't seem to like that.

[true ether]

Hola!! Hope you are all doing well. I was just curious if anybody knew how to recreate this insane effect or what it's even called

[vapid flume]

It looks like a 3D mesh so my obvious answer would be with a 3D program (vertex based)

[vapid flume]

It's difficult to answer to that one, because we aren't privy to how the algorithmn determines what's risqué or not. I found that generally any amount of bare skin will trigger something, as long as it's a large area. I also noticed that it depends. I've seen things where I thought I would be flagged, passing OK, and other days where everything was somehow off limits.

[true ether]

you are the best, thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 951)

[serene coral]

oh wow thanks for this! looks like some temporary problem not just on my end...

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #16 - 149)

[hardy smelt]

Hi everyone, does anyone know how to make this style of art? How to apply it to an image or design?

[ionic spoke]

If you are talking about the overall look/effect, it's a method known as halftone

[hardy smelt]

you know a any video tutorial?

[ionic spoke]

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

[hardy smelt]

i have a question, dont worry the color of picture, true?

[ionic spoke]

What do you mean? As in worry about the color?

I know this server is dedicated to PS, but is anyone familar with camera specifics in After Effects? Had a question.

[hardy smelt]

wait i dont speak english, The color of the image doesn't matter, right? Because in the video it appears in black and white.

[ionic spoke]

Ahh, no it should not matter. they just began with a BW image

[hardy smelt]

I tried to do something similar a few weeks ago without knowing the method but this was the result

[ionic spoke]

Did you use one of the filters from filter gallery?

[hardy smelt]

yes

i dont remember

[hushed niche]

There is a dedicated discord : https://discord.gg/adobepremiere

[ionic spoke]

I appreciate it, I have asked in there but am still waiting on a reply. Thought i'd give it a shot here

[hushed niche]

Hi, you have halftone patterns, and in some spots, pixel dithering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XJiojbALv4

[viral palm]

Ok! Thanks for the update!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #12 - 226)

[fallen magnet]

This one should be quick and easy but not for me tho, I’m confused on the person and the piano, how do you get it to where some spots are opacified and you can see some of the background, I need more explaining or videos on this matter! I have no idea if I’m explaining right but
I did
Adjust the Mask for Partial Transparency
• Select the mask thumbnail by clicking on it.
• Choose the Brush Tool (B).
• Set the foreground color to black. Painting with black hides parts of the image; white reveals them.
• Lower the brush opacity in the top options bar to around 20-30% for subtle blending.
But this isn’t what I wanted to make it look like the second image

I wanted to do the logo as well because there is no font for this

And while we are here, I have a problem with the red haired girls hat , I want it to blend in like the other ladies hair/hats, how would I go about doing this?

[viral palm]

When using textured background like this you can use Blend if sliders (in blending option).
Note: Hold ALT and click on cursor to split it and get a softer transition

[fallen magnet]

Lord you are a SAINT!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻tysm for helping me, I really appreciate it! 💗😭🥺

[river otter]

Hi guys! Can I use AI part of the software if I have cracked photoshop or no?

[fallen magnet]

Are you talking about generative fill?

[river otter]

Yes

[fallen magnet]

No, you cannot

[river otter]

Thanks for the answer buddy!

[stray summit]

is there a way to suppress the 'merge layers' dialogue in a batch action?

[fallen magnet]

Okay. Now how do I make the font look faded out?

This one is kinda better high quality

[viral palm]

I think you could get this result by adding a mask on the text layer and carefuly paint with different grungy bush to build this effect... I created 2 different brushes for the short video. To sell the effect you can add texture over the background color with the same brushes and the same color than the text. I share the 2 brushes made and used in the video if you want to try...
But there's no "One click technique" for this result... You'll have to build the effect...GoodLuck!

[fallen magnet]

Okay, thanks again! If I have any other questions I’ll @ you again if you don’t mind, but i appreciate it tho! I’m going to try 🤗

[silent aspen]

Does anyone know how I can turn this Halftone gradient into the colors from the first image? I set the blend mode to multiply in the third image to get rid of the white, but there is no way to change the black to the same gradient colors from the first

I just want the same color gradient with a halftone effect

[muted nimbus]

Where is clipping path at in photoshop? @ripe quest

[cinder condor]

I’m experiencing flickering in the gray panel area of Adobe Illustrator. What could be causing this issue?

[ripe quest]

Please don't ping me directly when you have questions. Please just ask here and wait patiently for someone to replay. "Clipping Paths?" Do you mean "Clipping Masks?" See: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/clipping-masks.html

[ripe quest]

You might want ask in Adobe Illustrator - https://www.discord.gg/adobeillustrator

[patent gyro]

CMD+E or View > View Using CPU

[cinder condor]

@ripe quest Thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 2839)

[cinder condor]

Thanks , When disable using GPU, it solved.

[ripe quest]

I don't know if they have this on the Mac or not but... Main Menu: Help > GPU Compatibility... Does that exist on MacOS?

If so, see if there are any issues reported there.

[hushed niche]

It might not be the smartest question to ask in the official Adobe Photoshop discord…

[hushed niche]

Hi, you could clip a gradient map to the thresh.

[rare spade]

Hi, can someone tell me how i can recreate this render style?

[acoustic shadow]

how do i make my export as saturated as what i have made in photoshop?

this is in photoshop

this is my export

[cedar mason]

Is there any chances to edit some letters in document like this?

[sly hawk]

There are, but no ***moderators ***here will want to touch it, since it looks like you're using it to be deceitful/fraudulent and it's against our server rules to support this - (I'm not judging)

[cedar mason]

Honestly, I don't wanna do this, but my boss made me mad...

[sly hawk]

Yeah, I appreciate that. - Maybe specify what it is that you want, and if it's nothing too dodgy, someone else may be willing to help.
Otherwise, I think there are reddit groups that might help with things like this too.

[sly hawk]

There will be no magic button/setting if that's what you mean. - What's your end goal? Turn an existing image into this, or recreate a new 'scene' of your own?

[rare spade]

So i have a clean line drawing plan on cad

What i want to learn is how to gove those textures on the ground

It looks like some stippling effect

[cedar mason]

Can you tell me which font it is at least?..

[sly hawk]

I wouldn't ty and create a new font - since it will look too obvious - I'd probably try and use the clone tool to use existing characters... and readjust any words needed..

[vapid flume]

Your question was answered in the question channel (avoid posting multiple times the same question, you'll receive answers from different people in different places and it wastes everyone's time)

[cedar mason]

Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1144)

[cedar mason]

Is that possible to do in Ae? Would be it better?

[cedar mason]

Is that necessary to create white background?

[blazing jackal]

Hey is there a smart way to edit this building out? Need it to look clean and professional. Thanks !

[tame cape]

Nobody can judge that. You would need to see the original file in full resolution. A photo of the screen taken at an angle is definitely not enough.

[blazing jackal]

Ok ill get the pic

[tame cape]

I'm on the road at the moment and can only view the picture on my mobile phone. However, the quality/size/resolution of the picture doesn't seem to be very good. You won't be able to achieve an optimal result with it.

[blazing jackal]

Ok but this is what I have to work with so what steps can I take to remove the building

[tame cape]

You can try the remove tool or generative fill.

Or what should the building be replaced with?

[blazing jackal]

A cad drawing

And a sketch up model

[tame cape]

Then first remove the building with one of the two tools mentioned.

[sly hawk]

The base image is awfully low. - It can't look professional if that's your original shot

I assume it's Derby Abandoned Friargate Goods Yard? - Can you source a better shot?

I assume you're removing the building and want to replace it with some homes and commercial spaces?

Can you not purchase a HR image and use that as the basis?
https://www.alamy.com/fire-damaged-warehouse-at-friar-gate-goods-yard-city-of-derby-2021-image485502787.html?imageid=CFCF0365-B890-47B5-A45D-BDB8B3A97A20&p=842179&pn=1&searchId=115c802bac982736c4524574910e8056&searchtype=0

Lol. - The image above was done with ChatGPT - The one BELOW was photoshop... - whoops

[cedar mason]

I have rasterized the text and want to "compress" it, but it is getting smaller. How can I do this?

[sly hawk]

This to make it look rubbish and blurry?

Just make it smaller, hit enter so it re-renders, and then stretch it larger again

[cedar mason]

Hold on.

[flat anchor]

Is anyone able to help me please? I'm creating product boxes and now I finally know how to do them. But I also purchased a gfx pack and when I open the gfx it goes to a different window with all the gfx layers. I don't know how to get my editable box into that window instead so that I can use the gfxs. Any help is appreciated

Or how to transfer layers from one window to another please?

[hushed niche]

Check in chat general, those are smart objects.

[vapid flume]

In general, when you purchase a mock up pack, it comes with at least a .txt with the explanation on how to use it

[lavish dragon]

Can anyone please help me understand why the text is so dim but when I open the color panel for the text, it becomes bright. Is there a setting??

[cedar mason]

Thanks.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @sly hawk (current: #5 - 1145)

[tame cape]

😉
Photoshop generative fill

[tame cape]

@blazing jackal
generative fill - a possible variant

[ionic spoke]

These appear to be varying in color all around, as for the difference in your two images, they appear to be the same color on my end

[ionic spoke]

Remember:

Vector text → one uniform fill color mathematically, with only edge pixels showing intermediate hues (via anti-aliasing).
Raster text → every pixel is pre-baked; if anti-aliasing, dithering, or interpolation was used, you’ll see many different hues across the glyph, not just along the boundary.

[ionic spoke]

As for your specific issue it probably boils down to your color space, the color picker and your actual document can vary in palette. The color picker spectrum is 'un-proofed' and may differ from your intended space.

Toggle View → Proof Colors (⌘Y / Ctrl+Y).

Or change your profile under View → Proof Setup to Working RGB (if you’re not sending to print).

[blazing jackal]

Thanks !!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #16 - 151)

[astral oar]

does anyone know how to fix a gardient on a saved photo garident layer ?

[hushed niche]

Hi! What is the zoom level in both cases?

[viral palm]

Your two texts seem to have a different weight... Make sure you didn't change anti-aliasing settings (video)... Color picking panel opening shouldn't affect Text display (as long as you don't pick a different color).
And as said by @hushed niche : Make sure you compare the two images at the same zoom ratio.

[viral palm]

Could you give us more details or share a screen shot of your image?
Hard to figure out with so few info...

[river otter]

what file location do my fonts go in

[fierce merlin]

PC or Mac? (or other)

[river otter]

never mind got it but do you know why when i right click an image layer it only gives me these options

[tame cape]

What do you expect to see after a right-click?
🤔
This is the ‘Layer Quick select function’. This allows you to quickly activate one of the layers at the mouse position and then move it.
@river otter

[fervent quiver]

is there a way to use all the features lightroom classic has on lightroom cc?

i can't even get started by importing a photo on lightroom classic because half the images in the folder don't show up, and the entire thing is sorted alphabetically no matter whether i click "all photos" or "new photos"

[fervent quiver]

also it's unusably slow for me

[edgy wyvern]

is there a way to make the canva and sticky note more realistic and is there any feedback on what i can do to imrpove this?

[fervent quiver]

for the sticky note you could hand-draw the text with a brush that makes it look a lot more in that style

for the canvas you could try setting the text to the "multiply" blending mode, and maybe use the canvas's texture for a displacement filter but that's kind of complicated

[edgy wyvern]

okay ill try that

[astral oar]

What do you guys think of this ? I’ve made this in photoshop for a class project and got a really good grade off. Of it

[hushed niche]

Hi, please use this channel for feedback: https://discord.com/channels/547473772727238676/601848427541692447 It did evolve well from the red version!

[haughty storm]

can I ask about Adobe Express here? I think this is the proper place, but not quite sure

[winged crystal]

is there way to remove this guy without using gen ai?

[rose eagle]

Hi there! I’m new to PS and I’m trying to make a LED board like this one. I don’t have the text font, so I can only fill the text pixel by pixel. Is there any easy way to do it?

[winged crystal]

use shapes like square and circle

[rose eagle]

alright

[near moon]

This is a bit ooc but does anybody know how can I remove the middle part of this stinger?

[vapid flume]

You might want to use a video editing program (I believe PremierePro has a remove option) as in Photoshop you will have to remove it by conventionnal means (or with the help of GenAI) but in all the frames one by one.

There is a video and animation server if you want to ask them
https://discord.gg/adobepremiere

[vapid flume]

You could draw the letters with the pencil tool. It's really the right tool to create sharp, neat pixel based shapes

So depending on the size of your artwork, (generally pixel art is quite limited in size) you will have to zoom in quite a lot
Be sure to keep the nmoothing at 0, and opacity at 100 (and a normal blending mode unless you're doing specific effects

If you're working on very large shapes, then working with vector square etc will probably worth it, but it will be easier to draw directly, in the same way you'd draw on pen and paper (dragging the mouse/stylus along instead of click-click-click on each square)

Of course it will be way easier if you have a graphic tablet...

Also, it might help if you turn on the pixel grid so you can see what you are doing

Be sure to remember to turn it off, because that's something annoying when you do regular stuff 🙂

Obviously I'm a bit crap at that sort of things, but see how the pixel grid and the text, drawn with the pencil tool (with some outer glow) looks

[rose eagle]

omg i did it

btw I want to export the grid as well

can I just export like this at the screen?

this is the grid from photoshop

its a blank layer

[vapid flume]

The grids and guides are non printable, so you will need to create one. My best advice would be to create a pattern in the shape of the grid

If you're not familiar with how to create patterns I will share some tutorials, but basically, it should look like this
All you need to creae is a thin line top and side (so just an 90 degree angle) and save it as a pattern.
Once there you can use it as a pattern layer adjustment (you can see it in my screenhot, in the layer's panel)

You can see it in the thumbnail, just two lines at an angle.
Once a pattern, you can enlarge it or make it smaller by adjusting the scale, and even the angle

[rose eagle]

is it like this

[vapid flume]

That's the kind of thing I think everyone should know how to do, and also create once and for all, as it's super useful

[vapid flume]

There isn't any shipped with photoshop, you need to create your own, like I did

[rose eagle]

Alright

[vapid flume]

The tile is literally just that

[rose eagle]

is it should be like this

[vapid flume]

You need to create your tile with thinner strokes (or create longer lines) as it seems a bit bulky here.
Basically you don't want your strokes to be as thick as the space "inside them"

[rose eagle]

yea lol, i want the grid same with ps show

[vapid flume]

Obviously there are a lot of trail and errors , you need to change the sizes untill you get what you need

[vapid flume]

Display PS grid and create a new tile based on what you see on the screen.
Then scale it down (since I assume you'd zoomed in a lot) until it measures - say -100 pixel wide at most, and make it a tile. If it's too large you will end up with 2% scale as you have in your screenshot and you're loosing the accuracy

Again, trial and error

The best thing to achieve would be to stay at 100% in scale (or thereabouts)

[rose eagle]

oh yeah

can the grid show with a transparent background

[vapid flume]

Yes, if you don't have a background in your tile (just the lines), then the grid will appear without any background

[vapid flume]

Obviously you will need to remove or hide the background layers in your layer stack

Your last tile has a white background

OK, I need to go anyway, still have work to do.
You'll figure it out!

[rose eagle]

opps

[winged crystal]

is there an ae server too?

[wintry venture]

does anybody know how this artist has created these cutout paint splatters in the background and how i could do it using photoshop?

[hushed niche]

Hi, the express channel is there: https://discord.gg/adobeexpress

[viral palm]

Adobe Video discord server (Première/Ae) => https://discord.gg/adobepremiere

[viral palm]

Here is a short video to show you how I would tackle the grid pattern with transparent BG...
Note: I made a 100x100px Grid with 1px wide lines but you may have to create different sizes depending the dimensions of the design you plan to use the pattern on.

[midnight ledge]

Is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut for something that doesnt have one right now?
I want to be able to turn layer styles into their own layer quickly. How do I do that?

[viral palm]

If you mean rasterize Layer style you can create your own shortcut...
Go to Keyboard Shorcut menu (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+K) , type "Rasterize" in quick search box, select what you want to rasterize and create your custom short cut...

[midnight ledge]

Thank you!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 776)

[viral palm]

Hard to explain and it<s a long way to find exact layer styles used here but it looks like a multi-layers stacking with different layer styles applied on each one. Each layer is certainly made with splatter brushes (you can find ot lot of sets on the web...Brusheezy for example), then different color overlay and drop shadow settings has been used on each layer to give this sense of depth. Some texture layers are placed over and blended by playing with their blending modes... The designer here made an impressive job... if you want to replicate you must be very patient and build the effect layer by layer...

[raw tide]

I'm having a problem saving my project with "Could not save as ... because the file is already in use or was left open by another application." appearing every time. How do i fix it?

[viral palm]

Is your file on a local drive or on a removable media or network?

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/networks-removable-media-photoshop.html

If you don't have the file open in another application it could be that somebody else on the same network has it open? Is the file on a shared network? If you're are the only one who have acces to this file you can use this workaround: save the file with a new name.

[buoyant goblet]

I took these from Tennessee Football’s instagram. What adjustments do I need to do to make raw photos look like this? I usually use camera raw

[river otter]

How do you put an image in a box like this

[ripe quest]

Draw a Rectangle Vector Object with the Rectangle Tool. Put your image above it in the Layers Panel. Then right-click on the image layer and choose "Create Clipping Mask" from the context menu. That will clip the image to the extents of the rectangle shape. See this post: https://discord.com/channels/547473772727238676/1081318392750940290

[river otter]

thanks this worked very well do you know how i could move every thing at once?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 2840)

[ripe quest]

Put it in a Group. Group the Layers. Select both layers by holding SHIFT and clicking the layers. Then tap the folder icon on the bottom of the Layers Panel.

Then you can move it all as one combined thing.

[river otter]

thanks got it

[river otter]

Why are these images so lo quality I’ve copied and
Pasted them off google

[hushed niche]

Because most online images are at the lowest acceptable quality to save on bandwidth. Then are you scaling them as you put them in your document?
You’d need to find high resolution source images.

[left anchor]

hello, are there any useful plugins for photoshop anyone could recommend ?

[potent canyon]

is there any tutorial that help me make this kind of background?

[runic wraith]

wip

I want to make crt monitor effect

how can I do this

I found some tutorials on youtube but its like a bit tricky maybe there is another simple way?

thats how I want to make

I can take your feedbacks for design too

[wintry venture]

amazing thank you so much this really helps

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 777)

[cyan sigil]

Any idea on how I can make the paint/brush streaks similar to this poster? I'm making a poster with the similar design as this.

[hushed niche]

The first question: which streaks? The light ones on the picture? The red ones around the image parts? The black ones on the background?

Sorry if it disappoints you, but the easiest is often to do it in real life, and take a picture of it.
You can find some brushes and try to replicate in Photoshop, but if you do not have a tablet, it might not be easy. You could also create paths and stroke them with a brush. That said I’ve seen some do wonders with a mouse.

[cyan sigil]

mm I that makes sense, is it possible to use vector photos instead?

I'm trying to recreate the red and black ones particularly

[viral palm]

Hum... Black strokes look like acrylic paint drips... Not sure you can find vector brushes for these ones.
For the red you can try Artistic brushes in Adobe illustrator...

[river otter]

how do i change this to black so i can draw the red

[ripe quest]

@river otter - Please do not ping random people. Just wait patiently until someone has time to answer.

[river otter]

okay

[viral palm]

2 short videos to show you how I would tackle your design.
Brushes used for the black paint drips are from here: https://www.brusheezy.com/brushes/1476-splatter

[river otter]

anyone can help with my weird ish project
im trying to upscale 250 x 250 photo
using photoshop
im new to ps

[river otter]

WHY I DINT HAVE SUPER RESOLUTION

How would I do highlights like the characters have?

[fervent quiver]

looks like it could be done with a stroke on the inside

[viral palm]

Upscaling such a low res image (yes 250x250 is very low res) can hardly gives great result.
I would suggest you to use Neural filter/Super Zoom but to be honnest you won't be able to get great result over 750x750 (3x) /1000x1000 (4x)...
Uspscaling always adds pixels to increase the dimensions of the image. The more you uspscale the more you loose quality.

[viral palm]

It's called "Rim Light"... If you have 15 min to invest check this Video from PTC...
Jesus will explain you deeply how to do this. It really worth it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-z0j2jVka8

[river otter]

Thanks!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #9 - 778)

[river otter]

Can anyone help me to make the project if I give instructions

[river otter]

how do i change this to black so i can draw the red

[river otter]

?

[tame cape]

‘Do it for you?’
Maybe you'd better ask that in https://discord.com/channels/547473772727238676/548276405151203338. Show what you've got. Describe exactly what you want. And wait to see if anyone has the time and inclination.

Otherwise you can also look around on Behance (if it's a paid job).

[river otter]

why when i copy and image from google into ps it looks so bad but in google it looks fine

[viral palm]

Not sure to understand...
If you want to change the white mask to Black => CTRL+I with layer mask active or simply paint it black... If it's not what you want please explain What do you want to change to black...

[viral palm]

Your psd file is 32bits... If you copy paste image from web browser images are 8bits... Try to "save as" the picture on your machine then place it in your document rather copy paste it... If you want to copy paste anyway don't work in 32bits but in 8bits in photoshop.
Note: take care of copyrights when using images from google.

[edgy wyvern]

how can i resize the text box without resizing the text in it?

[viral palm]

With a paragraph box like in the video?

[edgy wyvern]

Yeah

[viral palm]

So you really need to create a "Paragraph text box" click+drag to create a text box resizable.
If you just click, PS will create a simple text box and I don't think you can expand the box without text distortion.(as you can see on the second video)

[edgy wyvern]

Okay thank you

[winter ermine]

| Hey guys, just wondering how I can import all my presets into a folder into the presets box, atm theyre going and merging with the default presets which i dont want.

my end aim is to have a folder here where i can name it what i want and have the presets i import into there

[bronze gate]

does anyone know why the outer glow isnt working? Ill add an outer glow to something, and then it will disappear if another object is dragged across it, and it wont even appear in the exported result

[viral palm]

Could you share your complete Photoshop user interface so we can see how your file is constructed?

[viral palm]

I assume you're talking about the offset+Blending effect on the skull...
That's a layered "sandwich" : 1x Text Layer under the isolated Skull with drop shadow. Then clip a copy of the Text Layer above the Skull change its blending mode to mulpiply and change slightly its position to create an offset effect.
When you get the offset wanted you can link the 2 text layer and move them as you wish...

[gleaming dust]

how do i replicate this cloud like cutout polaroid border?

[clear flame]

Hi I'm having issues with the photoshop brush. It lags behind causing choppy lines. I tried increasing the memory allocation, gpu is enabled, my laptop is on its highest performance setting, I tried turning off smoothing, Increasing and lowering the spacing, different brushes, closing other apps, updating my drivers, and thats pretty much it.

I couldnt really find more of this issue online

My laptop has a RTX 4050, and a Intel Ultra 7 155H, and 32 gb of ram

I dont think it's a hardware problem, atleast I hope

I also tried smaller canvas sizes and still had the same issue

they are very shaky like this

[hushed niche]

Hi, are you using a drawing tablet? Are its drivers up to date? Tried older ones? What is the size, in pixels of your image?

[clear flame]

Yes I'm using a tablet with all drivers up to date. the problem occurs whether I draw with my tablet or just my mouse

the canvas is 2100 x 1500 pixels 300 ppi

[hushed niche]

Could the mouse be interfering? Try to turn it upside down, and when you use the mouse, to have the pen away from the tablet.

[clear flame]

same issue

[hushed niche]

When did the issue start? Did you try resetting the brush? Right-click on its icon it the option bar.

[clear flame]

I havent used photoshop brushes until today

ive tried resetting the brush

[hushed niche]

Which tablet is it? Tried an older driver as well?

[clear flame]

Huion inspiroy H1161

I was on an older driver before I updated it so I've tried both

[hushed niche]

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/tablet-support-faq-photoshop.html

[clear flame]

I just tried to lower the resolution of my screen itself and it helped the issue

[hushed niche]

You’d have to ask in their forum.

[clear flame]

but no matter how much I lower the resolution and size of my canvas it doesnt help

I dont believe its a tablet problem

for it to run smoothly I have to set my monitor resolution to 800x600 but that literally makes no sense to do

[dry crystal]

Can only one can explain how to do this poster

[hushed niche]

Is it a tablet with a screen?

[clear flame]

No it’s not

The issue isn’t with my tablet either

[jovial pond]

Does anyone know how to do this motion blur effect? Its seems quite radial since the outside of the photo is more blurry than the middle

[worn rain]

Turn your layer into a smart object then Choose Filter > Blur Gallery > Iris Blur.

The default Iris blur pin is placed on the image. Click the image to add additional blur pins.

[calm horizon]

yo why my luckiest font like this brO 😭

its suppose to be thick

not skinny

i installed the regular one to the pc why is it skinny asf

[wanton canopy]

Would someone help me with a picture? Id like to change the color of the exterior of my house.

[ripe quest]

People: do not post the same questions multiple times / in multiple channels.

[still urchin]

Hey friends

I would appreciate some direction.

I’d like to make my own decals for printing.

I’m not quite sure what would be the most ideal software to do that in.

I’ll give an example for what I am looking to do, if anyone could give me some pointers as to what exactly I should be studying to achieve this I would appreciate it greatly .

Example:
I would like to design the eyes of this character to then print and glue on the model I’m currently working on.

[lavish dragon]

Why is that the generative fill keeps leaving a border that make it looks like cropped instead of mending. I've been encountering this problem for a while now and have no idea why this is happening.

[river otter]

how would i get rid of copyrights?

[tame cape]

Not at all.
Copyright belongs to the author. Always. Even if the notes in the file are removed - but that's not legal anyway.

[river otter]

oh ok

[undone spade]

When using the Generate Image feature, it was creating three different versions with each request. Now it's only creating one. Anyone know what happened? I can't seem to find a preference to go back to three. Is there one that I'm not seeing?

[ashen flax]

Hey

what can i use to change the flags on this koala

i need them to look the same

but different flags

fast 😭

[ashen flax]

No need