❓ask-a-question

[ripe quest]

You could Group them and then resize (Edit > Transform > Scale) the group.

[low prairie]

Hey, in Photoshop my brush feels choppy/laggy.
The cursor moves smoothly, but the actual paint stroke lags behind in little jumps, like it’s trying to catch up.

I have a pretty stacked PC, and my performance settings are fine. Can anyone help me please?

[glacial wave]

yoo this is maybe an bigger qeustion but could smb teach me how to creat a banner that looks cool

[viral palm]

Do you have any value in "Smoothing" box? If so try to reduce the amount to 20% or less...

@low prairie : high smoothing value combined with low spacing can give you "laggy" brush stroke (even more so if you use a large brush).

[sly hawk]

What maniac has the layers panel on the left? 🙂

(to be fair, it kinda makes sense, since that's where the other buttons are too) 🙂

[low prairie]

Smoothing is set to 0 and spacing set to 1%

[viral palm]

And it does the same what ever brush you use?

[low prairie]

Yeah

Its like slight lag that just makes it feel 'cheap'. its really difficult to explain.

[viral palm]

Lol ... Don't renember who but I saw a lefty streamer do this and since I'm lefty too I tried and liked it... He said it saves tome for lefty but tbh I like the idea to get a full height layers panel... But you have a point! We can do the same on the right side...lefties don't think like others😉

[viral palm]

Are you painting with mouse or graphic pen?
Just to be sure "laggy" or "jaggy" (like shaky stroke)... If it's jaggy => try to increase smoothing value 10 or 20%.
If it's laggy for real (delay between you brush cursor and the stroke display when painting), I'm sorry but I'm running out of ideas...
Maybe someone else will have an idea...🤞

[hushed niche]

What is the size in pixels of your document?

[low prairie]

tried different sizes, 4k, 1080p, 300x300

[low prairie]

graphics pen

I think it just is laggy

just photoshop coded badly :/

[earnest canyon]

How would yall go about recoloring parts of a comic panel?

I'm trying to combine two different covers for a comic book issue

removed the logo on both and plan on placing on logo right across the two

but I'm unsure how to start recoloring the bits i've taken out

[sly hawk]

Depends on what you want to recolour

oh. the white bits?

[earnest canyon]

yes

[sly hawk]

That would be insanely difficult if you were to manually do it.

But easier if you can use generative fill and some masking and chopping and replacing hands etc

[earnest canyon]

holy crap how'd you do that?

ah i see

[sly hawk]

Or easier still... find some guy on the internet who has 15 mins to spare 🙂

Yeah it's not perfect, but not too bad for 15 mins work

[deep citrus]

Hello! Anyone know why cant i do this? first photo is of a work i did but in the second one i cant idk why{

1 pic: i add like this lightning with the pincel but now

instead of giving me light it makes full colour

[compact salmon]

Hey, I added a stroke to one of my transparent vectors, and it seems to always create these weird white pixels

You can barely notice them, but they become visible when exporting into my game

I couldn't figure out a fix for could anyone help me out please

[viral palm]

What is the exported format? png? If so 8 bits or 24bits?
Also, could you share a screenshot of the stroke settings? This could help us understand what is happening.

[compact salmon]

Hello, I export is as a png

Here a screenshot of the settings of the stroke:

I'm not sure wether it's 8 bits or 24, where am I able to see that?

Threw it into an online metadata viewer, seems to be 8 bit

[viral palm]

In the "export as" window...

[compact salmon]

Oh strange, that's toggled off for me

[viral palm]

Does the line visible only your game?

(the white one)

[compact salmon]

It is definitely more visible in game yeah, but on here you can see some slight white pixels

Maybe that's what's confusing the engine im not quite sure either

[viral palm]

it is possible that the game will recompile your original png...
Is it possible for you to share the image of the paw without the outline here? (the png)

[compact salmon]

Sure one sec

[viral palm]

give me 2 mins I check if I found something...

[compact salmon]

okk :)

[viral palm]

same paw with same stroke than you exported as png and placed over a 50% grey background.
8bit on the left 24-bit on the right.
I got no white line around but you can see 8-bit contour is more jagged (because 8-bit doesn't handle really well anti-aliasing)
The shared design (with "items" word) seems to be a wat smaller than 1024x1024 if you know the final resolution I would suggest you to export your design at this final resolution and in 8-bit and see if the white line is still visible... Pushing a 24-bit file in a program that will turn it in 8-bit can gives weird result.

[compact salmon]

Oh I see, I'm gonna try this out in the morning it's late for me

[viral palm]

Difficult to explain in chat but 8-bit can't handle semei-transparent pixels (pointed on the screenshot).
I wouldn't be surprised if your game reinterprets these semi-transparent pixels as white pixels.

[compact salmon]

Yeah that might be what it's doing, I've tried doing research but just got hit with a dead end there

Thank you for your time and help I will try again tomorrow, hopefully it will work xD

[tepid flume]

is there a way to fix underexposed photos in bulk?

i have a lot of them because i didn't notice my camera settings were off and the photos were important

here's an example (faces cropped for privacy)

[blissful narwhal]

how do i make this a silouhette?

[hushed niche]

That might be your issue. Which brand? Up to date drivers? Try to update them, or to roll back…

[hushed niche]

Are they shot in raw or jpeg? In both case, I would use camera raw, and copy the develop settings in Bridge…

[tepid flume]

how can i do that?

[hushed niche]

In Bridge, select a file and hit Ctrl+R (as in Raw) in camera raw, adjust the exposure slider, hit done.

Then select the other files, right-click and select develop settings> apply last settings or something like that.

You’ll then need to re-export the files. Select them all, then go to the menu tools> Photoshop> image processor, select jpeg and a compression, maybe convert to sRGB.

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/camera-raw/using/camera-raw-settings.html

The JPEGs might look correct in bridge once you’ve adjusted them, but you need to “cook in the changes, hence the export at the end.

An alternative would be to select all the files in Bridge, open them in camera raw, select them all (Ctrl+A) in camera raw, hit the auto button, and done, then, the image processor or the quick export.

This video tells you how powerful camera raw can be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFpJyMxFi_I

[wise cape]

The trickiest thing for me when it comes to making thumbnails is finding the right assets / images

if I can't find something using the pen or lasoo tool etc takes far too long

any tips for finding whatever you're looking for?

I mainly make gaming / speedrun related content 💀

[hushed niche]

And this pdf tells you all the power of Bridge: http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/CC_2013/Help_guide/PDFs/Imagemanagement.pdf

[hushed niche]

What do you mean by this? If the asset is not easily selectable, on a good background, removing said bg is difficult?

Tried remove background then harmonize?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg1uECPZzKY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiOA5YZXwc

[stiff trail]

I do think, at higher resolutions, harmonise is a big win, however IDK how much it costs.

[vapid flume]

I seem to remember it's 5 credits per generation...

[stiff trail]

In real monies

I wonder what the AdobeDollar to GBP is today

Do generative credits roll over month to month?

No, generative credits do not roll over to the next month. Your generative credit balance will reset to your allocated amount on a monthly basis.

This right here... this right here makes me rage out.

Free credit rollover, sure.

But if I give them money, and it evaporates arbitrarily at the end of the month? I'm sorry but that's not on.

Also "Purchase Additional Credits" takes me here: https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly/plans.html

That's... a subscription.

I just need 30 more credits.

Pissboiling moneygrubbing foolery.

Pay as you go, so long as it's This Much, for This Long.

• Terms and conditions apply

See there's no reason beyond "Gym Membership Model" for this to be the pricing scheme, and yes I know we're all hostages, and a company can do what it wants, etc etc, but the only reason to force this on users is to collect more from the customers than the customers typically use - Otherwise they'd bill it like a Taxi, per actual km travelled.

Wrong channel for this, I apologise.

Assuming you DO want 2000 credits and you ARE willing to subscribe for a minimum of 12 months, then you're paying 0.5p per credit.

If you only use 5 of them though, that generation just cost you £120 😂

[vapid flume]

No problem: I get you about the free credits not rolling out. Although it has to be said, most subs models (includng my phone sub here in the UK) don't roll out. I think it has become a defining feature everywhere.You can still take a one month sub for credits and cancel immediately after. If you really need a lot of credits every month, IMHO it's best to get a pro sub instead of a standard...

[stiff trail]

As someone with both fragile work supply and fragile finances, the idea of paying for a thing you then lose when you don't use it terrifies me.

THat's why I have a £2/pcm minimum phone contract, etc.

[vapid flume]

Yes, I know... I must say, I don't use that much credits (Out of my 1000 credits, I might use say 150 per month) but I guess if you do video (which I don't) it really can add up

[stiff trail]

My concern would be over things like Harmonise and upscale that consume a much larger proportion

I usually just use it for fixing hairlines (Its very good at fake hair infill) but when you're throwing 5-10 a go at it you consume them at an alarming rate

[glacial wave]

so like , where do i start?

to recreate this

[ivory rampart]

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[stiff trail]

The paint sketch? 😄

[glacial wave]

yes

how do i make it in photoshop

im rn here , i want to make the white backrgound stick out so the shade is in background

like 3d you know

[glacial wave]

pretty pls help?

[wary roost]

how can i reset this color table for indexed mode?

[hushed niche]

To give some depth, I see that you want a marble texture, maybe distorting it to give perspective? But I don’t get what you mean with drop shadows on both sides

[ashen gorge]

How can I convert multiple NEF photos to JPG?

[glacial wave]

um i just wantet the thing to be clearly in background , not a drop shadow

[hushed niche]

Can you show an example ? , your sketch is not very telling…

[glacial wave]

uhm one sec

[hushed niche]

Select them in Bridge, then tools>Photoshop>image processor or use the export panel: https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/export-panel.html

[ashen gorge]

Thanks!!

[glacial wave]

so like i mean that the white is in front of the colorfull square but like not

man idk how to explain

im sry

ive dones this

[hushed niche]

Show a finished image that has this effect… do you mean Perspective, just layers? You could put a drop shadow on the crest that is blurrier on the color than the white?

[glacial wave]

looks cool but it wasnt my goal

[hushed niche]

You are welcome! I’ve added another method in my post.

[glacial wave]

huh one sec ima try

idk how to do tbh but ima find out

[hushed niche]

Square? You mean the rectangle shape with gradients?

[glacial wave]

yes

[glacial wave]

i cant find one

i do it from mind...

btw those are two assets

the shadow work wierdly bc it makes and shadow on every side

[hushed niche]

Are you adding a drop shadow layer style?

[glacial wave]

uh

what

i dont think so

i found a way to indicate what i mean

its a scetch again tho

[hushed niche]

It is more difficult to imply depth when you only have elements parallel to the view. I would simulate depth thanks to the logo, it would cast different shadows on the white and on the gradient.

[glacial wave]

yeah no idea what you just said there

some video you recommend me maybe?

[hushed niche]

Take a light, put a piece of paper under and another on top of a thick book put your hand between the light and the top paper, observe the shadows…

[broken geyser]

Hello, why can't I save in jpg format anymore?

[ivory rampart]

File > Export > Export As is not working?

[sacred grove]

is there a way to have the stroke options like this without converting text to shape?

[viral palm]

Unfortunately not in Photoshop...
Layer style is not suitable for the effect you're looking for (without converting text to shape)...
If you can use Adobe illustrator, you can in appearance panel...

[viral palm]

What is your image mode?... Bitmap?...
Are you trying to "save as"? If this is the case, try using “Export As” instead. If that doesn't work, please provide us with more details about the file you are trying to export/save and how you are doing it.

[viral palm]

I would like to help but I don't understand what effect you're trying to achieve... Do you have an exemple to share with us? something you have seen on th internet for exemple... It could help.

[glacial wave]

um i really just dont have any example

but i made it work out somehow

made smht different cool

[sacred grove]

Ah thank you, I have illustrator, I just make UI in photoshop

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1014)

[placid thorn]

Hello folks, never seen this before -

Background of PS suddenly became black. Not the background color, but like the theme of the program itself.

The image also has black so it is confusing where the image begins and ends. How do I fix this?

this all looks normal??

[vapid flume]

it happens that you can inadvertedly change the canvas color
Right click in that area and you'll be given some choices

Mine is set to default, I think the lighter colour is called medium grey

It's not unusual to right click there by mistake

[placid thorn]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[vapid flume]

You're welcome (It probably happened to everyone 🙂 )

[chrome tide]

Can someone help me reduce light glare on a photo

[hushed niche]

You might be in 16 bits, have layers… select save a copy. Or in preferences, you can set legacy save as: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/save-and-export/save-files/revert-to-legacy-save-as-options.html

[vapid flume]

Do you need someone to do it for you or learn how to do it?

If the latter, post your image here and we will try to assess what needs to be done

if the former, you need to ask in #💬chat-general and if someone is interested, theywill contact you

[chrome tide]

Need someone to do it for me

If someone can do pls dm me

[vapid flume]

Post it where I told you to!

[visual coyote]

Hey dm

[marble panther]

ok my friends family traveled to edinburch and had their picture made in front of the castle but there was a ton of people and construction going on. I was able to get ride of most the people and generated a good enough image for the sides but behind them they had construction and part of the building blocked with trailers so I removed all the people to have a clean plate underneat which looks pretty decent but not matter what I try can get a good enough image to replace the front . I even when out on the net to find similar images and tried the gen fill with reference but still got not good responses. I tried auto stacking as well. anyone have any ideas? running to a meeting but will check back later today

[normal mirage]

Why is the blend mode opposite of "Multiply" is called "Screen" and not "Divide"?

[tame cape]

Actually, none of the modes mentioned are the opposite. You have to relate the ‘calculation types’ and the neutral colour if you want to find the “opposite” mode. In this case, white is the opposite neutral colour with an otherwise comparable calculation mode. Therefore, ‘negative multiply’ would be the most appropriate opposite blend mode.

[desert merlin]

Hey! I need some help. My yearly Adobe subscription just renewed today and I got charged around €500. I didn’t expect it at all. Since the payment happened today, does anyone know if I can cancel it and get a refund? I had bought the first year during Black Friday last year for around 200€ with the student offer and now i have to pay like 500€. Any advice would really help.

I know this is not the right place to ask this but I don't to go threw with adobe assistance etc...

[vapid flume]

Any questions concerning the subscription has to be asked to customer service since they are the only ones to have access to your account

You can go to your account and see what happens when you try to change your plan...

https://account.adobe.com

[vapid flume]

if you paid £200, then it''s likely that you had a promotion and they are usually only for the first year, and it's renewed automatically, unless you cancel before. But I cannot tell you more since they will need an access to your account to tell you exactly what happened and what to do about it

https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?rghtup=autoOpen

[desert merlin]

Thank you for you help!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 1088)

[desert merlin]

Anyway I think im cooked

This is my page when I try to cancel

[vapid flume]

You can try to negociate something with customer service: You don't try - > you don't get!

[desert merlin]

And this is the page of someone else

I dont have the green line with the refund thing

[vapid flume]

Beware that policies depend on countries, this one is from an Indian user, they may be different than yours

[desert merlin]

Yea maybe

Im in france so normally I have like 14days

[vapid flume]

You absolutely need to set up a calendar reminder (ie: on your phone) when you take a sub. Everyone is bound to forget, particularly when it's a 12 month thing

[vapid flume]

Not maybe, 100% sure

[desert merlin]

For your first payment

[vapid flume]

Terms are different here in the UK already

[desert merlin]

But I dont know if those days apply for the second year of payment

Thats why I was asking here

[vapid flume]

Anyhow, you absolutely need to contact Customer Service.
It's not a new contract, so honestly I don't know...

[desert merlin]

That what I did ahahaha 🤡🤡🤡

I should have put it a day earlier

Anyway I will contact the support thx again

[vapid flume]

Good luck!

[mortal valve]

Best thing to do is cancel immediately after signing up once the payment for the month or year has been made if you can.

[desert merlin]

Yea but do we loose the access to the app?

[river otter]

how to create artwork like this? is thie achievable in photoshop or blender?

[ivory rampart]

You can do that in both

[marble panther]

You can't do that or that shut off access to your account since it's subscription. You have to cancel before renewal

[mortal valve]

Do they refund you for the mo the you didn't use?

[distant epoch]

Hello All !

Actually, I try to do some airplane/spaceship 3D renders and find some beautiful background of aerial skies to put behind my plane render (like in the references)

I already have a pack of aerial skies, but I don't really find exactly what I want and I need to expand my collection of images !

Do you know where I can find this type of pictures ? Or find packs too !

Thank's a lot ! 🌹

[kindred dune]

Hi all, I am trying to select a color range, but I don't see the option under "Select". I am using the web app. If this is only on the desktop app then can someone please point me to where I can download the desktop app? I cannot find it anywhere on the Adobe website. Any page I find just repeatedly asks me to purchase or do a free trial, but I'm already on the free trial.

[plain plank]

Is there a way to keep the location of objects in the same spot of the canvas when exporting photos

Like i want it to be like this

not this

[old oak]

i'm trying to remove the person using content aware filling but it comes out so cooked

[vapid flume]

Have you tried with the GenAi fill?
Select the person and choose "generative fill"

[vapid flume]

It shouldn't happen (I mean it doesn't happen when I do it: It would be upsetting for me)

I did a little research (2 minutes!) and it seems to be linked to the "export as" legacy being turned off in the preferences. Check it out and see if it resolves it

Assuming you don't use the option Export> Export layers to files, where you can activily choose to trim your PNGs or not.

[wise mauve]

Hi, all. Help me figure out the contours in Photoshop layer styles. I open the graph and do not understand what the x-axis is, and what the y-axis is. for example, take the bevel and emboss graph, what the x-axis is responsible for, and what the y-axis is responsible for.

[vapid flume]

Do ytou have experience in how the curves adjustment layer works? (because the theory is the same)

In bevel and emboss you have the ligheer area and the darker area
(called highlight and shadows in the menu

[wise mauve]

Yes

[wise mauve]

This theory (of curves) works with white and black. But if you swap them (black glare and white shadow) or even take pink and blue, Photoshop gives you an absolutely incomprehensible result.

[vapid flume]

so in curves: if your line is straight, the darker areas (0 and 0 in the X andY axis) will very gradually blend the the lighter areas (255 and 255 in the respective axis)
If you take a point in the curve and push it to the same X axis but higher in the Y axis it will be abruptely lighter, if you push it at the opposite axis, it will change how harsh the transition is

There is little info about what it does for the layer styles, but you'll find lots of info for the curves adjustment layer: Just take the same information and transfer it to the layer styles
Most important, test things out by moving the points in the curves editor. It makes more sense when you see the changes live in the artwork

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvyiydd2dMc

[wise mauve]

Try to take the pink color and put it in the highlights, and the blue color in the shadows and get a slightly strange result.

And with the rest of the contours, as I understand it, the y-axis is transparency, and the x-axis is the distance from the center (0,0) to the end of the shadow.

[vapid flume]

Yes, a sort of realistic bevel/emboss will have a variation of the main colour (say blue) in the shadows (dark blue) and the highlights (Light Blue)
At a push you can use black and white, although it tends to be less realistic: Shadows and highlights have a colour.
If you put on crazy colours, you will get crazy results

[vapid flume]

I am not aware of controling the transparencies with a curve (but also I don't know them all!)
In which case do you think that applies?

[wise mauve]

I don't know in which case this applies, but I would like to understand everything, and you're right, there's not much material on these topics, and basically everyone uses ready-made contours.

[vapid flume]

I have had my own, but I made them by trial and eroor, because in those layer effects ist's just a combination of many many factors, not just the profiles so it's probably difficult to pin-point an explanation.

The problem with all those AI search summaries, is that now it's difficult to find older, more technical documentation than before. For example, just about any feature had a "white paper" published by Adobe Labs. They stopped doing it, but a while ago you could still find them. Most features weren't obsolete. Now they are just buried in the well that Google is

That's a quick summary, very limited

[worn hornet]

i made a custom photoshop brush and can't get it to not be see trough i turned off shape dynamics all my layers are normal mode 100% fill and opacity and so is my brush and im lost even with mouse it still is see trough

[vapid flume]

Was the artwork that was used to create the brush semi transparent from the start?

I mean you need it to be 100% opaque otherwise you will never get a full opacity when applying it

[worn hornet]

ehm the layers are ?

im just practising but it won't stay opace in 1 swipe

1 swipe

[vapid flume]

Did you keep the original artwork from which you created the layer? Can you screenshot it?
You can have a layer at 100% opacity but still have a semi transparent artwork

Example

Everything is at 100% opacity, but the original artwork was semi-tranparent, the original semi transparency could have been created with orther means than changing the opacity of the layer (a mask, a blend-if, or simply another brush that was already semi transparent)

[worn hornet]

im not sure what you mean but both of my art work layers with the blocks are 100 %
o i did not save and lost everything this was the thing i used to make the brush

the edges have 1 pixel feather when i use the brush though for some reason and it aint full opacity

[vapid flume]

Can you run a levels adjustment layer on that big rectangle and show me what it shows? Like that:

[marsh hedge]

Can anyone confirm if this Photoshop extension is legit?

[vapid flume]

I have heard about it and it looks legit. I think It's more or less that the web version, but as an extention (a bit like a web app)

I'm not 100% sure

You should ask Carissa in the Slack

[reef sluice]

i want to combine these 2 pics into one

how can i do it

2 people sitting in the same frame tho

[vapid flume]

One of them will have to be placed on top of the other in the layer stack, then the top layer's background will have to be masked in order to only reveal the subject. Than place the subject where it belong, possibly paint over the mask to reveal a bit of the shadow how her bum on the stairs to make it more believable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUAAj9-Lu0A

https://www.adobe.com/uk/learn/photoshop/web/create-composite-with-layer-mask?learnIn=1&locale=en-GB

[loud moat]

I'm sure this is really easy but I can't see the setting- I'm in Camera Raw 18.0, I have cropped one image and now want to apply that same crop to other images also open. How would I paste that crop across many images?

Another question is, is there a way to use Auto-Align Layers in a way that allows translation, and rotation? I don't want any merging of perspective, only just translation and a smidge of rotation. Don't see an obvious option. Turns out it was right under my nose as Collage, although seems to be a bit janky so I have to do it one by one

[hushed niche]

Hi, copy the develop settings in Bridge, apply it to the other images. (If they have the same orientation)

https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/lightroom-classic/help/copy-paste-settings.html#:~:text=You can copy-paste edit,subset of the Subset menu.

[loud moat]

I have to use Bridge and not Photoshop's Camera Raw?

[hushed niche]

If you want to copy paste settings, yes. Bridge+ACR is a killer combo! http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/CC_2013/Help_guide/PDFs/Imagemanagement.pdf

[hushed niche]

If they are open in ACR, You can do it from camera raw’s filmstrip : right click and select sync settings.

[loud moat]

Ah that's the one thank you

[rancid mauve]

2 days ago it worked

[rancid mauve]

today it is not working and used same settings

can anyone help?

[tame cape]

I don't know what do you mean. What exactly isn't working?
different images, different filter, different settings
first post shows watercolor filter on bw image
second post shows stamp filter on rgb image (stamp filter does not work with white/white -> press D one time and try it again)

[viral palm]

probably reset your foreground/background color to Black on White ( Shortcut: D) and most of your filters from Sketch group will work like two days ago...

[tame cape]

Hi Franck

[rancid mauve]

filer settings are same for both images stamp and grain

[tame cape]

again:

… stamp filter does not work with white/white -> press D one time and try it again …

[rancid mauve]

thanks it woked

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @tame cape (current: #14 - 254)

[viral palm]

Hey! sorry I didn't read your post to the end and didn't see you've already pointed the "D" soluce...

[rancid mauve]

thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1015)

[calm horizon]

is there a way to make a automatic grid position? like i have 30 layers and would like to have them side by side and below and abovbe eachother evenly

[fading kelp]

can sombody photoshop me into a photo please

[hushed niche]

Hi! The layer stack is not the same in both images. Why do you have so many filters, with only two active? And are you sure that the colors were the same? Edit: I see others mentioned it.

[hushed niche]

Hi, wrong channel for this; this area is for users asking questions how to use Photoshop, in order to help it. You might try #💬chat-general but again, would you go to a garage to ask for hitchhiking ?

[hushed niche]

Hello, A script might be of help, like https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77788763/photoshop-script-to-arrange-layers-into-grid

[worldly spoke]

hey, I had photoshop for about a year, with a yearly subscription paid monthly, it used to charge around ~10€ monthly, now all of the sudden its about ~18€, I wanted to cancel the subscription, but it said that I ll have to pay 100€ as a “early” cancelation fee, I didn’t cancel anything early, I did the whole year and now I just wanted to cancel it, can anyone please help?

[ivory rampart]

You probably started new year without discount

[broken geyser]

Thanks, weird it changed places before it was in save.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ivory rampart (current: #27 - 85)

[hushed niche]

Hi, we don’t deal with the accounts here. Contact customer service, ask to talk to a human, explain your situation…

[hushed niche]

Long time ago, if a file had things a format did not support, it was shown only in save a copy, as it should be, so that you do not lose layers, etc. Then, around cs4, Photoshop 11, they changed it, so that others formats were offered in save as.

Recently, Apple mandated the save to be only for a format that supports all features. So Adobe had to find the workaround of save a copy.

You can go to preferences and enable “legacy save as” to get jpeg even if the file has masks, layers, is 16 bits… but don’t come crying if you’ve lots hours of work because you saved your PSD as a JPEG…

[zenith summit]

Hello, please, how do I get this software to stop downloading in my native language? My Creative Cloud is in English, yet PS downloads in my language only and Preferences won't let me change

[viral palm]

In CC desktop app => Hamburger menu icon => File =>Preferences => Language => Default install language

Don't know what is your native laguage OS but the hierarchy in panels should be the same...

Also if your photoshop is already installed on your machine with your native language you have to switch language in the app preferences...

[zenith summit]

Ah yes this option was toggled. I still had to redownload it because it wasn't giving me English in PS preferences

[viral palm]

@zenith summit : Yes I experienced this in the past... You must install Photoshop in each language to get access to the UI languages option in Photoshop preferences... I did it a lot in the past French/English but found this tedious... Now I keep the English by default even if it's not my native language.

[hushed niche]

Yes, it’ll be a fast d/l

[lunar belfry]

i've got a more general adobe question

if i want to gift someone 1 year of lightroom

how can i do this?

i see amazon sells it

https://www.amazon.com/Lightroom-organizing-software-Subscription-auto-renewal/dp/B09J1LYWXR/ref=sr_1_3

but its unclear if i get a code or what the deal is, and will it be tied to my amazon account somehow? - i dont want this obv

does the adobe website provide an easy way to gift someone adobe products?

if there's somewhere better i can ask lmk

also it says it renews, i also would not want that i just want to gift 1 year

[hushed niche]

Normally Adobe subs are tied to your Adobe id, an email that you choosed to associate with it. I’d contact Amazon to see if it works “normally “

[viral palm]

@lunar belfry : also, to add what @hushed niche said, even if it's a gift the beneficiary will certainly need to enter a payment method and keep an eye on the renewal/cancellation date if they do not want their subscription to be automatically renewed/billed.
The automatic subscription renewal process has been the subject of much criticism towards Adobe... And not necessarily without reason.
If you don't want your gift to become a poisoned chalice, remind the person you are giving it to to:
1- read the terms and conditions carefully and,
2- set a reminder so they don't forget the renewal/cancellation date...
Point 2 is really important (particularly when it's a gift)...

[lunar belfry]

yes

this makes things unfortunatly more complicated

i want to have it as a giveaway for a photography contest

worst case, i just do a amazon giftcard

[inner jasper]

Hiii
I have to complete an exam assignment, but it's in German.
I'm retraining as a digital and print media designer, and the assignment is very difficult for me because I've never used Photoshop before.
Could anyone help me? Maybe someone from Germany? 😢 😂

[lunar belfry]

not from germany, but if you share your question here i'm sure we could help

[viral palm]

I understand... But unfortunately most of moderators here are not Adobe employees but Photoshop users...
You can try to get more info from Amazon/Adobe...
... I think it could work but it is important that the beneficiary is informed about how their subscription works.
I've seen/heard a few people who don't really use the app complain about being automatically billed even though they don't use it...
Automatic renewal is usually clearly indicated but often overlooked by occasional users...

[lunar belfry]

yes, thanks i apreciate it :)

[inner jasper]

Can i DM you? Quite big Task tbh and i need to translate it in english

[lunar belfry]

i dont have time for a huge task at the moment

is there a software you are used to?

[inner jasper]

Its an Composing. I need to replace a few objects. Not more tbh.

Yea the Adobe programs

For me its big xD

[hushed niche]

I don’t get it, you do not speak German, but took a class in Germany?

[hushed niche]

Why DM? Ask here, if someone can help, they’ll help…

[inner jasper]

I do speak German but i need someone in the same language to describe the task because its hard to translate in English.

[viral palm]

If I understand correctly, you are looking for someone who speaks German to help you via private messages.?
If so please use #💬chat-general and describe clearly what you're looking for. If anyone is interested, they will come forward.
This thread is dedicated to question about how do things in photoshop.

[vapid flume]

Part of me is thinking that if the end user is not inputing their card info on the website, their sub will end abruptly (not without warning though) without them being charged.
See screenshot: I've let my Behance Pro sub lapse, and I never had my payment info logged in.

That said, I would absolutely ask customer service for the real info. We aren't Adobe employees so you can't have a legal advice from us

[lunar belfry]

yah i looked into it a bit more. this was burried at the bottom of the amazon listing

by the sounds of it

its exactly what i'm looking for

worst case, yes i will warn the recepiant of this to be mindfull if they have to enter their card details

[vapid flume]

Also: I had a giveaway from Adobe for an event I was co-running, and the person who won the stuff (from Adobe) had a a full run in of what they needed to do. I mean, they need to take a little responsability.

If it's not for a friend etc, then honestly, it's on them to be sure they take all precautions

[vapid flume]

From experience (but it may have changed) if they have a valid code, they don't need to enter their payment info

[lunar belfry]

ok gotcha

yes i've also partcipated for adobe sponsored events in nyc, and recieved some adobe codes from them for volunteering, but my job pays for mine so i gave them to friends

good idea

i'll check in with them

but i dont believe they had to enter card into

it was just a few steps to follow

and also it was not a regular code, i think there was a special link to go to specifically connected with the event, idr the details 100%

but anyway

[viral palm]

You reminded me to check I didn't add payment method for my Behance pro too... Ouf!!!😅
Thanks Sandrine!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @vapid flume (current: #6 - 1089)

[surreal ether]

how much should i charge for a logo?

[hushed niche]

/pedant hat on… those are not logos but special effects or maybe titles. A logo is the creation of a distinctive mark for a brand, a concept that can work in black and white, in reverse, and can be used on different supports, etc.

[vapid flume]

Ah, glad I nudged you!

[surreal ether]

Whatever, they don't have a specific name so we call them logos in my field. And that wasn't my question

[viral palm]

Price depends on lot of points: the time you spent creating them, and how much you want to charge your time (work hour rates) and above all, most importantly the price of the market/competition...For exemple, you could be in competition with designers from other country with a way lower hour rate than yours.
Unfortunately, I don't think we can give you a clear and definite answer.

[surreal ether]

yes I know that, however time does not matter for the buyer, just the finished product. If my titles look better than somebody who charges 50$ for one, it does not matter if i make one in two minutes. Plus, time can vary dependent on what im making, and i cant vary prices much on fiverr. But you're right, i asked the wrong question. How much money would you be willing to pay for one if you needed it for your hypothetical video game?

[viral palm]

If you can make one in 2 minutes, 50$ for one => approximately $48 margin!
That is a Freaking good price for you...as long as you find client and he doesn't know it took you 2 mins.

...Sorry, I'm not sure I can be of much help with this type of work, as I have no idea what the average market price is for this type of design...
I can just give you some advice: if you want to sell something, you can't really stray too far from the prices offered by your competitors, unless you think your products are really better and justify a higher price... Selling something better than the competition at the same market price could work, but there are no guarantees.
Be aware that some people use a different business model, selling at ridiculously low prices to generate sales and fight off the competition... You know, you're swimming with sharks.

[stiff trail]

"As much as you can get".

[maiden tundra]

👋

[stone hamlet]

hi, may i please know why this had happened to my photoshop?

i couldnt open my adobe illustrator too

[ripe quest]

Open the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App and sign in to your Adobe Account.

If you're already signed in. Sign out of the app. Reboot the computer and when it comes back up, sign in to the CC app again.

[stone hamlet]

i only have these i dont have the "master" app its gone missing..?

i searched for it i couldnt find it

[ripe quest]

Hmm. What about re-installing it?

[stone hamlet]

oop sorry so i found it but when i clicked on it to open it it wouldnt open

found it by trying to install a new one but it said the app already exists

[ripe quest]

What about what I said above. Sign out/log out of the Creative Cloud app. Reboot. And when the OS starts back up, open the CC app and sign in again.

[mortal valve]

https://youtube.com/shorts/S98s1Gd53y4

[stone hamlet]

i couldnt open the app.. seems like a bug

[hushed niche]

Hi, did you restart the computer, as indicated? Try this, also https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install-discussions/reset-the-creative-cloud-desktop-app-to-solve-login-and-licensing-issues/td-p/10573237

[stiff trail]

I wonder if that solves it taking 90 seconds to display my two apps...

[slate adder]

Hi

[vapid flume]

I would say it makes sense in certain situations: When you can predict what the scope of work will be. I will state an example
Say you are contracted to take over a company photo archives, with the aim of flagging the best ones to be worked on for an e-commerce website. Then you have to label them, deleting those that are blurry etc, and add metadata and copyright tags to them (That means researching who photographed them)
How do you estimate that? It's impossible, in that case you bill by the hour.

If you are charging for a set outcome based on a detailled brief, then it makes more sense to charge for the outcome (+ but not limited to: usage rights)

If people work through freelancing platforms, they can set up "projects" (names will vary) when they say "a full logo + identity + manual" -> $1500, based on a precise set of questions that will inform the brief, and then st up a system of add-ons for everything that comes on top of the base pricing.

I have never done that, because in my line of work, I found that the time spent between someone who wants a "simple" retouching versus what reality is, is really wild. So I will quote based on what I think it will take me to do it + the "price of my expertise" if it's a very complex project, and also the type of project that is (It's a complex calculation), but in a sense, the more complex the project is, the more time you'll spend on it so - even if it's not framed like that to the client - the time you spend working on it has certainly an impact on the price.

Since I'm a retoucher, I don't have royalties, nor usage rights to worry about... It's a different minefield

BTW all that Chris Do says isn't the pure truth. He talks about a completely different business model than creating logos on freelancing platform websites. He tends to grate me the wrong way as well sometimes 🙂

[halcyon lagoon]

Hello! how do you stretch a text?

[viral palm]

Sorry but you are sharing with the wrong guy... I have no problem with my charging fees😉 .
I think I said nothing wrong and, more or less what he says in the video (if you catched I was a bit sarcastic with margins and client reference)... By the way, if you have more good info like this I would suggest you to share them with the user who asked for help...

[vapid flume]

Generally by "transforming it" (CTRL+T), but you have other solutions like acting on the spacing and stretching in the character panel, or outline it and move points on the newly created shape.
It would help to know what exactly you want to do...

@halcyon lagoon No DMs please, just post your question publicly!

[halcyon lagoon]

I want to make the text go downwards because I want it to look bigger but I don't want it to touch the sides of the canvas when generally sizing it!

And sorry for the dm 🙇

[vapid flume]

Can you post a screenshot of your text WITH the layers panel open? That will saves us the back and forth asking if it's an editable text etc..

[vapid flume]

No problem!

Solutions will depend on the actual way the text have been made

[halcyon lagoon]

Hello! sorry for the late reply because I had to hide some things because it's a publication material huhu I'm really sorry

[viral palm]

Best is to take some different advice and forge our own business model... By the way, the inital question was about how to charge for designs that will be in competition with "fiverr" things... I don't think a complex business model is really necessary in this case...

[halcyon lagoon]

Oh nvm someone dmed me a tutorial on the stretch effect but thank you tho for the willingness to help Sandrine!!!

[vapid flume]

No worries!
Anyways you still didn't show the layers panels so...

[halcyon lagoon]

wait really,,, 😭

[vapid flume]

Here is a screenshot with the layer panel open. In it, I can see the text is a live text layer. That means I can act on the character panel, I also know that I can outline it so I can stretch the paths with my direct selection tool.

[halcyon lagoon]

Oooo

[vapid flume]

We will often request you posting a full screenshot of the whole interface... WHY? because there is so much we can read just by looking at stuff: For example "my filter is greyed out!". I will see that you're in 16bits just by looking at the title of your document and I will tell you to image>mode>8 bits and your filters will work

Why people are so squeamish with posting full screenshots remains a mystery to me.

I want to see all this 😁

[halcyon lagoon]

Okii I'll take note of this when I need help next time!

[halcyon lagoon]

Well for my case I never know if my batchmates are here and they see an unfinished publication material for school,,,, that could be a bit troublesome but oh well 😭 better safe than sorry Ig,,,

Thank you for the help Sandrine!!

[vapid flume]

No problem, it just makes life really easier for everyone; For us, because we don't have to ask questions and try to extract information from you, but also that means you can have a solution with just one answer and go back to your usual day.
There is also the issue that people (me included) sometimes don't know how to phrase things; ie, you don''t know the right jargon, workflow whatever. Try going a Google search for an element in a menu when you don't know how a menu is called!
By posting a screenshot, there is a good chance people will know what the issue is without having to explain in details...

[zealous atlas]

hey guys my student account for adobe ran out. is there any way to bring over my photoshop files into a different account?

[ripe quest]

Contact Adobe Customer Care. They should be able to help with that.

[viral palm]

I don't think it's possible if the account that contains Photoshop files is closed... but you can ask Adobe customer care:https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html

[edgy charm]

So what was the effect used to turn the cat from the first pic to the cat in the second

[ivory rampart]

Hmm walls are distorted so probably distort tool

[viral palm]

Hard to say exactly but I would say some liquify filters (forward warp, pucker and bloat tool)... The smudge tool could also be used.
I don't think there is a one click way to do this... Any of tools named above need skills and work to get this result.

[broken geyser]

Hello, do you know if there's a community for InDesign?

[viral palm]

Unfortunately (as far as I know) there is no InDesign Discord Server.
If you have questions about InDesign you can use the Adobe InDesign Community page: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/ct-p/ct-indesign

Also, Some of Adobe Illustrator users are familiar with InDesign so you can try to ask kindly on this server: https://www.discord.gg/adobeillustrator

[broken geyser]

thank you

[mortal valve]

It was in response to your "don't like the customer know it took two minutes" which I think the video is a pretty relevant response for.

If the customer gets mad or wants to pay you less because it "only took you two minutes" then they don't appreciate your skillset and they're punishing you for being good like he says in the video. The customer is paying for the fact that you can make something they like in two minutes.

You do it faster and they like it, you should get paid more. Don't see why you need to hide that from the customer. It's valuing your own skillset less.

[viral palm]

No problem! I think we are are on the same page! 😉

[mortal valve]

Alright cool

Also for what its worth I have no idea who that guy in the video is seems as others have suggested he isn't the best. I just remember seeing that clip and found it made sense.

[austere slate]

hey, how can I make something like this in photoshop?

[viral palm]

Turning your text layer in a Smart object then use Liquify filter or Warp Distort option are the two ways that came to my mind...

[cosmic scroll]

I think it could also be done with spherize. In Filter > Distort > Spherize. Looks like the bottom of the text is mostly flat, so if you want it to look as close to that example as possible you could line up the bottom of the text with the center so it doesn't get affected as much. Obviously you can play around with it that's just a rough example.

[viral palm]

I agree with you. Spherize filter could be an option too but since this filter is really old and never been updated it's not as friendly as "Liquify.../Bloat" to use (IMO)... but it may work too.

[mortal valve]

I don't remember exactly how because it's not something I'd do but isn't it also possible to draw a path or line and then make the text follow that?

[cosmic scroll]

Yea with the type tool you can click on a path and it will follow that. In this case it wouldn't really achieve the same effect as the example though. But worth knowing.

[mortal valve]

Ah I see thanks. So its not possible to do 3D paths.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @cosmic scroll (current: #1029 - 1)

[austere slate]

OK

[austere slate]

and do anybody know what font is this?

[cosmic scroll]

Not sure but it could be similar to helvetica. Likely something with a condensed version. Or they manually squished it horizontally too before doing the bulge effect. They might have also reduced the space between the characters like with the character panel

[viral palm]

Hard to say the exact Font but It's probably a Sans-Serif Bold and Condensed Font with a cranked up Vertical scale...
Acumin Pro Condensed, Bebas Neue Pro, Helvetica...etc.

[floral rune]

I am looking for three full color caricature drawings of my family as a special Christmas gift.

Requirements:

• 3 caricature drawings
• Full color
• Custom background associated with each caricature - There are suggestions for each caricature.

Ideal skills and experience:

• Anyone with experience creating caricatures
• Full-color illustration proficiency
• Custom background design ability

Please provide a portfolio of similar works, expected budget, and timeline.
If you are very interesting about this project, Plz DM me.

[viral palm]

Please don't post the same message on several chanels...
#💬chat-general is the good plce for this type of request.

[sacred grove]

how did you get this on the bottom, the design

[crisp cairn]

I need help my finals are due for a photoshop assignment and i'm having an issue with this part of the photoshop

you can see there's an obvious border there

i'm trying to make it fade into the star skies but nothing is working

if anyone can help me it would help so much

gets very obvious when i activate the moonlight glow

[crisp cairn]

can anyone please help? my assigment is due in 2 days and i have work tomorrow so I dont have much time to finish this

[mortal valve]

What border? The hard edge of the moon?

[crisp cairn]

Over here

[crisp cairn]

You can see that there’s a line between the sky near the moon

[mortal valve]

Where the noise ends?

Its really hard to tell what you're referring to in that image unless you send another screenshot with it hilighted. There are multiple issues such as the banding in the glow gradient too.

[crisp cairn]

The line there

I tried blurring, masking and nothing works to make it blend well

[mortal valve]

That seems to be where the noise in the background comes to a hard stop not a solid line per se.

Personally I'd select the background above it and generate noise and try to match it or select the entire background, de-noise or apply blur and then generate new noise over top.

[crisp cairn]

Hmmmm alright

Thanks

[mortal valve]

Because you have noise then it suddenly stops. So it's more that you're seeing the difference between the textures changing so harshly.

Also the banding here you can mitigate by setting the image colour depth to 16 bits per channel. Amd / or Or using blurring techniques

[crisp cairn]

I seee

Thanks

It helped

[mortal valve]

Also this is unsolicited but personally I'd make the edge of the moon softer or moon type thing. I don't know pokemon sorry.

[crisp cairn]

It’s alright

My goal of my assignment is to recreate an movie poster with original images

[mortal valve]

is it moon?

[crisp cairn]

No I’m recreating the detective pikachu movie poster

[mortal valve]

Ah I see I just looked it up

Pikachu is a detective now?

[crisp cairn]

Yeahhh

It’s weird

I’m just trying to find something creative yet easy to do

[viral palm]

I made a pattern with Photoshop tools icon then use it to create an overlay that hides my taskbar in OBS.

[sacred grove]

oh nice w

[hushed niche]

I think you are right. oP could create a layer mask to soften the transition between the noisy area and the noiseless one.

[hushed niche]

I’d buy a shirt with this design in an heartbeat…

[fossil locust]

How do I remove backgrounds cleanly, I tried using the lasso, but I couldnt get the shape right, I saw people perfectly cutting out the edges, Im new to photoshop and came here for tips

[finite sun]

Im trying to smooth out the sides of my dogbone for my logo, How can i mask while still having smooth edges after the fact?

like its just mad bumpy and not smooth.

[ivory rampart]

Why not use vectors?

It will be sharp and you can blur edges as needed

It should be easy to trace this logo

[sly hawk]

As already said, you need to redraw it using the pen tool at the very minimum.

[sly hawk]

Or perhaps if you use illustrator, with shapes you can get a more 'balanced' logo that isn't drawn freehand. - and this way you don't have to stress about using the pen tool.

[viral palm]

Thanks Pierre-Étienne! You're too Kind!
Let me think about a business model...😉

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #12 - 336)

[viral palm]

If you don't have Illustrator you can redraw the dogbone shape with shapes in Photoshop too and use unite shapes/merge shapes components feature to get a smooth contour... It's a little more tedious to do in Photoshop, but it's still doable...

[ripe quest]

@slate adder - This is channel for questions about Photoshop. Please don't SPAM images here.

[finite sun]

ur real ash

[zealous atlas]

ah its all good i figured it out

[viral palm]

Happy to hear that!

[gaunt kiln]

Hey all so I am working on a custom box and designing it. According to the site, the box is 22.3 in x 21.3 inches, so I set up a file in PS with those dimensions at 500 ppi. I downloaded a PSD design file at DPI 300 (2250x4000px) is there anyway to increase that image so it isn't so pixilated? or i just need to move on?

[winter jewel]

Hey, im really new to photoshop, only making decals and car liveries for assetto corsa. I was wondering if anyone knows or has a tutorial on how to do proper chrome (not chrome-effect, i want actual chrome glare and shine). Referance picture attached.

[main burrow]

Hello everyone, do you have any tips for reproducing the texture on the upper part of the shoe? Do I need to draw them by hand or use an Illustrator pattern? Thanks in advance 🙂

[ripe quest]

Drawing that by hand would be meticulous and time-consuming. Not to mention difficult. I would probably try to make a grid and the Transform > Warp and Distort it into place. Even that would be challenging.

[astral wing]

Hey community I need some advice please I hired a company to edit my real estate photos but they exported them with the wrong settings is there a way to fix all these edited images in my Dropbox to these specifications
JPEG quality: 90–100
Long edge: 4000–6000 px
Color space: sRGB
Sharpening: Low or Standard for Screen
No size reduction
No compression for web
Thank you!🙏

[viral palm]

Could you clarify what you mean by "wrong settings"?

[hushed niche]

Hi, it seems to me that this was created in a 3D package then overlaid on the sketch.

[hushed niche]

Hi, working at 500 ppi on a 20”x20” design would bring most computers to a crawl. When you say box design, do you mean packaging?

In design with specialized plugins might be a better choice. Unless the totality of the design has to be painted.
For the upscale, going from 2000px to 100000px is a 50x upscaling. Even the best so upscalers might choke on it.

[main burrow]

Hmm, perhaps I know some designers who practice those kinds of tricks, simulating fascinating drawing skills. 🤡

[glad raven]

hey, I'm working with dithered images for laser engraving and was wondering if there is a way to blend the edges not by fading the images into gray or transparent, but actually removing the dots around the edges

This is what I can get from dissolve blending mode in the layer option but I'd love the edges be even more faded towards the outside. Choosing more pixels for feather doesn't help for this.

[stiff trail]

Can I buy 100 AI credits?

Is that possibly by any mechanism with Adobe ?

[stiff trail]

Will a soft brush with the image mode set to bitmap not do it ?

[ivory rampart]

https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly/plans.html

[stiff trail]

So no, then.

Cos I got linked through to a bunch of subscriptions.

[ivory rampart]

https://www.adobe.com/ai/overview/generative-credits.html

Sorry wrong link

[stiff trail]

More subscriptions.

I just wanna put £2 in the machine and receive some bacon.

[ivory rampart]

Well they offer cheapest plan for $10

[stiff trail]

That's... still a subscription.

I just have one job to finish.

And if I know Adobe, that's a 12 month minimum, so those credits are gonna cost me £120

[ivory rampart]

Welp nothing we can do about it

Personally not happy about subscription but it is what it is

[stiff trail]

I wonder if we'll see a PAYG service where people with spare credits can pol their resources for people who need indicental generation.

Well it is what it is because people don't make enough noise about it, TBH

[ivory rampart]

I wouldn’t say that people are not vocal about subs

Adobe socials are full of people that are not happy about it

[stiff trail]

I guess it's monopoly behaviour

They don't need to do better :/

[ivory rampart]

Sadly there’s no competition, so it will be this way

[stiff trail]

Bingo

[ivory rampart]

Affinity maybe will force some changes but they are still behind in many areas

I was forced to move to affinity for some time

But couldn’t get it to use it

[stiff trail]

Yes it's still lacking workflow tools I rely on in PS

[ivory rampart]

Yup it’s not bad app, it just need few years to catch up with PS

Especially in gen fill area

[broken geyser]

Hello, I'm going to be without an internet connection for a while, how can I use photoshop, indesign, and acrobat, without being connected to the internet please?

[ivory rampart]

Yes, you can use Adobe Creative Cloud apps (like Photoshop, Illustrator) without constant internet, as they install locally, but you need to connect online at least once every 99 days (for annual plans) for license validation; monthly plans get around 30 days, with longer offline periods requiring periodic checks, and some features like cloud storage, sync, or premium assets need connectivity. The apps work offline, but the Creative Cloud desktop app needs internet for updates and management.

@broken geyser

[broken geyser]

thank you M4gpul, do you know how to activate the 99 days?

[ivory rampart]

I think you just have to login once

And then you have 99 days

At least that how it works for game pass and other subs

[stiff trail]

Is there a current bug with liquify, show all layers, in front ?

There seems to be a scaling issue and it makes the image blurry.

[broken geyser]

Every time I start an Adobe tool without being logged in, it asks for a login.

[stiff trail]

Anyone abl to quickly confirm ?

[broken geyser]

What do you want to test, and how?

[broken geyser]

With the opacity setting? Yes, it's a bit blurry, shouldn't it?

[stiff trail]

Well at that point in the process , it should be a 1:1 overlay

So there shouldn't be any blur.

[hushed niche]

I know, most of drawing is top notch anyways, but that part had underlying textures that are very regular. Looks 3D or very very skilled and patient drafter.

[hushed niche]

You need to change the falloff of the edge opacity.

[glad raven]

where do I find that?

[hushed niche]

Are you located in the US? Which kind of subscription do you have? Yearly? Monthly? School?

[glad raven]

If I use the slider in the blend mode oppacity, the whole image gets transparent

[hushed niche]

How did you change the edge opacity?

[broken geyser]

no, I don't live in the United States. the subscription is managed by someone else.

[glad raven]

selected the whole image with the marquee tool, inverted the selection, deleted the edge and on the layer in the blending option I chose dissolve

[hushed niche]

“Deleted the edge” did you do a modify selection >select edge or something like this? Maybe switch to quickmask (hit Q) then run levels or curves to adjust the way the selection fades.

[hushed niche]

Is it in a company?

I would suggest to post in accounts: https://community.adobe.com/t5/account-payment-plan/ct-p/ct-account-payment-and-plan

[hushed niche]

Adobe has to scale the purchase of servers according to future generation demands. A subscription helps to estimate it, rather than instant demands.

[hushed niche]

A brush with lower opacity, set to dissolve blending mode, used on a layer mask is another solution.

[stiff trail]

Can you use a layer mask in bitmap mode?

[broken geyser]

thank you I posted a message like you said.

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #12 - 337)

[hushed niche]

Bitmap as one or 0 only? Run threshold on it, then.

If you use the dissolve blend mode for the brush, it should be pure b&w

[glad raven]

Will figure out how to do it this way, thanks

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @hushed niche (current: #12 - 338)

[hushed niche]

Btw, if you click, then shift click, it’ll draw a straight line between the two points. Or position your brush, hold down shift, the draw laterally, you’ll make a perfectly horizontal (or vertical) line.

[broken geyser]

I don't understand the answer to use adobe offline. is this a joke?
"The safest way is to open programs while you are logged in and then minimize them. once finished, don't close them, minimize them."
but I need to turn off the computer or the program...

if I minimize, how can I log out? It's absurd, right?

[ivory rampart]

Yeah you don’t log out

You stay logged in

[broken geyser]

what does the response I got mean?

and what happens next is even more astonishing.
"presumably you will be using a laptop so as long as you don't do a restart the computer apps will stay open. ie, if you rarely restart your laptop, you might want to restart it before doing this."
like this to use adobe offline you had to keep the computer on... or did I misunderstand?

[ivory rampart]

Yeah it has to be on

[broken geyser]

once he talks to me about a program, then he talks about an application... so those were two different things

[viral palm]

For Creative Cloud Desktop Apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
Initial Setup: You need an internet connection to install and activate the apps.
Offline Use: Once installed, apps can run offline for a set period (e.g., 30 days for monthly plans, up to 99 for annual) to validate your license.
Validation: The app checks in every 30 days; you'll get reminders to reconnect to the internet to keep using them.

[broken geyser]

the computer cannot be turned off between two disconnected adobe openings? it's madness.

They give me back the old Adobe which works without connection, it's shameful.

ha yes, I don't need tools (AI...) which need an internet connection to work.

[viral palm]

If your Apps have been activated (with internet connection) you should be able to use them for at least 30days without internet connection...
Who doesn't have acces to internet for more than 30days nowdays?

[broken geyser]

you ask “who”? Wouldn’t that be more like “what”?
I'm a human, what kind of human needs to be connected to the internet?

I can connect my phone to the internet, my TV to the internet... but humans connected to the internet, excuse me, I've never seen that before.

[viral palm]

I love sarcasm... Try to connect your computer to the internet and activate your Adobe Apps with an internet connection. Once it's done, you should be able to use them for at least 30days without internet connection (Your Desktop not you).

[broken geyser]

It doesn't work, when I disconnect my account, all Adobe tools close.

[viral palm]

You must be looged in your account when you activate your apps with a live internet connection.
You should be able to use the Apps for at least 30 days without an internet connection but you must stay logged in your adobe CC account (even without internet connection).
If you disconnect your account (log out / sign out) adobe apps won't work.

[broken geyser]

ok thanks, it works, but why do I need to always be connected?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1016)

[broken geyser]

why do I need to always be connected?

Finally it is possible that my desktop will be without an internet connection for a very long time... what should I do?

[ivory rampart]

Plug it to net at end of cycle otherwise you will be locked out

[viral palm]

I'm not sure, but I guess it's to make sure the user has a valid subscription... So, if you're still logged in, as soon as you use the app with an active Internet connection, Adobe can verify that your subscription is valid and you should be able to use the app offline safely for the next 30 days (in theory, I've never tried it). Be careful not to exceed 30 days (or 99 days depending on your subscription)! If you do, you may encounter a deactivation issue.
Note: we are all volunteers and not Adobe employees here so if you need more info I would suggest to contact Adobe Customer Care: https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html

[ivory rampart]

All subscriptions that are offering offline usage require you to log in at the end of cycle

Otherwise it wont let you use itntill you log back

Personally tested with game pass

[broken geyser]

sorry I didn't want to make the volunteers work. How come Adobe needs volunteers?

Adobe don't have enough money to pay troubleshooters?

[viral palm]

@broken geyser No problem at all... More info about "offline grace period" here: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/internet-connection-creative-cloud-apps.html

[viral palm]

I assume they have if you go to the "helpx.adobe.com"... The main goal of this Discord server thread is to help people with "how to do things" in photoshop rather make troubleshooting... But if we can help we do...

[hushed niche]

I did not hear the same.

[hushed niche]

Some computers go to deep sleep instead of shutdown, so that they startup faster.

[hushed niche]

Your Adobe account?

[broken geyser]

sorry english is not my first langage

[hushed niche]

Because the apps check if they can run and they « ask » the CC app, which keeps a token for 30 or 99 days, according to your subscription. That said, there are entreprise licenses that even work on an airgapped machine, but it’s for very big accounts (think government)

[vapid flume]

I had an internet outage lasting 5 or 6 days last month and I can confirm you can absolutely use all desktop apps (including Fresco) without Internet
Adobe Express doesn't work though

You can't use the GenAI features and the projects feature (because it relies on a connection)

The only thing to be wary about regarding the 30/99 days grace period, When you log in again, you need to do so in a country that isn't embargoed. (US policies)
I remember the case of someone visiting Iran and who lost the ability to use the software

Don't ask me how it's enforced.. IP addresses probably?

[wraith torrent]

Whose text allignmets don't work.

[ripe quest]

They are for paragraph blocks. Not single line text.

[fossil garden]

Is there anyone from Europe side, and working in Advertising company / Printing Press? DM

[dusky agate]

Does anyone know how to do this?
I'm trying to put a gif as a layer in photoshop
im following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmKEJX3FK0

and i get stuck on the stage at 0:35.
i create a frame animation and then click the 3 lines on the right but there's no paste option like it shows in the video.

[slate adder]

how to?

[ivory rampart]

I would probably use 3d app

Blender/maya

[quasi pilot]

What

[pale ravine]

I have a question for anyone who can explain this to me, albeit this is the color space, I am familiar with sRGB, AdobeRGB(1998) and ProPhoto RGB, each one representing the amount of color, the question I am trying to answer and fundamentally understand is this:

If I use ProPhoto RGB and use the 520 Green for example, bare in mind I would export as sRGB for the web, wouldn't that brightness of the 520 green convert to almost 255,255,255 where the green is almost similar?

[hushed niche]

Do you mean 0,256,0?

[hushed niche]

Hi, some fake it creating lots of duplicates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9lyExVMF7o

[hushed niche]

Iirc, you need to select the create frames animation from the drop down, then accept it by clicking on the button.

They are pasting layers, not a gif.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/add-video-and-animation/create-animation-frames/create-frame-based-animations.html

[pale ravine]

Yes my mistake. I just meant on this chart.

[finite jacinth]

How do I make it come out exactly as I made it on Photoshop?

[tame cape]

Always use and control your effects etc. only in 100% view. Everything else is just interpolated views and will lead to different output results.

[neon crane]

Is this possible to transform small text to caps?

[viral palm]

Yes if your text is not on a rasterized layer...

[neon crane]

Ty! Is there hotkey for this or nah?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1017)

[viral palm]

Hum....I don't think so.

@neon crane : oups! There is a shortcut to quickly make text all caps in Photoshop.
Select the text and use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + K (Windows) or Command + Shift + K (Mac).
This toggles selected text between lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Title Case.

Sorry!

[neon crane]

Sweet

[wooden bronze]

I'm trying to make a 16bit heightmap of the earth with bathymetry and topography data. When I merge the 2 layers, I get these weird artifects. Does anyone have any clue how to fix it?

[nocturne cairn]

Can you show the original images and explain in detail how you are merging the layers?

[lyric shoal]

how do i make this effect on the chest does anyone know please

[karmic smelt]

im working on something for a game and on the middle part of the hoodie how can i fix the colors not matching like i tried smudge and that didnt work like how its a dark blue going into the lighter blue and it isnt looking great like that

[zenith solstice]

Im using Arial (Black) and trying to write text in the center of the canvas, what would be the optimal text size for it to be the same length from top to bottom and left to right, I tried 5.1 but its not perfectly accurate, thanks for any help!

[tame cape]

1. Do you just want to centre your text in the middle of the canvas?
2. Or do you want to have (exactly) the same spacing on all sides?

You can easily do the first with the alignment buttons.
For the second, it depends on the content of the text (length of the word), the capitalisation and the dimensions of your canvas. As a rule, it will be easiest to write and format the text first and then enlarge your canvas evenly around your text.

[hushed niche]

Hi, do you see them if you look at the file at 100% ? Are the layers perfectly registered?

[hushed niche]

Hi! It looks 3D, but maybe some strands painted, with a bevel/emboss layer style?

[hushed niche]

Hi, I would look into frequency separation. https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/frequency-separation.html

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

[viral palm]

Wrong place for asking.
Please, share your logo and ask in #💬chat-general. This thread is about how to do things in Photoshop (Photoshop users help).

[plush spear]

sry, thank you for saying it nicely

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1018)

[floral berry]

Hi everyone! 👋
This is one of my latest photo manipulation projects 🐬✨
Would love to get your feedback on composition, lighting, and overall storytelling.
Any suggestions to make this portfolio-ready are super welcome! 🙏

[ripe quest]

Hello, Please use #📝project-feedback for feedback and suggestions on projects.

[floral berry]

oh sorry thanks for telling

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @ripe quest (current: #2 - 3202)

[sharp comet]

what is a photoshop geneartive fill alternative

[sonic fern]

Hi there my grandfather has 4 dogs and 1 of his dogs just died . For Christmas I really want to give him a nice gift and to do that I need some of your expertise in this field of Photoshop, could you drag and paste him in it.

[wooden bronze]

I'm creating a Minecraft Earth map using real elevation data (GEBCO dataset). The issue is that the North Sea and Netherlands coast are nearly the same elevation (~-94m to +50m), so in a standard 8-bit heightmap (0-255), they both appear as the same gray value and are indistinguishable. Im using 16-bit heightmaps (0-65,535 values instead of 0-255) to get much finer elevation detail

I split the data into two separate maps:

1. Bathymetry (ocean depths): Normalized -11,000m (deepest ocean) → 0 (black), 0m (sea level) → 32,767 (mid-gray)
2. Topography (land heights): Normalized 0m (sea level) → 32,768 (mid-gray), 8,850m (Mt. Everest) → 65,535 (white)

Need to combine them so sea level = ~32,768 across both, ocean gets darker, mountains get brighter

Ive tried GDAL processing, by using gdal_calc.py to split ocean/land data and normalize each to their respective 16-bit ranges
Combination attempt 1: Addition (A + B) - caused overflow in coastal transition zones → black artifacts
Combination attempt 2: Maximum (numpy.maximum(A, B)) - still showing black artifacts in shallow coastal areas

When I open the combined 16-bit PNG in Photoshop everything appears as the same shade of gray (around the netherlands area) (no distinction), thousands of black pixel artifacts in shallow coastal areas (Wadden Sea sandbanks, Netherlands coast, all shallow water)

The geo data is in a .tiff format, 8 chunks which can be merged in to 1 big .tiff

[weak rose]

is there a way to mosaic freely on photoshop? instead having to rely on a circle or a square to do it?

[lofty jolt]

Nobody is answering me I the forums, Can I just copy and paste the question here?

[viral palm]

If it's about the pdf question, Open photoshop then go to : File/Open and select your pdf.
A window "Import pdf" should appear => set 300ppi and CMYK mode as ask in the document and click ok.

[lofty jolt]

Thank you dude

You saved Christmas

[viral palm]

Happy to hear that!🎅

[wheat latch]

👋

[hushed niche]

Hi, could you check what I had asked: re viewing at 100%?

[errant cipher]

Guys is there a better way to remove the other parts of object cause sometimes when I select object and remove background there's still white stuff left

Is there a good way to fix it

[oak burrow]

Can someone here help me change a lighting of a photo of mine

[hushed niche]

Hi, do you want to use another shape to pixelate the image? It is possible to use filter>distort>displace to do an hexagonal pixelation, I had done it in this tutorial: https://mos.computerarts.co.uk/pdf/arts83_pshop.pdf if you create a custom displacement mee ar p, you should be able to create a different shape.

[dusk quartz]

Yes

[hushed niche]

Hi, some use Nano Banan ze 3 from the generative functions to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-apezPYF4q4

[hushed niche]

But for someone else to do it, use #💬chat-general even if it is NOT the purpose of this forum. And beware of scammers if you deal in PM. Prefer A legit platform such as https://www.behance.net/hire

[oak burrow]

Oh

[hushed niche]

Hi! The filters others>minimum and maximum are made for that. Or select and mask: https://youtu.be/_PNUQDm6lrA?si=bd0cSUi4ILd8nSbh

[weak rose]

oh sorry, I probably should've been more clear. I don't mean the "mosaic art" I was referring to mosaic censoring a picture instead. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bTMH6zTB9y4 I don't want just to use a circle to pixelate image, I want to freely choose a different shape if possible.

[hushed niche]

You can use/draw any shape with the lasso tool as the selection in which you’ll apply the mosaic filter…

[wooden bronze]

Yes, I'm viewing at 100%

[hushed niche]

Ok, but the merge is not done in Photoshop, if I understand you.

[wooden bronze]

No theres a bathymetry layer, where all the land is fully black, and a topography layer, where all the sea is completely black, merging these allows you to have the full range of height, from -11k meters (mariana trench) to +8000m (mount everest). It's supposed to be in 16 bit color as 255 shades of grey give you too little detail, but when putting the topography layer on the bathymetry layer using lighten, it creates these artifacts.

[viral palm]

As suggested by @hushed niche, You can use lasso tool or Pen tool in path mode to make a free form selection rather the elipse marquee tool (used on your video)...

Lasso tool

Pen tool

[night crown]

Hi!
Could someone help me edit this photo? I’d really like to learn, so if you can do it and explain how you did it, that would be amazing! 😄

Thanks in advance 🙏

Here’s the Instagram idea I want to try.
These are the photos I have to work with.

[hushed niche]

Hi, the insta looks like a professionally shot photo , with a relatively small aperture, giving the shrubbery a blurred look.

Your image would need, a stroke on each strand of the barb wire with the remove tool, in order to get rid of it.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/remove-tool.html

The background would need to be replaced. Maybe use the remove background tool, then insert a fitting background (watch for matching perspective and lighting).

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/repair-retouch/remove-objects-fill-space/remove-background-in-your-images.html

You might want to use the harmonize tool for perfect match.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/repair-retouch/remove-objects-fill-space/blend-subjects-with-harmonize.html

Then maybe merge all the edits into a new layer, Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E; convert it to a smart object (right click on its name) then use filter>camera raw to color tint it with some of the integrated presets.

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/using/create-smart-objects.html

https://photofocus.com/software/how-to-install-and-use-presets-in-adobe-camera-raw/

[hushed niche]

Check also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_NRtWcajdw

[pseudo frigate]

here u go 😉
I hope u love it

[flint pollen]

how would i make this jason in the background look like its more part of the image, to me it still looks obvious its a png even with drop shadow and blur

[ripe quest]

First, Jason needs to be closer because even if the image of him was clearer, it would still be difficult to tell who it is.

[autumn ferry]

I set the color temp in camera. When imported into Lightroom it gets changed about 2000k warmer. Anyone know why it doesn’t stay as I set it in camera.

[sly helm]

How do i create this type of text effect? I dont know if the inside of the text is gradient or something else

[viral palm]

I would suggest you to play with "Satin" options in the layer style panel...

[nocturne cairn]

Great answer

[daring anchor]

Would anyone be willing to do some editing for me. I have a picture of a truck, a picture of a trailer, and a picture of a car. I want the trailer hooked up to the truck and the car on the trailer. Would like it to look realistic. $$$$$ i tried doing it myself but im nowhere near good enough

[sly helm]

wow ive never seen this before

are there any other unique effects that you can apply on text natively in ps?

[nocturne cairn]

You can do some pretty cool, non-destructive things with Clipping Masks in Photoshop

[visual coyote]

I can try dm

[vapid flume]

Please ask in #💬chat-general
This channel you're writing here is for Photoshop questions

[viral palm]

There are a lot of great tutorials about Layer Fx/Layer Styles on YT... A simple search with "Layer Style Text Photoshop" should give you a huge list of tutorials... Please find below a list that could be a good starting point...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mUTTN0sjNRdTI--6oy-lQAo3O-dSrnF

[slate adder]

How to?

[quasi pilot]

great text texture.

[viral palm]

Clip a USA flag to your Text layer then add a stroke Fx.

[slate adder]

How to?

[vapid flume]

Which of those two effects? (It helps having a bit of explanation!)

[viral palm]

For the text distortion you can use Filter/Distort/Spherize... (Pinch with negative value or Edit/Transform/Warp should work too)
For the glitch effect: Make a copy of your design on top, offset its position then go to blending optionsand uncheck one of the RGB box (R to get the effect of your sample)

[river otter]

Could any1 with photoshop please help me? I have this image, but I want the spaceship a little bit bigger... Could any1 please help me with that?

[ivory rampart]

So you’re asking for someone to explain how to do it in PS? Or for someone to do it for you?

[river otter]

I just want to know how to do it. The thing is that it's a single picture

And I want it to look smooth

[ivory rampart]

Select station and copy it to new layer(ctrl+j), choose new layer and transform (ctrl+t) go back to first layer and use inoaint or clone tool to hide old station

You can use harmonize on newly created layer

[river otter]

ooooo

ok

got it

thank you very mucj

much*

[void gull]

Afternoon's! 🙂

Was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to get the HDR button active (instead of greyed out) in Adobe Photoshop Beta 27.2 when on the Camera Raw filter.
I'm specifically on the Beta version because of some new features I want to use for editing, but I noticed that in this Beta, the HDR toggle stays inactive for me.

Now, I know in Lightroom Classic and even in the cloud-based version of Lightroom, I can turn on HDR mode on a JPEG and see those brighter nit values just fine, so I’m a bit confused. I already went into Preferences > Technology Previews and enabled "Precise Color Management for HDR display," then restarted Photoshop Beta as instructed, but the HDR button in Camera Raw is still greyed out.

So I’m just looking for some guidance here: is this a known Beta limitation or a bug that anyone else has run into? Or is there another setting I might be missing to get HDR editing working properly in Photoshop Beta?
Any help would be appreciated!

[viral palm]

Try to change your mode to 32-bit...

[void gull]

Quick update. I was able to figure out why the HDR toggle in Camera Raw was disabled in Photoshop Beta, and I now have it working correctly inside Camera Raw.

The fix was enabling the option in Camera Raw Preferences to always open JPEGs with Camera Raw. This forces JPEGs to open in the full Camera Raw interface instead of the Camera Raw Filter, which is disabled for HDR by default. Once enabled, the HDR toggle becomes available and works as expected in Camera Raw.

However, here is the real issue I’m facing now:

Even though the image is edited in HDR inside Camera Raw, Photoshop opens the image as if it were an SDR image. The HDR luminance and brightness are lost, and the image appears dim and flat once it opens in Photoshop.

So to be very clear:
• HDR preview and adjustments are correct in Camera Raw
• Photoshop is interpreting the opened image as SDR

I’m attaching a short video showing the HDR edit in Camera Raw and the result immediately after opening the file in Photoshop.

If anyone knows how to force Photoshop to preserve the HDR state when opening the image (or if this is a known Photoshop Beta limitation), I’d appreciate the insight.

Thanks!

Thanks 4 the help in advance folks !

[warm magnet]

Can someone help me with my adobe account? Weird request but i basically made a "team" and now I cant do anyhting without requesting access. I want to get rid of it but am not sure how.

[ivory rampart]

you have to contact adobe support

[warm magnet]

should I call or send an email?

[ivory rampart]

or use chat

[warm magnet]

Where do I find the chat

[ivory rampart]

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

and there's that popup in bottom right

[warm magnet]

Ok ill go through that thank you

[timid comet]

Hey ive got a question, is there a way to blur a texture but avoid the shifting? i need just the blur, not the texture moving

[viral palm]

You can make a selection before applying the blur filter.

[timid comet]

You're a life saver, tyy

[quasi pilot]

How to?

[finite jacinth]

why is this button not available for me on lightroom

[hushed niche]

Hi! Which Lightroom? There’s classic, and the cloud version. On which platform? What is the button supposed to do? Are you logged in to creative cloud?

[hushed niche]

How to get faster answers? Describe exactly the part of the design that you are trying to replicate… Here, all I see is a drawn image. Get the brush tool, or fill some areas with the lasso. The 8ball as maybe a shape stroked with a rough brush.

[slate adder]

How to?

[quasi pilot]

How to?

[finite jacinth]

This version and it's the latest one

and I am logged into creative cloud

[hushed niche]

I’m confused as of how you have an HDR jpeg? What camera produced it? Or is it a 16 bits jpeg?

[hushed niche]

Hi, are you a user , or an AI bot trying to learn?

[hushed niche]

Layer styles> gradient fill.

[hushed niche]

Illustrator> shape builder, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_DRxMLUTrs

[hushed niche]

Ok, the pop up covers the text of the button uiu can’t activate. Can you give its name?

[hushed niche]

And can you open regular HDR files in Photoshop? (Bypassing ACR) tried posting in the beta forum? https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta/ct-p/ct-photoshop-beta

[vapid flume]

How to waste people's time?
How to what?

[ivory rampart]

I think they want to create this shape but can’t be bothered with asking

[vapid flume]

I've seen the same messages on other discord servers and IMHO they're just trolls

[viral palm]

I got tricked into responding to two of your requests yesterday... Not a word of explanation, not a ty,... nothing!
I gather that if you're not a robot, your only amusement is trolling people who are here to help...?

[viral palm]

Are you a bot?

[wraith torrent]

How can I remove this checkered background while keeping the transparency of the bag?

[viral palm]

Is it the Photoshop checkered default background or this checkered background is within the bag layer?

[ivory rampart]

It looks like one of those “transparent” images on google search

There’s like two lines where someone tried to remove checkered background

[viral palm]

@wraith torrent : If so I assume you've downloaded a png preview from internet and so you can't remove semi-transparent checkered pattern inside the bag... If you want it, I think you will definitely have to buy the png file.

[lucid crane]

Try Gemini within PS 🙂

[viral palm]

Why not Euan... but we will loose transparency 😉

Also, I'm not a fan of using AI to circumvent the purchase of PNGs that some people have spent time creating.

[wide kiln]

Not sure how to explain it but how would I go about making the red text transparent in the star? Like I want to erase so theres no background behind that text?

[ivory rampart]

Color selection and simply remove it

Selection -> color

[viral palm]

You mean keep only the Black and the rest transparent?

[viral palm]

I would try to use Red channel to isolate White and Red areas then create a selection => use this selection to create a layer mask on a Black solid color layer (if you want black on transparent only).

you'll get something like this... (don't know if it's what you're looking for)

[trim mesa]

hey yall is there an easy way to get all my gradients, brushes, styles and plugins etc from the old version of photoshop onto the new one? i tried edit>presets>migrate presets and it selects the 2024 version of PS but nothing seems to happen after i confirm the migration. thanks 😄

[viral palm]

PC or Mac?
Do you still have the old version installed on your PC?
What is the old Version revision Vs the New One ( V27.1.0)?

[trim mesa]

im on pc! i still have a 2024 version installed with all my assets that i want to transfer to the new 2025 version, this is what im seeing for installed versions which is strange because i definitely have 2 different versions installed rn

would i just have to export everything i have in my old version to different folders to then import to the new version? or is there some folder in the old version that i might be able to just drag over to the new one?

[viral palm]

Ok! I don't know if it works for plug-ins but for others, go to :
C:\Users*YOUR USER NAME*\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Adobe Photoshop 2024 Settings
You should see a bunch of psp files. Copy the Gradient.psp, Brushes.psp, Styles.psp... etc somewhere else.
Install the newest version, open it once and close it.
Then go to C:\Users*YOUR USER NAME*\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2026\Adobe Photoshop 2026 Settings
Paste and replace the copied .psp files.
Open your new version you should have the same gradients,brushes and layer styles than in the previous version...
As I said earlier, for third party plug-ins you might have to re-install them.

[trim mesa]

you are legendary franck tysm!!! i will try that and report back here asap 🫡

[viral palm]

Ok... I"ll be AFK for a few hours but feel free to post anyway.
Just to be safe make a backup of the .psp files of your new install before to replace them.

[trim mesa]

it all worked perfect! thanks again so much 😃👍

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1021)

[viral palm]

Happy to hear that!

[gritty moss]

Can someone please help me out? I use the latest version of photoshop on Mac (desktop version). When removing reflections in Camera Raw on JPG and/or RAW images it gives this kind of result...what do I do wrong? Thanks in advance for your help!

[wet marten]

Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been having an issue

There has been a photo that I have been trying to fix in Photoshop. I’ve been trying to fix a photo where my eyes aren’t looking directly at the camera. I tried using Neural Filters multiple times as well as a few other editing apps outside of Photoshop, but there was no luck in fixing it. I was wondering if any of you might know a different way in Photoshop that could help adjust the direction of the irises.

If you are interested in seeing the photo and editing the photo, dm me seperately

[void bough]

how do I make the color consistent throughout the depth

[wheat smelt]

How do I remove the black part that's in the center of the C?

[elfin shore]

@Helpers Need help with a technical workflow. I'm trying to create a video mockup PSD. I tracked a frame in Mocha AE and exported it as a transparent TIFF sequence into a PS Smart Object, but the track "drifts" after 1 second. How do I get a rock-solid track from AE into a Photoshop Smart Object? (Note: Footage is AI-generated.

[viral palm]

If your logo quality is good enough magic wand tool+Layer Mask+Minimum filter on the layer Mask (if necessary) should work...

Note: I put a solid red layer under the icon to check the inside contour at the Layer Mask step... It's optional.

[viral palm]

Sorry, no idea since I'm not really familiar with AE things... but you could also try to ask on the Adobe Video Discord channel (Première/Ae): https://discord.gg/adobepremiere

[elfin shore]

@viral palm Thanks! I've taken your advice and asked in the Adobe Video Discord. This has been a month-long struggle for me, so I really hope someone there can point me in the right direction. I appreciate your help!

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1022)

[carmine locust]

how do i speed up a part of a video

[vapid flume]

In Photoshop? (I'm asking as few people use Photoshop for video and use dedicated software instead)

[carmine locust]

Yeah my professor is making us do a video for our raster imaging fundamentals class final

[carmine locust]

I have literally never used photoshop for video i didnt even know you could

[vapid flume]

It's something that it's not intended to do bizarely, to control the speed of a clip, it needs to be a video in the first place: What type of layer do you have?
If your layer is already a clip, then all you have to do is right click in that layer in the timeline (You'll have a speed control there)

If your layer is a standard layer, you will not have that control

If you're doing animation/editing from still images, you will not be able to control speed from the timeline. Maybe there's another solution... Let me check

Looks like it's not possible from a quick search, so you need to import your layer as a video file (and not embed it as it will become a smart layer if you do)

If you want to show me your PS window so I can see what you are working with, I can see what kind of steps you can take to ensure it works. The best bet would be to work on your video, export it as a .mp4, and then edit for speed and other editing from the video file exported (open the video file in Photoshop)

[carmine locust]

Yeah i would really appreciate that are you available to join a call?

[hushed niche]

Hi! Are you in an old version of Photoshop that had 3D features?

[vapid flume]

Sorry, I don't do VC or DMs

But you can share a screenshot here and I'll give you the steps

Voice calls are disabled here anyway as far as I know

[carmine locust]

Ok so i see that your one is blue? Mine is purple on my timeline is that important to get this feature?

[vapid flume]

A blue layer in the timeline means it's a video layer. A purple one means it's either a smart object or a normal layer

[carmine locust]

Ok

[vapid flume]

In this case you can't control the speed on a purple layer as explained above

[carmine locust]

Is there a way to turn this into a video layer?

[hushed niche]

Please explain what and how you animate.

[vapid flume]

What else do you need to do in your video except changing the speed?

You know a screenshot would speed up the process as well 🙂

[carmine locust]

Im making a cooking video and would like to speed up some of the parts of the video such as when im cutting vegetables.

[vapid flume]

Open your video in Photoshop File>open choose your video. Do it with open, not place.
Then you'll have a video layer: It will be blue

That's how you will recognise it in the layer panel

Video group and the little film icon next to it

so if you got many layers there, finish your editing > export as a .mp4 > open the .mp4, and do your speed change by splitting your layer and speed up the bits you want to

You split the layer here

[carmine locust]

Ok

Cool i think i understand now

[carmine locust]

Thank you

[vapid flume]

No worries!

[carmine locust]

How would i check the time of one segment of a video?

[vapid flume]

You got the number of frames written on top. I usually just compute the time with the number of frame (depending on your frame rate but 30fps means 60 frames will make two seconds).

you also got an indication of where the playhead is at the bottom of the timeline

[carmine locust]

Ok thank you

[vapid flume]

Keep in mind that Photoshop have very little video features. I am not a video editor (I hate it! 🤪)
But these days I will use mostly Adobe express where you'll get all those extra stuff without it being too hard to learn like Premiere Pro

However I understand that your task must involve PS so you will have to find compromises

[nova gust]

Guys can somone help me with my logo I can’t fix somthing

[vapid flume]

Post the logo publicly here and we'll see how we can help!

[nova gust]

I’m wanting it in a5 size and I’m wanting a black border same as the inside one like just as a outer bit so one big borgder and a smaller one with the name inside

[void bough]

Yes

[viral palm]

Create a new document with A5 presets.(in print presets section).
Then place embeded your logo, resize it if it's necessary, and finally, with the rectangle shape tool add the thin border...

[nova gust]

I’m saying it’s for business scared format

So like horizontal

I don’t have photoshop

[raw bison]

what do you want to do, i can help you

[halcyon widget]

Hello, I would like my frame 666 to have the same skin color as my frame 403. Is that possible?

[hushed niche]

You might have to turn off the lights, or at least the shadow casting on the sides?

Bonjour, did you try match color, or the equivalent neural filter to do the same? https://youtu.be/GNmCWEYmu_M?si=3Ybu8_fqRB7WwZzr

[hushed niche]

Hi! Then Wwhy are you asking in a Photoshop discord meant to learn Photoshop? If you want to hire someone go to https://www.behance.net/hire as there are lot of DM scammers here…

[viral palm]

You can add a Hue And saturation Adjustment layer to your Frame 666 to match skin color with Frame's 403 one...
Pro=> You can match colors, Cons => since your frames are flat images all the Fx around will b e affected on frmae 666, so you'll have to mask areas you don't want the fx...

[halcyon widget]

Besides, it could take a long time if I do as you say because I would have to do the same on more than 200 frames... 😭

[open harbor]

How can I change the font and stuff on autogenerated captions since they removed essential graphics panel

[viral palm]

I understand but if you want to change skin tone without affecting the rest of your frames you won't have the choice...😔

[viral palm]

What do you mean? In top menu: Window/Workspace => Essential is still there...
Are you asking about Photoshop or an other software? There's no autogenerated caption feature in Photoshop (as far as I know)...

[open harbor]

im in the wrong serve rmb

[viral palm]

You can ask on the Adobe video Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/adobepremiere

[next surge]

@viral palm hi dear

i have a question not about photoshop but about the Community Expert Program where should i ask ?

[viral palm]

More info here: https://helpx.adobe.com/community/community-experts.html

[next surge]

i'm already enrolled into the program

[viral palm]

and?

[wheat smelt]

Thanks for the help

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1023)

[pulsar fable]

Does anyone know how I can replicate this? I have no idea where to start lol especially with how some colours look unmatched on the grid

[raw bison]

just draw vertical and horizontal lines with a black stroke

[pulsar fable]

Thank you what about how some of the colours on the grid look mismatched? I just fill it in with solid colour?

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @raw bison (current: #495 - 3)

[raw bison]

yeah that a good idea, i can do it for you if you don't accses to photoshop

[pulsar fable]

Thanks for the offer I’m gonna attempt it in a bit and imma be back if something goes wrong 😭

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @raw bison (current: #389 - 4)

[raw bison]

ok

[next surge]

Sorry found out what i was looking for, keep shining and helping the community !

[nova gust]

No not like that like this but are you able to make the bvideo there border a little more longer vertically length so it looks more fuller and doesn’t look in proportional

[viral palm]

Happy to hear that!

[elder quail]

Hey guys, im mostly into game interface development and ive always used Photoshop for it. However i feel like im lacking knowledge in terms of technique, i was wondering if someone has a list of tutorials or guides that could help me

I usually play a lot with gradients btw^^

[wheat smelt]

Does anyone know how to add a white outline around the triangle and rectangle on the youtube outline?

[vagrant stream]

A friend of mine is working on remaking this,

This is what he's done so far, he's not that good with photoshop

[tepid torrent]

How do i make this go back to normal

[vagrant stream]

Does any of you know what would be the best way to complete the wall and wooden thing on the wall since it is in the background

and refer to the best texture.

Me and my friend aims to finish this today

Like it is 70% finished

Help would be very appreciated.

[viral palm]

Use tab key

[tepid torrent]

I want it to go back to original

[viral palm]

Try: Window/Workspace/Reset Essentials...

[tepid torrent]

Worked thx

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1024)

[ripe quest]

I don't understand the question. Sorry.

There is a lot to be done in this image. You'll have to find textures to overlay onto those areas. Unfortunately, I don't have time to explain it all right now.

[vagrant stream]

What would be the best way to to make the brown wood, wall stains and scratches and even the green wall more like the original so it is done.

[vagrant stream]

Does the clairfication make it better?

[ripe quest]

You'll need to use image overlays and there are a lot of Layer Styles needed, Drop Shadows and Outer Glows for the neon. There are dozens of things that still need to be done.

[vagrant stream]

Can you make time to explain it all later ?

I will in the meantime look around with others.

[vagrant stream]

Can someone recommend me image overlays and while I won't be DMing people, my DMs are open to anyone that choose to message me.

[hushed niche]

Hi, it looks like a copy of the background with pixelation and a dithering effect (usually through an export to bitmap or gif) that’s overlaid on the regular image at low opacity. The grid perfectly matches. Difficult to tell if math or an effects combo. Or illustrator?

[hushed niche]

Move the option bar down: grab it by the leftmost area.

[hushed niche]

Your search engine is your best friend. Look for texture overlays.
Known sites are texture labs (must watch tutorials by them, btw) and true grit textures.

Clouds, noises ( https://medium.com/@stefanhrlemann/how-to-create-noisy-risograph-style-gradients-and-textures-in-photoshop-in-3-ways-394d6012a93a ) and filter combos can help. Large brushes too.

[vagrant stream]

I googled around, many times before messaging here.

[vagrant stream]

Will read this

[vagrant stream]

I can show the layers when I get home

[vagrant stream]

Someone send me a DM so I can tackle this before the deadline

[hushed niche]

I have a hard time believing that you found nothing relevant.
Do not forget that your subscription comes with Adobe stock, and that there are free ones: https://stock.adobe.com/be_fr/search?k=free+textures

[ivory rampart]

I would probably use blender and render that board as this would sort texture and shadows and just add neons in PS

[olive ravine]

Hi! Does anyone know how I could replicate this logo specifically the firey outline? I should also probably add that I'm limited to photopea since I don't actually have the real photoshop, thanks in advance!

[ivory rampart]

Layer styles choose glow

Oh wait that’s not not neon effect

On phone it looked like neon

[olive ravine]

Neon is good enough though I don't see a glow option in photopea

[ivory rampart]

Hmm maybe rendering fire https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/hub/guides/set-photos-ablaze-fire-effect-photoshop-how-to.html

But not sure if photopea has this function

[olive ravine]

thanks I'll try it < 3

Yea I don't think Photopea has that but still thanks

[echo basalt]

hi all, i am new to PS, i am trying to take out facial blur on a photo but i cant seem to get it right. the rest of the photo looks ok but its just 1 face that bugging me. any advice / tips

[ivory rampart]

You could try to use high pass filter to reduce blur

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/hub/guides/sharpen-image-high-pass-filter.html

@echo basalt

[echo basalt]

thank you. i will try this now

[viral palm]

You can make a copy of the original design apply Filter/Pixelate/Mozaic... and set blending mode to Luminosity.
Add a Grid Pattern layer over with a scale dimension that fits Mozaic cells size.
Add an other "PixelGrid" Pattern Layer and load a selection from it (with channels) to mask the Mozaic Copy...

@pulsar fable : I made 2 video to illustrate my words

And I share with you the 2 patterns used for this demo.

[nova gust]

That’s it but can you make it a bit thicker so it matches the smaller box

Like make it same size

[elder quail]

You can add a stroke on it

[viral palm]

You won't be able to get clean stroke with this image and selection tools... Since it's a pretty simple logo, I would suggest you to use shape tools and play with corner roundness and stroke thickness.

[viral palm]

Hope it will be good enough for you... I think I'm done with this.

[nova gust]

Yes bro this is perfect thank you very much

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1025)

[rose eagle]

hi there, is there any way to select all the brush item (red dots) on the layout like this below? I would like to make all of them into transparents

there are all made by brush

[ivory rampart]

So you want to turn red dots into transparent?

If yes just select by color and remove them

Or go to red channel select all

[pulsar fable]

Thanks for this! I’ll try it when I get home and tell you how it goes

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1026)

[rose eagle]

yea

but im considering its made by brush so that can i use inverse way to make the reds into transparent

[viral palm]

Since your image is only Red on Black I would use Blending option => Blend if (RED) like shown in this short video.

[wise stratus]

When using the restoration neural filter, it downscales the image substantially. Is there any way to avoid this?

[ivory rampart]

I use restoration filter in few smaller steps and high pass filter to counter loss of detail

[calm horizon]

ebverytime i adjust the angle for inner shadow, itll also change the same value for drop shadow, how to stop it and make it only change indibvidually?

[viral palm]

uncheck the "Use Global Light" option.

[calm horizon]

tysm

[calm horizon]

works :D

[umbral python]

how do I MLA citation photoshop: version 26.11

[viral palm]

Do you mean referencing Photoshop as a program in your Works Cited list?

[vagrant stream]

Will look around

[viral palm]

@umbral python : Adobe Photoshop, CC 2025, V26.11
this MLA citation seems pretty decent for me if you are referencing the program itself...

[umbral python]

thank you

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1028)

[wheat latch]

👋

[elder quail]

Would it be possible to have corner styles? Having a stroke but with the corners differently. (Ignore the quality of the drawing lol)

[hushed niche]

Hi, not in an automated way, you’d have to mask them.

[elder quail]

How so?

[hushed niche]

For instance you make a red stroke, then you might duplicate it, render layers, and select the corners, invert, then apply an adjustment layer such as color fill to render those part black. Masking and selecting are core functions of Photoshop.
Look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni4dJs3kthA

Another solution: create a black frame, then 4 red squares, and use a clipping mask so that they apply only to the bottom layer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTuihRIdH0o

[neon crane]

Where can I find these things to intersect/exclude objects, etc. In coreldraw it's appear when you have 2 shapes selected
-# sorry for the bad quality, it's best I can find

[neon crane]

Oh, I need selection

[rose eagle]

ok thanks for your tutorial i get it right now, let me try

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @viral palm (current: #7 - 1029)

[neon crane]

Can I move 2 or more selection areas separately? It just move the whole thing

[sly hawk]

Whole thing. - But technically I suppose you could try 'saving' selections, and then work on moving one... then go back, reload selection, and then focus on moving the other.

[viral palm]

Since CorelDraw is a vector graphics editor, I think you meant “vector shape” rather than “selection.” Am I right?
If you're working with vector shape this video should be interresting...It explains how to merge/substract different shapes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JigjZqw0nXI

but if you want to use selections (which is much less convenient in my opinion), @sly hawk was absolutely right.

[vagrant stream]

I have a student account. So I am blocked from using Stock

[vagrant stream]

Someone send me a DM I got to hand it in 10 hours

[viral palm]

There are lot of free texture in the Adobe stock FREE section... You should be able to get some even if you have a student account (no credit needed to download in the free section - you just have to be logged in with your Adobe ID) https://stock.adobe.com/free
Search for "Wood Texture" (for the wooden wall) and I would try "Rusty metal texture" for the green areas of your design

[viral palm]

You should able to add wood and metal texture to your elements and get something more realistic...

[vagrant stream]

That looks nice will give a go

[hushed niche]

The link I gave you was for free textures…

[hushed niche]

Why DM? https://texturelabs.org

https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/gritty-texture

https://ambientcg.com/

https://www.textures.com/free

[hushed niche]

Ad do not forget that your phone is a camera Adobe makes capture to help you: https://www.adobe.com/products/capture.html

[hushed niche]

This is a job for blend if: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GKDBXrpV8s

[broken geyser]

how do we disable ads and invasive notifications please?

Every time I turn Photoshop on or off, something unwanted appears...

[viral palm]

What do you mean? There s no ads in Photoshop....

[broken geyser]

like this one

each time I have to close manually, and I am not offered to no longer display this message.

[vagrant stream]

getting there

[wide kiln]

How would I go about doing this effect on text? Like the colors reverse once the background is another color?

[fierce hornet]

you can try this

another effect you can try is Exclusion

[vagrant stream]

I hate to ask too many times but I can knock it off and close to finishing it. my DMs are open. since I am talking about my school, it has to be private. Really need help on finishing this.

[tepid torrent]

How can i make the bottom text on my works to look like that

[tepid torrent]

nvm i found out how

[steady gorge]

im using pathfinder tool btwhttps://youtu.be/wA6skQJdSfA

[fierce hornet]

instead you can copy and move the shape to exact direction holding shift+alt and mouse move.

[hushed niche]

Salut! In Ps 27: Photoshop (Mac)/edit(win)> preferences>notifications> enable quiet mode

[hushed niche]

Hi, the difference blending mode is made for that.

[hushed niche]

Did you find suitable textures? Did you try different blend modes and blend if options? As shown by Frank earlier? The results you have so far are very moderate, did you try to boost up their opacity or use stronger blend modes.

[hushed niche]

Hi! No not hesitate to share what you did, it can help others and that’s how one learns faster in forums. I guess you use the warp functions? Or transform ?

[steady gorge]

thank you very much i will try this method
by the way do you know why my method was not working
it was perfectly working yesterday idk

[fluid crane]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @fierce hornet (current: #32 - 71)

[fierce hornet]

because you did not change path operation to new layer after first draw.

here's how it works. but I prefer my method. So you can make changes any moment you like. if you use combine then it will be hard if you want to make any changes later.