It really isn't a problem. Just use nested Smart Objects. ... View more

I hope everyone clicks to view this full size James.  I couldn't see that nice bevel & emboss till I did that.  It's quite  a nice effect, especially with the texture in the background.  If you have not already got a name for it,  my  vote is to call it 'deckchair blur'. ... View more

Nice job Turtle.  You've made an excellent job of the transparency, and the slice perspective is spot on. Good gracious!  I just clicked on the gif and it completely filled my screen. I was not expecting that from a frame animation. 1800px square and 42 frames.  How on earth did you get that under 10mb? ... View more

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@rayek.elfin  It's getting so we can spot the AI when set to Art at a glance, but that is well spotted re. the piano keys.  I suppose the keys are a tiny bit like fingers that Ai also gets wrong. ... View more

When you say 'loading', do you mean you can see them on the Splash screen when Photoshop opens, or that they take a long time to 'open' when Photoshop is already open?    I see their support page has a chat window. Have you asked there?     This is what Google's Ai summerizer says about it.   I'd be looking at the MacBook's memory usage.   If it is maxing out alocated RAM, then try increasing thing that in Photoshop's Preferences > Performance. Chech scratch disk 'Photoshop ??? temp' file sizes before and after opening the plugin.  If it increases significantly, then how much free space do you have on the scratch drive?  How fast is that drive? ... View more

Did you try what I said about presets that have a size against them in the panel, as opposed to presets that dont? Your screen shot looked to be showing the General group presets, and they don't sizes.  Try test with presets that do have sizes against them.   If you want to use those general presets in the way you describe, try re-saving them as new presets with Capture Size checked.      Make a new group with all of your custom presets, and export it out to a .abr file to keep it for other versions.     BTW, I just tested my workaround, and it works ... View more

I thought about this some more.  AFAICT if the preset has a size in the Brush panel then it will work the way you want it to. If no size is shown, as in the presets I highlighted below, then if you resize them, select another brush, and select the first brush from Recent brushes, its gone back to it's original size.  Give that a try.  It's late here and I am out of time, but that's the way it seems to work. ... View more

Steven, I didn't know how to do it from memory, although I assumed it would be via Path Operations.  So it came down to trying it out a step at a time.  I don't think I have ever had a need to do it before. ... View more

Hi Alexia.  I have just tried this with current release and beta versions, and it is working as it should.  I can only think that something has broken in your situation, and much as I hate to go straight in with a reset Preferences suggestion, I can't think what else could cause the behaviour you are seeing.   You could maybe try resetting the tool rather than Preferences as a first try.   I take it you can see the size in the Recent presets strip as well as the Option bar? ... View more

Beautiful work @D. Humann   So clean, and so obviously new artwork.  I love it all. The floating ocean and the overflowing water.  The bridge on the inside cover is especially well done.  I love the stonework and shading.  People need to click to expand to see that detail.   Did you create the flowing YES text manually?  That's the sort of detail work that I love to do.  I'd maybe like to see a touch of texture in the grass, but that's only because your artwork is so much cleaner than what we can see of Roger's on the cover, and it's making me greedy for detail.  This is an equal favourite of mine with @RosaPerry 's reimagined 'The Wall' cover.  I'd be pleased to see more of your work in future SFTW threads. ... View more

@kirkr5689 In stead of using the Contextual Tool Bar, go Edit > Generate Image   Or Edit > Generative Fill   The former is like using Firefly directly inside Photoshop. It allows a Style and Composition images, as far as I can see, it does not give you options with Ai model it uses, so maybe best to use Firefly.  Generative Fill does give you the option of Firefly 3, Nano Banana, and Flux kontext. ... View more

Mmmm... my favourite @Christelle RD   We have a small chain of ice cream parlors open up in NZ, and I'd promised myself a big slice of the lemon meringue pie they had on display. I finally got round to it on my birthday a few weeks ago, and the so called meringue turned out to be squirty cream, and the base was a soft mess that bore no relation to the crunchy cheescake base they had claimed it to be.  It was a major disappointment.  What's more, it had every E-number and preservitive known to man, so I became a eleven ADHD after eating it. ... View more

A couple of points with using Vio3.  In the three times I've used it, I made the first frame reference to fit the 720P (1280px x 720px).  I have not tried using a reference with a different aspect ratio, so it might work that way. If your end goal is a looping GIF, that white background makes a lot of difference to file size.  The max size for image uploads on this forum is 10mb, and I was initially seeing about 40mb and having to downsize and reduce colours in the Save-for-Web panel.  This one was under 10mb first try. The workflow is simple. Open the video in Photoshop with the Motion workspace. Crop to size, and go File > Export > Save for Web (Alt Shift Ctrl S) same as you would with a frame animation.  The results are always way better if you start with a video, and it is way easier making the animation in a video timeline.  When I think of all the times I have manually added a second moving object in a frame animation (you have to select each from, and turn on the relevant layer) it makes me want to cry! I've tried knocking out the background so I can place the video over an exising video timeline by using Blend If.  To completely eliminate the white fringe it was also knocking out parts of the shirt and head. There's not much movement of the body, so I copined the video group and used a mask instead of Blend If.  That worked, but only because the subject was not moving.  If you don't mind using Prem Pro or AE you could make the first frame image green or blue.  I just looked and found YouTube videos on keying out the BG with Photoshop.  I've never tried them because it is easier with Prem Pro.  I wonder if it is possible to create the video with transparency? Maybe using a PNG for the first frame reference? When first heard about Firefly video there was mention of credits used for 1080p, 720p and 540p (960px x 540px).  I'm only seeing 720p as an option right now, but if and when 540p becomes available, I was wondering about using it in a matte painting.  So, in the image below, Rey and the robot would have been shot against a green screen, and the entire background is a painting.   In this case the live video is the central area, and nearly all of the Storm Troopers are painted on a matte.   I'm thinking this would give you maximum impact for minimal credits use.  A useful thing if you do not have a full subscription, limited credits.  It would also be an interesting and fun project, and one that I will defitely be having a go at.   https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/firefly/work-with-audio-and-video/work-with-video/use-video-as-composition-reference.html     ... View more

There isn't any gin in a margarita, Trevor. It's tequila! https://www.donjulio.com/tequila-drinks/blanco-margarita Jane By @jane-e   That came from a hasty assumption Jane. Chris likes a margarita, and I often see her with a salted rim. Apparently the gin cocktails she drinks have feijoa juice.   ... View more

Hi Otima.  You have every right to be a little rusty at 96 years old.  You have twenty years on me, and I have to think about what day it is sometimes!  I am not sure how capable the iPad version of Photoshop is regards swapping heads, but Firefly would do it.  If you get stuck, there will be any number of people here willing to help, or do the job for you, and you can tell everyone that it is all your own work.   The best of luck for a lovely day for the wedding.  ... View more

Just checking, because I am sure you are not talking about the reference image, which is greyed out when you have Flux Kontext and Gemini 2.5 selected, but is available if you selct the Firefly models.  You already knew that, I'm thinking. ... View more

Jacob, I have stolen your idea. This is Vio3 via Firefly and 800 credits. Not great juggling animation, and I had to trim the start and end poinst to get anywhere close to a looping animation.     ... View more

Nice one Kevin.  I wonder how many of us developed a thirst for something alcoholic after seeing your image.  My wife loves a margarita, but I hate anything with gin in it.   I do love a Piña colada, always with a Del Boy umbrella and slice of pineapple. 😉  Blimey!  That looks disgusting!   ... View more

Gen Fill for the shop front and (I think) Nano Banana (NB) to change the name above to Sunderland.  That is a cool feature.  Make a very loose selection and a simple prompt like 'Change the text to Sunderland'. It makes the change an retains the style perfectly. Note that I did not use all caps in the prompt, but NB used caps anyway, because the original text was all caps.        The most interesting thing about extending the traffic light was the perspective.  I did that using Lazy Nezumi Pro's Vanishing Lines preset to create guide lines, but you can see I did not get it perfect. 😞   If you use LNP mainly for line smoothing, you should absolutely check out its other presets.     ... View more

You'll need to give way more information than that to get a meaningful answer. What image did you start with? What did you select? What prompt did you use? Did you try other models?   ... View more

No, thst's the first try using the prompt I mentioned. ... View more

Thanks for popping by @Michael J. Hoffman  As you say, we have a work around now.  It's something that has annoyed me for a very long time, so I just wish I'd asked the question years ago. ... View more

@DeanUtian I have just remembered those amazing SciFi like covers from Roger Dean, who your mum and day named you after, realising that you were destined to work as a graphic artist.   Roger Dean did those Yes covers with the floating islands.  Absolutely a good place to look for ideas.   https://uk.pinterest.com/foziaabdulla/art-roger-dean/   ... View more

By @amy durocher     Good gracious Amy.  I looked at your avatar and so thought I was looking at Julianne Kost.  You could be sisters. ... View more

What do you see if you use the drop down? I like to work with Text set to milimeters in Preferences > Units, but if I do set it to Points, I have the range shown below. If you use the dropdown and do not see that, then restart Photoshop for a start, and if still in trouble, reset Preferences.  Another thing you should be able to do is hover over the icon and click and drag. Try that and see if you see the icon in my screen shot.   ... View more

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Do you own the computer that gave you this error? Or is it a school or work computer? Is on a network.   Google Ai summary. ... View more

It doesn't allow me to use Nano Banana without you putting a prompt on it, this prevents it from generating based on the content. In the previous update it did allow it By @felipe saravia   Are you selecting the entire canvas (Ctrl A)?  I am not 100%, but I think that step is required when using Nano Banana inside Photoshop. ... View more