That thistle really does have a bipedal look to it.   Or it at least has arms and hands, if not legs.  It's the ultimate snipper's ghillie suit.  Or could be if thistles grew to be human size.     ... View more

The current beta version is 26.8 m.3067  (find it via Help > System Info) Wires and Cables is still there for me. Windows 11 If you are still not seeing it, show us a screen shot in case we can see something in your workspace.  It needs to be full res, and of your entire workspace.   ... View more

It seems that the Object Selection Tool's Ai will take a stab at recognising cartoon characters as People.  It's not great, but was getting me most of the way there.  Sometimes the list of options is reduced, so it only offers options that it thinks it recognises.  I'm sure it will get better, and will do so all the more quickly if we use it.  Exciting times to be a digital image artist/manipulator.   ... View more

I was going to use the same approach.   @MahaB82A  Add a layer mask and Alt click the mask.  This will open just the mask full screen. You can see below that I have brushed a wavy line in the mask, and that's all that shows in the document window.     In this state you can load a texture into the clipboard and paste to the document window (mask) using Ctrl V  Alt click the mask again to return the now masked image.   ... View more

Hi Wendy.  If you have limited options with Save As, check Preferences > File Handling and make sure Enable Legacy "Save As" is checked. ... View more

A good call Jane.  I wonder if just resetting the Workspace would fix it?  (so long as it is the default Essentials) ... View more

I remember Linus having a major rant about Pantone a while back, and from what he says, I'd say this is out of Adobe's control.   I've used Pantone Connect a while back, but I just tried it and I appear to be getting limited access.  I expect our @D Fosse would say it is meaningless picking colours from a browser, and he is probably right.  The printer was happy though, and the job was fine. ... View more

or decided to lay claim to the whole land by saltire and kilt and thistle like he did on Lindisfarne (after his tea). @Trevor.Dennis By @Jacob Bugge   By far the loudest gig I ever attended was Lindisfarne and Gentle Giant at the Palace Theater in Westcliff-on-Sea.  My ears were ringing for two hours after it finished, and I was a bit deaf for a couple of days.  Dave knows the band members as they went to the same school as him, and two of them lived in his road.  They used to play Hopscotch in the ginnel behind their houses, and eat Hovis butties with real booter.    The band were probably best known for Lady Eleanor.  ... View more

Yes, Bojan.  I didn't think of that aspect.  I can imagine that being annoying for someone not used to them because of the limitations of non-raster layers. There was a recent thread talking about the Healing brush, for instance, but if you set it to sample all layers and work on a new layer above the SO, you get past that issue and maintain the non-destructive advantages of them. ... View more

If you are short on screen space, like using a laptop, then if you size and position the Actions pane to something useable, you can toggle it on and off using F9.  It's similar with several other panels (see table below) If you are OK for screen space, and using Actions, you'll have seen that you can use those Function keys to trigger your actions.   ... View more

That is normal on Windows systems. I believe it can be done on a Mac. Dave By @davescm   Yes, no problem on a Mac, and very useful at times. ... View more

Brian, there have been a couple of similar threads to yours.  I only use the normal Lasso tool, and have always done so with the Alt key to select point by point, and release the Alt key to close the selection.   If, instead I use the lasso tool freehand, then I am able to press Space to pan. If I am using Alt to link points, then that doesn't work, but if I release the Alt while keeping the mouse button held down, I am now able to pane with the Space Bar.   I am also able to zoom in and out with Ctrl + and Ctrl - but I have dislocated two fingers acheiving that.  That is working for me when using Alt, or just holding the mouse down.  It was easier on my fingers to zoom with the scroll wheel using my middle finger while my Index finger was holding down the mouse button.   The earliest version I have is 22.2, and it worked the same with that.  This is with Windows 11.  If you think this is a Mac issue I can test that.   ... View more

Just remembered there are some Reddit Photoshop groups, but you have to post to a zillion threads and juggle chainsaws before they let you upload an actual image, so way too up themselves IMO.  There are lots of challenge groups on flickr, and they are unrestricted, although you might need a Mod/Admin to OK your joining some of the groups.   https://www.flickr.com/groups/ourdailychallenge/ ... View more

You are very welcome to join our Something For The Weekend threads.  A starter image gets uploaded every second Friday (GMT) and we are free to make what we like so long as it references the starter image.  This can be super easy using the Firefly engine, or you can spend hours creating something amazing.  I often get ideas from what other people upload.   It's been going for a few years now, and we have all learned from it.  (You have an idea but you are not sure how to do it. So you work it out, or get help from the forum, and you add a new tool/trick to your Photoshop box of trick.  People will tell you how they create any effects that you see and want to learn.   https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-238-blast-off/m-p/15264346   There is a database of previous threads if you are interested.   A lot of the starter images are renders created by our @davescm with Blender and Substance 3D, and are beyond amazing.  Others might just be Photographs any of us have taken.    Otherwise, you could browse Behance and similar online galleries. https://www.behance.net/   Tell us what you are interested in, and we/I will fire some ideas at you.     ... View more

There is a Known Issues page, but it looks to be well out of date going no further than Ventura. https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/photoshop/kb/known-issues.html#macos-compatibility   Google's Ai Summarizer thinks it will be OK, but my gut is that you won't have the best experience running current versions, as they have become particularly demanding on hardware resources.   You might have problems with Neural and Parametric filters, for instance, but this not coming from personal experience, but rather from following this forum for the last 16 years.    Something to think about is the incredible improvement in Photoshop's selections capability.  It's properly game changing, and has the potential to save you hours and hours if you are interested in image manipulation.  It's not just selections either.  Lots of Photoshop functions are significantly better, so it is definitely worth having hardware that will run the latest versions comfortably.      ... View more

If the PNGs are individual files, then you can load them to a single image document using this script:   In the Motion workspace, create frame animation with the first layer, and then use Make Frames from Layers via the pop out menu. You might have to delete a frame or two if you had a Background layer, or select all frames and turn on a background layer if you are not wanting transparency.  You'll know to use Export > Save for Web (Legacy) to save the GIF.  IME they run a lot more smoothly if they start out as video files.  Least ways I don't know the secret of making perfectly smooth frame animations from raster layers, even with lots of anti aliasing.   I like to save out with transparency as you can add different backgrounds later just using the GIF file, without having to hunt down the layered .PSD.   I don't know if this helps, but it might save some steps from your current workflow. ... View more

@Chris3000  have you read about how they work and the advantages they have?  After selections and masks, they might be Photoshop's most important feature, so please give them a chance to grow on you.   If you really can't abide seeing them in your UI, then you can remove them from some menus like this.   Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts Menu For: Application Menus Scroll down to and expand Layer Continue scrolling down to Smart Objects and click to remove the Eye icon If you turn off the one I have highlighted, then all Smart Object functions will no longer appear on that menu. I am not sure exactly where this will affect.  They might still be present in the Layers Panel when you right click a layer.  I just don't know.     I am now shedding a tear on your behalf  😞   Would you like to know some of the ways Smart Objects can help you?  As in _REALLY_ help you? ... View more

I eventually had to give up trying to use my 4K Asus Pro Art screen at full res.  Windows does not allow screen scaling  individually screen by screen, so with two 24" 1920 x 1200 screens, and adding a 31.5" 4K screen I was unable to see UI fonts and icons on the 4K screen — even at 32.5 inches!     It broke my heart, but after compromising on scaling at 125% for all three screens (I had no choice) I still wasn't comfortable with the main screen, and had to set its resolution to 2K (2560 x 1440)   Of course it played havoc with my custom workspaces pushing panels off screen where I could not grab and drag into position.  So, I now have quite a collection that I am not ready to delete right now.  I also have an XenceLabs 16" Pen Display that is positioned under the main screen regards the workspace, and that complicates things still further.  Apparently Windows used to allow individual screen scaling, but why make life easy foir the end user?   I hope my tangental post didn't go too far off track for @gizzysas1 's issue, but he is using Windows, so now knows there are options.   Let us know how you resolve your issue @gizzysas1 and let us know what size screen you are using, and its resolution.  Use these UI settings in Preferences, as advised...   ...and if still in trouble, look at Windows scaling (in Display Settings) and as a very last resort, reduce your display resolution.  That last one is totally soul destroying, but if you can't see well enough to use the applications, what else can you do? ... View more

Guys, please look through the recent posts before starting a new thread.   https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-bugs/p-black-screen-photoshop/idi-p/15311163   ... View more

See this thread https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-bugs/p-black-screen-photoshop/idi-p/15311163   ... View more

See this thread https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-bugs/p-black-screen-photoshop/idi-p/15311163   ... View more

You might also look at the Frame Tool. You can drop an image into the frame and it will conform to your layout. If this is a template, then the white rectangles are not well aligned, so you might want to drag out some guides (from the Rulers — Ctrl R) Save this as a template as advised.  I am not aware of how to do this directly with Save As, so I save as a .PSD, and manually add the T (.PSDT) in File Explorer.   We'd love to see what you make with this. ... View more

When you colorize a layer by overlaying a color with blend mode set to Color, or using Hue/Sat > Colorize, its effect depends on the tonal value of the underlying pixels.  It will show the full colour over 50% grey, but nothing at all over full white or full black.   So, in some circumstances you can select and copy a character's hair to a new layer. Desaturate it (Shift Ctrl U) and clip a layer filled with the new colour with blend mode set to color.  I made an extra copy of the hair layer and offset it so you could see what it looked like in greyscale.     This is no always going to work of course, but you could also clip a curves layer between hair and color layer to adjust the greyscale values.  Or invert the greyscale layer. Whatever works.  If you lock the transparency, you could paint directly to the greyscale layer with shades of grey.   Original ... View more

I just tested the Polygonal Lasso tool (the only one I use) with 22.2 and 26.6 and I can make panning work with both versions, but it's clunky.  I usually — pretty much always — use the Polygonal Lasso tool with the Alt key to link points, and I was sometimes able to pan when doing this, but I'd say it usually didn't work.    However, if I use the PL free hand, and keep the mouse button pressed and hit the space bar, I can pan every time. If I am using my normal method I have to release the Alt key before hitting the space bar, and then it works.  The selection does not close so long as I keep the mousae button down, and I can switch back to linking points with the Alt key.  This is the same with 22.2 ... View more

Ah great, at least I have a work around, but this should still be worked as a bug. Now I have to select the layer AND change to the pen tool in order to navigate to the setting when for other shapes it is right there in the properties. By @trysenga   Regards Fill, Stroke, Align, Dashed etc. then selecting any of the Shape tools will place those features in the Options Bar. ... View more

Hi Andre.  Google's Translate Image is not working well with the screen shot, but searching:   iPhotoshop Application Exception Error   The Ai summary says: AI Overview Learn more   A Photoshop "application exception" error, often accompanied by a message like "Catch in IPhotoshopApplication, exception encountered,"  can stem from various causes, including software glitches, corrupted files, or issues with your system's environment . To resolve it, you can try restarting Photoshop, updating to the latest version, and running basic troubleshooting steps. If the problem persists, explore options like clearing Photoshop's cache, removing temporary files, or resetting Photoshop's preferences.    This link has more information, but in English.   This means there might be an issue with your Operating System, or Photoshop has become corrupted.  Reinstalling Photoshop would be a good first step.  If it does not help, reinstall again, but this time use the Cleaner tool.   https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html    Boa sorte. ... View more