My first thought is GPU video card glitch.  Are you using the nvidia Studio or Game Ready driver?  Photoshop tends to work best with the Studio driver.   Second thought is could it be a zoom ratio vs display resolution glitch.  It is right on the cusp of displaying the screen on one or the other virtical line positions, and is jumping between them.  I can't image systems having that sort of issue for a very long time, but something is causing it.   Or is the Taskbar having diversity issues, and can't decide whether to be on or off, or maybe identify as a cat.  I still blame Donald Trump. ... View more

Whilst I do like the Recent Files list, it occurs to me just how much I use Bridge.  You can drag your current project folder into the Favourite area, and sort its contents by Date Modified, which is much more controlable and flexible than Recent Files.  You can arrange thumbs manually, and batch rename keeping that order.  I have a workshop this week, and started the prep by opening Powerpoint.  Before making a single slide I thought, 'what the heck am I doing?  It was way better to use Bridge together with Photoshop.  Have layered demo images with much control over how they looked, and reveal a layer at a time while demonstrating the point of each image/layer. Tab the UI on and off to make the most of limited screen space.  I have gone from hating using a laptop for Photoshop, to realising that it is entirely doable. Essspecially with todays high pixel density screens.   ... View more

I'm finding that it highly dependent on precise work flow.   You can double click the Type layer (in the layers panel) regardless of what tool is selected, and the Type tool will automatically be selected, and the entire text box contents will be highlighted.   If the Type tool is already selected, and you double click inside the text box in the document window, then just one one will be highlighted.  However, if you double click inside the text box with Shift Ctrl Alt held down, then the entire contents will be highlighted.   If you triple click inside the text box, then the entire contents are highlighted without any modifiers used.   Hmmm...  Now it is working with a double click.   One thing I have noticed is that if I start with a different layer, or no layer selected, then the Type layer turns blue and the blue Layer Bounds rectangle shows around the text box.  Nope.  I turn those options off and it still works.  It definitely feels inconsistent.   ... View more

I didn't answer your actual question, did I?  Yes, I would definitely want to uber fast 2TB drives rather than a single comparable 4TB drive.  Your MB will have lanes enough to read and write to both at the same time (that's why raid 0 are so fast)  so it makes sense to have OS and application running on one, and data and temp files on another.   ... View more

With my last system, I found that Photoshop rarely used anything close to its allocated memory, so I stuck with 64GB again for my current build.  What it does do is create substantial temp file on your scratch drive, so it seems reasonable to do what you can to maximise drive performance to read and write to thos temp files. My current build is two years old, and the 980 Pro were a good option at thge time.       It doesn't seem that long since HDDs were doing 120MB/s sequential.     ...but drives are twice as fast now.  The 2TB 980Pro is a bit over $200.  The highest rated drive with a price against it is $409 for another 4TB drive.  I will absolutely be giving drives priority again the next time I update.   ... View more

Reminds me of school dinners.  (I must have one heck of memory to remember that back that far!)   We have polital ho-haw going on here right now over the school dinner contract being given to a new company which under performed big time, and then went bust.  At one time it got so bad, they were shipping the meals across the Tasman.    ... View more

You can at least get rid of the thumbnails by going File > Open Recent > Clear Recent File List I find them suoer useful, and losing them is easily the worst part of having to reset Preferences. ... View more

Hi Susan.  Unfortunately, this new screen is fooling a lot of people.  You are at least the third person to post here about it.  Just ignore all the sign in stuff at the top of the page, and scroll down to the actual brush sets. ... View more

Stephen, what about the save to location?  When I have done this, the action always saves to the folder used when creating the Action.  Is that just the way it is, or can it save to the same location it loads the file from? ... View more

I haven't tested, but I wonder if Overscroll makes a difference?  I always keep it turned on so you can move the image around the screen.  %With it off, the image is locked and can be hidden behind panels.  I like to keep all of those zoom options enabled, and it always just works as it should for me. ... View more

Can you see the thumbnail in Bridge or Lightroom? I assume this is the case with all .CR3 files?  If not, then what size are the files on the drive? i.e. are they as l;arge as you'd expect them to be? Are they from the same camera? If you open Edit > Camera RAW Preferences, what version number are you seeing? ... View more

If you are looking at Shortcuts rather than Actions, then...   Just a thought, but are you seeing this warning dialog?  If not, then make sure the field is properly active before typing the character sequence.  I find it can be easy to get this wrong so it appears not to work.  If you see a similar message to below, then you are definitely sure it will not work. ... View more

Use Remove Background, or Select Object to focus on the desired area, and clip a Hue/Sat Adjust layer to it.  Or Alt click the layer you want to focus on, to turn all other layers off.  Then use Prominent Colors. ... View more

Are you signed in to your Adobe account when you click on your avatar in the top right corner of that page? Does it look like things are working as they should? i.e. does it show that have Generative Credits?   What plan do you have?    Have you signed in to more than the max two systems making the problem system as signed out? ... View more

Some of the Function key/modifier options will not work as shortcuts, but will work triggering Actions.  It also differs between Windows and Mac.  F1 and all modifier combinations seem to work as shortcuts.  I was expecting F1 to be hard wired as Help.   You say you are not able to use the Fuction keys.  Are you trying to trigger Actions, or use them directly as shortcuts?       ... View more

Dave, you are using Windows, so it is super easy moving your presets between systems, but I wouldn't do that with Preferences, because they are being updated so often.  I might be thinking of just the beta version, but I find I have to reset Preferences way more than I ever have to.   I'm sorry you had issues with the installation.  Is the Windows 11 system a new build with a clean OS install?  It's a very long time since I've had installing issues.   Regards presests, there is a Preset Manager, but that is only for Tool Presets.    I find it safer and more convenient to store things like brush presets in a Documents folder, and place a shortcut to that folder in the presets folder.  It lets me share the same files between versions (Release, beta, 22.2) and keeps them safe at major version updates. ... View more

What version are you running?  Only I thought they at least removed the distracting blue colour a while back. Otherwise this works, but you should probably take more time than I did. ... View more

What did the unedited original look like? ... View more

Your upload is really tiny, which makes it harder.  If you can share the highest resolution you have, that will make things easier.  Even then, I am not sure that the Ai tools will manage.  I have an Ai plug in that made it a bit bigger, but Generative fill was still confused, and the generated cat is not your cat.  Close, but the white flash above the nose is too narrow.  Give us a better file to work with, and I am sure people will do their best.   ... View more

There is a very short description of multiple GPUs with Photoshop in the GPU FAQ, but it basically says that Photoshop only uses one.   https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html#multiple-gpu ... View more

I can move it to Ideas Stephen.  @danl42831687 would you like that to happen? ... View more

when I scrolled all the way to the bottom of that page, I found brush download links.  By @Katherine28919344k69a   You are the second poster in two days who has been confused by that new lay out.  I checked out the page and can absolutely understand why people are finding it a problem.  If you arive at that page after clicking on Get More Brushes, then it is reasonable to expect links to said brushes.  I mean, that is what the URL is telling you.    Getting started with Photoshop brushes | Adobe ... View more

What's your image size in pixels. How complex is it?  (how many layers, work paths, smart objects etc.) I have an M2 Pro MacBook Pro with 16GB and Sequoia, and I have tried painting out with a layer mask in an image 7,500 x 10,000 pixels, and I am not seeing any lag at all. I am zoomed into 1110% and the brush size almost fills the screen.   I am seeing an 8.69GB temp file in scratch space.   Is this just in the beta version?  I am using 26.6 m.3014 I am trying to think of other variables that might help track down your issue.  Can you think of any other information that might help. ... View more

One of the reasons the price varies by country is the different local taxes (VAT, GST, State tax), but the USA has paid less in the past.  In the days before the Creative Cloud Subscription model, Australia and New Zealand paid about 50% more than Adobe's USA customers.  This changed after Australian MP Ed Hussic took Adobe, Apple, Amazon and other tech companies to task for price gouging.  This was in 2013. ... View more

@Conrad_C   Scrubby zoom is my goto method, but I use the centre mouse mutton to enable it.  That means pressing down on the scroll wheel of the MX Master 3 that I use now, along with the Ctrl key.  On my MacBook I slide my forefinger forwards and backwards on a Magic Mouse, and don't need a modifier key.  Both do this focused on the cursor position.   The OP is using Windows, so might be using  Ctrl Space Bar and left mouse button moving the mouse left and right.  I suspect this method has the most chance of confusing a user because you can also use Alt Space Bar left mouse button,  and once you have started, you can release all of the keys so long as you keep the left mouse button depressed, and continue to zoom.   We can also Ctrl Space Bar click to zoom in incrementally, or Alt Spacebar click to zoom out incrementally.  It's a bit of a mishmash, and absolutely to sort of action you use without thinking about, so when you 'do' have to think about it, you have to really think how it works.   Oh My Goodness!!  After typing that out, my scrubby zoom with centre mouse button has stopped working, and I don't know why! 😞   Now it's working again!!!   I blame Donald Trump for all of the confusion in our world. ... View more

Generative Fill is already quite good at adding reflections, so maybe it could work out shadows if there was enough shading information in an image. BTW  This tree is so famous I recognised it right away.  Who wants to be the first person to say where it is? 🙂   ROTFL!  Well, it looks like Gen Fill has a sense of humour.  This made rolling with laughter! This was the best, and it is still pretty pants.  The sape is wrong, and shadow too dense and much harder edhed than the trees in the background.   ... View more

Can you tell us what app was able to do this?   It's a pretty big ask of an app to imagine a 3D scan of an angled face, and decide what it would look like from a different angle.  Recent Ai apps are doing amazing things, so I guess it could possible.  Not with Photoshop at this time unfortunately, but you can mix and match parts from different photographs.  That's being doable for a very long time, but is getting ever easier, and with more convincing results. ... View more

I'm guessing that it is Liquify.   AI Overview Learn more   If Photoshop is unable to execute the Liquify command due to a disk error,  it often means the hard drive used as a scratch disk is running low on storage space or has other issues . Try restarting Photoshop, clearing the cache, or reassigning the scratch disk location.    Here's a more detailed breakdown of potential causes and solutions:     Common Causes: Low Scratch Disk Space: The Liquify filter uses the hard drive designated as the scratch disk to temporarily store data. If this drive is full or nearly full, Photoshop may encounter a disk error.    Scratch Disk Issues: The scratch disk itself might be having problems, such as being corrupted or failing.    File is Locked: The image you are trying to liquify might be on a locked layer.    Graphics Processor Issues: In some cases, the Liquify tool might not work correctly if the "Use Graphics Processor" option is enabled in Performance Preferences, or if the graphics card driver is outdated.      Troubleshooting Steps: Restart Photoshop: Sometimes a simple restart can resolve temporary issues.    Check and Clear Scratch Disk: Go to Preferences: In Photoshop, go to Edit > Preferences > Performance.    Check Scratch Disk Location: Note the location of the scratch disk.    Free Up Space: Delete unnecessary files or move data from that drive.    Reassign Scratch Disk (If Needed): If the problem persists, try reassigning the scratch disk to a different drive with more space.    Check for Locked Layers: Ensure the layer you are trying to liquify is not locked.  Update Graphics Card Drivers: Make sure your graphics card drivers are up to date.    5. Disable Graphics Processor (Temporary Solution): Go to Preferences: In Photoshop, go to Edit > Preferences > Performance.    Uncheck "Use Graphics Processor": Uncheck the box that says "Use Graphics Processor".    Restart Photoshop: Restart Photoshop to apply the changes.    Rename Photoshop Settings Folder: Windows: Go to Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings and rename it to backup.    macOS: Go to Users/[user name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings and rename the Adobe Photoshop folder by adding a .old at the end.    Reinstall Photoshop: If none of the above steps work, try reinstalling Photoshop.  Check for Updates: Make sure you have the latest version of Photoshop.  Check for Internet Connection: Ensure you have a stable internet connection, as some issues can be related to communication with Creative Cloud.  ... View more

When I try to search for adobe brushes, both from the "get more brushes" brush window and from the search engine, when I get to the web it does not recognize as if I have a logged in account even though it is logged. I've tried logging out of all pages, clearing the cache, everything, but it keeps happening... I can't access the brushes in any way. When I get to this section it tells me to download the creative cloud desktop app, which I have downloaded and logged in... Even on this same page you can see that I am logged in although it acts as if I am not... Any idea what I can do?   By @naiara_5028   Yes, they have changed trhe lay out of the Get More Brushes page.  It still works, but you have to scroll down a long way to find the brush sets.  So just ignore the first few pages and scroll down till you see this: ... View more