@frankg_photos  Not the calibration - the monitor profile. Those two are not the same thing. The monitor profile is a standard icc profile, just like any other icc profile. It needs to describe the native color space of the display in its currently calibrated state, as accurately as possible.   The calibrator does two things. First it calibrates R=G=B to a certain white (and black) point and a certain tone curve. When that is done, it measures the response in this state, and writes an icc profile describing this response. The profile uses many more parameters and has much higher precision.   A bad profile will often affect applications differently. So any such difference is a red flag. ... View more

As long as the profile is embedded, any major web browser should display identically to Photoshop. They are all fully color managed.   If they don't, it's either a defective monitor profile or a GPU driver bug (the conversion into the monitor profile is executed in the GPU).   To test the monitor profile, replace it with a generic system profile (sRGB/Adobe RGB/Display P3 depending) and relaunch all applications so they can load  the new profile.   That said, if you save out PDFs you need to double check color management settings carefully in the PDF save dialog. The profile can easily be stripped or converted there.   ... View more

I have to agree in principle, I use Blend If quite extensively and a toggle might come in handy.   That said, I'm more interested in comparing diffent slider settings, than in comparing on/off. And that can only be done by opening the dialog.   So I'm left a bit ambivalent. Yes, but I wouldn't put it very high on the priorities list.   That's just me. People's workflows are different. ... View more

If you save to a different format, and the target format supports all properties of the document, you can just use Save As. You don't need to use Save A Copy. ... View more

Attachments are currently broken and don't work. Post the full Help > System Info from Photoshop. Just paste the whole thing in a reply.   Without any specific info to go by, the most likely issue is conflicting dual GPUs. That's a well known problem. Unfortunately, there is no way for Photoshop to control which GPU is called. That is entirely at the mercy of how the laptop manufacturer has configured the operating system and the two GPU drivers. Photoshop uses the GPU in the processing pipeline, but you can't send data to one GPU and get a result from the other. There can only be one GPU in that equation. ... View more

@Mr Pogle Just make sure the document complies with the jpeg file format specification, and jpeg will be available under a regular Save As.   Here's the full story:   The jpeg file format specification does not support 16 bit depth, layers, transparency or alpha channels. Stripping these properties to directly save out a jpeg copy - without identifying it as a copy! - was introduced in 2010, in Photoshop CS5. It had to be removed in 2022 or 2023, because changes in security/file integrity policies in MacOS no longer allowed it.  So Adobe had to introduce Save A Copy, thus making the process fully transparent and up front. The big mistake was that Adobe tried to sell it as a "feature" instead of what it really was: an emergency rescue operation. It should be noted that this is how all other image editing applications have always worked and still work. Later they were able to find a new workaround, available as "legacy save as": However, it carries some risks, so it is not enabled by default. ... View more

I have two working machines, one with a 12 GB RTX 3060, and the other with a 16 GB RTX 4060Ti. I do this for a living.   I can't really say I notice much difference between them. They are both solid and reliable workhorses, and don't feel "slow" in any way. I see no particular benefit to upgrading them at this point. ... View more

This is still pirated and illegal software. All bets are off, and you should probably scan for malware.   There are red flags in the system info that remove any doubt that this is illegal.   We will not and can not assist with that. ... View more

You can't go  wrong with the Nvidia RTX-series. Rock solid and handles whatever you throw at them.   The x060 models are the sweet spot. Capable and yet fairly inexpensive. The higher model numbers will perform some functions faster, even a lot faster - but it's questionable whether it's worth the rapidly increasing prices.   Some newer LrC functions now require 16 GB VRAM or more, so probably aim for that. ... View more

@heyjohnboy    You do not need to install CS5.   Creative Suite upgrades did not require the previous qualifying version to be physically installed. What you need to do is enter the CS5 serial number when prompted, during the CS6 install.   That said, you might not be able to activate it, if you did not deactivate the old installation first. Adobe will no longer extend activations beyond the two allowed. ... View more

Open your CC desktop app: ... View more

@bellevue scott    Each Photoshop version has its own Settings folder under your Windows user account. This contains the full application configuration, every setting beyond clean, newly installed factory state. In other words, every new version starts with a clean slate.   Old settings may not be applicable wholesale in a new version with new code. That's why they're not automatically carried over.   If you turn off automatic updates you can prepare for this situation. First of all, you can choose to keep the old version installed. This lets you save out a lot of these settings to separate files that can easily be reloaded in the new version. Or you can do that in advance, before running the update. Actions and brushes should always be saved out regardless.   There is also an option to migrate settings as part of the update process. That is something I would actually advise against, for the reason given above. But the option is there.   The thing to be aware of with settings/preferences is that they are rewritten on every application exit. That makes them vulnerable to corruption from irregular shutdowns, but it also means that small errors will accumulate over time. Corrupt preferences usually look like application bugs and are frequently mistaken for that. ... View more

Attachments don't currently work. Insert screenshots directly in the thread. Use the "insert image" icon in the reply box toolbar. ... View more

The obvious wild card here is Topaz. Take that out of the equation and just open as smart object from ACR, and check again.   I'm not familiar with Topaz, but if it opens raw files it will obviously not use the same camera profiles as Adobe software. ... View more

Attachments don't work currently. Just insert images directly in the thread with the icon in the reply box toolbar. ... View more

Most likely you have a GPU issue, or possibly corrupt preferences. Version 26 and 27 are rock solid on my two machines and do not crash. In fact I haven't seen a crash in perhaps 5-10 years.    Only the current + 1 previous version are available for download and install in the CC app. So you can only get v 27 and v 26 now.   The most common reason for GPU crashing is conflicting dual GPUs. If you post the full Help > System Info it will show your complete GPU configuration. ACR is usually a bit more sensitive to GPU problems than Photoshop.   But first try a complete reset of preferences. Corrupt preferences usually look like application bugs and are frequently mistaken for that. The preferences contain the full app configuration, including lots of hidden and system-dependent parameters. Preferences are rewritten on every application shutdown, and are vulnerable to corruption by irregular shutdowns. Errors accumulate, and migrating preferences from a previous version can bring out latent problems in the new graphics code in the new version.   https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html  ... View more

Excellent. I marked @ExUSA s post as correct answer. ... View more

Yeah, I just thought of that. You probably need to right-click the image and clear the cached item for a new thumbnail to be built. ... View more

Have you relaunched Bridge? ... View more

@DanPBPhoto    You have "Do not process files larger than" 1000 MB, which is why you don't get thumbnails.    Increase that setting 10x or so, and you'll get your thumbnails. ... View more

Here's the full story:   The jpeg file format specification does not support 16 bit depth, layers, transparency or alpha channels. Stripping these properties to directly save out a jpeg copy - without identifying it as a copy! - was introduced in 2010, in Photoshop CS5. It had to be removed in 2022 or 2023, because changes in security/file integrity policies in MacOS no longer allowed it.  So Adobe had to introduce Save A Copy, thus making the process fully transparent and up front. The big mistake was that Adobe tried to sell it as a "feature" instead of what it really was: an emergency rescue operation. It should be noted that this is how all other image editing applications have always worked and still work. Later they were able to find a new workaround, available as "legacy save as": However, it carries some risks, so it is not enabled by default.   If the file complies with the jpeg file format specification - 8 bit depth, no layers/transparency/alpha channels - jpeg is still available under a regular Save As.     ... View more

This is most likely conflicting dual graphics. That's a well known potential problem.   Disable the Intel UHD in Windows.   Photoshop uses the GPU in the regular processing pipeline. There is unfortunately no way for Photoshop to control which GPU is called. That is entirely at the mercy of how the laptop manufacturer has configured the operating system and the two GPU drivers. You can't send data to one GPU and get a result from the other. ... View more

First of all, a 200 GB scratch file is not unreasonable if you have a very big file, or a high number of files open.   So the question is, how big is your file in pixels? How many pixels wide x high? ... View more

I see it's a pretty big file. Go into Bridge preferences and look at the setting for "Do not process files bigger than..". Can't recall what the default is, but it's not very high. ... View more

Do you have extensions visible or hidden in the operating system settings? ... View more

All you need to do is make sure the profile is embedded. That is a separate checkbox in Export and Save for Web.   If that doesn't display correctly in the web browser, it's a browser problem, not a Photoshop problem.   Although any profile will display correctly as long as it's there, sRGB is still the defacto web standard. It has the highest likelihood of being correctly handled in the highest number of possible scenarios (including user error and misconfigured systems). ... View more