Do you still have the access to the computers on which the applications were installed in 2012 (or at whatever time when the activation servers were still available)?  ... View more

Which actual program versions are you talking about? CS4 or CS5 or …?  Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for more timely and effective answers”): https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community/community-how-to-guide-tips-amp-best-practices/td-p/11601738?page=1   As far as I know the activation servers have been taken offline, so one can continue using programs under perpetual licenses on the computers where one installed at the time, but a transfer to another computer is (practically) not possible. (And that is aside from the compatibility issue @Derek Cross mentioned.)    Have you tried customer support?  https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html ... View more

I was not clear: Do you expect a variable to be created for each (non-background-)Layer?  ... View more

What would you expect the result of "activeDocument.image.variables.define(...)" to be?  ... View more

Do you mean a Vector Mask (Layer > Vector Mask > Current Path)?  ... View more

Did this multiple times, still opens in stupid beta. So why not simply uninstall the Beta version?  ... View more

It is possible.  But what do you actually mean? Do you want to perform this via an Action, a Script, …?  ... View more

1) Please post the link here.  2) Please turn off »Use Graphics Processor« in the Performance Preferences (Photoshop > Preferences > Performance > Graphic Processor Settings) and restart Photoshop – does it perform more reliably? If not turn it back on and restart Photoshop.    ... View more

Please provide the files via a service like wetransfer or similar.    In the case of inexplicable malfunctions I am afraid basic all-purpose trouble-shooting may be necessary. (see previous post) Does turning off »Use Graphics Processor« in the Performance Preferences (Photoshop > Preferences > Performance > Graphic Processor Settings) and restarting Photoshop have any bearing on the issue?  ... View more

I suspect you may want to look into other applications, for example midjourney (in which one can address character consistency with cref).  I expect Firefly (or An Adobe-successor-application) will at some point include a similar feature, but at current it may simply not meet your needs.  ... View more

What have you done for all-purpose trouble-shooting so far? Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html   Can you provide one of the files and the atn-file?  ... View more

Is there any »pattern« to the lagging? At Filters, Adjustments, …?    Performance-wise you might want to reduce the RAM-attribution below 100% and, if possible, reduce the History States.  ... View more

RGB-ing a grayscale image and then grayscaling it  again is not an ideal approach.  Why don’t you use it as a Layer Mask right away?  ... View more

Can you provide the images?  ... View more

The canvas appears to be displayed at exactly 1200px x 800px, so what is the problem?  Might you be confusing »pixel« with a unit of measurement of length.  ... View more

Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for more timely and effective answers”): https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community/community-how-to-guide-tips-amp-best-practices/td-p/11601738?page=1   What does the Action do?  At which step/s do the hangs occur or are they utterly random?  Please provide the Action or a screenshot of the fully expanded Action in the Actions Panel.  Is the image especially large? Are multiple images open? How are you set up for RAM, what are the performance related Photoshop Preferences settings?  ... View more

Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible?  Might you be trying to transform a Vector Smart Object instead of a pixel Smart Object?  Edit: I do apologize, that suspicion does not apply in this case, I had read sloppily.  ... View more

No, the Path has to have exactly four points to make the intended transformation unequivocally clear.  How did you create the Path? Can you provide the file with the path?  ... View more

I may not follow, what is the problem with a center stroke?   Can you please provide two files – one with your starting Layer/Selection and one with the intended result?  ... View more

it isnt actually a stroke, its a layer effect, therefore i cant alter it without altering the main whatever it is im working on. Say what?  Layer Styles (including »Stroke«) are obviously editable.    Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible?  ... View more

Please provide the Script you are talking about and screenshots to clarify the file structure and what exactly you are doing.  ... View more

Several alternatives seem to be available already.  ... View more

Drag the Layer to the other file.  ... View more

Do the images have the exact same resolution?  ... View more

The screenshots would be more helpful if they included the pertinent Panels.  Select Subject seems to work on the image here.    What are the Preferences settings?  Does the Object Selection Tool identify separate units in the image?  ... View more

Please explain what you are actally doing.  Did you create the image with Firefly/Generative Fill completely, just add the glasses, …?    In any case the complaint seems hardly relevant to me.  If you feel strongly about it you could try one or more of the other available image generators (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion etc.) to see if they handle the refraction of the lenses (with a comparable prompt) better.  ... View more

Please provide a set of folders/images for testing. (Feel free to flatten and blacken the images if the content is sensitive.)    Why are you copy/pasting instead of placing?  ... View more

Why the hell are we posting in a forum instead of a chat app like Slack, Discord, or other? Why should people use Slack and/or Discord when there is a perfectly fine Forum?  Edit: »perfectly fine« may be putting it a bit strongly.  And are you sure there aren’t any Photoshop-related whatevers on those platforms?    Using your prompt I can got one version that almost doesn’t »touch« the edge right away.  Have you tried generating on a non-empty image?  ... View more

I understand your point of view. In my opinion though, you are ignoring our constitual rights of freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and saying as a business, it's their right to impose any and all restrictions based on their morals? Ok.. so, that's like saying an establishment won't serve you because you are white or black or tall or short or have 1 leg, 3 legs, because even though they ALL protect your constitutional rights,it's THEIR decision because it's their business? That's what countries like Russia, Saudia Arabia, Iraq, are for. Go to a web cam adult site, who has the MOST web cam providers? The middle east women? Why? Because they would rather risk their lives to get 2 minutes of lust? It's a sad world. All I can say is... TRUMP 2024!   By @AZ_50_SHADES_OF_PLEASURE I cannot follow your reasoning.  Which exact post by @Stephen_A_Marsh are you referring to?  ... View more