Photoshop

For a company that charges an exorbitant premium subscription fee, their software stability is a absolute joke. A routine update completely destroyed the core Lightroom-to-Photoshop handshake workflow, rendering the standard 'Edit in Photoshop' feature entirely useless.When you try to bypass their broken code pathways, you are met with flat, washed-out color profiles that fail to render correctly even when manually assigning the proper color spaces. Adobe clearly does not test their systems properly before forcing updates onto paying users. They are using their consumer base as live guinea pigs for broken code.Instead of saving professionals time, Adobe’s lack of quality control turns simple, two-minute edits into hours of grueling tech support. It is completely incompetent, frustrating, and unacceptable for software that is supposed to be the industry standard. I am actively looking for alternatives to cancel my subscription.It is not surprising that so many people are switching away

Summary: I bought Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard, Education edition (Windows, boxed), directly from Adobe in Italy in 2011. I still have the box with the product code (DSGNW3-...) and the emails from Adobe containing the product code and my serial number. I am still a teacher, as I was at the time of purchase.Problem: the installer rejects my 24-digit serial with "This serial number is not valid for this product." I believe the serial was issued to me by Adobe through the EMEA Education fulfillment process, so it should be linked to my product code. I have already read the help articles on Education order fulfillment outside North America and on invalid or revoked serial numbers, and they do not solve my case.Request: please can Adobe send me a new correct serial, a replacement, or an offline activation option for CS5.5. I can provide photos of the box, the emails and proof of current eligibility as a teacher. If this cannot be handled here, please escalate my case to the Lic

Whenever I try to print, photoshop crashes. No error messages, it just closes.I have uninstalled/reinstalled. I have removed any recenlty installed software (configuration program for a graphics tablet). And I have tried everything suggested in similar threads, the most recent being from back in 2023. Printer drivers are up to date, and the printer works fine with all other applications tested. It's just Photoshop that has this problem.Any suggestions? Thanks 

I'm not quite sure how to describe this, but each time I try to change text in photoshop, the cursor is editing the line above the one it should be changing.  The cursor is too big, looks as if its straddling two lines of text.It is not the font, as it's the same on all.I'm on photoshop 22.I've tried resetting the type tool. although it's posssible i've not done this correctly. Someone pllleeeeaaassse help! thanks!

Hi everyone 👋I’m trying to understand something in Photoshop and would love your insights.When working with images (especially using Generative Fill / AI tools), what’s your usual workflow to keep results consistent and avoid unexpected outputs?I’ve noticed that small changes in prompts, selections, or layer structure can sometimes lead to very different results, and I’m curious how experienced users manage: consistency in edits control over AI-generated variations and maintaining overall project quality Are there any best practices, techniques, or hidden tips you rely on when working with Photoshop in real projects?Would really appreciate your experience 

Hello,I’m unable to start PS from the CC desktop app nor starting PS from Win start menu as administrator.I am getting the error message:“Could not complete your request because the file is locked, you do not have necessary access permissions, or another program is using the file. Use the ‘Properties’ command in the Windows Explorer to unlock the file.I rebooted my Win system to make sure no active processes was locking any files. I started Photoshop and immediately I get this error message. It doesn’t say which file is locked so that makes it hard to troubleshoot.What can I do in this situation to resolve this?  

Hi there,  I've been getting this error message "The service is not responding. Please check your internet and try again" constantly since last week. It was working perfectly before then on the beta version. I've tried deleting the beta version and work with Photoshop v25.0 which has generative ai function but keep getting stuck at 100%. On top of that, it seems to work randomly when I connect to my phone's hotspot but it fails again after a few minutes. I'm on a mac and I've tried to disable the firewall as suggested by some people but still doesn't seem to work.  Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

Fill & expand in Photoshop is removed from my Photoshop 27.10 Fix this garbage!

Tenho a assinatura Creative Cloud Pro e quero baixar versão mais antiga do Photoshop no meu desktop (Notebook) e não consigo. Na opção dos aplicativos dentro do CC, nos pontinhos não aparece a opção de versões anteriores. Alguém pode me ajudar?Também não consigo desabilitar atualizações automáticas. Essa conta é só minha e só eu utilizo.Já desinstalei e instalei novamente o CC, mas não consigo achar solução.

I noticed that in Photoshop 26.9.0 the Build‑up option is always active, even when it is unchecked in Brush Settings.This makes it impossible to paint without build‑up.The issue also occurs in the Photoshop Beta 26.10.0.System: Mac mini M1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6Video attachedhttps://youtube.com/shorts/0WhFV-f1lls 

Hi everyone,I’m currently working on improving product images for an e-commerce-style website and trying to build a consistent visual style using Adobe Photoshop.Project context:Website: [Link removed by moderator] Type: Product listings with images from different sources Issue: Inconsistent backgrounds, lighting, and overall presentationWhat I’m trying to achieve:Clean, uniform backgrounds (preferably white or light neutral) Consistent lighting and color balance across all products Professional look without spending too much time per imageCurrent workflow:Using Select Subject + Remove Background Adjusting brightness/contrast manually Applying basic color correction Exporting for webProblems I’m facing:Edges sometimes look rough or unnatural after background removal Lighting differs significantly between images Colors don’t always match the real product Time-consuming to manually fix each imageQuestions:What’s the most efficient workflow in Photoshop for batch-processing product images

Hi, I’m working on editing product images for my website and need some help using Photoshop. Specifically, I want to: Remove backgrounds cleanly and replace them with white or transparent backgrounds Adjust lighting, shadows, and colors to make the images look more professional Resize and optimize the images for web use without losing quality I’m not very advanced in Photoshop, so I would really appreciate some guidance or tutorials on the best practices for editing eCommerce product images. Are there any recommended tools, actions, or presets that can speed up this process? Thanks in advance!

Adding to this, since this community forum won’t allow me to post a new bug issue. We are having exporting issues for both jpeg and pngs.When exporting jpegs, the box with additional information is not populating and to initiate the export, we’ve discovered we have to manually hit the ‘enter’ button. They are randomly not following the color mode set within the file, too.When exporting pngs, we are having issues with what should be a transparent png including a white background. These are basic functionalities that should not have issues.

I have never been able to successfully upscale images in PS 2026.  When the upscale completes, I get a black layer.  No upscale.  I’ve tried all of the suggestions in other threads to no avail. Please help!Here is my system info: https://pastebin.com/BYhq5tH6 

What is going on?!?!?!?!Adobe, please fix these issues! We are having exporting issues for both jpeg and pngs.When exporting jpegs, the box with additional information is not populating and to initiate the export, we’ve discovered we have to manually hit the ‘enter’ button. They are randomly not following the color mode set within the file.When exporting pngs, we are having issues with what should be a transparent png including a white background. These are basic functionalities that should not have issues.

I'm having a problem with several filters in Photoshop 2026. My document is set to RGB Color, 8 Bits/Channel, so it meets the requirements for these filters to work.The filters are not grayed out or disabled in the Filter menu. They are available and can be selected, but when I click them, their dialog boxes simply do not appear.For example:• Smart Blur: the dialog box does not open.• Radial Blur: the dialog box does not open.• Median: the dialog box does not appear, and the filter is immediately applied to the image at what seems to be maximum intensity.• Distort filters: none of the ones I've tried display their dialog boxes, so I cannot adjust their settings.I also have plenty of free scratch disk space, approximately 300 GB.The main issue seems to be that Photoshop recognizes these filters as available, but is either skipping or failing to display their configuration dialogs.What could cause filter dialog boxes to stop appearing even though the filters themselves are enabled? Is th

I have the latest version of Photoshop,  27.6.0. However I just got a pop up window on my Mac saying“Support Ending for Intel--based Apps. This version of “Photoshop 2026” will not open in a future release of macOS. Learn how to update to an Apple Silicon version.”  But this latest version of Photoshop is the silicon version (and has been since version 22 or so).  What is going on? A Mac bug?