Photoshop

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

Sometimes, I make copies of layers (for example: copy little diamonds to align into a shape of the letter M). Each time I "alt+drag" the content in that layer (to make a copy of it), PS makes a copy and then appends the name of the layer to something like "diamond copy 3". After making a ton of copies (and because I'm anal about having actual names for each layer), I want each layer to read "diamond". Instead of manually renaming all these layers, is there a way to highlight the affected layers and choose to rename all layers according to what you want?

Has anyone at Adobe stressed tested opening Photoshop and having the window lose focus - like Alt tab to another window? In the three or so incidents where Photoshop has failed to load properly (having to end task from the task Manager) I think this might be the cause. Just sayin’ 

Hi, I recently signed the Creative Cloud to use the Photoshop on my MacBook Pro but discovered after that the newest version is incompatible with my OS High Sierra (10.13.6) so I can't use the new one and neither download the previous versions.I had payed CC before, but canceled an deleted the files, since I was no longer using it. And I remender that was possible to download the older versions.Searchead a lot about it but had no luck. I tryed the tutorial from adobe about how see and download the versions in CC app, but mine is empty. Can anyone help me, please? I really need it to a new job project and can't aford a new computer (and my computer still really great, thoses obsolecence things makes me a little angry) thanks so much

art assignment, and we can only use certain brushes that dont include the brush or eraser tool. i made a rectangle using the marquee and need help deleting the selection. help.

Hi everyone,I am currently working on converting technical floor plans and architectural blueprints into clean, web-friendly graphics for home improvement guides.What is the best workflow in Photoshop to scale dimensions accurately and apply flooring patterns without losing vector quality? Any recommendations on using Smart Objects, shape layers, or grid overlays for this type of design work would be greatly appreciated!

I'm running on MacOS 15.6.1 (24G90) with Photosho 27.2.0. Any idea how I would go troubleshooting this issue? 

I have a set of 54 bingo images, all cropped to the same size and resolution. I need to arrange them randomly on a canvas; I have tried using scripts generated by ChatGPT and Gemini, but without success.

Please AI help us with one of the nastiest things in Photoshop history, the naming and sorting of layers in groups. One click and AI sorts and renames layers by its look. Doesn´t have to be perfect and a undo function should be available. But could help a lot. And/or V2: I can prompt a set of rules how to clean up my mess. (All buttons in group etc) 

Hi all,Does anyone know how to adjust the start number when using Photoshop's auto-numbering?ie. something like this:3. Blah4. Blah5. Blah I have numbering that needs to go through mulitple pages and I can't get it to start numbering on any number but 1. On a Mac on Photoshop version 26.0.1 Thanks!

Hi Adobe Team,I am experiencing a severe issue when using Adobe Bridge -> Tools -> Photoshop -> Image Processor to convert RAW files to JPEG (both when running an Action and when running it without any actions).The problem: Photoshop opens the RAW files but fails to purge the temporary cache from the physical hard drive (SSD) after closing each file. Instead of just saving the 10MB JPEG, it keeps allocating massive temporary virtual files on my physical disk storage (Scratch Disk). This ghost storage space is never released and keeps growing file after file, drastically reducing my available Mac storage in real-time. The only way to completely clear this space from my physical SSD and restore my hard drive capacity is to manually close Photoshop.This issue is completely halting my daily professional workflow. I am using a completely clean macOS install, with no backups restored.My setup:Mac Model: MacBook Pro M1 Max (2021) OS: macOS (Latest version) Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Bri

Hello Adobe Photoshop Team,I am experiencing a serious performance issue in the latest version of Adobe Photoshop while designing photo albums.My workflow is very simple:1. I create an album layout/document in Photoshop.2. I drag and drop a photo directly from my drive into the Photoshop album layout.3. The photo is placed correctly on the canvas.4. When I press Enter to confirm the Transform operation, Photoshop takes approximately 10–15 seconds to complete the operation.5. During this delay, Photoshop becomes unresponsive/very slow before completing the placement.This happens even when placing just ONE photo at a time.The important point is that this problem does NOT occur in an older Photoshop version. The same computer, same type of album workflow, and same type of image work normally in the previous version.Important Version-Specific Finding:I have tested the exact same workflow on different Photoshop versions. Photoshop 27.9.1 does NOT have this issue — images are placed and the

27.10 is slow saving files: 1) Super slow (20 seconds to save a 4K resolution .JPG file.) 2) Erroneous warnings that the file has been updated (it's hasn't) before saving. 3) PS seemingly locking up when saving. Reverting to the prior version of PS (27.9.1) cleared up all the issues. OneDrive being enabled or disabled didn't make a difference.Open and edit any PS .PSD or JPG file. Try to save it. Wait and wait and wait.

One particular font on my system (Highway Gothic) suddenly has a bug on Photoshop. I’ve used it daily for 2 years and it continues to work without issue on other applications (including Adobe Animate). On Photoshop, this particular font resizes the text cursor so ridiculously large it’s unusable. This began last week randomly. See the attached screenshot – default settings, 6 pt at 300 DPI, the cursor is more than double the size of the canvas. Have tried deleting/reinstalling the font, deleting Photoshop’s font cache, the settings file, updating, resetting the character panel, and restarting my computer. I can’t get this font to go back to working normally.  

Using Photoshop 2026 on Mac mini running Mac OS Tahoe 26.4 & I can't do anything... currently trying to use the eraser tool on a mask to refine some edges but I either get the spinning beach ball of death or nothing happens at all. Even just trying to make the selection to create the mask, every time I clicked the mouse it was just a spinning beach ball. I can't get anything done… I’m getting spinning beach balls just trying to close Photoshop.  My Mac mini is fully up to date, I have updated all Creative Cloud apps to most current version, and I restarted my computer… the problem has persisted through all of this.