Photoshop

I attempt to open jpg, nef or psd file and photoshop will not open.

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Is there a career path at Adobe for experienced product power users and domain experts without a coding background? I have 10+ years of real-world experience working professionally with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and photography workflows. Over the years, I have identified many real-world workflow gaps, user problems, feature opportunities, and ideas that could improve Adobe products. I am also interested in contributing through product thinking, feature concepts, workflow analysis, user feedback, testing, and PRD-style product proposals. However, I do not come from an engineering or coding background. Does Adobe hire or work with experienced industry professionals like this who can contribute to product discovery, workflow improvement, feature development, UX research, product testing, or customer insights? If yes, which Adobe roles or teams would be the best fit for someone with this type of real-world product expertise? It would also be great if Adobe had a pathway where long-time

camera raw 18.5 randomly freezes, doesn't crash very slow compared to past few releases

After update, the action is just one point in the history.I can't see all the steps.Often, I only need to undo one or a few steps, not the entire action.How can I change this?

How do I fix Camera Raw Masking Select People 

Photoshop 2026 will not open.  It starts to boot but then just disappears/crashes.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times.  I have tried starting and holding ctrl/alt/shift.  I have tried closing all the adobe related programs in Task Manager.  This is infuriating while trying to work with clients.   Can anybody shine any light on this for me?

After the latest update the Remove tool is no longer working for me. Even when I click on a tiny area on the same layer it results in a programm error. When I disable AI, it works but the results are terrible for larger areas.I have already increase the available RAM to 12 GB, deleted the cache and the preferences, checked the GPU compatibility, switched the Remove toool to More Stable  and tried unchecking GPU. None these worked.OS Windows 11 Photoshop 27.9.1 in German 

Went to update a plugin for Photoshop via ccx file apparently managed through Unified Plugin Installer Agent through Creative Cloud.  It would not install.  Tried all the remedies I could find listed.  Nothing worked.  Attempted running the UPIA from the command line and it returned a -410! error/status message.  Of course, searching for some insights online turned up nothing.  The supposed alternative is to uninstall everything and reinstall everything.  An absolutely ridiculous approach on many different levels.  Curious if anyone has any ideas about what might be able to address this problem.  As it stands now, I have a commercial plug in I can’t use.  Considering all the other problems and indifference to customers that Adobe has demonstrated over the last few years, seems that if I am going to have to start over ever quarter with software that is not only invasive but constantly being updated an alternative should be pursued.  I have used PS since the 90’s.  Would hate to change f

For some reason every time I open photoshop there is a weird yellow/tan filter over everything, not just the image, but it doesn't actually apply to the image when I export. Attached is a screenshot of what a blank white image appears as in photoshop and the same image as a png. As you can see it appears tan for some reason, is there a reason for this? Is there a solution for this?

Issue summary: Since Photoshop 2025 (exact version unknown, but after 25.12.4) direction-based brush strokes, when set in the brush settings (Shape Dynamics - Angle Jitter - Direction), are not working properly. The very first 'pixel' of nearly every stroke is angled about 90 degrees perpendicular, before correcting itself immediately as the stroke continues. This breaks a previously working workflow. The problem is only mitigated by using external stabilisation (I’m using Lazy Nezumi Pro with light smoothing), which suggests the issue is related to how initial pen input samples are handled at stroke start. I also ideally need to have 1% smoothing enabled in Photoshop, or the bug can lightly reoccur occasionally. Using older Photoshop versions avoids the issue, but this is not a viable long-term solution due to other compatibility and stability concerns. I have used these brushes for years with no issues until recently.Product and version: 25.12.4. (laptop) the bug does not occur in th

When sampling an area with the clone stamp tool, upon clicking where you want to paint with the cursor, it automatically creates a paint line between sample and cursor. Sometimes the link isn’t even logical it’s just crazy and random and all over the place. Reset app, updated photoshop, reset clone stamp tool, reset preferences. I got a “scratch disk full” message once when opening so I deleted a bunch of stuff and it still has the issue.  

Drawing and Painting in recent versions of Photoshop is ABSOLUTE Nightmare. What did you do to this software?!I have favourite Initial direction based brush which I worked with for years and I can not use it. Every each stroke it gives random brush angle and you have to redo each stroke every time you got wrong line which makes painting FRUSTRATING experience. Ok so you are lucky enough that you have some older version before ad0be remove it from CC. Version 2022 - cool, but when you hit key B and E while drawing then sometimes photoshop don’t record that key is pressed and when you expend to put a stroke you erase it and vice versa. Besides quick flipping canvas horizontal don’t center it and you have to pan canvas all the time.OK so you back to newest 26.x  or 27.x versions out of frustration. You set up for brush smoothing 0. Initial direction works a bit better, you get much less random angle for first stroke, but as soon as you start using for example Lazy Nezumi addom to draw wit

Usually, RAM affects multitasking and large Photoshop files, while SSD affects loading, saving, and Scratch Disk performance.Which One Should You Upgrade? Photoshop slows down with large PSD files or many layers: Upgrade RAM. Files and Photoshop take a long time to open or save: Upgrade to an SSD, preferably NVMe. You run Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, and other apps together: More RAM can help. You want a balanced creative workstation: Consider 32GB DDR5 RAM + NVMe SSD. RAM vs. SSD for PhotoshopRAM = Active workspaceHelps Photoshop handle large files, layers, filters, and multitasking.SSD = Fast storageHelps with application loading, file transfers, saving, and Scratch Disk operations.For graphic designers, the best solution is often not RAM vs. SSD—it is having enough RAM combined with fast storage.If you're upgrading a creative workstation, first identify whether your bottleneck is memory capacity or storage speed.

Recenlty my Photoshop tool icons simply do not appear on the toolbar. they function fine but it is troublesome to find the right tool. The only way I could solve this is to reinstall photoshop but I cannot possibly do that every day.

Expected: Content-Aware Crop should use pixels from the original image as sampling material, but only generate/fill pixels in the newly expanded canvas area.Actual: In Photoshop 27.9.1, Content-Aware Crop also modifies and blends pixels inside the original image bounds. This can distort products/models near the crop boundary. In professional retouching this is destructive because original product pixels must remain unchanged.This behavior appears to have changed after a recent Photoshop update. Previous versions did not modify the original image area in the same workflow. 

Subject: Photoshop Cannot Open Canon EOS R5 Mark II CR3 RAW Files – Camera Raw File-Format Module ErrorHello Adobe Support Team,I am experiencing an issue when trying to open RAW image files (CR3) from a Canon EOS R5 Mark II camera in Photoshop.When I attempt to open a CR3 file, Photoshop displays the following error message:“Could not open ‘887A0503.CR3’ because the file-format module cannot parse the file.”The issue occurs in both the regular Photoshop release and the Photoshop Beta version, even though both Photoshop and Camera Raw are fully updated.System and Software InformationCamera: Canon EOS R5 Mark II File format: CR3 (Canon RAW) Photoshop: v27.9.1 Photoshop Beta: v27.11 Adobe Camera Raw: v18.5 Computer: MacBook Pro (2021) Operating System: macOS 26.6.2 (25G83)Problem DescriptionThe CR3 files produced by the Canon EOS R5 Mark II cannot be opened or parsed by Camera Raw in Photoshop. The same issue occurs in both the standard version of Photoshop and the Beta version.I have co

New update yesterday and new problem... After yesterday's update, I opened Creative Cloud for a plging I wanted to uninstall and surprise! half of the Plugings are missing!!! The PC is newly formatted, all clean installation, and now, PS update and again with problems. You will have to look a little more at what they do with the updates and how they manage the information and preferences we have, we can not waste the time fixing problems that should not occur, put a little more love, simulate the updates, I do not know, do something, I´m wasting too many hours.

In Photoshop 2026 (v27.9.1), when exporting a jpg using the “Save for Web” interface, color profiles are not being embedded even after checking the option. Works just fine in Photoshop 2025.

I’ve been publishing for over thirty years and never had this issue. KDP demands exact dimensions for book covers, but recently, I am unable to resize images to fit those dimesions. I realize Photoshop uses pixels, but in publishing, you have to use inches. When i go to image size and deselect the resampling, as advised, and then insert my proper dimensions, Photoshop changes those dimesions so that the cover size is incorrect.I’ve tried checking and unchecking resample.I’ve tried starting over with a new template of the size needed, and it still won’t let me decide what size I need. The correct width and height is 13.198 x 9.25. When i can make those changes and save it, then open it back up, Photoshop has changed one or the other setting. The settings have to be exact, so without a solution to this, i can’t upload book covers. 

I've been working with PixelLab for creating simple graphics and text based designs, and I'm trying to find a better workflow for taking those designs into Photoshop for more advanced editing.I'm particularly interested in keeping the image quality as good as possible when moving from PixelLab to Photoshop. I'm also wondering whether it's better to export as PNG, use a higher resolution canvas, or use another format before opening the design in Photoshop.I've been working with PixelLab resources and versions as well, and came across PixellabHub while looking for resources related to the app: For anyone who uses both PixelLab and Photoshop, what workflow would you recommend for getting the best quality and flexibility when moving a design from one to the other?

I have a problem with the export option in Photoshop. When I try to click the export button like I always do, I can't reach it because it's hidden at the bottom of the screen. I also tried hiding the Windows taskbar, but it didn't work. 

I signed up for a free trial of a pdf editor and canceled it less than 30 minutes later. Then next month rolls around and charges go out of my account and it says my account is still active despite being canceled. Ive struggled to get in contact with anyone to process a refund