Photoshop

Sometimes (perhaps most of the time, but it's hard to tell) after modifying brush settings, when I click on a different brush, some or all of the brush settings won't change to what should be preset in the brush I just selected; the settings will stay how I had just tweaked them (which I thought would be temporary). Which settings "stick" seems random, but I assume it's not. It has happened with brushes from multiple sources: my own that I tried to carefully craft with settings I want and saved as new brushes, the PS default ones like Hard Round, Adobe's "Kyle" sets, and Aaron Blaise sets I bought. Imagine, for example (what just happened to me to cause me to finally reach out to you guys), after working on fur with a texture brush and some adjusted settings for the current need, you notice a solid color spot you missed earlier, so you switch to the basic Hard Round, pick the color, touch pen to tablet, and see a comical sight: Hard Round drawing with size, scattering, and color jitter

Hello all!  I have a pretty simple workflow for basic product photography, usually just a levels layer, a layer for healing/cloning out dust and product flaws, and occasionally some other adjustment layers. Typical file size ranges from 250-500mb on average working in 16bit. I've had the same workflow for almost 2 years now, but for some reason out of nowhere my save time has gotten ridiculous, in some cases 5+ minutes per file. This would make sense for more complex composites or heavy duty retouching, but that feels excessive for just a few adjustment layers and some cloning. I tried deactivating file compression in my preferences and that doesn't seem to have had any effect. Did something happen in the recent update to cause this? Is there some random setting that got changed, added, or flipped on? Working on an ASUS ProArt Studiobook with Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H, 2300 Mhz, 14 Core(s), 20 Logical Processor, 32GB of Memory, an

I am trying to change the setting on my line tool arrow option to be a percentage of the line vs. just a pixel setting, but PS won't allow it. This is critical, because I have lines of different lengths and widths, and the arrowhead needs to be responsive based on the line it is drawn with.

I migrated all my brushes from Photoshop 6 to CC. All of my soft brushes now have hard edges. They even show up in the brush picker panel with hard edges. I need my soft edges back.

hello! im having an issue with my undo hotkey command unwantedly activating my Magnifying Lens tool; i have edited my hotkeys so that Ctrl+Z activates the infinite "Undo" command, but if i hit that hotkey quickly in succession to undo multiple strokes, suddenly the magnifying tool becomes activated?  I have tried snooping in the preferences to see what might be activating the magnifying lens tool but i cant even find it listed in the hotkeys or preferences.  i want to be able to undo a lot quickly (not with inhuman speed or anything that should confuse the program) without the magnifying tool becoming activated.  why is this happening?  can i fix this?  thank youhere are some screencaps that hopefully help if this hasnt been clear enough; picture 1 shows the finished drawing, picture 2 shows the drawing after hitting the Undo hotkey once, and picture 3 shows the magnifying tool newly activated after "Undo-ing" multiple times via the hotkey quickly.

Mac Studio M1, 32 GB RAM, PS 26.8.1 - a file with 10-12 layers, LZW, 25-35MB on drive, Wacom connected.It takes 15-25 seconds to save a TIF file. If I have to save 3-5 files it takes even more for a file. Photoshop renders PNG relatively quick, the only problem is with saving source files. ...and why an idle Photoshop uses 48GB of memory (Purge option is not available!)...?

as Subject,  but change to another screen mode then no, and i using macbook chip M2

With the conversion to limited credits, I have been selective about my usage but each time  I have used it, the system has produced options with zero change to the image. Example, "remove shadow". All three options did nothing with the shadow. I reported it and deleted the layer. Prior to the change, I used it several times in many images and it was amazing. Something is wrong. I worry that the standard plans have been assigned to the less trained machines. Regardless, I think we should not be docked the required 3 credits on results that do nothing. There is a way to show the image and the results. Zero result options should be credited back to the account. A standard account gets 240 credits but it is really only 80 uses per month because since we are charged for 3 options per request. That's not much at all and hurts worse when results are sub par. 

Hi all,  I have a question about placing images in Photoshop. For example, if you have an A4 and you place an image of 6000x4000 pixels 300dpi in the background, will this be pixelated on the print? Or should I set the image in A4 format 210x297? I would like to know this because I don't yet understand the proportions in relation to 300/72 dpi and what the correct size should be for each image.  

Why are we limited to credits for AI now when photoshop gets it wrong more than it gets it right??? I think until their AI improves they shouldn't be charging credits. I'd say 9 out of 10 are wasted because Adobe puts something that makes zero sense  - ie food, bowls, etc. It's not quite there to be having to pay extra because of all the mistakes it makes - will be searching for alternatives to photoshop even if i have to use multiple tools to do it. RIDICULOUS!

Issue: Photoshop does not handle "Cancel" in "Duplicate" image menu command correctly when called from within an action Photoshop version: 26.8.1OS: macOS 15.5Steps to reproduce:Create a new action and enter the menu command "Duplicate" from the Image menu, with user interaction.Optionally add actions to be run after duplication.Save & run the action, when prompted for the filename of the duplicate, press the "Cancel" button or the Escape key. Expected result:Photoshop stops the execution of the action (without duplicating the image) Actual result:Photoshop continues as if the "OK" button or Return key was pressed, duplicates the image and continues with the action commands after the duplication step. Note:Calling the "Duplicate" command from the image menu directly (not from within an acion) works as intended.

I'm suprised I didn't see a thread for this already. But when I'm using a tablet on Mac OS and PS, the cursor changes to an arrow when the stylus is not touching the screen. This happens on many versions of PS, with a Wacom and XP-Pen with latest updates for everything.  Is this expected behavior? It doesn't happen in any other software I use for doing digital art, including zbrush, and other painting apps.  I saw other users talking about a couple settings, and none of those work. This almost seems like expected behavior and it's really distracting and bad.  Can anyone help me out?

Resizing the panel distorts the content; No other panel affected. Only LIbraries Mac Book Pro / Sequoia 15.5 / PSHP 26.8.1

When I deleted all texts on my text box in Adobe photoshop, and went to another object layer, then when I came back to that blank text box (of whose texts were deleted) and everytime I clicked on that text box, it would not let me into that box to enter or edit the text, clicking on that text box created a new text box on it. I am not able to type in / enter a text into that blank Text Box  I created earlier. How wil I solve this issue ? 

Já estou cogitando seriamente a possibilidade de deixar a Adobe porque desde que passsei a usar o Photoshop especificamente, tenho sempre presenciado os mesmos bugs e as mesmas falhas de sempre e nunca há uma correção para o problema.Meu Photoshop tem travado constantemente e fechado sozinho me levando a perder trabalhos. Eu nunca sei quando vai travar. Por um certo periodo eu consigo usar tranquilamente sem qualquer intercorrência mas, do nada, ele resolve travar e fechar o programa exibindo apenas uma nova janela de Relatório de Erro. Eu já procurei em todos os fóruns possível de como resolver isso, inclusive aqui mesmo. Já entrei em contato com o suporte técnico no qual tiveram acesso ao meu computador e ajustaram as configurações e nada resolve. Sempre acaba travando de forma aleatória me fazendo perder trabalhos e tempo. As configurações do meu notebook não são as mais avançadas atualmente mas, de longe, estão defasadas para o Photoshop. Aliás, já encontrei relatos nesse fórum de

My only plugin is Camera Raw. I've tried to uninstall and restart with no luck. I'm currently running an older version (v26) that seems to be mostly stable but still crashes during some actions. Running  MS Surface Laptop 7th GenSnapdragon(R) X 12-core X1E80100 @ 3.40 GHz (3.42 GHz)Windows 11 ProBuild 26100.4484

Recently when I went to open Photoshop i rec'd an error message which stated "Could not load actions because an unexpected end-of-file was encountered" which then was followed by another message "Could not initialize Photoshop because the preference file was invalid (it has been deleted). Does anyone know how to fix this? I remember seeing a post similar to this but can't seem to find it now.

I’m using Photoshop with the latest release (26.8.1), but I’m encountering the same issues even with slightly earlier versions. Mac OSX chipset M3 ProI’ve been using the Pen Tool for 20 years, so I believe I know it quite well.Issue: I create a clipping path with the Pen Tool, even for complex images with intersections (with the “Intersect Shape Areas” option selected). After spending several minutes carefully outlining the subject, I right-click and choose Make Selection, but I get the error: "No pixels were selected".After several attempts (luckily I saved the path) and switching the Path Operations option, Photoshop finally creates the selection… but it’s always inverted.Am I missing something introduced in the recent updates? Is there something new I should be aware of? Or is something simply not working properly?

Hi everyone, i'm trying to cut to the cap but im wondering how to ged rid off the white stroke around the cap. I tried Modify > Expand/Contract but then i cut out to much of the photo.. What is the right way to do this?

I'm not sure if it's a bug or if they changed something but I've been using PS for over a decade, and whenever I added an adjustment layer it would send me right to the settings for that adjustment. Now I wanted to add a hue/saturation, and instead I'm always being shown the mask settings instead and have no idea where I can actually edit the hue or saturation. When I click the adjustment icon instead of the mask, I still see the mask settings but simply grayed out. I tried it with other adjustments and they don't seem to have that issue, so far it only affects Hue/saturation - I cannot seem to edit it. Photoshop 2025 version 26.8.1.Mac OS seqoia 15.5 I hope the gif makes it clear what I mean. 

I’m currently working on a T-shirt mockup in Photoshop and would like to realistically replicate the look and feel of 240 GSM cotton fabric. I'm looking for either:A Photoshop plugin that simulates high-quality cotton texturesOr a realistic texture pack (preferably seamless and high-res) that can be overlaid on the T-shirt design.Would love to hear your recommendations on the best way to achieve a soft, woven cotton effect, particularly for white and solid-colored tees. Also, any tips on blending modes or masking techniques to make it look natural are much appreciated!

I’m experiencing an issue where the file version I created on my iPad using Adobe Photoshop is not updating correctly when I try to download it from the browser using the same email. This results in using an outdated version of the file. Please assist in resolving this synchronization problem.

This time I started at 51GB free hard drive space, installed Creative Cloud which dropped it to 49GB, then I installed Photoshop, which failed and dropped me to 46GB. I used the cleaner tool and it only brought me up to 48GB so there is another 3GB just gone right there. Reinstalled creative cloud which of course took another 2GB. Installed Beta which succesfully installed which brought me down to 36GB. So installing creative cloud and a 6GB Photoshop Beta app has taken 15GB for some reason. And I still never got my lost 8GB back from previous failed installations. Please do not reply with a copy pasted answer about the cleaner tool. I need you to tell me the exact location where these failed installation files are being stored so I can manually delete them. Please tell me the exact names of the files and folders. I really do not want to have to reformat my entire computer. It makes me wonder how much space adobe has taken over the past two years. I just saw a recently posted yout

I want to print my image with Fuji Archive glossy paper. When I 'color proof' my original image in Ps, the result is far from the original. I proceed with additional adjustments (Levels, HSL, White Balance, Selective Colot, etc) to bring the 'color proof' version closer to the original, but it does not work.I have made a test print (of the 'color proof' image corrected with the adjutments) but the result is not satisfactory.What else can i do?Is there a 'standard' procedure of additional adjutments to bring the 'color proof' version similar to the original image?(PS: With other images that i have printed on the same paper, the above mentioned adjstments were effective; but this specific image has just a limited range of colors (blues/light blues with white rays) and lots of luminosity: the 'Color Proof' version loses all the luninosity, and when i try to bring it back the hue turns to green.)Thank you for your help