Photoshop

I could use some help, please. I’m just learning how to use smart objects. According to a video that accompanied the package I purchased, I should be able to double click on the smart object, paste an image onto the smart object layer, click Save, and then choose one of the “stamps” that are on different layers. However, the stamps disappear once I’ve saved the document. All I can see is I had this working late last week, and today, it’s not working anymore. Can something have changed? Did I perhaps change something, or am I missing an important step? I re-downloaded the package just to make sure I hadn’t done anything irreversible to the files. When I copy and paste, it is asking me if I want to apply the transformation before saving. Could that be a problem?Here is a screenshot--I hope this makes sense. Thank you ! 

I am still having this issue as of today in the full release, Photoshop 2026 27.9.0. Is there a fix beyond disabling the graphics processor? Turning off graphics processor fixes this issue, but causes Ps to run very slowly.I am not using the Beta version.

I just installed Photoshop 2025 on a new computer, M4 Max MacStudio on MacOS 15.7.1, and when I open it I get this error popup.There was a problem with Generator. If the problem persists, please see:http://www.adobe.com/go/photoshop_generator_errors_enNone of the solutions there seem relevent to a new install. I have no virus protection for instance. Log errors are copied below, starting with "No viable plugins were found in '/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2025/Plug-ins/Generator/'" -- and indeed that directory looks to be empty? The later ones make it look like there's a bug in some script.I've read many posts here on similar problems but none of the mentioned solutions that I've tried so far have made any difference. Help?From the log: Log file created on Thu Oct 16 2025 16:28:32 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)[info:core 16:28:32.136 generator.js:114:22] Launching with config:{}[info:core 16:28:32.136 generator.js:116:26] provided PS information:version 26.8path/Applications/Ado

PS will not open. I am told "The application “Adobe Photoshop 2026.app” can’t be opened." Tahoe 26.6 macbook with Apple chip. Started with trying to update (from either 27.6 or 27.7) which ran a long time and then messaged: "This is taking an unusually long time, investigating". waited some more, at least ½ hr in total and then canceled the update. Then tried to open PS and got the message: "The application “Adobe Photoshop 2026.app” can’t be opened.”Subsequently I succeeded in updated bridge.

Hi,Up until about a week ago, Iu sed my external HDs for scratch disks in Photoshop and they are no longer appearing in the app. I am running Tahoe on a MacBook Pro and have the latest version of Photoshop (and Photoshop Beta).I  have tried:Updating Photoshop  Rebooting my machine Ensuring Photoshop and cloud have full Disk access (both under Privacy permission and in Files & Folders) Both drives have plenty of space (3TB and 5TB respectively) I have full read/write permission of both drives and they are connected directly to my Mac (not through a hub)Both drives are formatted as ExFAT and while some online chats indicate it isn’t compatible with Photoshop . . . it WAS until about a week ago. I cannot reformat them, as they have other data that I cannot erase / move.UGH. Help!

My photoshop will not open.  Plus it will not let me take out photo from lightroom classic and move to Photoshop.  The computer and graphics are all up to date.  This has  worked for years and now nothing.

I am just learning to work with mockups and smart objects. This is a faux postage stamp I created and it’s going into a mockup that has deckled postage stamp edges etc. I’ve tried to use Free Transform to resize the “stamp” to the green “canvas” but it won’t fit exactly or proportionately. Is there something I can do to make it fit the green area precisely? Or something I can do to change the size of the green area so they’re both a closer match? Thank you.  

一直无法使用旋转对象功能，任何图片都无法旋转

I have my export settings to JPG quality Max of 7. But every time I go to export an image and close "Export As" it always defaults to quality of 6 and I have to manually change it every time. This is the case in both PS and PS Beta. On a MAC. PS beta V27.9.0 What can I do?

Is there a plan to fix the latest update disaster?? It's been a couple weeks now and nothing. Not happy!

i have a design like this. i want to recreate this on the right way. how do i creat lines lik the ones ath the front coming from the marble style?i have already this to start from. 

 Hello,Après quelques jours de congés, je reviens travailler sur photoshop, et je me rends compte que mes brush d’arrondi flous font un rendu très bizarre. Au lieu d’avoir une opacité progressive, j’ai des sortes de dégradés en paquet avec des couleurs étranges saturées sur les contours. Impossible de réaliser un dégradé progressif pour un fond de ciel, cela me bloque complèetement sur mon travail en cours. Tous mes calques sont en mode normal, mes brushs aussi, opacité et flux en 100%. J’ai réinitialisé par défaut tous mes outils, pas de changement.Avez-vous eu ce type de bug? Car c’est clairement un souci de fonctionnement, je n’avais jamais eu ça en plusieurs années de travail sur photoshop, et ça arrive du jour au lendemain. Ou est-ce que je passe à côté de quelque chose?Merci pour vos retours!rendu des brush à opacité flouebrushmode 

When editing an adjustment applied to a Smart Object as a Smart Filter, such as Hue/Saturation or Curves, the canvas does not update continuously while dragging a slider or adjustment control.Instead, the Smart Object temporarily displays its original, unfiltered appearance while the mouse button is held down. The adjusted result appears only after the mouse button is released.This makes it difficult to evaluate small or incremental changes because the adjustment can’t be previewed in real time.Steps to reproduceOpen an image in Photoshop. Convert the image layer to a Smart Object. Apply an adjustment through Image > Adjustments, such as Hue/Saturation or Curves. Double-click the adjustment beneath the Smart Object to reopen the Smart Filter controls. Confirm that Preview is enabled. Click and drag one of the adjustment sliders without releasing the mouse button.Expected resultThe canvas should continuously redraw and display the Smart Filter result as the slider or adjustment value

when i click the generative fill button in photoshop, theres an Icon that says "fi" which stands for firefly. ive been able to click that in the past and choose nano banana / gemini 2.5. but this time when i click it, Firefly is the only option and nano banana gemini 2.5 isnt there any more. where did it go? how do i get it back? im on photoshop 2025 version "26.11.6"

Hi All,I am using the below code for import the PDF into Photoshop. It is working fine with 72 resolution and produce the correct output. But if we fix for 400 resolution, script produce the wrong output (image stretched vertically).Please do the needful to get correct output and 400 resolution.Thanks!var inputFiles = File.openDialog("Choose the Input PDF File", "*.pdf", false); var pdfOption = new PDFOpenOptions(); pdfOption.cropPage = CropToType.TRIMBOX; pdfOption.antiAlias = true; pdfOption.constrainProportions = true; pdfOption.resolution = 400; pdfOption.mode = OpenDocumentMode.RGB; pdfOption.bitsPerChannel = BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT; pdfOption.suppressWarnings = true; app.open(inputFiles, pdfOption, false); 

Photoshop crashes. Photoshop was running fine until it said the scratch drive wasn’t big enough so I followed advice on forums and cleaned up some files in the c:drive to make more space. I also at this time opened the old gradients and followed advice to move them on my computer somewhere in the app data roaming. I have since checked the following: reset preferences, reset windows font cashe, manually deleted CT font cashe and roaming data, disabled GPU in preferences, reinstalled creative cloud and photoshop many times, ran a windows system repairs (sfc\scannow)  tried with a different local account on same laptop, used Adobe cloud cleaner tool,, checked read write access to folders (but could not do spool\drivers\colour). The problem started when I tried to fix the scratch drive and when I was at same time tried to restore the old legacy photoshop gradient tools. I have tried now to put my scratch drive on a different drive and this also doesn’t work (although I don’t know if possib

I’m using Photoshop CS6.Someone else created a lovely intersecting double ellipse in Photoshop to use as a banner border, which I “stole” from one of their PSD files - but I can’t work out how they created it - or how to modify it, other than by using the transform tool.I’ve uploaded it to double ellipse.psd. Their banner is visible when you open the file, and is in the layer group “Elipse Banner”. My attempt is in the hidden layer group “My attempt”. If you hide the “Elipse Banner” group and unhide the other group, you’ll see my attempt.How can I create a double ellipse banner like theirs from scratch? Theirs has an almost rectangular shape (but with smooth curves, not straight lines), whereas my attempt is much more elliptical. I managed to make the tops of my ellipses meet, like theirs does, using the direct selection tool - but I can’t work out for the life of me how to get that almost rectangular shape, wihich is vital in a mult-line banner, as otherwise the text will overlap the

I got a ACE for Photoshop 5.5 back in the 2000s. Took the test through Pearsons in Denver and did pass. I have been using the ACE logo on my website and resumes but I am appling for an adjunct teaching postion at a private university and they would like to see some documation for this and for my Adobe Digital instuctor award too. Does Adobe keep any records for these?

Recent PS update blocks `<textarea>`/`<input>` transparency + breaks button/input styling (UXP regression)I've been developing a plugin for 1.5 years, had it working beautifully with styled themedbackgrounds, and was waiting on Marketplace seller verification. A recent Photoshop update hasblocked `background: transparent` on native form controls in UXP, which has taken anotherwise finished, ready-to-ship plugin out of commission.Environment- Photoshop (release): `<FILL IN — Help ▸ About Photoshop>`- Photoshop (Beta): `<FILL IN>` — **reproduces identically in Beta**, so this is unfixed across the current pipeline (no staged fix)- UXP runtime: `<FILL IN — require('uxp').versions>`- macOS: `<FILL IN>`- manifestVersion: 5What broke1. `<textarea>` / `<input>` no longer honour any transparency. `background: transparent`   (and even low alpha such as `rgba(255,255,136,0.01)`) renders as a solid dark block   instead of showing the layer/paper beh

I'm a seasoned Photoshop/Bridge CS5 user who recently upgraded to CS6.  In Bridge I just ran my first Image Processor batch, trying to convert a set of RAW .NEF files to .PSD files with a basic editing action I created applied to them.  Photoshop CS6 opens the files from Bridge and applies the actions, but then I get the "Script alert" error message "Sorry I could not process the following files" and a list of all of the files in the batch I was trying to run the script on.  The files all remain open and are saved on my hard drive in a folder created by the Image Processor script, but do not close unless I manually close them.  I never had this problem in CS5 where the image processor would apply the desired actions to the batch of photos one at a time, then save and close.  Thoughts on how I can fix this bug?

I’ve been experimenting with Photoshop for creating Roblox-style gaming thumbnails and profile graphics, especially for mobile viewers on YouTube and Discord.One issue I keep running into is that some text effects and character outlines look sharp on desktop but become blurry or overcrowded on smaller screens.I’m also testing different username styles and invisible spacing characters for cleaner gamer tags, but compatibility seems inconsistent across platforms.For creators working on gaming thumbnails or Roblox-related graphics:What canvas size works best? Do you sharpen before or after resizing? Are there recommended export settings for mobile clarity? How do you preview username formatting across platforms?Would appreciate any workflow tips from people designing gaming content in Photoshop