Photoshop Elements

If I open two designs in 2026 and I want to move a design in one to the other design how do I do that?  In 2021 I just highlighted and moved to the screen at the bottom of the other design.  Now I can’t find any way to make this work.  Help.

Moved all Photos from old laptop to individual folders on new ASUS 15” laptop then purchased new Photoshop Eliments from Adobe. Opened Elements organizer and highlighted all photos in each folder and imported into Elements {all 6000+ of them}. Have found photos are not in date order as expected, they all seem to have a 2026 date even though the earliest was around 2013. Also some of the photos have a cloud symbol on them, I have not asked for any of these photos to be stored in the cloud. Some thumbnails have a tick mark on them why? I am sure most of my issues are probebly due to the operating system being updated from my older version. But its strainge, I am thinking I should have stuck with my old laptop with Elements 2013. I was hoping for a smooth transition but it seems its a new learing curve. Disapointed that it does not recognise RAF raw files from my Fuji S200 camera, got about 1000 files to convert to DNG;s   

I have Photoshop Express in an iPhone Pro 12 and an iPhone 17. The 12 shows “Combine Photos” as an option (I use it all the time). The 17 doesn’t. I cannot add layers.  And nothing happens when I tap “#Combine Photos” right under the search bar  

I am running Photoshop Elements 11. Recently upgraded to Windows 11. I am sure I could see a preview thumbnail of video clips in Organiser before. Now all I can see is a blank image with a file designation, mov, mp4 etc. Have I ‘lost’ a codec?

I began importing a couple of folders into Organizer 2026 yesterday that have 200,000+ files in them. I expected the process to take a day or two based on the rate in which it was processing the files during import. However, the next morning, it was done. Although, it did say it only imported like 8,000+ photos. Problem is, when I went to view them in Organizer, there are 0 (zero) photos/thumbnails showing. Nothing at all in the catalog. I tried to repair the catalog, but that didn't help.

Hi, I have my pc replaced and I need to use my elements 12 software . I have my original serial number but can’t access it on your site , at 77 years of age I don’t need any more than what I had

Ich habe PSE 12. Fotos von iPhone17 kommen von der Festplatte (Bilder) auf PSE21 seitenverkehrt.Bei meinem Samsung S24 kommen sie seitenrichtig 

I'm hoping someone can help me.   I am a casual user of Photoshop Elements.  I have PS Elements 2024 and it is set to automatically update. I am having a problem with the polygonal lasso tool.  The issue I am having is the tool behaves strangely. Sometimes I am unable to set an intial anchor point.  I select the tool, drag the icon onto my image and then select the point where I want to set my anchor.  I click ... nothing happens.  If I select some random spot on the image I can then set the initial anchor point.  How can I set up PSE to use the polygonal lasso in the manner that I am expecting? Another issue is that if I am successful seting the anchor point I then drag the mouse and the line showing my selection appears fine.  I then select the second anchor point and so on.  Many time though, PS automatically connects with my initial point because it decided I was done with my selection.  Of course, I disagre

Why do all selection driven tools suffer from a delay on input? Marquee, lasso, patch, polygon, or any tool that creates selections, experience a significant delay when initially dragging, which is particularly noticeable with smaller scale selections. We know that Adobe knows about this. It’s been a problem across all platforms, hardware, and with all peripheral devices, as far back as 2020, if not prior. It is present in all file types, with all layer setups, and at any resolution. Can we stop beating around the bush and get an explanation as to why this behavior is seemingly now inherent and presumably unfixable, rather than some arbitrary aberration? What changes were made that caused this?Is this the result of legacy code that is compromised by modern builds? Arbitrary driver incompatibility? What coded mechanism is the culprit here? 

When I attempt to use the move tool to resize images/components, the program delays or freezes (often 5+ seconds) before offering the Cancel/Done dialogue box (see image below), which makes this feature frustrating. I have uninstalled/reinstalled several times, which sometimes resolves it for one or two moves, but it always begins delaying, again. PSE Version …on a MacBook Air M6 Tahoe 26.2 fully up-to-date, but this problem has existed independent of iOS updates. IOW, it happened since I purchased  PSE 2026 across all iOS updates since then, except immediately after I uninstall and reinstall—but it always reappears.Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer feedback.

I use PSE2026 for comparing actual images with standard images which worked really well when using PSE2011 but I am having annoying problems when doing this in PSE 26.Depending on the amount of magnification applied, this dictates the minimum number of Pixels that Layer 1 will move over the background layer. 100% Magnification - 10 Px200% Magnification - 5 Px300% Magnification - 4Px400% Magnification - 3 Px500% - 800% Magnification - 2 Px1200% and above Magnification - 1 PxWhy can’t the Pixel movement be 1 Pixel regardless of the magnification. Pixel movements of 3 and above it makes it difficult to align Layer 1 images on the background. If you magnify the image to 1200% you can’t see the whole image!Additionally, when altering the size of the layer 1 images using the Move function the X and Y axes move together. If you uncheck the ‘Constrain Proportions’ box you can move the X and Y axes independantly. However when you click ‘Done’, Constrain Proportions becomes active again. Constra

Hi all, I hope this sounds familiar to someone,About a week ago I upgraded from Photoshop Elements 2021 to 2026 and since then changing the brush size via the keybord doesn't quite work anymore. For instance whenever I enlarge it by pressing alt and moving the mouse to the right ..and here comes the problem, the brush neatly SEEMS to enlarge along, but right after I use it, the size flips back to the setting it has in the tool options panel below. In other words: changing the brush size via keyboard isn't really connected to settings anymore. So my question is, have I found a bug in PSe2026 or do I have to adjust something in the software myself? And if so, which setting?Tnx for thinking (and typing) with me on this.

Hi all, this I hope sounds familiar to someone,A few days ago I upgraded from Photoshop Elements 2021 to 2026 and since then changing the brush size via the keybord doesn't quite work anymore. For instance whenever I enlarge it by pressing alt and moving the mouse to the right ..and here comes the problem, the brush neatly SEEMS to enlarge along, but right after I use it, the size flips back to the setting it has in the tool options panel below. In other words: changing the brush size via keyboard isn't really connected to settings anymore. So my question is, have I found a bug in PSe2026 or do I have to adjust something in the programme myself? And if so, which setting?Tnx for thinking (and typing) with me on this.

I’m doing a restore to a new computer of a pretty large catalog. (250k items). The backup goes without issue. The new computer has a single drive c: drive instead of two c:/d: in the old with the catalog on c: and all the files stored in D:. The restore seems to go ok and I restore without bringing over the old file structure. It takes around 4 hours to copy all the files from the external drive. Afterwards it moves to the Preparing Catalog and it seems to just hang on that. Windows thinks it not responding and it’s been that way for about 4-5 hours now. This is the second attempt to move it and the first attempt I ended after and then I had thousands of files that needed to be reconnected.  Am I not waiting long enough enough? What is it doing after the file copy and it says complete. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My old computer is running out of space and can’t be upgraded to Win11 because of age.  Thanks

I have been a Photoshop Elements user for many years, upgrading from one version to a subsequent one. In theory, the newer software reorganizes and updates the photo database. In practice, I’ve sometimes been left with digital soup. I’m presently using Photoshop Elements 2026. My organizer file has over 21,000 images in it. Keywords are divided between “Other,” “Imported Keyword Tags,” “People Tags,” “Family,” “Friends,” “Places,” and “Events.” There are people’s names in “Other” and “Imported Keyword Tags, places and evens in “Other,” and a few other oddities I can’t recall right now. Is it possible to move keyword tags from one category to another? I’d like to have all the names in “People,” geographic locations in “Places,” etc. I’d also like to be able to create new “Places,” tags, but when I try, the software brings up a U.S. map and requires me to pinpoint a location. It’s a topographical map, with no streets or addresses. I’d rather just input a city or an address. 

That titles was supposed to be “tags,” not “tabs,” but I can’t edit that part. Damn you again, Adobe.I have been a Photoshop Elements user for many years, upgrading from one version to a subsequent one. In theory, the newer software reorganizes and updates the photo database. In practice, I’ve sometimes been left with digital soup. I’m presently using Photoshop Elements 2026. My organizer file has over 21,000 images in it. Keywords are divided between “Other,” “Imported Keyword Tags,” “People Tags,” “Family,” “Friends,” “Places,” and “Events.” There are people’s names in “Other” and “Imported Keyword Tags, places and evens in “Other,” and a few other oddities I can’t recall right now. Is it possible to move keyword tags from one category to another? I’d like to have all the names in “People,” geographic locations in “Places,” etc. I’d also like to be able to create new “Places,” tags, but when I try, the software brings up a U.S. map and requires me to pinpoint a location. It’s a topog

This has been asked before, but never answered, and those threads are locked. For example: https://community.adobe.com/questions-716/theme-files-disconnected-1210159My Win10 PC had PSE 2019 (with ElementsPlus in case that matters). I reconnected all files and did a backup to a USB drive. On my new PC I installed PSE 2026 and restored the backup. Everything was successful except that in the new version Reconnect Files says there are some missing files: theme1.theme, theme2.theme…theme6.theme. These do not exist on my disk, and they do not appear anywhere in my Catalog’s Organizer screen so cannot be removed (as suggested in other answers). I searched the contents of all the XMP files for the text “theme” and they don’t appear there either.I suspect they are now there forever but a solution to this, and one that I think would be generally helpful anyway, would be if the Reconnect > All missing files > [Browse] screen included an option “Delete from Catalog” as well as the existing

I purchase Elements 2020 6 years ago and downloaded. When I now installed it in Windows 11 a licens is requested. How can I deal with this?

Ich bin von Photoshop Elements 2025 auf Elemts 2026 gewechselt. Als ich nun von einem konvertierten Catalog auf einen andere noch nicht konvertierten Catalog wechseln wollte, werde ich darauf hingewiesen das die Daten meines aktiven Catalogs bei Wechsel zu einem anderen Catalog in der Cloud gespeichert werden. Ich möchte aber keinesfalls ein Speichern in der Adobe Cloud. Wie kann ich die Speicherung verhindern?

以前利用していたPCが壊れてしまい買い換えたため、Photoshop&Premiere Elements15をインストールしようとしたところ台数オーバーとメッセージが出てインストールが完了しません。古いPCが利用できればサインアウトすればよいのでしょうが、壊れて起動しないためアクセスできません。 

I have been using Elements for years and have always added my own png files to the Caticon folder so that I have more Category Icon options for my Keyword Hierarchy. I now have Elements 2023 and new png files added to the Caticon folder do not appear in the Category Icon list. I know I can add individual icons to keywords but that option does not exist for the Category heading. Is there a limit to how many png files can be in the Caticon area. My new ones take it over 70. 

So I notice the new community is now live. At this stage only histortic posts have been added. Recent postings from Novembner to date will be added shortly. 

I have Photoshop Elements 2025 on am Windows 11 laptop.  I put a background behind a photo. I had to move the photo over to print it. How can I keep the background in the spot I moved the photo from?

My Elements Auto Creations 2021 keeps giving me these .exe errors when after closing the program. I’ve attached a picture of what I get due to the large amount of info. I’ve noticed I get this when (after finishing an album of pics) I try to transfer the folder that the edited pics are in to another location. 

Nach einem Update von PSE 2024 auf PSE 2026 (ABO) hat zunächst alles bestens funktioniert. Jetzt habe ich die  noch parallel vorhandene PSE 2024 deinstalliert, nun lässt sich der Assistent nicht mehr öffnen (Ladeanzeige läuft  unendlich), nur noch die Funktionen Schnell und Erweitert. Gibt es eine einfache Möglichkeit den Assistenten wieder zu aktivieren oder kann/muss ich PSE 2026 neu installieren? Danke schon mal für Tipps.