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When I try to modify a photo is says there is an error

You see when I use the selection tool it just keeps painting my objects with magenta. But the thing is that I'm missing the marching ants here and the auto selection which was enabled by default going together with the marching ants and it allowed to either to select a certain area or to deselect it, and it basically knew what to select... Now here's this manual brush-like selection which isn't smart!I tried to turn on the selection edges in the settings, but as soon as I start painting again it gets back to default disabling the marching ants and yeah auto selection with it 

I recently compared Firefly, Gemini Nano, and FLUX 1 Kontext Pro inside Photoshop. One gives me ideas in seconds with different generations vs the time it takes to draw one sketch or composed one. It’s an incredible power, but I wonder if we’re losing our creative "gut feeling" in the process. Design has changed for many. In Photoshop, AI has turned the canvas into an interactive partner. As designers, we are no longer just creators; we are curators of a conversation.   We’ve never had this much power at our fingertips, but does speed equal mastery? I want to know: Does that speed make you feel like a creative powerhouse, or does it make you wonder who’s really in the driver’s seat? Please drop a comment with your experience! ~ Love to hear how your process or thoughts has shifted—No right or wrong answers here—just your honest take!  

I can’t seem to find a functioning download link for the Photoshop action ‘Toon Artist’. Please help.

Yesterday everything was as usual in Photoshop… today when I create a new file it automatically creates an artboard with a layer. I don’t want that. I can’t figure out how to stop it from happening. I know I can create a new layer in the Layers panel and then delete the artboard but that’s just an extra step. Is it me, or is this something new in Photoshop?

During normal manual use, the following steps work without any problem:Select Layer → Remove Background → Generate BackgroundHowever, if I record those exact same steps as a Photoshop action, then reopen the same image and play the action, Photoshop fails every time with:“An error occurred while generating the image.”The important point is that the exact same workflow works manually, but fails only when played back as an action.This looks less like an image or prompt issue, and more like a problem with Photoshop action playback together with generative AI.If anyone has seen the same issue or knows a workaround, I would appreciate any advice.[Moved to Photoshop ecosystem by a moderator]

I finally trusted myself enough to pause my older computer’s installation of PS CS5 and successfully installed CS5 to my newest, much faster computer. Several questions and one issue.First the issue,  although the program responds and downloads the updates found under Help/Updates it will not install them. It appears to try but fails. A screen shot is attached.Failed AttemptI’m at a loss to understand what I need to do now. On another note I’d really like to increase the display of the menu on top and the side panel actions if possible.Thanks for any assist.

I have to do the key command to show guides every time I open a new document in Photoshop. It started when you updated Photoshop to show the Firefly prompt on the start screen. That feature used to be persistent until you turned it off, not require that I do it every single time I open a new image.

Tengo una Samsung Tab S10 plus y quiero descargar el photoshop en mi tablet pero me dice que no es compatible, aunque mi tablet este actualizada al android mas reciente no me deja descargarlo, si me deja en mi teléfono pixel pero quiero tenerlo en mi tablet para mejor comodidad

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I have the same problem. See attached screen-recording[Post moved by Mod]

When saving a JPG from menu > Save a Copy the file is saving with the date of the original PSD file and not todays date. As far as I can tell this only affects JPG files as the PDF and PSD I saved from the same PSD file have todays date. I have seen this many times before and in several versions of PS. This makes it hard to find files when filtering by date. The JPG was saved from the PSD I saved as a new version today as well, that didn’t change the date that was saved on the JPG.

Ich habe zwei Rechner: einen stationären PC im Homeoffice sowie einen älteren Laptop, den ich als Reiselaptop nutze, da ich häufig auf Messen und Events unterwegs bin.Bei meinem bisherigen Reiselaptop scheint sich nun allerdings der Datenträger zu verabschieden – kurz nach dem Start friert das Gerät ein und ist nicht mehr benutzbar.Daher habe ich ein anderes, etwas neueres (aber ebenfalls älteres) Laptop von mir als neuen Reiselaptop eingerichtet und dort Photoshop installiert. Dabei erhielt ich jedoch die Meldung, dass die Seriennummer bereits auf zwei Geräten verwendet wird.Mit mehreren Anläufen – da der alte Reiselaptop immer wieder eingefroren ist – ist es mir schließlich gelungen, Photoshop dort zu deaktivieren. Ich bekam auch die Bestätigung, dass ich die Lizenz nun auf einem neuen Gerät verwenden kann.Allerdings wird mir auf dem „neuen“ Reiselaptop weiterhin angezeigt, dass die Lizenz bereits auf zwei PCs aktiv ist.Der Telefonsupport konnte mir leider nicht weiterhelfen. Mir wur

Hello,I’m looking for recommendations for a PC for running CC apps (specifically Photoshop and Illustrator). I just need recommendations as to what processor and RAM to order.Our printing department desperately needs a new PC but myself and the design team are all Mac based and have no idea about PCs. They need a PC because the RIP software they use is PC only. To give more perspective, they will need to adjust artwork at times but they don’t design as such and they will never be doing any video editing or 3D etc, it will be Photoshop and Illustrator that they will be using the vast majority of the time. Thanks in advance.RegardsDave

Hi there, can update the Photoshop 27.5 Version and make it better like in 2.74 Version also my photoshop keep frozen can you update the 2.75 version Thanks Kevin   

After installing the latest update for Adobe Photoshop, I’m having consistent issues opening CR3 files.When I double-click a CR3 file (which should open in Camera Raw), Photoshop either:Does nothing at all, or Shows an error saying it can’t open the file type, or Starts to open, then completely freezesWhen it freezes, Photoshop becomes unresponsive and cannot be closed normally. I have to force quit it using Activity Monitor.Workaround (temporary):If I open Photoshop first and then go to File → Open, the CR3 file will open correctly. However, this is much slower and disrupts my workflow.Expected behaviour:Double-clicking a CR3 file should reliably open it in Camera Raw without freezing or errors.System Info:Camera: Canon EOS R5 Mark II File type: CR3 (RAW) OS: macOS (add your exact version here) Photoshop version: (Help → About Photoshop) Camera Raw version: (Photoshop → About Plugins → Camera Raw)Additional notes:This issue started immediately after the most recent update. Prior to th

Ever since the update to Photoshop 2026, I can no longer set my default for opening .webp files in Photoshop. When I right click to "Open With" only Photoshop 2025 pops up but when I click that, it doesn't work. I tried remapping through the Default Apps panel, but that doesn't work either. I have tried uninstalling Photoshop, restarting, and re-installing. Still no luck. (I'm on Windows 11).

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.

Howdy.I’ve had this problem for years.  The “Export as” feature can’t be trusted to properly export gradients (see attached). Anyone know what the deal is with this? Thanks! 

I'm using Photoshop 25.9.1 on one of the newly released copilot+ PC with SnapDrag. So far the software is working fine but I can not find "remove tool" anywhere. Is this a bug or that feature has not been yet ported on ARM?   This is the menu displayed at the moment:  

For almost a year now I've had some strange issues with Photoshop, and no updates to it or Windows have fixed it. These included:Unable to export any other way than the "Export for Web (Legacy)" option.   The whole program crashing when trying to access neural filters (no error message, just crash). Just a blank page with no notifications, or create new document options in the middle of the screen when first launch the app.To test I created a new Windows account on the PC, and there Photoshop ran without any issue, however on my main account, also an admin account, I have all those issues. Any idea on what's going on? I am running the latest version of both Photoshop and Windows 11, and none of the updates to either have fixed anything in almost a year. Reinstalling Photoshop and the whole Creative Cloud Suite didn't help either.

Hi all,   I am currently puzzled how to create a pantograph with the word VOID written. I tried to create one and it is attached as PSD file but i am unsuccessful in the matter.   It has to be back and white in color or a combination of magenta.   Any advice or lead in this would be highly appreciated.   Thanks in advance    

Folks, any idea how to install Photoshop CC 2019 (version 20.0)? I updated to version the current version after holding off for a while as I just didn't want to change.  Now that I updated, the new version is gltichy as hell for me and can't work with files from without all kinds of graphical glitches, rendering my photoshop sub useless. The creative cloud App only shows versions as low as Photoshop (22.0). Any assistance would be appreciated.

I wanted to use generative fill on a selection, but PS refused because it said my color image was in grey scale. Flat wrong. Below are screenshots of the image mode and the bad message.And the version info follows those.  

Smart Object from Illustrator appears low resolution at 100% (regression)📝 DescriptionPlacing an Illustrator (.ai) file into Photoshop as a Smart Object results in a rasterized, low-resolution appearance, even when viewed at 100% zoom.This behavior is new and did not occur in previous versions. It is impacting production workflow for print design, where accurate, high-resolution vector rendering is required.🪜 Steps to ReproduceOpen Photoshop Create a new document (300 ppi) Go to File → Place Embedded Select an Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file with vector artwork (fonts outlined) Place the file and confirm placement View the Smart Object at 100% zoomAlso, tried just opening Illustrator vector art and linked graphics which I have done previously over many years without issue and now everything is blurry and low resolution - even vector art. Never had to  import or place files before. ❌ Expected ResultVector artwork placed as a Smart Object should appear sharp and resolution-independent at