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Where is the Magic Wand tool???? Its not beneath my object select, nor in my Essential Workspace. Tool presets states "cannot be found"

Hello! I've updated my Photoshop to the version 27.0 and unfortunately I can't check out the new functions. Both Flux Kontext/Nano Banana or Topaz Sharpening/Noise removal don't seem to function. It's behaving similarly to the day of the huge AWS breakdown - a window with a loading bar pops up, but it disappears halfway or like 75%, not having any effect. I've waited since friday to check it out again, but nothing has changed, I figured that maybe I don't have the necessary generative credits, but I'm not able to check the balance - the whole section in the top-right dropdown menu is not loading at all, the error says this section can't be loaded. Is anyone else experiencing issues like this?

In the past, I’ve been able to apply and edit strokes, color overlays, pattern overlays, drop shadows, etc, and see the changes before exiting the panel. Specifically was trying to move the pattern overlay around on the canvas before committing.Now, even with the checkbox ticked to preview changes, I can’t see anything I’m affecting until I confirm the Layer Style. Basically designing blind.Is this a bug?MacOS Tahoe 26.2Photoshop 27.3.0

I saw in another discussion that Magic Wand tool had been removed from Photoshop Web - is it missing in Photoshop CC now with the recent update as well? Running version 26.8.1. Please explain to me how to quickly selected the transparent outer edges of an image that has had rotation a few degrees applied in Lightroom and I need to fill the edges outside the original image with content aware fill (a situation quite common when doing small corrections to perspective or rotations when there is not enough cropping margins in the original image).  Lightroom is still in 2025 for all its AI magic tools still lacking the ability to automatically fill the edges itself, even though mobile tools like Google SnapSeed has had this for years, so I need to spend time in Photoshop with this. The Magic Wand was an instant one-click in Photoshop to select the transparent outer edges. It's now been replaced by an Object selection tool, that doesn't recognize the transparent outer edge

I’ve printed the descriptor of a text layer and it has 2 “textStyleRange”. In the first one, the color in the “textStyle” is like this "color": {    "objectType": "RGBColor",    "value": {        "red": 242.96399384737,        "grain": 231.608835160732,        "blue": 124.368603229523    }} and in the other it looks like this"color": {    "objectType": "RGBColor",    "value": {        "redFloat": -0.1768099963665,        "greenFloat": 0.65371006727219,        "blueFloat": 0.70756006240845    }} It seems that, if I clamp/clip the values redFloat, greenFloat and blueFloat to the range [0, 1] and then scale them to [0, 255], I get the RGB values I see in the Photoshop UI, but I don’t know if this is the correct and reliable way of converting them to [0, 255]. By clamping, I mean that I set them to zero, if they are less than 0, and set them to 1 if they are greater than 1. Does anyone know if this documented somewhere and if this is the correct/reliable way of doing it? I need all colors

This is a screenshot of the circle I'm referring to. It was changing over time, sort of pulsating. The screenshot is of a portion of the screen showing my browser window. This blue circle stayed in front of any screen I switched to, until I switched to Photoshop. Then it disappears. That leads me to believe it's Adobe software doing it. I'm using a 16" M4 Macbook Pro. Searching the internet for explanations I see other Adobe products are implicated in this same issue.What is the animated icon meant to represent? How can I prevent it in the future? I really don't know what I did to have triggered it. Hovering over it and clicking it did nothing. So it's a useless feature. Worse than that, it's an annoyance, since it encumberts other applications.

Cropping individual layers as a default option and if I want to crop the whole canvas then we should select all layers.I’m finding it difficult to follow steps for cropping a single image and feel this should be the default option when looking to crop something.

This is RBG color with Lighten Blend Mode. It disappeared with white color BG but it is visible with black color BG. What is the reason? Video also uploaded.   

This has got to do with Photoshop App Crashes when hitting the Print Button.I have 2 PCs both running Photoshop 2025 and 2026 running on Windows 11.The odd thing is I can print out a file in one PC but not on another PC. It crashes every time I hit the print button in the Print Menu.To divert but with the same problem I experienced is with a Canon Scanner which I was unable to print a perfect image as it comes out with a thick 1cm black line vertically right in the middle of the image. I had brought this to the attention of Canon and Microsoft. Canon replied that the model has no update on the driver and MS never replied. A year later… odd as it seems….. my Canon Lide 110 just sprang back to life and scanning was perfect.Now who to point the finger to. I suspect the frequent updatings on the app and windows may have an effect on this.Anyway…. this is something to probe into. regardsLong time user since PS started.

Dear Adobe Community (and especially qualified developers or support engineers),I'm experiencing severe performance issues in the latest Photoshop versions when copying or moving artboards: the application hangs for several minutes, followed by a "MOVE" process dialog that disrupts workflow entirely. This renders basic operations unreliable, and I'm now hesitant to use the feature for fear of file corruption.In Photoshop 2018, the exact same function worked flawlessly—100x smoother, with no freezes, no dialogs, and instantaneous results. Why has this regressed so dramatically in newer releases, despite ongoing updates? What specific changes (e.g., in rendering engine, memory management, or UI handling) caused this, and why hasn't it been addressed?Could someone qualified from Adobe please provide a detailed, credible response? Your users deserve transparency on this ongoing problem.I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP—IT NEVER SOLVES THE ISSUE. I ONLY WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED.Thank you.

Hi,Thanks to all who submitted images in our previous album cover challenge. There were some great ideas and great covers.This week we start with 4 simple fruit. You can use one or all of them in creating a new image. The only limit is your imagination, how far can you take it? The “rules”: Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry. Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright, etc. Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert. This is not just for our forum “regulars”. The challenge is not limited to Photoshop. Any Adobe software can be used.  There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off your skills, or bring a bit of humor and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go! The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only.   To download the starter image, hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the

Hi,When I click "Get More Brushes" and scroll down on Adobe.com, I can only download eight Kyle Webster brush packs. Unfortunately, "Charcoal" and "Concept," among others, are no longer available. Does anyone know how I can download and use them again? Thanks in advance.

photoshop will not open from desktop. It opens as a background process. Running Windows 11 pro.

I create renders in V-Ray/Maya. I’ll have a PSD that is a stack of different render elements, all of which have had the ‘As Transparency / As Alpha Channel’ option specifically selected when I’m creating my composition.Often, I’ll start compositing as soon as my render has started, rather than waiting for the final image. If I save out the render elements again whilst my render is running, or when it’s finished, when Photoshop automatically updates the smart objects it breaks what option I’ve chosen and will choose it’s own option - I think it goes by whatever I selected last.Can Adobe please make it so that the render layers keep their chosen option when they are (automatically) updated?

:CameraRAW 18.1.1 & PS 27.3 NVIDIA GeForce RTX-3070 8GB Studio Driver 591.74 & W11 64-bit 25H2 : GPU Runtime ErrorNEF files Landscape MaskingEnclosed Error Screenshots.My System Info:Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.3.0 20260122.r.13 2d403ec  x64 (final, Release)Number of Launches: 229Operating System: Windows 11 64-bitVersion: 11 or greater 10.0.26200.7628System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:7, Stepping:1, AVX2, AVX-512, HyperThreadingPhysical processor count: 8Logical processor count: 16Processor speed: 2496 MHzBuilt-in memory: 65408 MBFree memory: 41949 MBMemory available to Photoshop: 51302 MBMemory used by Photoshop: 70 %Crash Handler: AdobeDCX Version: 9.11.1SAM SDK Version: 14.3.4ACP.local Status: - SDK Version: 5.8.2 - Core Sync Status: Reachable and compatible - Core Sync Running: 7.8.10.1 - Min Core Sync Required: 4.3.66.28Live Edit Client SDK Version: v6.1.1Adobe Firefly: Please use any generative AI feature to view the latest version.OpenColorIO version: 2.4.2C

I know you didn't used to be able to extend multiple video layers at one time, but has this been updated?? I am trying to move (extend) 50+ layers in the timeline in Photoshop CC 2017, but would like to be able to highlight (shift click) all of them and extend at the same time. How is this done??

I have a new computer that is an ASUS Creative laptop with Windows 11. I cannot do anything in Photoshop upon installing the latest version of it from the Creative Cloud app. Brush strokes, shapes, fills, etc, do not ever appear. The Selection Tool does though. The artwork does appear in Animate though, which makes me believe it’s a problem with Photoshop itself. My pen is a third-party one from Amazon that doesn’t come with a driver or Bluetooth, so I cannot be paired with the computer, even though as I said it works in Animate, as well as other apps like ToonBoom and Clip Studio.  Any ideas?

Everytime when i get updates for Photoshop, all my shortcuts gets dissapeared. Is there a posibillity, to keep them in the next version? In my settings i have activated that i keep the settings from the older version and delete the last version so i have only the actual version of photoshop.

I have a terrible time seeing both the Menu and Toolbar in Photoshop.  I've edited the Interface in Preferences to Large and UI scale however, it doesn't make a whole lot of difference.  Is there any way to make it larger?Thanks

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I am taking an image then increasing the canvas size.  Selecting the inverse of the original image and then using the Delete option with contents set as Content aware.  then using the generate option to generate the extended image into the increased canvas.The problem is that when I finish the generate process, it places a rounded border around the original image.  I attached my instructions that I created with all the steps and screenshots.  The last screenshot is the final product with the border that is not desired.

Hi CS6 Image Adjustments Variations.showed the result of adding red or magenta or blue etc, with a sliding scale for amount and choice of shadows midtones highlights. Great for revealing which direction to take the colour adjustments into.Used it in CS6Now I am also with 2026, its gone, go to CS6 its there.I wanted to adjust some pasted in grass that was a different colour to the existing grass, and this did so.Instead there is no tool that allows one to pipette the grasses and have Pshop match grass.Surely feeding in the RGB average of the two grasses would allow Pshop to establish the conversion, Basic fundamental stuff, but without variations I am a fish out of water.Just why remove a so useful tool ?Were folk screaming blue murder at it ?Merlin

HelloI have a problem and have been searching for a solution for a long time through social media platforms.The problem is that I want to write in Arabic in Photoshop, but the text is reversed and unreadable.I tried changing the settings in the Unified Text Engine section, However, the editing options do not appear and the following text is displayed: “Unified Text Engine replaces legacy text engines and enables advanced typographic features for international languages and scripts”I look forward to a quick and effective solution from you.Thank you.

I have been using PS since 1999 and these new versions [cursing removed] are unusable. I have spent days trying to solve erros and bugs. Why did you nuke such a well oiled software. almost every update since 2018 [cursing removed].... why is there no alternative to PS [cursing removed].   why break something that worked so well decades ago

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