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When I click on text or image layer, the boundry box is tightly fit around the text or opject. As soon as I click the edge of the boundry to expand the text, photoshop changes the slection and includes a much larger area with blank pixels. I used to be able to click and hold a bounry edge and drag to the new size. Now when i click the edge, it expands and then I have to click the new expanded edge to resize.Is there a fix for this? It is incredibly frustrating when trying to align edges. Why can I no longer just drag an edge without it resizing the boundary? If I group the text (Ctrl +G) it will not add the blank pixles when dragging the edge but thats crazy to do for every text layer. What is happening!?

When trying to open Photoshop (any version) the splash screen opens as usual but when it goes away nothing happens, no background task or anthing, Photoshop completely crashes. The splash sceen always dissapears at the same mesage, roughly translated from german it says “calculating memory/storage”. The Logs look like this:[2026-08-16_14-21-10][4716][Warn] [general] We are going to deprecate hostInfo access soon. Please use HostInfoController instead.[2026-08-16_14-21-10][4716][Warn] [general] Host should provide base paths for persistent and temporary storage for 1P plugins in uxp initialization![2026-08-16_14-21-10][4716][Warn] [general] We are going to deprecate hostInfo access soon. Please use HostInfoController instead.[2026-08-16_14-21-10][4716][Warn] [general] We are going to deprecate hostInfo access soon. Please use HostInfoController instead.[2026-08-16_14-21-10][4716][Info] [general] Instead of the WebView2 runtime in the system, UXP will use the WebView2 runtime in the fold

Selection Brush tool doesn't work on grayscale pages, didn’t tried all the other modes, but I’m sure it doesn’t work on grayscale pages.The history shows I used the Selection Brush tool, but no selection is made at all, all other selection ways works just fine, including quick mask mode.

Thanks to all who took part in our last, ‘Holy Island’, challenge. There were some great entries that showed the imagination and skill of this community.The regulars in these challenges will know that sometimes we start with a scene and sometimes an object. This week we have two starter images, the first with a magnifying glass and a paper. The second is the same magnifying glass but with a transparent background. You can use either, or both, to start your entry. The scene was created and rendered in Blender 3D with Adobe Substance 3D Designer and Adobe Substance 3D Painter used for textures.How imaginative can you get with this simple scene, or object?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 Pho

Recently upgraded to 4K monitors under Windows 11 (i9, 128Mb) with an NVidia RTX 4060.  The speed at which Photoshop operated seems significantly improved.  Am I just imaging things?  It got me to wondering if the software is written for the latest (well near latest) and greatest hardware and has capabilities to adjust down for what is considered a reasonable level of backward compatibility.  Figured some of the gurus herein might have an understanding of how the interactions are actually taking place.  Thanks for any insights.

im trying to change the ppi of an image that is suppose to be at 1200 but reads as 72.  I open the image in Mac and resolutions reads 72 even thought the originator said its suppose to be 1200. I then open it in PS, go to image, size and change to 1200ppi & resample then save as.  Yet image is still at 72. How do I get art to stay & save at 1200?

I tried opening Photoshop this morning but I kept getting a message that it cannot open. I went to my Creative Cloud and it said Photoshop was not installed. It directed me to use Photoshop on the web browser. I downloaded the DMG file and opened it (working on a MAC) and it now works but ALL my Actions, Presets and Brushes from years of collection are gone. How do I get them back?

This morning trying to use generative fill in Photoshop and got the message "We're experiencing delays due to high demand. Please try again later."

There’s a new feature for the Remove Tool in PS 27.7.0, which allows for a local AI model that can be used “offline” and doesn’t require credits. It’s described here:  I meet the hardware and software requirements. Tried downloading this component / addon multiple times since yesterday, in PS and in CC App, but after 30-60 minutes the download always interrupts at 48% and it gives the error message “unable to extract files” and “error: code 127”. CC App lacks the basic function of resumable downloads, it always starts from the beginning. I have 630GB of free space, btw, so that’s not the issue. I did all the AI chat suggestions like deleting the Adobe temp folder contents on my root drive, giving full permissions for the folder, adding an exclusion for the folder in Windows 11 defender - none of that helped. Wasted a full hour in the chat with a human (?) or “human” agent that did not understand what the issue is, giving me completely irrelevant suggestions like “this feature does not

 After 27.8.2026 updates I face randomly several errors in Photoshop, Camera Raw and Lightroom. Freesing, closing, not exporting, memory issues. Anyone else? All those worked perfectly till the update. In Task Manager everything looks like before.

Hello allI am looking to ensure my workflow is optimised when I am working with RAW files through to the final print ready file.I normally open the RAW file and save it down as a PSD file. This is my working file.When I am happy with the image, I flatten the PSD and then save it as a TIF file. The flattened TIF can still be a large file size but I’ve always believed this is the best file format for the final design.Then that file is either printed as a standalone file or inserted into Indesign.I also resize the PSD and then save it as a web asset.I have come across creatives using TIF as the layered working file and also people using JPEG as the final file to either be printed or inserted into Indesign. I don’t normally use this workflow.Be great to get your thoughts. Thanks as ever.

I'm consistently getting the same problem where the image is displayed with a strong colour cast when it's perfectly neutral after conversion to Grey Gamma 2.2 in PS. I am using Edit>Convert to Profile (Advanced) to select convert to Greyscale Gamma 2.2 The change is instantaneous as preview is selected. I have tried other Greyscale options and all give the same colour cast. My monitors are obviously fully calibrated.I’ve now tried exported C1 files in Adobe RGB 98 and also Greyscale Gamma 2.2 and they too get the colour cast when converted and opened respectively in PS. This is a B&W conversion from a normal colour digital camera and I get the same when using those from a Monochrome sensor too.The image after conversion is perfectly neutral, it prints as such, but the strong cast in PS makes it nigh on impossible to make any meaningful changes and soft proofing is completely out of the question!!I need to print using Grey Gamma 2.2 for the QuadToneRIP in the making of digital n

After using the lasso tool to select the unwanted area, click generate in the floating toolbar. When the 3 options come up, select one. Upon clicking the background layer and the selection tool, when zooming in on the photo to continue editing, it stays pixilated and unresolved.  Tried all of the standard troubleshooting, including updating graphics card. 

I don't know what's happening, the same thing again, it doesn't complete the PS update and when I press cancel, I have to reload the PS program, when I open it everything is lost, all custom samples (brush, action). I wrote to Adobe, unfortunately, no answer. Obviously, I will have to terminate the cooperation, because for such a monthly payment, as a customer, I would expect them to fix the problems. I simply can't download the fourth version of the PS update.

Photoshop suddenly began displaying Lightroom images incorrectly until toggling Proof Colors (Command+Y). Around the same time, I had an action I used regularly to produce a sun flare, and all of the sudden the Gradient Fill colors no longer match the same HEX/RGB values used previously. Existing TIFFs when the colors were applying correctly and exported back to lightroom display correctly when opened in photoshop again, but newly created gradients appear less saturated despite identical RGB values. Photoshop preferences have been reset, i've uninstalled and reinstalled, and the issue persists.

Hi everyone,I'm looking for a Photoshop Action, PSD template, plugin, or any other Photoshop-based solution for a very specific workflow.I have attached two example images:IMAGE 1 — ORIGINAL CAMERA PHOTO / INPUTThis is a real CD photographed directly from above, with the disc lying flat on a white background and the camera sensor positioned parallel to the surface of the CD.Because the CD is highly reflective, the photograph contains uneven brightness, darker and lighter areas, reflections, rainbow/iridescent effects and other photographic artifacts.IMAGE 2 — REQUIRED RESULT / TARGET OUTPUTThis shows the result I need: the same type of CD, still viewed perfectly straight-on, perfectly circular and flat, on a white background, but with a clean, even and uniform metallic surface.IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS:The original printed information must be preserved exactly.I do NOT want AI to redraw, reinterpret or recreate the text.All lettering, catalogue numbers, logos, symbols, track listings and

I have uninstalled Photoshop 2026.  And attempted to reinstall Photoshop 2026, version 27.9.1.  It won’t install on my Apple iMac desktop computer.  macOS Tahoe 26.5.1. Any help is greatly apppreciated.  

You keep removing useful shortcuts and established habits that long-time users rely on. I genuinely do not understand what kind of product decisions are being made here. Why are you constantly changing features, hotkeys, and default settings that have worked perfectly well for years—especially when users have built their workflows around them?It feels as though changes are being made simply to make the software look “updated,” rather than to solve real problems or improve the user experience. Not every long-standing behaviour needs to be redesigned just because someone prefers a different way of working.For example, in Photoshop, transforming an object used to be free from aspect-ratio constraints by default, while holding Shift preserved the proportions. You simply reversed that behaviour. Why? This was a familiar, efficient workflow for countless users, yet it was changed without any meaningful benefit to the people who actually use the software every day.

Running on RTX 5070Ti with latest Studio Drivers and latest 2026 Photoshop as of July 2026, and Photoshop crashes everytime I use Selection Brush Tool and click “Remove” in the bar. When only using the Remove Tool no issues, but interestingly the Brush Tool creates better results most of the time. Hoping for a fix soon. 

PROBLEM SUMMARY:The physical ASUS Dial or touchpad DialPad works for Windows volume and brightness, but completely fails to work natively inside Adobe Photoshop (no smooth brush size scaling, zoom, opacity, or HUD). A factory reset or clean driver install does not fix this. The root cause is a three-part installation failure by ASUS:1. The ASUS Control Panel Toolkit installer leaves the extension packed in a .zip archive instead of installing it.2. The native C++ bridge file (AsusDCPPhotoshopExtension.dll) is not copied into Photoshop's plugin directory.3. Modern versions of Photoshop block unsigned legacy CEP extensions unless an Adobe developer debug flag is turned on in the Windows Registry. Follow this step-by-step fix to restore full native control. STEP 1: Extract the Missing CEP Extension Files1. Open File Explorer and navigate to:C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Control Panel Toolkit\(If not there, check C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ASUS Control Panel Toolkit\)2. Locate the file named

Hello Adobe Community,I am unable to access Behance on both desktop (Microsoft Edge, Windows 10) and the Behance mobile app. Each time I log in, I receive “Access Denied (HTTP ERROR 403)” and my profile appears blank.Here are the details of what I’ve tried and observed: Location: Cebu City, Philippines ISP: Converge ICT Devices tested: Windows 10 PC (Edge), Android/iOS Behance app Troubleshooting done: Cleared cookies/cache in Edge Tested in InPrivate mode Reinstalled the Behance mobile app Tried different browsers and devices Network test results: Ping to Behance server (151.101.193.197) succeeds with ~18ms response Traceroute shows clean path through Converge servers to Behance Issue persists across all devices and networks (Wi‑Fi and mobile data). This suggests the problem is not with my ISP or device, but possibly with my Adobe account or regional access restrictions.Has anyone else in the Philippines experienced this? Could this be an account/

Ik mis de binnencirkel radiaalfilter (doezelaar) in camera raw, deze is wel aanwezig in LCR.

I click the app and nothing opens it just spins and nothing opens

I've been working on a big file that has many layers sorted into groups and all of a sudden I find that all the layers within each group have become invisible. I normally click on a group and that group then becomes visible, but now it does not because all the layers within it have become invisible. In order to make the whole group visible I have to now open it and click the Eye icon on every layer and open every group within the group and do the same.How has this happened? And surely there must be an easier way to make all the layers within a group visible? I've searched for ages, looked in the instructions, but no luck.Does anyone understand what I mean?