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Hi!I have had the hardest time downloading files from shutterstock/adobe stock and opening them up in illustrator to find they are "9-slice scale images." I don’t know much about these I guess? They are images on a transparent background, but when the background is removed the image changes completely and no longer have the same effects.  When I try to move the file from Illustrator to photoshop as a smart object the transparent background comes with it. If I try to remove it there the same thing happens. I'm sure there is an easy way around this but I'm kind of lost.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I'm working with Photoshop Creative Cloud v 26.9 on a MacBook Pro with Sequoia 15.5. I purchased a plugin from Evato for PS and downloaded it along with the License Certificate. When I follow the install instructions I get into the Creative Cloud App and get a message saying I have to purchase the plug-in.... which I'm not inclined to do BECAUSE I ALREADY PURCHASED IT!!How do I get Creative Cloud to accept my Item Purchase Code from the 3rd party?

So, Intel Arc and Adobe Photoshop… It’s ugly 🫡 When I open a simple file in Photoshop 27.3, my CPU is nuked when doing simple things (like moving a layer)… PS is laggy, hard to use and quickly becomes a headache. Here’s what I can tell and my debug process so far : SysInfo is attached. I’ll come back to this later  GPU compatibility says that everything is compatible  I’ve unplugged my second monitor : no results.  I checked, unchecked, re-checked “use GPU” or any settings in the Performance menu : no results.  Photoshop was re-installed many times without keeping any settings / cache. No results. On the SysInfo file, you can clearly see where the problem is : Composite Core GPU (comp_core_gpu): on Composite Core Threads (MultithreadedCompositing): on Composite Core UI (CompositingDocumentTabUI): off Composite Core Feature Prefs (CompCoreFeaturePrefs): offAnd it describes the bug pretty well. Mooving the canva / a layer is a pain in the *ss. But using the quick selection uses the GPU.

I made some social media logos awhile back and saved the session with each logo on it’s on layer.I’m doing another project and wanted to use the same logos, but with a different color on the new project.  These are circles with the logo etched out of the middle.  When I select a portion of the logo and click on similar, it selects the circle as a whole, but I can’t get it to deselect the middle, so when I try to bucket fill, it just gives me a circle.  Even if I do the object selection tool, it does the same thing.I’m self-taught and just learn things as needed, and forget them just as quickly, so this could be something super simple.  I just don’t want to have to recreate these again. Any help would be appreciated.

i5 9600k,16gb ram 3200 Mhz.Gpu 3050 8gb, Win 10 pro,when i open photoshop he use me all 15 gb ram and try to work hang my pc, basically problem using camera raw

Hi everyone,After the latest Photoshop update, I have been experiencing frequent crashes and significant performance slowdowns, particularly when working with larger files or using AI-based features like Generative Fill. The app freezes and closes unexpectedly, and navigation becomes slow even on simpler tasks.Has anyone else encountered this issue, and is there a known fix or workaround?

Trust me when I say I've tried EVERYTHING. This includes:clean installing Windows 11installing the latest studio driversinstalling older/factory driversusing Creative Cloud Removal Tool and reinstalling Photoshopincreasing the Performance settings to max (RAM usage, cache levels etc)laptop's cooling is perfect - vapor chamber heatsink, new thermal paste, doesn't get hot or throttleWindows performance modeturning off hardware acceleration (not a real fix) For reference: Intel i9-13900H, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD (7000mb/s, brand new), Nvidia 3500 Ada 12GB  All of these only for Photoshop to run like a turtle. This is system wide - brush is laggy (it's not the smoothing setting), selections are laggy, creating shapes is laggy, scrolling/zooming is laggy etc. I have a PC with almost the same specs and same settings, and Photoshop runs fine. No issues there.

Many of the fonts that aren’t rendering appear to be non-Latin alphabets, but others, like Hoefler Text, don’t have anything “unusual” about them. Many of them are Apple system fonts so I can’t just go removing them.  The fonts render correctly in Font Book. And there are no errors when I verify them. I can’t figure out why they’re not working in Photoshop. Help?

Could you please tell me some good computer systems or graphics workstations that are the most compatible with Photoshop and Illustrator?  Starting at the lowest price? I am being told that my system can't handle Photoshop.   Thank you.

My signature disappeared one day and now cannot upload a new jpg or png file to put my signature back in and have saved. Keep getting red box error message that my files are corrupt. I have macOS Tahoe 26.2.

Macbook Pro M1 Max, Apple Sequoia 15.1, PS 26.8.0  I just upgraded to PS 26.8.0. Now when I double click to open a photo, it remains in the background, covered by other windows. Why are my images not coming to the foreground when I open them? Is there a new setting I'm missing in PS 26.8.0?  Now every single time I open an image, I have to then click on that image once it's open for it to take focus. If it's completely hidden behind another window, I have to then close or move that window to see the image. The PS application itself takes focus as all the menus appear, but the image I double click to open remains behind whatever images and apps are opened. 

Currently looking for grasses brushes, but dk where to find them. Is there a place on Adobe I can view and download brushes? Would appreciate any suggestions.

I have an iMac with OS 15.7.3 with PS 27.3, I have been trying to use the Path Blur Tool in Filter/Blur Gallery/Path Blur on several different images one is a stock image that was suggested by Adobe in a troubleshooting article. and one where I have put clouds in a sky and want to blur them using the Path Blur Tool. When either image and I click on Filter/Blur Gallery/Path Blur the image automatically blurs, there isn’t any markers, I do get a pen with a “+” sign to the bottom right of pen.  When I click and drag nothing happens, When I just click on the image I get nothing as well QUESTION: are there know issues with the Path Blur tool?QUESTION: are there settings for PS 27.3 on my iMac I need to check?QUESTION: has anyone else experienced this problem? Thank you in advance for your help Michael

For the past ~7 years I’ve used the same workflow. I know it’s not the most efficient, but it has always worked—until Photoshop 26. I shoot with a Canon EF 8–15 fisheye that produces a circular image. My workflow has been:  Create a red circle layer as a guide Use Color Range / Color Select to select the circular image area Switch to the image layer Cmd+X (cut) Cmd+N → New Document   Up until now, Photoshop would create a new square canvas based on the clipboard, effectively preserving the full circular image in a square document. In Photoshop 26, something changed. When I switch layers, the bounding box changes to match the rectangular bounding box of the selection, not the circular selection itself. As a result:  Cmd+X copies only the rectangular bounding box Cmd+N creates a new canvas based on that bounding box, not the intended circular image area   This breaks a workflow I’ve relied on for years. Question:Did Adobe change how selections are interpreted for clipboard size

Hi Everyone.   Just to get this out of the way: I'm running Windows 10 (everything up to date), Photoshop CC 21.1.1, and an Ugee tablet (think poor-man's Cintiq).   When I launch photoshop to draw, things work fine for a while, but after about 20 mintes, when I use the hand tool (space, H, or by clicking on the tool) to move to another portion of the artwork, it starts snapping to the upper left. I could try dragging down, and it's even more up and left. If I keep trying to use the hand tool to move my view of the canvas, it ends up looking like this:   I've already tried turning on-and-off various swiping, scrolling, and overscrolling settings.   If I re-start the program, it works fine...for about 20 minutes, and then we're back to funky snapping.    I noticed other hand-tool errors were solved with the update, but like I said, this version of Photoshop is as up-to-date as possible. I've updated pretty much everything on my computer.   Is there som

Hi everyone,I am using Photoshop CC and storing images and menu screenshots in the Cloud Libraries.I am trying to pull content from an external website:https://arabicmenu.orgHowever, the images sometimes do not sync or update properly in Photoshop.I have tried:Refreshing the Cloud Libraries panelRe-linking Smart ObjectsChecking internet connection and firewallRestarting Photoshop and Creative CloudEven after all these steps, some images from the website do not appear updated in Photoshop.Is there a recommended workflow to ensure that external content like restaurant menu images updates properly in Photoshop CC?Thanks in advance for your help!

Hello I'm unable to download the Neural filters. It looks like it will start, but then stops and doesn't download anything. PS 24.3.0 MacOS Big Sur 11.7.4 iMac. Any tips?

 At the moment, when I open the timeline, the only option seems to be the one in the centre, to convert to frame animation, and the three dots on the bottom left (where the option was to convert to frames previously) is inoperable (Photoshop won't allow me to click on it). I can then convert to frames and edit, but when I try to convert to video timeline in order to sharpen and colour, the option to do so (in the same place as the three dots) is also not working. Does anyone have any idea of what has gone wrong? Have updated my Photoshop, etc., and can't see anything visibly wrong. 

I would like to flip a photo

In this video [time 4.14-6.08] 4 times Marquee Tool is used to get gaps but whether gap dimension is same is questionable. Is there any way to get similar gaps with Marquee Tool? Create a Viral Typography Logo in Photoshop in JUST 10 Minutes! But in Illustrator there is a way to make gap similar. Is it advisable to create this logo in Ai and import the file to Ps?           

When I went to use my complementary credits I get a message, that I have used all my monthly credits. I have not for this month, I do not consume all my complementary credits each month. I have provided two screen shots displaying my subscription credits along with a screen shot showing the the error message.  Please advise

Thanks to all who participated in our previous, Halloween based, challenge. There were some great ideas and images shared. This week we have something different.'One hundred and eighty', the highest score with three darts, became famous for the way it was called out by Russ Bray, a professional referee with a unique style to his declaration of the score. So this week, I bring you three darts (actually a 3D render). What will you make with them, 180 or something else entirely? 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

Since I reinstall macOS (26.2) on my macbook Pro (M1 Max 2021 - 32go RAM) Illustrator and Photoshop (maybe all adobe products, didn’t try yet) are acting bad. For photoshop, first start, I get this screen when I try to open a simple PNG… I have 680Gb of brand new free available space and it tells me drives are staurated. How can it be ?

Hello all! I've spent the past two days pulling my hair on this issue:I have a reasonably powerful laptop (i9 from 2020 and RTX 2070, 32GB of ram, hundreds of GB on scratch disk) and Photoshop generally runs extremely well, except when meta Quest Link (the VR headset app) is installed on my computer. If Meta Quest is installed, even when photoshop is the only thing running, with all Oculus Services turned off in System Configuration, Photoshop is extremely laggy with the most basic of tasks (round brush on a 2k canvas), and draws 100% CPU and GPU for that. It's a bummer since I use both to create images and CG assets, and would very much like to have them both live together happily.Everything was working fine for the past 3 years, and only since last week has this issue popped up.Ive tried: Clean windows installTested every photoshop version available through CCEvery step detailed here  https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.htmlEvery co

This is a PSA since I do graphic design professionally and the past 2 days have been unproductive while I troubleshoot very poor photoshop performance.The short version is that my laptop has an rtx 4070 in it and intel integrated graphics, pretty standard setup. Photoshop can see and correctly selects the 4070, but looking at the utilization, it's not being used at all. Performance was terrible and hardly usable.I tried many things to track down the issue but I finally did. After popping into Illustrator and looking at the list of GPUs in the performance tab I noticed a new display adapter:Meta Virtual Monitorthis is installed when using the quests remote desktop or potentially horizon workrooms. It was installed on my computer without me knowing and was confusing photoshop causing poor performance. Even after everything I did to force my dedicated gpu in photoshop it refused to use it when this display adapter was active.Disabling it in device manager fixed the issue. I hope this help