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I need to move some of my text layers on an invitation to add one in between them. When I do move a layer, or turn off it’s visibility, it leaves behind a white cutout in the original position.See here where I’ve moved the black text up. 

Bonjour,Je fais un peu de photo astro, et pour traiter mon image sur photoshop, il me faut superposer 2 calques.Quand je créer les 2 calques différents et que je souhaite les superposer, la fonction “incrustation n’est pas disponible (vois pj)Je suis sur la version photoshop de 2023, quelqu’un aurait il déjà rencontrer ce problème ou pourrait m’aider à le résoudre ?Bonne soiréePilou PS : en pj ce trouve une photo de mes calques et le menu déroulant me permettant de choisir le mode de superposition, je travaille avec 2 calques, l’image d’origine ainsi qu’une copie de cette image avec un filtre “passe-haut” régler à 1,6 pixels 

Hi everybody, I have a very big file which I can’t open in PS because the scratch disc is full. The size is 6800 x 4900px. The advice I have found online suggests creating 100GB of space. I have roughly 25GB on my Mac which only has 251GB in total. Is there a way of working out how much space you would need to open and work on a particular file rather than creating 100GB of space if that’s not necessary for that particular file. My file is very big at 6800 x 4900px but it’s only 4 layers. Does anybody have any ideas?Thanks,Gareth

Hi everyone,After installing the latest Photoshop update, the application has become extremely slow. Opening PSD files, switching layers, using the Brush tool, applying filters, and saving files all take much longer than before.I've already tried:Resetting Photoshop preferences Clearing the cache Updating GPU drivers Enabling GPU acceleration Increasing RAM allocation Disabling pluginsUnfortunately, nothing has improved. My PC meets the recommended system requirements, and other Adobe apps work normally.Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is there a known fix or workaround?For reference, I also document software troubleshooting on Workervoice.in.

Hello, sometimes I get a weird bug where I can't Paste a copied image into an active canvas in photoshop. To fix the problem I have to jump through some specific hoops (hoping this is helpful to you guys for fixing the bug, too)The problem:Sometimes when I Right click (in my browser for example) > Copy image > Paste into my acvtive photoshop canvas > The previous/wrong/cached file from the clipboard is pasted in. No matter if i use Ctrl+V or Edit > Paste, same result. The solution:I have to goto File > New (note this is actually the wrong canvas size, it should be the copied file dimensions like it normally is) > Create > Paste now works > Close this new file > Paste again in my canvas and NOW it does work.It's bizarre. Note this doesn't always happen. Maybe 50% of the time only. I'm on windows 10, and I keep my photoshop up to date (subscription)Any help is much appreciatedThanks

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 everyone,I’m working on an animation in Photoshop 2026.When I go to File > Export > Render Video and click Render Video, the export window never appears.Appears a loading bar but it never ends. There is no error message or warning. Nothing happens, and I can’t access the export settings.I’ve already tried restarting Photoshop, but the issue persists.Has anyone else experienced this?I’m running Photoshop on rosetta and normal way and even not works.If I run Photoshop 2026 on Rosetta mode, I can’t create Video empty layer too...I have to use Photoshop 2021 to work and it’s confusing but in this version all works.Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!

How can I remove the grey background so can print on a black shirt

Updated photoshop to 27.8 and the banding on gradients is really bad, PS27.7 was absolutely fine.Attached is a screenshot of PS27.7 alongside PS27.8.You can see clearly the banding, this has only happened because of the update, not anything that I have done.Anyone else had this issue? As I can't seem to find a solution online. 

This concerns Adobe CS5. Recently, Windows 10 had catostrophic crashes on both my desktop and notebook PCs; after which neither was operable to be able run my Adobe software and Deactivate my licenses on each machine. Up until the crashes, my CS5 software has always worked fine on both machines. I upgraded to Windows 11 on the desktop, and reinstalled Windows 10 on the notebook. After reinstalling CS5 on both machines, CS5 won’t work on either, telling me “Activation limit reached...”I called Adobe Support, but they refuse to reset the Activations, and I’m unable to do so when logged-in to my Adobe account. Adobe Support and their website states that “Activation servers for end-of-life software have been disabled.” But this is contradictory to the facts! If the servers are disabled, then why was I able to run CS5 on both computer under Windows 10 for all these years, including until recently? Something stinks. I’m a very light user of Photoshop, InDesign, etc., and I don’t want to have

Photoshop 27.8.0's Remove tool leaks memory that isn't released between operations. On a 32GB system, opening three files via Lightroom and applying about four Remove passes drove RAM to full capacity and caused a complete system freeze, not just an app hang. The OS itself stopped responding, including Task Manager, and required a hard power off to recover. Afterward, GPU hardware acceleration was disabled in Photoshop's Performance preferences as a workaround, since the leak appears tied to GPU memory accumulating per Remove pass with no ceiling, meaning more installed RAM would only delay the crash rather than prevent it. Current testing with GPU acceleration off shows RAM around 20GB with two to three files open and no Remove passes yet, holding steady in a normal one gigabyte band rather than climbing, though a pre launch baseline reading is still needed to confirm whether 20GB is itself elevated or just the normal cost of having files open.

Applescript error: file ([filename]) doesn’t understand the “open” message." number -1708  This error is currently only happening within Adobe Photoshop. To be clear, most of these are scripts that have been running fine, some for years, until just recently. This only just started happening with a recent OS update to Mac OS Tahoe 26.5. (I have also posted this in Apple forums. I was suggested I post it here.) I can write: tell app "Finder"open file (choose file) ...and the files open (even Photoshop files, when initiated from the Finder) Also: tell app "Illustrator"open file (choose file) ...works just fine within Illustrator but if it's: tell app "Photoshop"open file (choose file) ...then I get "error: file ([file]) doesn’t understand the “open” message." number -1708 " I've searched every forum I can find and nothing addresses that error code specifically. (Not to any point that I can diagnose a solution.) other direct commands to Photoshop also do not function, including: return cur

Hi,I’d like to ask a question regarding Photoshop's 3D features:- When I have an EXR file open and click the 3-axis icon, a small window appears in the top-left corner of the monitor. However, when I change the view there—to "Top," for example—and click the "swap main and secondary view" icon, the main window displays only a checkerboard pattern (or pixelation) instead of the image corresponding to the view I selected.Could someone please tell me what I might be doing wrong?Many thanks.

I want a layer to be transparent but also have visible layer effectsAttached are three screenshots that hopefully explain what I mean**There seems to be some chatter that simply turning fill to 0% would solve my problem. But that is not the result I’m getting***Working on latest PS in latest MacOS

Hi,Since recently, any new fonts which i install don't appear in Photoshop unless i restart the application. I have to close all my projects and reopen just to see this new font. It’s a bit annoying !Thanks for your help !Photoshop version 26.11.2Apparently, same issue with Illustrator...

HiSince the last update of Photoshop to the current version, I've noticed a very high RAM consumption. According to my research on the internet, I'm not the only one with this problem. Compared to PS 26.11.6, 27.8.0 consumes twice as much RAM, without even loading a single image. Both versions are configured identically, with the same actions, plugins, etc.Immediately after starting PS, it occupies about 11.5 GB of RAM in 2026, but only 5 GB in 2025. If I load the same photo, which contains layers etc., in both versions, then 2026 occupies 13.9 GB, and the 2025 version occupies 7 GB.Kind regardsHans-Joerg Fritsch Attached are the system information determined via PS 2026.    Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.8.0 20260610.r.13 4081857  arm64 (final, Release)Anzahl der Starts: 606Betriebssystem: Mac OS 26.5.1Systemarchitektur: Apple M4 Max, NEON, DOTPROD, HybridCPU(12:4)Physischer Prozessor: 16Eingebauter Speicher: 65536 MBFreier Speicher: 29859 MBFür Photoshop verfügbarer Arbeitsspeicher: 613

this version makes Photoshop not work on Ventura anymore. At least mark it as “not compatible” instead of making me download an app that just refuses to boot

Since Microsoft Intune was installed on my Windows 11 machine, PhotoShop, InDesign and Premiere Pro regularly freeze for 20 to 30 seconds. During this time the applications do nothing but I can switch to a browser or email client and use those just fine. Once the Adobe app ‘recovers’, it continues to work fine for another few minutes, at which point in time it will freeze again for 20 to 30 seconds.Task Manager shows no excessive CPU load during these freezes. There is still plenty of spare RAM available on the 64BG i7 portable.As I already said, all the Adobe applications that I use do this, but I spend the most time using Photoshop. The freezes are very annoying and sometimes force me to redo actions that were interrupted. Tips and tricks to resolve this are appreciated. Our own IT team cannot fix it and claims no one else in the company has this specific issue.

In Photoshop 2026 UXP, batchPlay duplicate document returns [{_obj:"error", result:-128}] inside executeAsModalI am developing a Photoshop UXP plugin. In Photoshop 2025, duplicating the current document via batchPlay or Document.duplicate works. In Photoshop 2026, the same command returns [{ _obj: "error", message: "", result: -128 }] even inside executeAsModal.Recorded command from Alchemist:await batchPlay([  {    _obj: "duplicate",    _target: [{ _ref: "document", _enum: "ordinal", _value: "first" }],    documentID: 59,    _options: { dialogOptions: "dontDisplay" }  }], {});This works when replayed manually, but inside my plugin workflow it returns -128 and no new document is created.Questions:1. Did Photoshop 2026 change restrictions around duplicating documents from UXP plugins?2. Is document duplicate blocked in some modal/plugin contexts?3. Should plugins use core.createTemporaryDocument instead?4. If createTemporaryDocument is used, how can we access layers or use it as a norma

I had to reinstall Photoshop yesterday and now my computer is telling me that I already have it installed on 2 computers and if I don't deactivate one of them I won't be abel to use it. I only have it installed on one computer and I just reinstalled it on that one. My deactivate button wasn't available. I can't contact anyone at adobe. Please help.     [CS6 added by moderator for clarity]

Attached, then image should be black and white and Thumb finger size

Color Mechanic (plug in filename is ColorMechanic2-64.8bf) is a plugin that's not been supported for several years. However, I have receently installed it on another Windows 11 machine running Photoshop 2025 and it works fine. However, when I first try to use it (Filters>Digital Light & Color>Color Mechanic), it prompts me to enter the activation key. Before I can do that, the activation window disappears and Photoshop locks up. Is there a reason this plugin won't work in PS 2026? I had no trouble activating it on machines running earlier versions of Photoshop.

I should not be charged for AI services nor will i pay just to use them. If it was an actual person on the other side of the screen I would say charge me but it's a replacement for a person that also isn't as good as a person. not to mention it's just a combination of a bunch of peoples work and words

Enable generator is checked off in Preferences so I'm not sure what else to do.  I work in photoshop all day for an in-house corporation I really can't afford to be missing this. Please help! 

I need a current answer to this question for Mac OS 11. I just set up a new computer, and Adobe "helpfully" installed scores of completely-useless-to-me profiles (various camera types, etc) that  I have to scroll through, in order to get to the handful that I actually use. I need to get these things off my system (or, at the very least, group them together at the bottom of the list, somehow) in order to not have my workflow grind to a halt, having to scroll through all of this stuff I did not want or ask for. Please help! They are not in the ColorSync folder in LIbrary, btw. I've looked everywhere