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The lasso tool jitters when holding the Alt key to draw straight lines, and sometimes it loses control.

Looking for a fun way to give your photos a hand-crafted feel? Try turning them into pencil sketches using just a few tools in Photoshop. This simple technique is great for portraits, architecture, or even still life — and it works with any photo you already have. No tablet or drawing skills required.   Try it in the Desktop App Download the latest version and dive into the new features offered in Adobe Photoshop.   This step-by-step guide walks you through how to create a pencil sketch effect that mimics real graphite lines and paper texture. Once you’ve tried it, share your results here in the community — we’d love to see your take on it. Step-by-Step: Photo to Pencil Sketch  1. Duplicate Your Image: Duplicate your image layer and select the top layer and go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate or use Command + Shift + U to make it black and white.     2. Invert Your Second Layer: Duplicate the desaturated layer. Then invert it using Command +

Is it possible to Batch convert Jpg images into .pat files? I am familiar with the define pattern function but what I really need is to convert many jpg's.Thanks

I am reaching out to understand why UXP (the new plugin framework) does not expose a direct API to trigger and run existing ExtendScript (.jsx) files. In CEP (Common Extensibility Platform), we had the ability to use evalScript to run ExtendScript code within the same workflow. This offered immense flexibility and allowed us to leverage the full power of Photoshop scripting alongside UXP’s new features. However, with UXP, this functionality seems to be completely missing, and I am left wondering:Why doesn't UXP allow us to run legacy .jsx scripts directly from the plugin?Why isn’t there an official way to trigger scripts that are already installed in Photoshop (e.g., in the Scripts folder) via UXP?Is there a specific limitation or future roadmap that prevents UXP from including a function like evalScript?The ability to run scripts and control Photoshop deeply was one of the core strengths of CEP. By removing this functionality, we’ve lost a lot of power in terms of automation, scriptin

I’m using Photoshop CS6 and Windows 10. I want to insert a star (★) character within a text layer Photoshop CS6.  If I type Alt+9733, which is supposed to be the Alt number for this character in Windows, Photoshop inserts a Clubs (♣) character instead. So does my browser, ironically - although almost all other Windows apps display a star character when I type Alt+9733. If I copy and paste a star character (such as the above one) into Photoshop, then the font in Photoshop changes to Myriad Pro, (goodness why it chooses that font in particular!) which displays a rectangle with a cross through it like this: If I try to change the font from Myriad Pro to, say, Arial, it won’t let me - it insists on displaying the character I’ve pasted in Myriad Pro and I can’t change the font. Is there any Alt code that will work in Photoshop CS6, as Alt+9733 doesn’t? Alternatively, is there any way of pasting a star character into Photoshop CS6 without causing the font to change to one that doesn’t suppor

Even the Adobe docs under: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/layer-opacity-blending.html are not very good. AFAiCT Blend If does one thing and one thing only; it changes the Transparency of the pixels in the upper layer.    I tried Gemini AI and it returns a short and completely wrong answer. 

Please AI help us with one of the nastiest things in Photoshop history, the naming and sorting of layers in groups. One click and AI sorts and renames layers by its look. Doesn´t have to be perfect and a undo function should be available. But could help a lot. And/or V2: I can prompt a set of rules how to clean up my mess. (All buttons in group etc) 

Lightroom and Photoshop have gotten really slow since I got a 4k wide gamut monitor, and the fan in the computer gets real loud. It’s a Dell XPS 8950 Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900K with 32 GB memory. Graphics is a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080.I have Lightroom and Photoshop set to use the GPU, but when they bog down and the fan speeds up it’s the CPU usage that spikes, not the GPU.Am I doing something wrong or do I just need a faster CPU?

I’m requesting the ability to have multiple Quick Export commands in Photoshop’s File > Export menu, rather than a single, global Quick Export format controlled in Export Preferences.Right now, Quick Export only allows one format at a time (for example PNG or JPG), so users must open Preferences and change the Quick Export format every time their output needs change. This is especially painful in workflows where exports regularly alternate between PNG and JPG (or other formats), such as preparing assets for different platforms, clients, or usage contexts.In my day‑to‑day work, I often need: PNG files with transparency for UI elements, icons, and overlays. JPG files optimized for smaller file sizes for mockups, presentations, and quick client reviews. Switching the Quick Export format each time adds unnecessary friction and breaks the “quick” part of Quick Export. It also increases the chance of mistakes—for example, exporting to JPG when I meant PNG because I forgot to switch the

The available cut marks in the Print dialog are fine but when using trimmers the marks are cut away leaving no mark for the next cut. ImagePrint has a cut mark in cross-like style. This allows trimming the print and still have the marks visible at all positions. Attached is jpg file of a screen capture of ImagePrint’s cross cut mark. We have used this for many years, When we print in Photoshop we have to stroke the cut line wasting time and ink.  It would be nice to have that option in Photoshop 

Hi, I did sliced canvas in Photoshop 24.7 and after I clean all the slices. I try to export with “Save For Web” and this window appears. How can I fix it? 

On 27.3 Release, when you use a tool such as eraser or paint brush, when you click your mouse to use the tool, the picture you're working on brightens for the time you click on the mouse. See video here: https://youtu.be/OAdity91f58 Anyone else having the same issue?

Hi, all brushes, including clone brush is repeating in lines across the image like a ball bouncing from origin and side to side up and down.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this:  I have a Canon Selphy CP1500,  when I try to print an image Photoshop closes.  No error message.  If I save the image then open it in Photoshop Express it prints so I believe this eleminates the printer and my Windows 11 computer as the source of the proplem.  Thank you.

Prior to problem PS 2026 was working fine.  Updated PS, updated OS to Tahoe 26.3, then uninstalled PH along with previous version, rebooted, and reinstalled. Same problem.MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel i9Installed PS Beta with same result.How do I fix?

I frequently need to change monotone logos to match documents in InDesign.  I’ve always used photoshop to create a monotone logo and chosen the pantone swatch that matches the document in InDesign.  Since the removal of Pantone books from Photoshop, this has not worked.  The Pantone swatch from Pantone Connect is not available in the color picker in the monotone panel.  Surely there has to be a way to use the Pantone swatches in this area.  Any idea how I can add the Pantone swatch to the color libraries?  Or is a there a better way to change the color in the logos?  Some of them are fairly complex.  Color Picker - There is no Pantone option in the color libraries dropdown.Thank you for your help,GS

We need your input. We're about to start organizing the 2026 Creative Developer Summit and in order to make sure the offering matches the need as closely as possible we want to get your input.Please take a few minutes and fill out the following questionnaire, which covers timing, location, subject matters...The questionnaire remains open until the end of next week, so don't dilly-dally!https://tur.nz/1s

Hallo zusammen,ich bin absoluter Anfänger was Photoshop, Premiere usw angeht. Bisher habe ich immer nut Kleinigkeiten gemacht, wofür ich im Internet auch immer schnell eine Lösung gefunden habe.Ich habe in Adobe Express Video´s von meinem Urlaub erstellt, was mich aber irre stört ist, dass die Bilder, die ich mit dem Smartphone hochkant erstellt habe auch so im Video eingefügt werden und die Seiten rechts und links weiß sind.Jetzt wollte ich “einfach nur” die Bilder so bearbeiten dass die weißen Ränder weg sind. Ich habe die Funktion mit der inhaltsbasierten Füllung gefunden, das ist aber nicht was was ich will,..das funktioniert auch nicht auf allen Bildern weil es das Motiv “nicht hergibt”Auch irgendwelche farblichen Füllungen sind nicht das was ich suche, es soll nicht nur eine Farbe sein, das wäre auch nicht schöner als weiss :-(Nun zu meiner Frage:Es gibt doch laut meiner Tochter in den sozialen Medien Tools, dass ich in der Mitte das Bild habe und an den Rändern das Hauptmotiv in

Using the crop tool in PS2026 i’ve run into an issue where putting in defined ratio of crop doesn’t work.  when I don’t put any info in the top bar (clear info) crop tool works fine.image included shows what it crops down to. and original info and image

Your ecosystem is NOW all about the sales and ‘community and handy tips on your products’. I want to report a problem and I can’t find anyway to do it.If you expect me to keep paying for your product sharpen up, AI doesnt cut it if it can’t help!! Problem: The Shape tool is flakey [removed], MAC  15.7.4 do something and make it easier to report problems!!!!

After performing intial edits in Lightroom I hit 'edit in Photoshop' and carry out the heavier editing there. When finished, either hit save or exit and save. Normally the edits carried out in Photoshop would then appear on the image in Lightroom. However this is not happening. The file has been saved as I can reopen it in Photoshop complete with all edits, however to get this back to lightroom I have to save as a separate file and then import it into Lightroom from the folder location.I am working on a Mac Mini M4 Pro on Sequoia 15.6.1I uninstalled both Photoshop and Lightroom and then reinstalled them (Photoshop then Lightroom) to make sure that I have the latest versions but this made no difference.

This is ai generated banjo and i want to add fire all of the banjo. Any can help with it? Thanks in advance

Applying the camera raw filter in photoshop has always opened images exactly as they appear in finder or my edit window within photoshop. After updating photoshop, it now opens everything with a more flat neutral exposure.Opening the exact same images in camera raw within bridge doesn’t do this and opens them as they appear elsewhere.Searching around I can’t find anything on this. I reset camera raw preferences, reinstalled photoshop and bridge, and haven’t found anything that has helped.I’ve always used the camera raw filter as a very quick way to adjust images without having many adjustment layers like levels and others in photoshop projects that already have many layers to them. Using auto never gets it quite there and adjusting from that or a flat exposure makes the entire process take much longer than it used to. Adjusting in bridge then bringing it into photoshop could be an option, but I run into the exact same problem if I need to make more adjustments after importing.Is there

Ich muss auf einem Windows 10 PC Photoshop deaktivieren, damit ich Photoshop CS3 auf einem Windows 11 PC aktivieren kann.Bei dem Funktionsaufruf ‚Deaktivieren‘ auf meinem Windows 10 PC bekomme ich immer die Meldung ‚Internetverbindung‘ fehlt obwohl diese vorhanden ist.Auf meinem Windows 11 PC bekomme ich die Meldung ‚Aktivierung - Keine Verbindung‘ und Photoshop CS3 läuft nun im Testzeitraum.Welche Aktivitäten sind erforderlich, damit ich Photoshop CS3 deaktivieren und aktivieren kann? Anmerkung: Für die Installation von Photoshop CS3 habe ich eine DVD und die Seriennummer.