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Hi,First of all, quite satisfied with my Adobe products, I am a professional portrait and fashion photographer. With that said, latest Photoshop update seems to have adjusted the censorship to a too restrictive level. I’ll explain, when working with bikini models. lingerie, or anything that shows more skin, even when in good taste ( no gluts showing, or too revealing outfit etc) the Generative Expand just botches the job, no popup warning or nothing, just no generation, and if I switch to regular Firefly, it Generates just fine, so, that tells me is not really my photo not compliant, by deduction, or it simply would not generate, like Generative Expand.  The lack of a warning popup also feels buggy, as it seems that the job just crashed.Thank you so much for your comments or assistance, and hoping this gets refined for better detection and less restrictive, for those professionals among us working this styles.

Disregard this post, I’m a doofus and found the simple user error

I downloaded the 2022 version onto my HP laptop. I am able to do simple edits on it and view pictures but that is all. When I purchased it I paid $89.99 for it and was able to use it in every way. Now I cannot use it. I wanted to lasso a picture of a person and add it to another picture I took to have a different background. But none of the buttons allow me to do anything! I honestly hate photoshop at this point because I feel like I wasted my money. If you cannot use all of the dropdown menus to be able to make any edits that you choose to do. I tried reaching out to support but because I am not paying for an active subscription they will not do anything to help me. I do not want to pay additional money for a program I already paid for and should be able to use. My laptop is from 2025 but I figured that adding it on to my current laptop would allow it to work. I have other programs that I bought and they have all worked just fine. Honestly, this makes me really not like adobe at all!!

Pretty simple really.Pressing ESC used to stop actions from running. Now it doesn’t. Please reinstate or let me know what the “new way” is to stop an action from continuing to run

I wanted to raise a real workflow issue regarding Generative Fill in Adobe Photoshop.For a long time, users could simply:make a selection; leave the prompt field empty; click Generate;and Photoshop would intelligently improvise based on the image context.This behavior was incredibly powerful for creative retouching and visual exploration.It was not a “forgotten prompt” or a bug — it was a legitimate creative workflow.Many of us relied on this feature to:dramatically speed up the retouching process; quickly explore multiple creative directions; discover ideas we would not have thought of ourselves; maintain a spontaneous creative flow without having to write prompts for every action.Today, the Generate button often stays grayed out when the prompt field is empty, and trying to workaround the new behavior by typing things like a dot, a space, “random,” or “improvise” only produces results that are far more limited, heavily directed, or completely irrelevant.The problem is that this turns

For almost a year now I've had some strange issues with Photoshop, and no updates to it or Windows have fixed it. These included:Unable to export any other way than the "Export for Web (Legacy)" option.   The whole program crashing when trying to access neural filters (no error message, just crash). Just a blank page with no notifications, or create new document options in the middle of the screen when first launch the app.To test I created a new Windows account on the PC, and there Photoshop ran without any issue, however on my main account, also an admin account, I have all those issues. Any idea on what's going on? I am running the latest version of both Photoshop and Windows 11, and none of the updates to either have fixed anything in almost a year. Reinstalling Photoshop and the whole Creative Cloud Suite didn't help either.

My Photoshop 2020 was non-responsive on my Mac Pro 2010. Even after Disk Utility, zapping the PRAM, and unplugging the unit while pressing the Power Key. I then unistalled PS thinking a fresh re-install would make things right. PS 2020 no longer appears on Creative Cloud. Is there a legit source for an install .dmg for PS 2020 out there somewhere? I'm shooting blanks. 

I tried use attached photo to make a mock up PSD Add a layer and converted to smart object Place image into smart object layer and adjust to fit the frame Duplicated photo as third layer (shadow layer) and put it before the smart object layer Select the blank area in frame Select color rage → shadow → adjust to almost same as shadow Add mask to shadow layer Blend shadow layer to multiply Make shadow layer to opacity to around 25How ever, the shadow still looks not natural, any steps I missed or any good suggestions ?   

Hi Adobe Community, My name is ธนมน โสภณธนวัฒน์ (Thanamon Sophonthanawat), and I’ve been deeply curious about how artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the creative industry, especially within Adobe’s ecosystem. Over the past few years, tools like Adobe Firefly, AI-powered features in Photoshop, and intelligent automation in Illustrator have started to change not just how we design, but how we think about design itself. What used to take hours of manual effort—such as background generation, object removal, image expansion, or even concept sketching—can now be done in seconds with generative AI. This shift feels both exciting and overwhelming at the same time.On one hand, AI seems to unlock a completely new level of creativity. Designers can now experiment faster, explore more variations of an idea, and push visual boundaries without being limited by technical execution. For example, instead of spending time building complex composites manually, we can focus more on storytelling,

I am working with multiple artboards in the same document. They use Gradient Fills adjusted to each by hands based on what I see on the screen. Using Export As gives me completely different result.The difference can be easily spotted on a screenshot.I can assume the real issue is how Gradient Fill works. But still.. I m pretty sure export should be more respectful to what I see on my artboard.

Hello everyone!As of this morning, I have lost all access to AI powered tools across Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom. Every time I try to use them I am met with a persistent "Connectivity Error," despite my internet connection being perfectly stable ( I have tried to solve the issue connecting via hotspot on my phone too).I spent over 2 hours with an Adobe Live Support agent who took remote control of my laptop, performed deep clean-ups, and adjusted various settings, yet they were unable to resolve the issue. Eventually, I decided to performe a full format of my system followed by a clean installation of everything. To my shock, the problem still persists on this specific machine.The most confusing part is that I have a second less powerful laptop using the exact same Adobe account on the same network, and the AI tools there work perfectly fine. This leads me to believe that the issue isn't with my account or my ISP, but somehow tied to my main workstation. I did use a VPN briefl

When using the Generative Fill feature, I encountered the message: "We encountered a problem and currently cannot complete your request. Please try again later."

Hello,I own a genuine license for Adobe CS5.5 Master Collection and CS6.0 master collection. I am trying to activate the software on a new computer, but I receive the error message “Activation limit reached”. The issue is that I can no longer access the old computers in order to deactivate the software.Could you please reset the activation count for my license so I can use the software on my new computer?

using General distraction remove - getting program error 288b8e.122 at random times.Anyone else had this or any news on this as have tried searching but only came up with details on the beta version saying it was going to be fixed.interesingly, if I immediately run it again, 99/100 it works perfectly.

Add Paramatric Filter in Main Release Photoshop After Beta Release... Paramatric Filter Have Best Feature and Photoshop Main Need This...

Photoshop display doesn't show lines during drawing. I'm going to cancel my creative cliud subscription if this can't be fixed. Screen recordings enclosed. Why there’s no customer service?

says my 2026 version of PhotoShop is damaged

In Photoshop 27.5 on a Mac running 26.2 when I attempt to add canvas to a photo the dialog box contains an anchor box. This anchor no longer has the arrows in all of the boxes except the center which does contain a dot. How can I get the arrows back?The anchor box used to add canvas to a photo is missing the arrows. How do I get them back 

I’m converting jpegs to webps and Saving As into a new folder.Is there a way to have Photoshop simply close the originals without asking me about them?thanks

Bonjour,J’utilise Fichier > Scripts > Processeur d’images… pour recadrer automatiquement des photos pour un usage web (largeur ou hauteur à 2500 px).Mais comment faire en sorte que les photos plus petites ne soient pas prises en compte ?Par exemple, si dans mon lot j’ai une photo qui fait 1024 px qu’il ne l’agrandisse pas à 2500 px.Merci de votre aide.

Remove Tool gives only either grey or black spot or says "could not complete your request because of a program error". I have set “More Stable” option and used “Reset tool” and closed program and installed it again. Nothing works.

I would like to report several usability issues with the Canvas Size feature in Photoshop version 27.4.When Canvas Size is used inside an action, the action runs correctly, but the Canvas Size dialog keeps the exact values recorded in the action and does not allow easy modification before applying. This makes it difficult to reuse the same action with different canvas values.In previous versions, it was easier to adjust the values when running actions that included Canvas Size.Additionally, the new Canvas Size interface feels less efficient compared to previous versions and slows down the workflow when frequent canvas adjustments are required.Another issue is that the unit settings in the Canvas Size dialog do not stay consistent. The units always reset to pixels, and I have to manually change them every time instead of keeping my preferred unit.These issues affect productivity, especially for workflows that depend on actions and repeated canvas adjustments.I hope these problems can be

Whenever I try to open a video file in Photoshop, the file just shows the blank white and gray grid background. The Timeline opens but when I push play, no image/video appears. I’m working in Photoshop 2026 v27.6. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the app. I’ve resent all my info. I’ve even used the Creative Cloud Cleaner tool. Still no fix.

I’ve been vibe coding to create a Python app with Gemini and Claude that creates gradients that can be saved as .grd files for use in Photoshop.But when I try to import the gradients into Photoshop I get an error message that they’re not compatible with the current version of Photoshop. Neither AI has been able to resolve it, Gemini even had me opening GRD files in a HEX editor to try to figure out the problem. But no luck. Is there any guidance somewhere on how to create GRD files that Photoshop can use? 

The last thing I did was to hit the ‘generate background’ function in the actions panel, I did not try anything complicated and even got the error message when I asked for a white background!