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As of a few days ago, my "Object Selection Tool" has stopped working. Magic and Quick work as they always have, but for some reason, when I go to Object Selection the same error message appears every single time. "Couldn't find an object to select. There might not be enough edge contrast, or the object might be too small." I have to crop out garments from white backgrounds nearly every day for my job so it is not like the images have altered or differed for there to be an issue that way.I have tried resetting the tool, messing with the "Sample All Layers", "Hard Edge" etc, but nothing seems to work. Help please.

I'm using PS 2026 and NanoBananaPro to clean up and restore old b&w photos - the return results often create new facial looks - in the command, I explicitly say DON'T change eye direction (it does to look toward the camera) or facial expressions (it does, sometimes adds a smile) or clothing (it sometimes does - today it added a sweater). This is frustrating. What can I do? I just want the images restored,  upscaled, cleaned up, etc. Thanks.Here’s my command:  Restore the picture to a high resolution professional photograph taken in a high quality studio. Enhance and upscale detail of the picture with no dust, scratches, smudges or damage. Bring everything into sharp focus. Do not change the facial expressions or direction of eyes. Do not change hair or makeup or clothes of any one in the picture. Result should be a high resolution professional image for high quality printing for an archival print.

I want to use Photoshop as I used to. On my Mac.But it doesn’t open anymore. Lightroom does. Normaly there was a icon of PS in my launchpad, now there is only one for Photoshop beta, and that one doesn’t even open.If I download PS, it doesn’t want to install.What happened, how do I get it right? I’m no computer wizard. I’m panicking a little now… Help?   

I have a folder on my desktop named 'CC'. When I use this JSX code, I can't iterate through the number of files inside it, but when I change the name 'CC' to something else, it works. What could be the reason for this? Is there a solution? Thank you.var targetFolderPath = 'C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/CC';var targetFolder = new Folder(targetFolderPath);if (!targetFolder.exists) { alert('Target folder does not exist!');} else { var filesInFolder = targetFolder.getFiles(); alert('Number of files found: ' + filesInFolder.length); if (filesInFolder.length === 0) { alert('The folder is empty!'); } else { alert('The folder is not empty!'); }} 

Hello Everyone. For many years I use the Mask, especially using the Pen Tool, and create a Mask. I never used Vector Mask. I would like to know, that what can you do with Vector Mask that you can't do with a regular Mask and the benefits of each one.Thank you very much.

I use photoshop for basic things. I updated my apps and now I can't find the tool that will select a color you click on a graphic that removes it. 

Could I possibly get a step-by-step guide for using Gradient maps?  I've tried using it myself but whenever I go to pick my colors it changes it to the greyscale equivalent (ie, picking light blue gives me a light grey, picking dark blue gives me a dark grey).  Is there a certain layer type or spec I need to specify first or am I just going about the process wrong?  Any help would be appreciated.

I'm new to the community & Photoshop. I'm just recently getting into Photoshop. I've seen some tutorials on YouTube on how to make miniature Sports Athletes. The creators are obviously good at this, but they go over the tutorial very fast and tend to skip over some steps. Can someone in the community point me to a newbie-friendly tutorial on this subject? Thanks in advance.

How do I lock rotation view in Photoshop? It is annoying when the canvas rotates accidentally. I don't understand why Adobe allows the Rotation View to work without even having the tool selected.

Alot of essential are missing from the default “essentials” toolbar. Spent about 10 mins customizing everything and scratching my head as to why things were even changed at all.Is there a way just to just have everything on the tool bar at in one step? I’ll choose what tools to use..Do the people setting presets at Adobe even use the software?

1. When will the next version of Photoshop be released after updating to 27.5?2. Why is there no date in Settings > Installed Apps after successfully updating to 27.5?

Just furthering discussions that I have seen in the questions section of Adobe Photoshop ecosystem community (and assuming in the bug related community), but there are multiple issues (which are just sort of haphazard and random) with the latest photoshop update and macOS Tahoe 26.4.1.  There have been instances where Photoshop will freeze (which has occurred previously so possibly a RAM issue) - generally when using the crop tool, but the real issues are the white border that shows up around images, the problems with Blur Gallery things (like 3-4 layers, Trying to influence the background layer), the Quick Export As… not functioning properly (it’ll work sometimes, but sometimes I’ll click and nothing will show up). There are many more, but owing to the large occurrence of these issues and their seemingly across photoshop nature, I don’t think it’s a bug in the sense that it is influenced by things being done, but rather a generalized problem with Facebook and Tahoe. Possibly Windows c

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I have a PS file that has text that I converted to a shape, plus another shape. I want to convert that to an SVG file, but, when I use the Explort As dialog, the only export file options are GIF, PNG and JPG. If I do Save As, the only options are Photoshop, Large Document Format, Photoshop PDF, and TIFF.    I searched the help system, there's nothing there that I can find. Did they remove SVG export from Photoshop?? I sure hope not. I have Photoshop 22.4.3. 

 On my account card, it shows:Generative AIStandard features239/250 credits leftNext reset: November 21, 2025Premium featuresYou get complimentary generations to try each premium feature.How/where do I tell how many complimentary generations are left?  Also, this counter should be visible in Photoshop, so I don't waste time/effort trying to generate something when the credits are all used up. I shouldn't have to hunt through the menus of the website to find this information.Also, if you're going to charge a premium for "premium" features like Topaz integration, then they should actually reliably work in Photoshop. I can run something like Qwen AI online and on my computer for free, and yet you're charging quite a lot per month for features that have gotten better but still are very buggy.

I work a lot with layers, plugins, and now adding generative AI to my workflow. Will the following specs work well for Photoshop while fixing my slow rendering problem?Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265 processor (20-Core, 66MB Total Cache, 1.8GHz to 5.3GHz), NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 6GB GDDR6 ,32 GB DDR5, 2 x 16 GB, 5200 MT/s ,1 TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD 

What am I doing wrong? I import an object as a linked object, and I want to scale it using numbers, not handle dragging. I look in the  Properties palette, but the W and H fields are not available. Why am I having to post a question about this?... 

Hello! There seems to be something weird going on whenever I am zooming in or out of my canvas. These white outlines around the canvas just flash, are broken and appear randomly and it is super annoying to work with. Is there any way to turn them off? I am on a Macbook M1 Max 2021 and Tahoe 26.3.1 and Photoshop 27.5.0. These outlines seem broken so any help would be much appreciated! 

Photoshop doesn’t remember the Layers panel setting—each launch hides it, requiring manual reactivation via Window > Layers. Tried multiple fixes but nothing works. Any solution?

Is it normal with the new update, to not have anymore the options for the model?

Its been for a couple of years at least., that i cant use gradient on the mask in additive fashion by gradually revealing or hiding the layer even when using classical gradient. Is there a dix so far? Amy pinned threads that we users can request to bring this simple option that has been for years back?

In the photoshop print dialog box I have a very long list of profiles, most of which I never use. Is there a way to cut down on the number of profiles that I see there and have to scroll through? Do I have to find and delete the ones I will probably never use, or can I move them to another folder to get them out of the way?

Please, I need the categories tab to be reactivated when I open the file information (shift + option + command + i) while editing photos. This feature is very important for photographers who work with news agencies.See the attached screenshot. thanks so much !

 Why does an image pixelate so much when I place it in a smaller-sized image using Photoshop 2026? How do I prevent that from happening? 

Last week, Gen Ai using firefly was fine. This week it is not considering the subject when using the prompt. Support was no help.  This morning I tried to remove a white cord laying against a cream colored wall. I selected the area around it and first tried no prompt. It gave me a green sword instead .  I then tried cream colored wall . It gave me three more green swords.  Remove worked on this but not others. I find the remove in LR to be better.  What I really need it for is an action I’ve built that helps me paint out digital paintings. I make several layers with different channels and it builds different versions of the image. I then mask away the parts I like. In the screen shot you can see what it looks like as the final version in the past, what the little girl should look like, how the newest version of firefly handles the same prompt, and then how it looks when I revert back to firefly image 3 . Still not as good as it was.