Questions

As the 'wizards' here have helped me in the past resolve the last issue, could someone here in the Community  kindly guide me as to how I can remove a Covid-19 face mask of a photograph so that only the face shows, e.g. a friend being presented with an award? Thanks in advance.

I am wondering if there is a way to apply a gradient  to an existing layer mask that already has a selection without deleting the selection. Maybe another gradient can be cliped to an existing layer mask? For example. 1- Make a duplicate layer, use a layer mask to select the background of the subject and blur it. The result is that all of the background will be blurred making the subject stand out. 2.If its possible,  apply a gradient to the  layer mask so that only distant objects will be very blurred and nearby objects less blurred. I know this can be done if just the background is copied to a separate layer using control + J.Then a gradient can be applied to a layer mask.  But what about the situation where the layer mask has the selection of the background? Applying a gradient will remove the selection of the background that is already on the layer mask.  Your advice would be appreciated. Kind regardsChris  

I have been running PSE version 11 for many years and am still quite happy it meets my needs. BUT I run on MACOS which changed from 32 bit architecture to 64 bit a few years ago and PSE11 is 32 bit.This is now the only application which prevents me upgrading to enjoy later MAC 64 bit OS.PSE upgrades are not cheap, but can anyone advise how to upgrade a basic PSE and what options I might have version and/or cost wise.  I am only an occasional amateur user.All ideas welcomed.

Hello, I bought photoshop elements 2020 in november 2019. I bought an (official) adobe box with a cd rom and a serial nummer on it. Now my computer crashed (I got a new motherboard)  and I want to install elements again on my pc,  which does not have a cd rom. If I now want to download elements 2020 from Adobe I have to fill in my serial number. I get the message that it is already in use. Which it is ofcourse not in reality. Anyone? thanks

Just uupgraded from PSE 2020 to PSE 2023.If the display resolution is set to 2560x1440 to match the monitor, the following problems occur:File, Edit, Find, View and Help do nothing when hovering the mouse pointer over them or clicking on them.Right click on photos or file directories do nothing. If the display  resolutioin is set to 1920x1440, then the PSE 2023 performs normally. This was never a problem with PSE 2020.

I'm looking to access my Adobe Organizer Elements 2021 on my Windows 10 desktop computer from my Android Pixel 6 Pro Phone.  I really only would like to browse photos from my phone as to  show people certain photos of interest.  Can anyone tell me the best way to accomplish this? I used to do this with Google photos but have since move most all of my Google photos into Elements.

TLDR: I want to avoid the dialog box asking me for confirmation upon deletion. I just got Photoshop Elements 2023 and am using Organizer to sort through thousands of images. I want to delete many images with extreme prejudice in a painless, efficient workflow. I've figured out things fairly well. The easiest way for me is to go "Full Screen" (i.e., the slideshow mode), and use the arrow keys to navigate from one image to the next, so that I can see each image with as much screen real estate as possible. When looking at an image, I can delete an image using the DELETE key, which is good. But, unfortunately, for each image I delete, it puts up a dialog box asking me for confirmation. To make matters worse, I also have to click on a checkbox to say that I also want Organizer to delete the image from the hard disk (rather than just Organizer's image index).I'm running this on a Mac running Ventura. The standard way on a Mac to bypass such confirmation nags (and to also

Hello- I recently built a new computer and moved my secondary 😧 drive (where all data is stored) from the old PC to the new.  My intent was to also copy the Elements Organizer 2021 database into its proper location on the new PC (C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\My Catalog).  I've done all of these things, yet Elements Organizer does not recognize the database.  I've checked the Catalog Manager and it's set to "Catalogs Accessible to All Users".  I can create a test database and it shows up at "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\Test". How can I get Organizer to recognize the old database?

Weird problem just came up: I suddenly can't print from PSE Editor. Message is: "Error printing on ... . The printer couldn't print". The printer is then unusable till you manually delete the print job.The problem comes up only with PSE Editor (all OK with all other programs including even PSE Organizer), and only with this printer. And until now everything has been fine for > 3 years!PSE version is 2019 (and same thing happens with PSE 8.0). Printer is Lexmark CS827. PC is standard Dell desktop with Windows 10.This could be a PSE issue, or Windows, or Lexmark - I just can't figure it out. Maybe something dead stupid or simple. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Hallo, ich habe keine Ahnung, warum diese Funktion nicht mehr funktioniert. Ich kann kein Rechteck mehr nutzen beim Auswahlrechteck (die SW macht immer einen Kreis oder etwas Ovales draus obwohl auch unten beim Expertenmodus das Rechteck aktiv ist) und daher kann ich auch nicht mehr die Funktion "Freistellen" nutzen. Hat jemand eine Idee, warum das nicht mehr funktioniert?

I am creating image files to send to an outside print house who have asked for .pdf files. I started with a png background image and added text.  I have saved the files with No Compression and again with High Quality. When they open the files they are not pdf. They tell me they are jpg and image quality is not great.What is going wrong? Can someone help please?

Hi, I bought an copy of Elements 15 some time ago which is now corrupted and won't open, how can I update it if I no longer have the download code or serial?Thanks, Meg

Hi, Desperate for Assistance!! Purchased Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 from Amazon UK. I selected the PC version but I'm sure now I ended up with the MAC version. I can't return this on Amazon and it's the software isn't listed on my Adobe Account page. It gets worse, I can't see the previous versions of photoshop that I've bought and registered over the years, this include Photoshop Elements 13, 14 and 2020. I have done everthing to try and sort this but Amazon have no return facility for software and Adobe requires that you register your software in the downloading process. I am frozen out of any channels to communicate with either Amazon or Adobe. Can anybody help? (or has my money gone down the drain and there's no way back??) 

After downloading Elements 2023 many of my photos are upside down and sideways. How come?

Whar is cost to upgrade from PS Elements 2022 to PS Elements 2023? Where do I upgrade? Thanks.

Every so often, I move photos from my iPad (also have iPhone) to Organizer.  It is quite long-winded the way I do it, and wonder if there is a quick way of doing so.  I tend to use Google Photos which has social media that I take screenshots from, plus my iPhone pictures, to use on my website.   Thank you.

Hi is there any way/setting to auto save metadata? Use case.I'm adding place information to a lot of old photos. Now it would be so useful that the position was saved automatically to the photo if there was no gps entered already. If there were gps there could be a confirme check for these pictures. Same for adjusting create date etc.  Or is there anywhere to add a feature request? I'm happy with Photoshop Elements for my use, the organizer.... I could think of a thing or two that has room for improvement. 🙂

1.  When you do a backup, does it back up all catalogs or only the current one?2.  I just upgraded to PSE 2023 and want to transfer my existing catalogs into it.  I can't find any instructions online for how to do it?  Can someone help?  I'm clearly a novice at all this.  Thanks for your help.

How do I install Photoshop elements 11 on my new computer it has windows 10 I have serial number and already deactivated it on my old computer.

I have been using old version of adobe photoshop (I think it's Photoshop CC).I purchased PSE 2023 (Photoshop Elements 2023) with good promotion price. I am using Nikon D610 take photos with raw (NEF) files. And I am having simple batch works (WB, curve, noise reduction, a little bit sharpening) and save as JPEG. But with the PSE 2023 and ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) plugin. I cannot save as photos to jpeg. But it only shows dng file format.I can open it to photo editor (PSE2023). And save as JPEG one by one. But it's too much work to do lots of (200 or 300 photos) images. Could you please comment on this issue?  

Is it possible to search by  keyword  and items not in any album in the metadata details ?it would be very useful in speeding up album creationI do see "search for items not in albums" Thanks

My understanding is that Photoshop Elements can be installed on up to two computers. Is the license restriction based upon two physical computers or the number of users on each computer? I have two PCs each with a user account for me and another one for my wife.

I am trying to imbed the XMP files into the raw files and can't get it to work with Elements 2023.I have tried using the prefs in the Camera Raw dialog box. I've tried every combination and the XMP file still shows up.I have been able to hide the sidecar file in Elements 2020, but I'm not having luck with this new version.

I cannot get PSE 23 to install!! I get a generic error message that opens to suggest a crash in the install process.I have turned off every firewall, pop up blocker and safety feature on my macbook and the software will still not install.  I have uninstalled all prior versions.  I have tried on two different private wi-fi connections.  I have macOS Big Sur (11.6.1).  It should be compatible according to website.  Anyone experiencing similar issues? 

Bought a new imac and when I tried to restore my organizer catalog it refuses to provide the correct file structure.  It does restore all sub-files but not the main folder.  I do PS and have over 30,000 image files.  It takes an extraordinary amount of time to find what I'm looking for in that it didn't restore my tags either!  I have tried every which way but loose using different things which may correct the problem to no avail!  I'm attaching a screen shot of half of what it looks like!