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The July 2026 update to Adobe Photoshop (version 27.9.1) introduces faster creative exploration, smarter AI-assisted image generation, and improved productivity tools to help designers, photographers, and creators work more efficiently and stay in flow. What’s NewPhotoshop 27.9.1 introduces several enhancements designed to streamline creativity, improve productivity, and make everyday tasks easier. You can now send layers directly to Firefly Boards for faster ideation and creative exploration, making it simple to compare concepts and develop new directions from existing Photoshop content. Editing workflows are now more efficient thanks to expanded Remove tool controls in the Contextual Task Bar, giving you quick access to options such as Find distractions, Add to, Subtract from, and Remove after each stroke without interrupting your workflow.Font management has become more reliable with the ability to save and restore your favorite fonts, ensuring your curated font lists remain availab
A realistic shadow helps your subject feel grounded in the scene. In Photoshop, there are several ways to create one, depending on your subject and lighting. Based on workflows shared by experts in the Photoshop community, we've brought together a few of the most effective techniques here. Choose the method that best fits your workflow. Method 1: Using Generative AIAI can speed up the setup, but you will still get the best results by refining the shadow yourself.Use Select Subject or Remove Background to quickly isolate your object. Use Generative Fill to extend the surface where the shadow will fall. Learn more. You can also use Harmonize. It analyzes the lighting, color, and tone of the scene, and can also generate a matching shadow to help the subject feel more naturally integrated. Learn more. Refine the generated shadow manually using one of the methods above for the most realistic result. Method 2: Drop Shadow EffectThis is the quickest way to add depth and separation to elemen
Keeping your Layers panel organized just got a whole lot easier. Layer Cleanup in Photoshop 27.6 and above automatically deletes empty layers and renames layers based on their content, so you can focus on creating, not housekeeping. With a single action from the Layers panel, Photoshop scans your document and removes blank pixel or text layers that tend to pile up during exploration. At the same time, it can intelligently rename layers, giving them clear, descriptive names that reflect what’s inside, so you no longer have to guess what “Layer 37 copy 2” contains. You’re in control of how much cleanup happens. Run it across the entire document for a full reset, or apply it only to selected layers when you want to tidy up as you go. Here is a quick tutorial demonstrating this feature. Why this mattersFaster navigation in complex files Cleaner handoffs when sharing PSDs with teammates Less friction when revisiting older projects Better layer discipline without manual effortWhether you’r
Help us shape this community: What content do you want to see? Whether you're a longtime community member or just found this space, your input will directly shape what we publish here. We want this to be a place you return to, not just when something breaks, but when you want to learn, get inspired, or connect with other creatives. What we’re considering:🚀 Feature Highlights: What’s new in Photoshop, explained with real workflows.📖 How-to Guides: Step-by-step tutorials for common tasks, errors, and workflows.💬 Community Discussions: Polls, questions, and conversations about how you work.🌟 Community Highlights: Spotlighting community members, standout work, and creative journeys. We’d love to hear your thoughts:What type of content do you find most useful when you visit this forum? Is there a Photoshop topic you keep looking up but never find a great answer for here? Would you want to share your own creative workflow or be featured in a community highlight? What kind of projects wou
How to Report a Bug in the Adobe App Community Run into something that’s not working the way it should in Photoshop? Let’s tackle it together. When you share bugs in the Adobe Community, you’re helping product teams see what’s really happening, recreate the issue, and fix things faster. Think of this guide as your sidekick—it’ll walk you through creating a clear, helpful bug report, no technical expertise needed. Before you startBefore jumping in with a new bug report, take a quick look around the community to see if someone’s already spotted the same issue. If you find a matching post, add your vote and feel free to add your experience there instead of starting from scratch. It keeps everything in one place and helps the team connect the dots and solve things faster. Note: Any duplicate posts will be merged into a primary post that you can follow for updates on the issue. What makes a good bug report?A great bug report tells the full story it explains what happened, what you expected
Create a GIF from a series of photos or a video clip Have you ever wanted to create a GIF of your own to post on social media? It really isn't hard!You can easily turn a series of photos or a segment of a video into an animated GIF in a few minutes using Photoshop. Here's how: Create a GIF from a series of photos Step1: Import the still photos you want to use to create a GIF Identify a series of photos that would make a good GIF Open Photoshop and go to File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack Click Browse and locate the photos you want to use (Use the Shift key to select more than one file) and click Open Click OK to import the photos into layers If it is not already open, click on Window > Timeline to open the Timeline panel Click the arrow to the right of the Create Frame Animation button in the middle of the Timeline panel and select Create Frame Animation Now click the Create Frame Animation button to the left of the arrow and it should look something
Does anyone know why I sometimes have to press a tool shortcut several times for the tool switch to stick?For roughly the last six months (not exactly sure), I’ve noticed this on all four of my computers. In about 50% of cases, I have to press a shortcut key (for example, B) several times to make sure the tool actually switches.If I press it only once or twice, I can literally see the tool switch to the Brush tool and then immediately switch back to the previous tool.Has anyone else experienced this?Please don’t recommend disabling Spring-Loaded Tools, because I don’t want to have to press another shortcut again to switch back after temporarily using Zoom (Z).
Are there any suggestions/solutions for those of us who wish to disable or block AI tools like Firefly or the generative AI within Photoshop? I understand I don't actually have to use tools I do not wish to use within Adobe programs, but I think it would also be nice for some of us with strong ethical opposition to generative AI to have an option for it to not consistently pop up in our feeds or have our work training AI models without permission (hence why I disabled the content analysis option for my account). Title edited by mod
Thanks to all who took part in our previous ‘Where there’s smoke’ challenge. There were some great images based on the Victorian pipe.This week, we go to Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island. It is situated just off the Northumberland coast of England, and reachable by a causeway. This view of the castle, which was built in the 16th century, is from the rugged rocks of the beach. In its day, it must have been a formidable castle to breach. Of course, with the power of image manipulation, you can show us how it might be done.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
I recently discovered that banding has started appearing in smooth color gradients when saving JPEGs in Adobe Photoshop. Naturally, I always save at maximum quality—12 out of 12. If I save as an 8-bit TIFF and then convert to JPEG using FastStone, I can select RGB as the photometric type in the save options; furthermore, I don't necessarily have to choose 100% quality—which would result in a 40 MB file for my example—since 95% is perfectly adequate for me, yielding flawless gradients and a file size of 16 MB, matching what Photoshop produces at its maximum quality setting (12 out of 12). Samples are here: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/7mPxpYfAsDOR7gCan you implement RGB photometry support in JPEG to achieve better image quality?
Hey there,Since the introduction of the EU AI Act I need to know precisely which tools in Photoshop will get my work flagged as AI, so I can circumvent their use.I already ditched LRC because of this and for not getting any answers on said questions anywhere. Working with the basic toolset on PS right now, but since selections apparently are also made with AI now, and anything involving AI seems to get flagged, I need to know precisely, please. Why - because some of my clients aren’t very happy about getting their pics flagged upon using them on Meta platforms because I removed a bottle, and because they need to be “clearly marked” as “Made with AI” or whatever else. I can already see this becoming a huge headache. Marking every single file in various sizes for print and Social Media. Thanks.Please someone clarify. I can only find slop info on this, plus a PDF from Capacanada, and I have to ask for every single tool, because a general slop question leaves tools out it informed me as us
Bonjour,Quand j'utilise l'Outil Correcteur Localisé en cliquant avec ma souris sur une zone de la photo à l’écran, une multitude de lignes partent dans tous les sens. Donc cet outil ne fonctionne plus depuis plusieurs jours. Est-ce un bug ?
When using the Photoshop Line Tool with an arrowhead, the rectangular line shaft can protrude through the sloping sides of the arrowhead if a small arrowhead width is used. This creates two small but clearly visible spikes on either side of the arrowhead.Photoshop version:27.9.1OS:Windows 11Steps to reproduce:Create a new document. Select the Line Tool in Shape mode. Make sure both Fill and Stroke are enabled. Set the Stroke width for example to 34 px. Enable an arrowhead at the end of the line. Set the arrowhead width to 3 px and draw an arrow. Zoom in on the transition between the shaft and the arrowhead. At this point, the two bottom corners of the rectangular shaft protrude through the diagonal sides of the arrowhead.Changing only the arrowhead width from 3 px to 5 px makes the artifacts disappear.Expected result:The shaft should be fully contained within the arrowhead, and the arrowhead should have clean, uninterrupted diagonal edges regardless of the selected arrowhead width.Actu
As i scroll down on font types, photoshop stopped and shut down.
Nu mai pot selecta subiectul nici în fișier raw, nici în jpg
recently had a new hard drive added to my computer. Unfortuntely I lost my Adobe Photoshop CS6 program. I want to reinstall it on my computer and need the full serial number. Adobe is supplying the serial number less the last four numbers. I need these numbers to do the reinstall. I am told that these numbers are hidden somewhere. Anyone who knows how to find them please share the answer with me.
The frequency of crashes that I experience in Photoshop is ridiculous. There are hours where I get nothing done, it’s that bad. The build -Intel i9-14900ks processorAsus dark hero z790 motherboard Geforce 3080ti Graphics Card32gb on 2 sticks dominator platinum ramRyujin 3 water cooler Things on computer I have tried and did not help -Running 1 stick of ram vs the 2Reseating RamReseat Graphics Carduninstall graphics drivers and reinstallcomplete reinstall of windows 11Updated motherboard to newest bios Things in software I have tried and did not help -Lowered history states from 50 to 30Cache levels from 4 to 2, then back to 2, then to 6Cache Tile size up to 1024k (Had a crash right now just clicking on the down arrow to check the previous cache tile sizes I used) → up from 124kUnchecked use graphics cardFor the drivers I set the 3080ti to only show and never use the motherboards intel chip When do the crashes happen?Immediately opening a fileUsing the Eraser ToolUsing the Pen ToolOpeni
Hi. I am trying to open Photoshop. The app dialog box with the illustration will emerge, but nothing happens afterwards. I tried with different versions, uninstalling, etc..nothing PS simply won´t open. Thank you
The "Export As" window is glitching, which sometimes makes it go behind Photoshop. Additionally, its size does not stay adjusted as usual and it is always smaller. I have to resize it every time I open the program and use the "Export As" function.Another problem is that the file preview is pixelated, which does not happen in the regular version. This started in this last beta update; it didn't have this problem before. Furthermore, the image only looks good if I set the zoom to 100%. However, I cannot see the full image with good quality like before because it goes past the borders. I have to keep moving it to see the corners that do not show up. Image from Photoshop version 27.9 Previous version 27.8 is perfectly normal and trouble-free.Image from Photoshop version 27.8I reported this bug in the Beta version, and even so, they updated the definitive version with the exact same error that many people were complaining about. Apparently, the Beta version is no longer serving its purpose
When using the ruler in inches in Photoshop Web, there are five section to an inch (Attachment 1), as opposed to the inch ruler in the Photoshop desktop, which accurately depicts an inch with four sections (Attachment 2). Also, notice the size of the ruler marks in both version. As a high school photography teacher, im certian this inconistancy will confuse students and make simple measurement or readings uneccesarily difficult and push students away form using the web version of Photoshop. I'm recommending the inch ruler in Photoshop Web be corrected to resemble the inch ruler in the Phjotoshop desktop app. This is neccessary fix that can easy be corrected and released in a future update.
I have had this issue with all versions of Photoshop past v 26.4.1 whereby I can’t close the app without crashing, even immediately after opening. I tried all the solutions I could find and out of desperation, I reset Windows completely and was able to get it to work for five days before it happens again. For context, I am using a Legion Pro 7i, with both Intel and Nvidia drivers, all up to date. I can’t make any preferences changes on the app itself because the app would crash and therefore not save the changes made. There is no crash report window too. Resetting Photoshop preferences Clean reinstallationChanged hybrid GPU to just dGPUCleared font caches I honestly lost track of all the solutions I’ve tried, even had official Adobe IT to take over my laptop twice to resolve pre-windows reset to no avail. I should be able to enjoy all the benefits of paying for a subscription, so I would really appreciate any help I could get here. Thank you 😔
I am trying to open photoshop but it is taking at least 2-3 attempts as it shuts down after I try and open it. Then this morning when I first restarted my computer, Photoshop opened and all the tools in the left side toolbar were visible, but I could only see the little arrows in the bottom corner of the tools, and not what tools I was choosing to use as they were blank. Once force shut down photoshop they became visbile again but I still can’t see my adjustment tools as you can see in the screenshot. I have done forced restarts of the program adn restarted my computer also.
Photoshop and other applications from my plan cannot find an internet connection. They cannot be verified and give an error, first 12015 and then 102. After that, the application closes. The Internet is available, the subscription is paid. I have a windows 11 64x
fails to load...does nothing
Liebe Community. Ich habe ein sehr komisches aber für mich als Fotografin schwieriges Problem mit der Anzeige von Bildern, hauptsächlich in Photoshop aber auch Adobe Bridge. Besonders erkennbar und problematisch ist dieses bei dunklen Bildern. Oftmals kurz nach dem öffnen von Bildern in Photoshop verändern sich die Schattierungen und die Farbgebung von mehrheitlich braunen Tönen. Sind diese oftmals erst harmonisch und eher "gelblich" entwickeln diese sich wie geisterhand zu fleckig und "rötlich". Oftmals verschwinden diese wie von Geisterhand mit etwas Geduld irgendwann wieder, manchmal aber auch noch durch schliessen und neu öffnen von Photoshop. Ob dies ein Grafikkartenproblem ist oder ich die Ursache wo anders suchen muss ist mir aktuell noch völlig unklar. Aufgefallen ist mir diese Problematik vor einigen Wochen, die Hardware wurde nicht geändert. Ich versuche zwei Videos anzuhängen wo man das Phänomen sieht. Hat irgendjemand Ideen oder etwas ähnliches schon einmal erlebt? Vielen D
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