Photoshop Elements

Why do all selection driven tools suffer from a delay on input? Marquee, lasso, patch, polygon, or any tool that creates selections, experience a significant delay when initially dragging, which is particularly noticeable with smaller scale selections. We know that Adobe knows about this. It’s been a problem across all platforms, hardware, and with all peripheral devices, as far back as 2020, if not prior. It is present in all file types, with all layer setups, and at any resolution. Can we stop beating around the bush and get an explanation as to why this behavior is seemingly now inherent and presumably unfixable, rather than some arbitrary aberration? What changes were made that caused this?Is this the result of legacy code that is compromised by modern builds? Arbitrary driver incompatibility? What coded mechanism is the culprit here? 

When I attempt to use the move tool to resize images/components, the program delays or freezes (often 5+ seconds) before offering the Cancel/Done dialogue box (see image below), which makes this feature frustrating. I have uninstalled/reinstalled several times, which sometimes resolves it for one or two moves, but it always begins delaying, again. PSE Version …on a MacBook Air M6 Tahoe 26.2 fully up-to-date, but this problem has existed independent of iOS updates. IOW, it happened since I purchased  PSE 2026 across all iOS updates since then, except immediately after I uninstall and reinstall—but it always reappears.Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer feedback.

I'm hoping someone can help me.   I am a casual user of Photoshop Elements.  I have PS Elements 2024 and it is set to automatically update. I am having a problem with the polygonal lasso tool.  The issue I am having is the tool behaves strangely. Sometimes I am unable to set an intial anchor point.  I select the tool, drag the icon onto my image and then select the point where I want to set my anchor.  I click ... nothing happens.  If I select some random spot on the image I can then set the initial anchor point.  How can I set up PSE to use the polygonal lasso in the manner that I am expecting? Another issue is that if I am successful seting the anchor point I then drag the mouse and the line showing my selection appears fine.  I then select the second anchor point and so on.  Many time though, PS automatically connects with my initial point because it decided I was done with my selection.  Of course, I disagre

I use PSE2026 for comparing actual images with standard images which worked really well when using PSE2011 but I am having annoying problems when doing this in PSE 26.Depending on the amount of magnification applied, this dictates the minimum number of Pixels that Layer 1 will move over the background layer. 100% Magnification - 10 Px200% Magnification - 5 Px300% Magnification - 4Px400% Magnification - 3 Px500% - 800% Magnification - 2 Px1200% and above Magnification - 1 PxWhy can’t the Pixel movement be 1 Pixel regardless of the magnification. Pixel movements of 3 and above it makes it difficult to align Layer 1 images on the background. If you magnify the image to 1200% you can’t see the whole image!Additionally, when altering the size of the layer 1 images using the Move function the X and Y axes move together. If you uncheck the ‘Constrain Proportions’ box you can move the X and Y axes independantly. However when you click ‘Done’, Constrain Proportions becomes active again. Constra

Hi all, I hope this sounds familiar to someone,About a week ago I upgraded from Photoshop Elements 2021 to 2026 and since then changing the brush size via the keybord doesn't quite work anymore. For instance whenever I enlarge it by pressing alt and moving the mouse to the right ..and here comes the problem, the brush neatly SEEMS to enlarge along, but right after I use it, the size flips back to the setting it has in the tool options panel below. In other words: changing the brush size via keyboard isn't really connected to settings anymore. So my question is, have I found a bug in PSe2026 or do I have to adjust something in the software myself? And if so, which setting?Tnx for thinking (and typing) with me on this.

Each time a raw photo is edited, then saved (Save as... jpeg), the new jpeg image (shown in a version set) displays the wrong time in the organizer, exactly 4 hours earlier than the original. But when I bring up the file properties in windows explorer (properties -> details), that still shows the correct time the photo was taken. The cameras being used to create these photos are set to the correct time zone and date/time, as is my PC. Is this a known bug, or do I just need to change a setting somewhere?   

Hi all, this I hope sounds familiar to someone,A few days ago I upgraded from Photoshop Elements 2021 to 2026 and since then changing the brush size via the keybord doesn't quite work anymore. For instance whenever I enlarge it by pressing alt and moving the mouse to the right ..and here comes the problem, the brush neatly SEEMS to enlarge along, but right after I use it, the size flips back to the setting it has in the tool options panel below. In other words: changing the brush size via keyboard isn't really connected to settings anymore. So my question is, have I found a bug in PSe2026 or do I have to adjust something in the programme myself? And if so, which setting?Tnx for thinking (and typing) with me on this.

I do not understand why my photoshop elements 2022 that I purchased , now doesnt want to open at all when I did an upgrade on my macbook pro to Tahoe 26.1 ....No answers from photoshop,no answers from Apple ....just a simple answer Yes we know but it is what it is Quite irresponsible answer ....

I’m doing a restore to a new computer of a pretty large catalog. (250k items). The backup goes without issue. The new computer has a single drive c: drive instead of two c:/d: in the old with the catalog on c: and all the files stored in D:. The restore seems to go ok and I restore without bringing over the old file structure. It takes around 4 hours to copy all the files from the external drive. Afterwards it moves to the Preparing Catalog and it seems to just hang on that. Windows thinks it not responding and it’s been that way for about 4-5 hours now. This is the second attempt to move it and the first attempt I ended after and then I had thousands of files that needed to be reconnected.  Am I not waiting long enough enough? What is it doing after the file copy and it says complete. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My old computer is running out of space and can’t be upgraded to Win11 because of age.  Thanks

Both my 2025 and 2020 versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements have started to crash as soon as I try to print a photograph. Any ideas?

I have been a Photoshop Elements user for many years, upgrading from one version to a subsequent one. In theory, the newer software reorganizes and updates the photo database. In practice, I’ve sometimes been left with digital soup. I’m presently using Photoshop Elements 2026. My organizer file has over 21,000 images in it. Keywords are divided between “Other,” “Imported Keyword Tags,” “People Tags,” “Family,” “Friends,” “Places,” and “Events.” There are people’s names in “Other” and “Imported Keyword Tags, places and evens in “Other,” and a few other oddities I can’t recall right now. Is it possible to move keyword tags from one category to another? I’d like to have all the names in “People,” geographic locations in “Places,” etc. I’d also like to be able to create new “Places,” tags, but when I try, the software brings up a U.S. map and requires me to pinpoint a location. It’s a topographical map, with no streets or addresses. I’d rather just input a city or an address. 

Need help. Photoshop Elements 2025 crashes when I click the print command to print a photo. Doesn't show a print screen at all, just thinks a bit and crashes. It worked fine  the day I installed it on my new Windows 11 computer until about a week ago. I was able to print photos with no problem. Need to know what happened and what to do. From what I read online I'm not the only person having this problem. I've used Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for many years and have never had a problem like this before.

That titles was supposed to be “tags,” not “tabs,” but I can’t edit that part. Damn you again, Adobe.I have been a Photoshop Elements user for many years, upgrading from one version to a subsequent one. In theory, the newer software reorganizes and updates the photo database. In practice, I’ve sometimes been left with digital soup. I’m presently using Photoshop Elements 2026. My organizer file has over 21,000 images in it. Keywords are divided between “Other,” “Imported Keyword Tags,” “People Tags,” “Family,” “Friends,” “Places,” and “Events.” There are people’s names in “Other” and “Imported Keyword Tags, places and evens in “Other,” and a few other oddities I can’t recall right now. Is it possible to move keyword tags from one category to another? I’d like to have all the names in “People,” geographic locations in “Places,” etc. I’d also like to be able to create new “Places,” tags, but when I try, the software brings up a U.S. map and requires me to pinpoint a location. It’s a topog

This has been asked before, but never answered, and those threads are locked. For example: https://community.adobe.com/questions-716/theme-files-disconnected-1210159My Win10 PC had PSE 2019 (with ElementsPlus in case that matters). I reconnected all files and did a backup to a USB drive. On my new PC I installed PSE 2026 and restored the backup. Everything was successful except that in the new version Reconnect Files says there are some missing files: theme1.theme, theme2.theme…theme6.theme. These do not exist on my disk, and they do not appear anywhere in my Catalog’s Organizer screen so cannot be removed (as suggested in other answers). I searched the contents of all the XMP files for the text “theme” and they don’t appear there either.I suspect they are now there forever but a solution to this, and one that I think would be generally helpful anyway, would be if the Reconnect > All missing files > [Browse] screen included an option “Delete from Catalog” as well as the existing

“New” files, from 2024 and later, although not all, do not autocurate. I made a test catalog and imported 10 “new” photos, and it would not autocurate. Checking task manager when attempting to autocurate 50 or so photos, autocreations.exe would run for about 10 seconds and then exit and no autocuration would be performed. JPEG files would autocurate, but not raw files, even for an older Nikon Z6 and 24-200mm lense.

I use the selection tool, select the sky, and now I don’t know how to accept that selection.

I purchase Elements 2020 6 years ago and downloaded. When I now installed it in Windows 11 a licens is requested. How can I deal with this?

Ich bin von Photoshop Elements 2025 auf Elemts 2026 gewechselt. Als ich nun von einem konvertierten Catalog auf einen andere noch nicht konvertierten Catalog wechseln wollte, werde ich darauf hingewiesen das die Daten meines aktiven Catalogs bei Wechsel zu einem anderen Catalog in der Cloud gespeichert werden. Ich möchte aber keinesfalls ein Speichern in der Adobe Cloud. Wie kann ich die Speicherung verhindern?

I have been using Elements for years and have always added my own png files to the Caticon folder so that I have more Category Icon options for my Keyword Hierarchy. I now have Elements 2023 and new png files added to the Caticon folder do not appear in the Category Icon list. I know I can add individual icons to keywords but that option does not exist for the Category heading. Is there a limit to how many png files can be in the Caticon area. My new ones take it over 70. 

So I notice the new community is now live. At this stage only histortic posts have been added. Recent postings from Novembner to date will be added shortly. 

I have Photoshop Elements 2025 on am Windows 11 laptop.  I put a background behind a photo. I had to move the photo over to print it. How can I keep the background in the spot I moved the photo from?

Nach einem Update von PSE 2024 auf PSE 2026 (ABO) hat zunächst alles bestens funktioniert. Jetzt habe ich die  noch parallel vorhandene PSE 2024 deinstalliert, nun lässt sich der Assistent nicht mehr öffnen (Ladeanzeige läuft  unendlich), nur noch die Funktionen Schnell und Erweitert. Gibt es eine einfache Möglichkeit den Assistenten wieder zu aktivieren oder kann/muss ich PSE 2026 neu installieren? Danke schon mal für Tipps.

tl;dr: I needed the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributables installed, not just the 2015-2022 version. Thought I'd post this after struggling for hours to get Photoshop Elements 2022 installed on my new Windows 11 Dell XPS 8960. I had been using PE 2022 on a Win 10 system, and had never had a problem installing it. After setting up the new Win 11 system (local account only), and installing Norton 360 and a few other apps, I downloaded the PE 2022 installer and ran it. This resulted in failure with a "183" error code. I followed the link to Adobe's website, where there was some generic information stating that this is a "fairly generic error", with a few suggestions, none of which were specific to Photoshop Elements (most were from creative cloud apps). After looking around online, and looking at the install log file, I tried the following over several hours: 1. Pause Norton 360 while attempting install.2. Delete the C:\adobeTemp folder before each new attempt at installati

Is there any way to make the default save file a jpeg versus psd? I hate that I have to manually switch to JPEG each and every time I want to save a file. If there isn't, how can I submit this as a feature request?Thanks!

Hello,I just dowloaded Photoshop Elements 2026 and I cannot anymore see the see the pics before and after at the same time, it this normal? The button offers only before or after, not anymore both together. If this is a bug I hope it will be fixed quickly, if it is normal then it is really a loss of functionality ! Is there an easy way to still see both together?  Thenks for any feedback!