@Woody0993  Then you should take it to the Photoshop Elements forum. Maybe there is a way, but not many here are familiar with Elements. ... View more

Please post the full Help > System Info from Photoshop. This sounds like a GPU problem.   In addition, having a beta installed alongside the regular production version is always risky. I'd recommend uninstalling the beta. A beta is for testing purposes, to identify bugs. ... View more

I was just going to say "use bounce flash for the room and expose for the windows". That's how photographers have always done this.   Even if you can't use several flash units for a fully balanced interior, an on-camera flash goes a long way. Just direct it upwards and a little back. With on-camera flash it will probably need a little refinement - but you can do it on a single file, you normally don't need multiple exposures.   And I can promise - it's a lot faster than trying to merge separate exposures. It will usually also look better around the windows. Instead of a sharp contrast between outside and window sill/frame, you get natural light on it. ... View more

This is a GPU bug (assuming that the file itself is OK when you open it normally).    Is this a newer Apple silicon machine, or an older one with an AMD GPU? Either way, GPU bugs need to be reported to Apple, but if it's an AMD GPU I don't think you can expect any bug fixes.   As a workaround, try to uncheck "multithreaded compositing" in settings > performance, and under advanced, uncheck "GPU compositing". There should also be an "older GPU mode" checkbox under technology previews.   A new Photoshop version will have some new graphics code, and this can expose latent bugs in the GPU driver. ... View more

OK, I think I see what's going on here. There is a system shortcut to "This PC" that you can put on the desktop. I have that deactivated - but it turns out the shortcut is there even if you turn off its visibility on the desktop. So that is apparently what shows up in Bridge.   In other words, it becomes a sort of "circular" directory path.   And then there's the added complication that you can also put the desktop in Microsoft's cloud (which I have also not done).   Anyway, "This PC" - with all the main  folders on the system drive, as well as all other drives - sits above the desktop in the folder hierarchy. Having a basic image of how the hierarchy is organised helps to avoid confusion.  ... View more

@avid_friends2198  If you purchased a copy of CS5 (or even CS6) as late as 2021, then you've been scammed, with 100% certainty.   Legal copies of any Creative Suite application haven't been available anywhere since 2017 or 2018. All original serial numbers issued by Adobe were long gone by this time and dealers' shelves quickly cleared out.   Since then, pirated CS copies has been a thriving industry on the internet. This is partly why subscription was introduced; it pulls the bottom out from the piracy market because the prohibitive entrance threshold has been removed.   I suspect Adobe made more profit per user with perpetual licenses. But since subscription was introduced the user base has exploded 2x or 3x - and virtually no more piracy. ... View more

First of all, don't use the beta. A beta is for testing purposes, to identify bugs. Use the stable production version.   What you need to do here is two things: first, update the driver for the RTX 3060. Go to Nvidia's site and find the Studio driver, not the Game Ready driver. When installing it, check "clean install" to remove all traces of the old driver.   Next, open the CC desktop app, and uninstall both Photoshop (beta or otherwise) and Lightroom Classic. Then reinstall Photoshop first, not the beta, the regular 27.0 version. Then next reinstall Lightroom Classic. This sequence matters.    When done, open LrC Preferences and check under External Editing that the correct Photoshop version is listed in the dropdown.   I'd recommend that you do not keep preferences when you uninstall Photoshop. Resetting preferences is always the first step in any troubleshooting, and the chances here are much better if you start with a clean sheet. That means you need to save out any custom actions and brushes so that they can be reloaded in the new install.   ... View more

What I find really odd here, is why your entire machine is listed under "Desktop"? I don't understand how that can be. The desktop is a subfolder under your Windows user account, way down in the directory tree. Given that, the double listing actually makes sense.   I'd start by looking at your whole directory structure, starting at the top with your system drive. It should contain a Windows folder, a Users folder (your desktop should be there), a Program Files folder, and some more.    Does Windows Explorer show the same structure? ... View more

I immediately read that as "unrestricted use", not "unlimited number". This is, as I understand it, an external component that Adobe are licensing.   Although I wouldn't know, as I've never used any generative AI whatsoever, of any flavor, and nor do I intend to. ... View more

The system info shows a Dell monitor profile. Dell profiles are astonishingly often defective in various ways (along with Acer, LG and Samsung as the worst offenders).   Do not use this profile. Remove it, and don't install it if it comes up again in Windows Update.   Photoshop loads the monitor profile at startup. A restart is necessary if you change the profile.   The proper way to do this is to use a calibrator to make a custom profile for your display, but if you don't have one, use sRGB as @Ged_Traynor  showed in his screenshots. It's not entirely accurate, but much better than a broken profile. ... View more

That's either a broken monitor profile or a GPU bug/error. Those are two sides to the same coin, as the conversion into the monitor profile is executed in the GPU. A problem in one can affect the other.   Please post the full Help > System Info from Photoshop.   EDIT cross-post, but basically the same response. ... View more

What this message means is most likely that Photoshop preferences have been corrupted.   Preferences are rewritten on every application exit, and so are prone to corruption by e.g. irregular shutdowns or crashes. Preferences are stored in a Settings folder under your Windows user account, separate from the installed program files. When Photoshop starts up, it loads the current app configuration from this folder. ... View more

Works correctly here, just tested.   Sounds like corrupt preferences. Save out your actions, brushes etc before resetting preferences.   EDIT: I see you've already tried that. Did you get a confirmation dialog? I really can't see anything else it could be, except maybe if there was a write permissions problem in the target folder. ... View more

Is there any resampling at any point in this? If not, is it still visible when you view at 100% ?   This happens when you have a floating layer (as opposed to a flat background layer), and the edge pixels are interpolated. With a floating layer, there are invisible transparent pixels outside the canvas, and they are factored into the interpolation.   In a flat background layer (Background in the panel, in italics) pixels outside the canvas boundary are not allowed. ... View more

@NetPixel Studio  Any particular reason you're not using ctrl+1, which is the official shortcut for 100%?   In any case, like Ged, I tested releasing the alt key from ctrl+alt+0, and it stays on 100%. ... View more

That's a known issue with images specifically downloaded from facebook.   The workaround is to open jpegs through Camera Raw (set it to open all jpegs in Camera Raw settings) and from there into Photoshop.   Hard to tell where the problem is, Photoshop or facebook, but most likely facebook encodes jpegs not strictly to jpeg specification. ... View more

@Sarah38760391u0fc  @hira.mi    I just want to insert a small comment here, since you both mention prints coming out too dark.   This is invariably because the screen is too bright. There is a reference here, and that reference is paper white. You can't adjust the print to your screen, but you can adjust your screen to match the print. So you need to calibrate your display so that monitor white is a visual match to paper white, as seen in your preferred print viewing light.    The keyword here is visual and you can't really put any fixed numbers or formula on this. If it looks right, it is right. But that said, for most "average" conditions, the monitor white point luminance should be in the vicinity of 100-120 cd/m².  A white point color of around D65, maybe temperature lowered to 6200-6300K, will also usually be a fairly good match.   It also helps to use a light interface in Photoshop, to give your eyes a reference. The default dark interface removes the reference and basically makes everything look good, right or wrong. ... View more

I would assume you can just Place Embedded directly. Don't do anything to the 32 bit EXR, just leave it as-is.    When you double-click the smart object thumbnail in the Layers panel, the embedded file opens in its host application for editing. Save and Close, and you're back in the updated master file. If the master file is 32 bit, HDR should be available.   I don't have an .exr plugin, or any other application that opens .exr, so I can't test. But this is how smart objects work with all other formats. ... View more

I would agree with that. Upvoted.   It would also be useful to choose a default from the three formats that support all Photoshop functions, PSD, PSB and TIFF.  I'm hitting the 2 GB limit so often that I'd like to have PSB as default and be done with it.   That said, I'm not sure how simple this is to implement. We've always been told that Open/Save are operating system dialogs, not Photoshop dialogs. On the other hand, this can apparently be controlled from the outside e.g. in the Lightroom Classic preference for "Edit In". ... View more

And for next time, uncheck automatic updates in the CC desktop app preferences.   The way most experienced users do this, is to update manually after a new version is announced, and choose to keep the old version installed until you're confident the new version works reliably. Migrating settings is also optional.   For actions and brushes, always save them out from the flyout menu in the panel. Keep them in a safe place so they can easily be reloaded. That's not just for new versions, resetting preferences for troubleshooting purposes will also wipe them. ... View more

I would like to do it without using AI. By @pierret18811376   What a relief 🙂 I mean it.   You just have to use a small enough brush with e.g. the healing brush so that you stay away from the notes. It's not difficult, it just takes a little time.   As a help, you can select the paper color and expand the selection one or two pixels. That should be enough to "eat up" the dust spots, but not too much into the notes. Then you can work a little more freely. ... View more

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Also, note that PSD/PSB compression will slow down open/save times massively, sometimes 2x - 5x. This may not be very noticeable for small files, but for really big files (which is where you mostly need it), it makes a big difference.   Compression is disabled in Preferences > File Handling.   Opening from external storage or over a network will also be a lot slower. ... View more

So you added a white background for these examples? But the numbers refer to a transparent background?   Transparency adds another complication to the proceedings, which is transparency blend gamma. In other words, the density curve from fully opaque to fully transparent, as it blends to an underlying layer or background. For various reasons, this is gamma 1.0 (linear) by default, but if there is nothing underneath to blend with, the document gamma applies. This is easily demonstrated with a soft brush against a split background. Lots of people have tripped over this.   Just so you have an explanation. ... View more

Yes, this should be easy to fix manually, with the tools mentioned by @ExUSA . Fifteen minutes to a half hour's work. ... View more

I don't use it, but if I did, that would make perfect sense. Upvoted. ... View more

@michaelsgoldman  I don't want to interrupt this prepress discussion (my expertise is as a working photographer) - but what you still have trouble with is the basic principle of color management, whether applied to RGB or grayscale, or document, display or print.   Yes, numbers will change with different profiles, even when they look the same. RGB or K%, same principle.   The key is that there is a reference to it all, the profile connection space, PCS. All conversions go through there, whether it's from document to document, or from document to your display, or from document to print. The PCS is either Lab or CIE XYZ, but people will usually be more familiar with Lab.   Since I'm a visual guy, here's how it works: ... View more

@edward_4501  I get that and I absolutely sympathize. I don't know which I dislike the most - "cloud" or "AI".    The thing is, unlike most other software these days, both are easily avoided in Photohop. I can't speak for the future, but right now that is still true.   The way I use Photoshop, there isn't a cloud in sight. It's all operated on local disks, sitting physically in my machine. I don't touch any of the cloud services, and once I set up my preferences that way, I haven't been bothered since.   Similar with AI, easily avoided. The only intelligence here is my own.   Marketing loves these buzzwords, but you don't have to buy into it. Yes, licensing is checked online once every 30 days, and your bank account is charged every month. But that's the way everything works these days from my cell phone to my electricity bill.   The point is - Photoshop is the least of your worries. You should be more worried about your phone, google, meta, your car, your refrigerator etc. Microsoft is on my watchlist, but for the moment they're pretty hands off and the dodgy stuff is optional. ... View more

It's placeholder text. You can turn it off in Preferences. ... View more

This is a GPU issue.   Do you have Apple silicon or an older AMD GPU? If the former, report it as a bug to Apple. ... View more