Melissa had the answer. I don't know what I was. Thinking? As long as the entire document is saved with its layers, the text will remain editable. Care to show off your final, Cari? ... View more

Bob, I always go straight to the horse's mouth for the answer:   System requirements | Older Versions Excerpt from 2019 section:   64-bit multicore Intel processor macOS X v10.14, v10.13, or v10.12 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended) 6.5GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation and additional 2.5GB to download all optional content) 1280x800 display resolution (at 100% scale factor) DVD-ROM drive (for installation from DVD) Internet connection required for product activation and content download* Supported browsers: Safari 7.x or later, Mozilla Firefox 4 or later, or the latest version of Google Chrome Note: You cannot install Photoshop Elements 2019 on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices.   ... View more

Yes, it is a bit pricey for a photo-only scanner. I have not used it but I have need to scan hundreds of photos (after I take them out of their "magnetic" photo albums, a literally sticky issue). I have $hundreds tied up in orphaned scanners that won't run on updated operating systems, so price is a consideration. It doesn't help with with the 10,000 slides in another project.   As far as damage, high-speed feeding of photos -- old, curved, bent, thick/Poloroids -- certainly increase the odds of damaging them. The best archive is a print; magnetic media aren't really as trustworthy as a print, imo. ... View more

Being "stuck" as a smart object is a good thing, Cari. Smart objects retain the ability to be edited. I'm not so sure about converting the text into a shape; I don't believe that step can be undone. I'll have to research. While I do that, you can play around with other work-arounds, such as breaking the ribbon into two parts, moving them apart, and creating the missing ribbon (maybe Generative Fill?). ... View more

Here's a good resource on adobe.com: Troubleshoot Bridge for freezes and performance issues Symptoms A blank or flickering dialog box A frozen cursor or screen An error such as "The application 'unknown' has unexpectedly quit."   You've already done Step 1 (install the latest Bridge). Step 2 explains resetting preferences, Standard Workspaces, and Purging the Entire Thumbnail Cache.   Read through the entire procedure before embarking on this arduous task. ... View more

I appreciate the info on this scanner, Conrad. The US Epson website shows two products -- $39.99 certified renew, $599.99, also available from seven other resellers (yes, price is fixed). I'm intrigued. ... View more

My bad, Liz and Stephen. My narrow vision focuses on Ps and LrC, my main tools. ... View more

joeyo, I tried Filter>Lens Correction>Geomentric Distortion>Remove Distortion slider on your posted image, but did not get good results. Perhaps with the original image. Give this tool a try.   I could also recommend trying the Liquify tool to do local adjustments. I'll post my version if it does a good job. Sometimes borrowing, buy or renting a less-distorting lens is easier than "fixing in post."   This is my attempt to remove distortion using Liquify's Push Left tool, but the chairs (tables?) look bowed. If it's just optics causing the bow, try moving the central portion to a new layer an Transform the chairs. Crude method. ... View more

Liz, before the advent of Lightroom, I used Bridge as my front end for importing and editing my photos but I never bothered using keywords. Lightroom, Photo Mechanic are probably better choices than Bridge imo.    As far as your request, I searched adobe.com for "Bridge is not finding all my images" and found a helpful webpage created by AI. The search ended up here.   And in case we need Adobe's take on Bridge keywording, check out the article, Use keywords in Adobe Bridge. ... View more

hhost, as long as we're asking for a miracle solution, double-sided scanning would be great. One of the difficult parts of scanning larger numbers of prints is turning the prints over to find ID, then naming the file (people)_yymmdd.jpg. 4 prints/scan = 250 passes, ignoring the crop & straighten/save as separate files.   In my experience, I minimized that mess by aligning the prints on the scanner glass as carefully as I could (at the cost of taking even more time).I saved the "contact-sheet file to go back to manually rotate and crop the files with which I had trouble.   Maybe look into buying or renting a dedicated photo scanner? [old name brand] digital film scanners on Amazon, $405US and up are possibilities. Skewing can occur when using motorized feeders [automatic document feeder], but it could be helpful.   For our sakes, maybe someone else in the community has a better solution. ... View more

I think I know how to upload an image in the Generate Image dialog but I had a frustrating time of it. My expectation is that my result looked as if the reference image was just a suggestion. I can record a QuickTime movie to demonstrate what I did do if that woule help the conversation.   As far as the alleged violation of standards, check out Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines   Rule #2 may be the red flag. 2. Be Respectful and Safe Do not use Adobe’s generative AI features to attempt to create, upload, or share abusive, or illegal, or content that violates the rights of others. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: Pornographic material or explicit nudity Hateful or highly offensive content that attacks or dehumanizes a group based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, serious disease or disability, gender, age, or seckshual orientation Graphic violence or gore The promotion, glorification, or threats of violence Illegal activities or goods Self-harm or the promotion of self-harm Depictions of nude minors or minors in a seckshual manner Promotion of terrorism or violent extremism Dissemination of misleading, fraudulent, or deceptive content that could lead to real-world harm Private information of others   Ironically, posting the rules breakes the rules. "seckshual" was flagged, then quoted to me: "The message body contains seckshual, which is not permitted in this community. Please remove this content before sending your post."   'seckshual' used to skirt the check. ... View more

I think we should buy property in Wit's End, seems a very popular destination lately. Trish, you've reset Ps Prefs; have you tried resetting the Wacom prefs? How to delete Wacom User Preferences?  It can't hurt.   ... View more

This is one of the things I love about Photoshop -- many ways to flay the feline. Rather than concur with Divide and Conquer, recent versions of Ps came with cool masking techniques. This is the result from just a few clicks using Ps 2025>Filter>Camera Raw Filter>Mask, then selecting Person 1. Just a little cleanup (circled in pink) and vyola. I didn't need to select Clothes.     ... View more

Your hunch is right, GeDhae --   Photoshop>Help>Photoshop Help>Lighting>Add Lighting Effects -- Add Lighting Effects As of July 2024, Photoshop's legacy 3D features have been removed. However, now in the Photoshop (beta) app you can seamlessly add 3D objects to your 2D Photoshop design using the Adobe Substance 3D Viewer (beta) app. Click here for more details... Note: The Lighting Effects filter works only on 8-bit RGB images in Photoshop. You must have a supported video card to use Lighting Effects. For more information, see this FAQ.   ... View more

I'm running Ps 26.2 under MacOS 15.2. It'd be an unfair guess to blame it on your system. My steps to try to reproduce your experience: 1. open Ps 2. press the B key the Brush toolbar appears, even though I haven't opened an image. Oddly, when I tried to record a QuickTime movie, pressing B didn't invoke the Brush tool. Furthering the oddness, when I opened a file while recording Ps, B immediately invoked the Brush tool. See attachment. ... View more

That being said the only way to test would be an external so will try that next. Just another expense and step. Just reminding you that $23 is a cheap way to experiment. My last post: " A quick look on Amazon shows a Sandisk 256G Ultra Drive, $22.99 US." That's half the size of my MacAir's hard disk. That's hundreds of dollars less than an external SSD or drive. ... View more

If you watch the video on the webpage Troubleshoot scratch disk full errors in Photoshop one option is to attach an external drive to use as a scratch disk. A quick look on Amazon shows a Sandisk 256G Ultra Drive, $22.99 US.   Tell more about where you see the 200 GB HD -vs- 60 GB in Ps. I'm always up for learning new things in Ps, like where hard drive space is displayed. In Finder, control-click on Macintosh HD, Get Info, Capacity and Available. ... View more

These might help -- Troubleshoot scratch disk full errors in Photoshop Known issues in Photoshop ... View more

Are you wanting a custom "menu" of Photoshop tools, or call After Effects? You can create your own Workspace that includes Panel locations, keyboard shortcuts, menus, and Toolbar. Path: Photoshop 2025>Window>Workspace>New Workspace... ... View more

I neglected to mention that fact! Ok, I think we missed part of the equation. Is the Rosetta checkbox not "sticky"? (I found that it is) Or is the Ps logo in the Dock starting from a different, non-Rosetta  app? In my experimenting, I found that Ps takes up to 30 seconds to start on my M1 MacAir with the Rostetta box checked; 2 seconds without.   Either way, to get the loop-through-Ps working, I'd look to replacing that plug-in. ... View more

Maybe you did like I did at first -- I right-clicked on the folder Adobe Photoshop 2025. One must open the Adobe Photoshop 2025 folder, then click on the Adobe Photoshop 2025.app. Here is a composite image displaying the two results side-by-side. ... View more

Hasn't the plug-in creator updated the tool  to run under Ps 2025?   Help opening Photoshop 2021 in Rosetta lindseyjo1102 quoting: "Go to Applications > Photoshop > Open the Photoshop Folder > Click [to select'; do not double-click] the Photoshop Application within the Photoshop folder THEN Right Click > Get Info > Check the box for Open with Rosetta"   ... View more

Try searching Adobe Stock for avatars. ... View more

litefish, it would help others if you would say what version of Photoshop with which you had become comfortable.   The dashes are called "marching ants" by accord; I can't think of any action on a user's part that could make them go away. I have experienced one of the selection tools [there are more than seven] unbeknownst-to-me selecting much more than I intended. One place to start: Photoshop>Photoshop Help The Orientation section has 5 tutorials on getting to know the app; layers; selections!; masks; adjustment layers. ... View more

Ron, easily creating "simple" arrows has frustrated me since early versions of Photoshop. (by the way, don't bother following the ...arrow.html link. It's just a Photoshop app sales pitch)   Surely a denizen of this forum will show us a tutorial.   ... View more

Search adobe.com for "ps beta runs out of ram"   Quoting:   Troubleshooting RAM Issues in Photoshop Beta If Photoshop Beta runs out of RAM, you can try the following solutions to optimize performance: Increase RAM Allocation: Adjust the amount of RAM allocated to Photoshop. Go to Preferences > Performance and increase the RAM allocation in the Memory Usage area. Restart Photoshop to apply changes. Close Unnecessary Applications: Quit any other applications that are running to free up memory for Photoshop. Add More RAM: If possible, consider upgrading your computer's RAM to improve overall performance. Use Scratch Disks: Ensure you have enough space on your scratch disks. You can set up scratch disks in Preferences > Scratch Disks. Optimize Performance Settings: Adjust performance settings in Photoshop to better utilize your system's resources. You can find more tips on optimizing performance in the Optimize performance Photoshop documentation. Check for Updates: Make sure you are using the latest version of Photoshop Beta, as updates may include performance improvements and bug fixes. ... View more

Problems with the beige color wall Tolerance and Contiguous boxes [when using Magic WAND not hand] -- try Tolerance set to 20; make sure the Contiguous box is checked. You'll notice that the ceiling from the wall to the ceiling fixture base will also be selected. No bueno. The wall is not plumb|vertical. Straighten the wall, then use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to selected the beige wall. Once that problem is handled, you can insert a second image on a new layer and align it.   You can skip those steps and just Transform>Skew or Distort the file containing the tapesty.   ... View more

jacky, could you stretch out your first sentence? Additional detail will help thick-skulled people like me. "in the past" -- what version of MacOS and Ps are you running? You sent an image [LrC>Photo>Edit in>Edit in Adobe Photoshop 2025, or command-E?] Is Ps already open? Or do you expect as you should that the send-to-Ps action will open the image in Ps? It's at this point that command-B doesn't give you access to the Brush tool? And this is when you hear an audible warning? I don't get the Brush tool pressing the command-B. I get the Eydropper tool (I) with a Color Balance dialog.   Okay -- B is the shortcut to the Brush tool, not command-B.   Here is a QuickTime screen recording of searching Ps Help for any and all (7) brush tools. In QT, view in full-screen mode to eliminate seeing two tool bars (the app you're in, probably a browser; and the movie). I swirl the cursor to show the seven brush tools, then demonstrate Summarizing all keyboard shortcuts into an html document. I didn't find a way to summarize only brush tools. ... View more