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I’m pretty new to photoshop and I’m working on a retouching project. I am currently trying to use the spot healing brush but I started seeing these white marks appear after selecting certain areas, others are completely fine with no white marks. Is there something I’m doing wrong? How can I make this stop happening? Any advice is appreciated! TIA!

I'm not sure if this makes any sense, but the text that I rasterized looks sharper than the "blurry" brush in the background, is there any effect to make the brushes have more sharpness than bluriness to them?

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How would I get the hazy effect shown in #1 from image #2? I’m not sure what that technique is called so I can’t use specific terminology to describe it, but I really want to add that effect on some moody photos I’ve done, please help!

Can someone point me in the right direction to cartoonify a photo of someone? I am trying to do it similar to the movie Boss Baby. Thank you!

Need some advice/suggestions. I am currently using a 2017 27" iMac primarily for processing photos in Photoshop. I download approximately 300-500 RAW photos/week from my Canon 5D Mk IV camera. Photos are generally 30MB - 50MB. So, large files to manage and when adding layers, etc. in PS and with other windows open, the computer can be somewhat challenged.

I've owned two iMacs (2012 & 2017) and enjoy the all-in-one package. But, the new M4 Mini looks great, but I would need to purchase a new monitor, keyboard and mouse. On the other hand, the new iMac looks great, but it is a 24" screen and I've enjoyed the 27" screen for the past 12 years.

Has anyone purchased and set up a Mac Mini M3 or M4 and are happy with the results using Photoshop? If so, what monitor did you go with (or suggest)? Are there any watch-outs to consider with the Mini? Are there issues with it sucking up dust and overheating? I will appreciate hearing your experience and tips.

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I'm looking for a way to pixelate an image and change the pixels to closest matching within a group of swatches.

I managed to do it a few years ago (somehow), but since then I forgot what I used. I can't find any help on the internet, I would appreciate any suggestions or tips for how to achieve this.

TL;DR
I need to pixelate an image and change the colors of all pixels to my swatches. Please help me find a way to do it.

Thank you for your time.

Trying to take this cut out and copy it so i can have the eggs without the background

Hey everyone! I'm hoping someone here can help me out. I have an older iPad (air 2 supporting maximum version 15.8.3) that doesn't support the latest versions of Adobe apps, like Photoshop and lightroom. Unfortunately, when I try to download them from the App Store, it says they're incompatible with my device.

Is there any way to install an older version of these Adobe apps that might work on my iPad? It seems like its possible on computer, but can't find the solution for iPad device.

I’ve tried searching online but haven’t found any solid solutions yet. Any advice or workarounds would be much appreciated. Thanks

Hi all,
I’m looking for a way to batch process images to remove backgrounds and crop them, leaving around 10% white space around the subject. I’m open to Photoshop solutions or any online tools that handle high-res images (6000x4000) without quality loss—already tried PhotoRoom, but it doesn’t work well for large files. Any workflow suggestions or tool recommendations?

Thanks!

i know of the smoothing option in photoshop, but in adobe animate theres an option for the brush where you have the stroke draw a little behind your cursor, the photoshop smoothing option is similar but what i dont like is that it completes the stroke and goes toward my cursor and i dont want it to go to my cursor, is it possible to do this?

I have film/tv show artwork of various sizes, each size is a separate file i.e

movie1-1920x1080.psd
movie1-720x1080.psd
movie1-1080x1080.psd

i want to take these separate files and make one file with each of these PSDs as separate artboards. i've been trying to make a script but i don't know what the correct logic is to approach this.

Seriously, so many Hard coded shortcuts you cannot change, or random things that feel like they are from 1990s (cause actually they probably are). Often feeling like I am fighting against the software. You can hardly adapt Photoshop to you, you have to adapt to it; Adobe's way or the highway. This thing needs a serious Rewrite to be up to snuff with modern apps ASAP, not more random Adobe AI things.

Description of the problem: I'm having trouble clipping an adjustment layer to a group in Photoshop without disrupting the Blending Modes or Blend If settings that are applied to the three layers within that group. Here’s a summary of my layer structure: 

Layer Setup:

1. Vibrance Adjustment Layer (clipped to the “Design Group”)
2. Design Group (Set to Pass Through)
   • 1st Layer: Screen Blending Mode + Various Blend If slider settings
   • 2nd Layer: Multiply Blending Mode + Various Blend If slider settings
   • 3rd Layer Multiply Blending Mode + Various Blend If slider settings
3. Background Layer (T-shirt)

Issue: When I clip the Vibrance adjustment layer to the “Design Group,” the Blending Mode/Blend If settings within the group no longer interact with the background layer as expected. It’s as if the Blending Modes + Blend If sliders aren’t applied at all.

Troubleshooting Attempts:

• Changing the group’s blending mode to Normal results in a similar loss of Blending Modes/Blend If effects.
• Placing the Vibrance adjustment layer inside the group still affects all layers below, including the background layer
• Converting the group to a Smart Object flattens it, removing the Blending Modes/Blend If effects relative to the background.
• Merging any layers of the group without the background layer causes all blending options to be removed.

Goal: I need to clip the Vibrance adjustment layer to the “Design Group” only, while preserving the Blending Modes/Blend If interaction with the background layer. I have attached "Before Trying To Clip" and "After trying to Clip" images to further illustrate my problem. The issue is not limited to a Vibrance Adjustment Layer. The issue is persistent when any adjustment layer is clipped to the group.

Any guidance or workarounds would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Before Trying To Clip (Notice the slight shadows/highlights):

After Trying to Clip (All Blending Effects have visually been removed)

I have x4 GPUs and want to set Photoshop to use x4 GPU. However, it currently only uses GPU 0 (the first one). How can I make Photoshop use one of the other GPUs?

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The title self explains, how can i make this "cartoony" effect?

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Hi, thanks to anyone who can explain to me why it selected the whole picture for me, including the background and not just the flower if I marked only the flower

thanks

This is driving me nuts. I processed 10 HDR pics in Lightroom Classic and exported them to Photoshop (both apps latest version). Generative fill worked fine on 8 of the 10 images, but I have 2 images where the Generative Fill option is greyed-out. I compared the files types of these 2 pics to the others and they seem to be the exact same file type (.dng). All the images, including the problem ones, are have one, unlocked layer. Also, tyhe images are non-sequential. That is, GF worked fine one image, then I moved to the next and got grey-out, then another one was fine. I'm running Windows 11 64.

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is there ANYTHING than can help me in this scenario? it literally turned into one layer being this black background. But the file's size (159 mb) stayed. Any fixes?

What I mean by this is that I want to quickly export a ton of mockup PNGs without having to individually save them out. My top layer is a shadow layer and my bottom layer is the object. All the layers in between are the labels. So what I want to do is export top layer, label 1, bottom layer…top layer, label 2, bottom layer…etc. Is there a way to lock the top and bottom layers so they’re always visible but the label layers cycle through one by one? Very specific need but also would be a huge time saver. Thanks. Otherwise I’m just going to make copies of the top and bottom layers for each label and combine them.

So, I'm trying to understand the comparison between Photoshop font size to actual size irl. Can someone please tell me what font size i should use to get 5mm size text when it gets printed