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Welcome to the Adobe Photoshop subreddit. This group is for general questions, tricks, techniques, troubleshooting and so forth.

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  • No Photoshop editing requests. Check /r/picrequests or /r/photoshoprequest instead

  • No spam. Posting content with the sole purpose of promoting your YouTube channel / website is not allowed. No URLs or social media handles in post titles.

Don't post Photoshop creations that promote real brands or products (such as advertisements, YouTube thumbnails etc.)

  • Low quality content will be removed. Mods can and will remove content that does not meet our quality standards, such as memes, face swaps, beginner/low effort/unoriginal edits, low resolution images or questions like "is this photoshopped?" or "What font is this?". For image identification see /r/sleuths and /r/RBI, for fonts see /r/identifythisfont

  • You can post content you have made with Photoshop as long as you have actually put some effort in.

  • Don't use the subreddit as a personal art gallery You can share your creations, but you must wait at least 10 days before posting more. You can share several works at once by making an album.

  • Also consider being an active member of the community by commenting on others' posts and helping users solve their problems.

    Digital paintings should be posted on a more relevant subreddit, such as /r/DigitalPainting

  • When posting your Photoshop creations, explain the process and context. Leave a comment shortly explaining the process of how you created your artwork / edit. Posting before/after pics is encouraged.

  • Also explain the motivation or context behind your work, or what you were trying to achieve.

  • Use descriptive titles. Posts with titles like "A composite I made", "Made this because I was bored", or "what do you guys think about this?" will be removed.

  • Don't humble brag with titles like "My first try at Photoshop, It's not much but I'm proud.". UPPER CASE TITLES and "Urgent!" posts will also be removed.

  • No Piracy. Posts and comments about DRM circumventing / file sharing of Photoshop or any other commercial software will result in a permanent ban.

  • No document forgery. Asking how to alter official papers, screenshots, ID cards, licenses, masking signatures and removing watermarks will also result in a permanent ban.

  • No NSFW content.

  • Be nice. Don't be rude, period. Try to follow the reddiquette

  • NO PHOTOSHOP REQUESTS!!! in case you missed it the first time around.

  • General


    • The cheapest way to get Photoshop is with the Photography Plan, which includes Lightroom and costs about $10/month depending on where you are. And yes, it's cheaper than getting PS alone (long story, don't ask).

    • Photoshop CS2 is NOT (and has never been) free.

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    /r/photoshop

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    how to safely store photoshop files to USB

    I had trouble with my old flash drive and was wondering ehat was the best option for transferring and saving files

    1 Comment
    2023/05/02
    03:14 UTC

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    How to Digitally Replicate the Texture of a Pen Drawing?

    I'm working on a game that takes place within a kid's notebook, so all the characters and pieces of the environment are meant to look as though they were drawn with a basic black pen.

    How exactly do I achieve this? My first stickman character looked mostly believable as far as that aesthetic, but it was just a super basic stickman with no details or arms.

    The second character, which is meant to be a ninja, very much does not achieve the same goal. The head is meant to be a solid black circle with a small window for the eyes (like a basic ninja hood) but when I fill in the circle with my brush tool, there is no texture to the solid black part and it suddenly just looks like I took a circle and filled it in black with a paint bucket tool, which is obviously not what I want it to look like.

    I've downloaded multiple brush packs but they all end up with the same issue; The line work is mostly fine looking but any amount of shading totally breaks the illusion, and some of my later characters are going to be more detailed so I'm trying to figure this problem out now before I start creating more sprite sheets

    I'm quite new to Photoshop, so does anyone have any knowledge or advice that could help me here? Or even some magical brush preset that replicates the imperfections and pen strokes that a real pen on paper would contain? I'm not sure how to proceed with this.

    Thanks in advance!

    0 Comments
    2023/05/02
    01:36 UTC

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    Moving the image makes it sharper? What?

    Maybe someone can educate me?

    I have images that don't quite look crisp or sharp in Photoshop, but when I move the image around it appears sharper, and when I let it go..it blurs again slightly.

    It also seems really sharp and crisp in MS photos.

    I have a 4k screen and Im using CS6.

    Any thoughts?

    Edit: When I have MS photos side by side with CS6, MS Photos is Noticeably sharper! I downloaded a random pic and took a screen grab of them side by side. You can see the difference.

    2 Comments
    2023/05/01
    23:41 UTC

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    Can someone help me clean up my favorite photo of me and my family, please?

    This is my favorite pic of me and my family, I look sweaty and weird and my middle child looks sad, lol. I want to frame it though. Help!

    https://preview.redd.it/twerbl2pyaxa1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=4830055cd2958ba4c765f40cd3e5212d8b1494af

    1 Comment
    2023/05/01
    23:13 UTC

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    Problems with text in Photoshop, does anybody have a solution?

    Hi everyone, I've had this problem for about two months now but did nothing to solve it, but it's finally getting on my nerves; whenever I use Photoshop, the text always selects above it and or is out of the text box and above it. Does anybody know how to fix this problem? I can't find a way to fix it, I've tried resetting preferences and redownloading Photoshop, but nothing works. Does anybody have any ideas? It would be super helpful. I tried uploading a video of the error here, but the auto moderator did not allow it. I'll attach a photo trying to show the error. Please message me if you want me to send you the Gyazo video link showing the error.

    https://preview.redd.it/nqyge57bnaxa1.png?width=265&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=531a1ea03d25d248dd9bb066c517056d8f4a2d82

    3 Comments
    2023/05/01
    22:11 UTC

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    Does anyone know this filter/effect?

    0 Comments
    2023/05/01
    22:05 UTC

    1

    before and after image in photoshop

    Hello

    I wanted to ask if this is the correct way of showing the before image of a design. I didn't include every detail in the before image like for example the snow falling from the tree or the snow on the wood.

    I also added an outer stroke of about 5 px around each of these elements.

    https://preview.redd.it/swoz6ci8kaxa1.jpg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=51318c6396fe974c3fff006611ed8fcac61b9ac2

    https://preview.redd.it/68e9mwlakaxa1.jpg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=34c65c2045fa679ced869e7ac401c0d2f94f0ddc

    1 Comment
    2023/05/01
    21:58 UTC

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    Is this an effect, action or hand drawn with special brushes?

    Wondering if this is an action or a specific style I can search for a tutorial on how to achieve?

    1 Comment
    2023/05/01
    21:50 UTC

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    How can I achieve this type of blur effect?

    I love this effect from the Nick Knight photos in the book “Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!“.

    Could I achieve something similar in Photoshop? I played around with masking the subject and using motion blur, but I can’t quite get it right.

    Example 1

    Example 2

    Example 3

    EDIT: Fixed broken link

    3 Comments
    2023/05/01
    21:02 UTC

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    scratch disk setting cant be found

    hey!

    https://imgur.com/a/s4YDoXw

    as the title ssay i cant seems to find the scratch disk option in neeither places i was told it could be please help! its been driving me crazy all day

    also forgot to mention im running the newest version of ps also tried the last years version and its no where to be found :L

    4 Comments
    2023/05/01
    20:53 UTC

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    How is this overlay [vibrant to faded/distorted] effect created?

    Love this work created by @n_garmash. Could anyone explain some of the things going on here? Thanks in advance!

    2 Comments
    2023/05/01
    19:50 UTC

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    Does anyone know what this is?

    Can anyone help me identify this? It was in a Photoshop rendering file. It’s a guide of some sort to help warp art for a label on a product rendering. I would greatly appreciate any help on getting more info on this!

    12 Comments
    2023/05/01
    19:12 UTC

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    Help me. I want to remove water drops. How? Im using clone tool but im going nowhere.

    9 Comments
    2023/05/01
    19:06 UTC

    1

    Escaping from vulcano

    I had a lot of fun with this one, and I spent over 5 hours on it

    1 Comment
    2023/05/01
    18:01 UTC

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    Can I automate artwork being placed in the safe areas of this template?

    I spend a lot of time at my job resizing artwork into 14 different sizes with different safe areas. Right now my solution is to use Smart Objects and manually move them around to make sure each fits within the safe area. Any suggestions of a script or action that I can build that will help this process go faster?

    https://preview.redd.it/qo0sdvmbd9xa1.png?width=1344&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=007bad889b420004cc59d2f893d85cd8518181db

    1 Comment
    2023/05/01
    17:53 UTC

    1 Comment
    2023/05/01
    16:17 UTC

    107

    How do you create that effect? Or what is it called even?

    28 Comments
    2023/05/01
    16:11 UTC

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    How can I make the hair go over the border?

    Using photoshop on my iPad Pro, how can I make the hair go over the border whilst still keeping the background of the photo?

    5 Comments
    2023/05/01
    15:28 UTC

    7

    I want to recreate this picture and was wondering if the black background was done just with good subject/background lighting separation or if there was any photoshopping involved.

    9 Comments
    2023/05/01
    15:24 UTC

    21

    I used about 5 images in this composite I made, any way I can make improvements or advice for future compositing?

    2 Comments
    2023/05/01
    09:24 UTC

    2

    How can I turn off anti aliasing in photoshop?

    For my project I need to have anti aliasing turned off due to limitations in physical techniques (screen printing). Is there any way to turn this off after the fact? (already finished the photoshop file)

    6 Comments
    2023/05/01
    07:52 UTC

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    Pen strokes randomly lose pressure and opacity on Photoshop CS6

    I'm on Windows 10 and use a Cintiq 13HD (display does not work so I am using it as a regular tablet) and for some reason whenever I make a pen stroke there's a small chance it will completely ignore pen pressure and opacity, as seen in this picture: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/569155186699010070/1102449005117571165/yarghh.png

    Things I've tried:

    -Reinstalling, updating, and rolling back Wacom drivers

    -Disabling Windows Ink mode in Wacom settings

    -Creating a "PSUserConfig" text document in Photoshop settings with "UseSystemStylus 0" written inside

    -Using different USB ports

    -Restarting multiple times

    If anyone has had the same issue or has a solution I'd love to hear it. This has been driving me bonkers! TvT

    3 Comments
    2023/05/01
    04:37 UTC

    8

    how to get this effect in photoshop? cant find the brush that was used

    3 Comments
    2023/05/01
    02:32 UTC

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    ASAP how do I increase the DPI of an image I just made a shirt sale on?

    Hi! (I'm sorry I dont know a lot about this topic so please bear with me) I just got my first order on Etsy however in the time of me freaking out and checking out my listing I have horrifyingly discovered that the image I used in the design was that of a jpeg with a very low dpi (~100s). I think what possibly happend was that I added the image to canva (it looked crystal clear on canva) with some text and that possibly masked the low quality of the image from showing up (though I'm not sure). My question is - is there any way I can up the quality of the image or do something so that it will print clearly before I send the shirt out to be printed (It was a fairly minimalistic design (black, white, grey - I heard of people using photoshop to do something along the lines of this or they have just converted the image to an svg which I could do) OR would it be wise to just message the buyer, apologize and refund them? I'm so embarrassed and annoyed at myself for not catching this but I really want to do anything that I can to make sure the buyer is happy so any advice would help.

    9 Comments
    2023/05/01
    01:51 UTC

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    Beginner at PS. This is my attempt at making a composite with 5+ images (this has 6).

    2 Comments
    2023/04/30
    23:33 UTC

    3

    Recreating Hair and shadow advice

    I'm new to compositing in Photoshop so I'm kind of stuck on how to make this look better. I swapped this head from another picture that had a pretty blurry background and couldn't get the greatest hair selection. I want the hair to look better and figured the best way to to just recreate some if it.. Mostly around the left side of her head. Can anyone help me out on how to possibly just draw in some realistic hair? Or any other methods that would help in this situation? While we're at it, what's to best method to matching the shadows? I tried to add shadow on the left side of the body were there's more shadow on her face, but not sure if it's enough. Any feedback is welcome. (Blurred out the face for privacy reasons. Hope it doesn't distract too much..)

    https://preview.redd.it/6slss4euw3xa1.jpg?width=1514&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=3fb5f131396f1cfae9ff38a2db5ade8f55e3bbcf

    1 Comment
    2023/04/30
    23:32 UTC

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    MyLove with L..Ve.. ove..

    Neonstyle Love

    2 Comments
    2023/04/30
    23:00 UTC

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    Ctrl+Z Undoes entire project?

    When I try to use Ctrl+Z more than once, it will undo basically my entire project all the way back until my first couple of actions. So while I'm working on something, I can hit Ctrl+Z once to undo, but if I hit it again, my entire project resets. I haven't used photoshop for a few years, but from the last I remember, I was able to hit Ctrl+Z as many times as I wanted to go back step by step until it didn't have memory of my actions anymore, eventually making Ctrl+Z not do anything at all.

    How do I revert my Ctrl+Z behavior to how it used to be?

    3 Comments
    2023/04/30
    22:59 UTC

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    Hidden layers, why? I'm beyond frustrated.

    why when I just click on my layer its highlighted red and make it hidden and this error shows up. Doesnt matter what layer I press on, they all do this.

    Can someone help pls?

    https://preview.redd.it/z9bpwzcey2xa1.png?width=428&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=f721a3ef674230c9459e5482ace77b8c9ccfdfc9

    4 Comments
    2023/04/30
    20:19 UTC

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