Questions tagged [adobe-photoshop]
Questions about Photoshop, Adobe's graphics and photo editing program. Ask anything related to designing and editing graphics with Photoshop.
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Can Adobe Photoshop automatically pick Contrastive or Complementary colors?
To help me find Contrastive/Complementary colors, I have been relying on websites like https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/3815, https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/5159, https://...
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How to merge a shape into text?
I have some text and a shape created in photoshop. I am trying to do some blending options to the shape and then merge it into the text, so that the shape disappears, apart from the bit that is ...
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Apply Opacity Gradient to Edges
I have a tree:
Which will be going atop some dirt, and I'd like to apply a gradient opacity transition effect to the bottom, to make it look like the tree is "in" in the dirt. If I have a ...
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Photoshop - how do I change thickness at both ends of a line?
I have this line and i want to make it thin at the both ends. How can i make that? Is there a version of width tool from illustrator in photoshop?
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CSS-Like color classes in Photoshop or Illustrator
Is it possible to define a color palette in Photoshop or Illustrator and use them as reference colors when filling objects? Sort of the behavior CSS classes have, where if you change a color in a CSS ...
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Can you tell me a quick(ish) way to achieve this photo/illustration effect?
could anyone help me? I need to achieve a similar effect to this illustration for a client and I don't have much time. I want to apply some kind of effect to a photo (probably a black and white photo) ...
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Gradient tool bar slider disappears when I click and release the mouse Photoshop CC
I am just wanting the gradient bar slider to stay when I am using the gradient tool. Whenever I click and drag it disappears? I am not sure what it is called but I found an image in the photoshop ...
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How do I keep the file size of a GIF in check for an animated Google Ad?
I designed 5 Google ad banners on photoshop ( first time creating animated gifs for Google Ad) and I wasn't aware of the requirements. The size of the banners were very big between 200 and 1500kb. I ...
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Calculation of RGB colors based on a sample color with darker and lighter variants
I have an icon which utilizes 3 variants of the same basic color (at least it seems).
This is the basic color: #7646be:
1st variant (darker version): #582299:
2nd variant (lighter version): #c4acff:
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Why is there a colour difference in the end result in a PDF: cmyk-to-cmyk and rgb-to-cmyk workflow comparison
My Illustrator working profile is set to sRGB/Coated FOGRA39 and to preserve embedded profiles. Conversion Adobe ACE / Perceptual.
I did a test. I made a print ready PDF in two different ways:
In the ...
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Photoshop: copy transparent layer with preserving anchors?
I have a layer in Photoshop which contains some foreground graphics:
I want to copy this layer to another document (which contains the background: exactly same size, solid color):
How can I paste ...
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How can I do this blurring effect on a shape in PS?
I would like to reach the same effect on the sides of a simple polygon, as this below image shows:
I have created a shape in PS, and it has some kind of "semi-transparent" edges, but not ...
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What is the best way to match color of 2 walls?
I want to change color of the blue part of the wall to match with white part. What is the best way to do it?
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Changing color of gradient with transparent background
I have a logo composed of two colors with transparent Background. Colors going from one to another with gradient tool. How can I change those colors to different ones?
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I want logo ...
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Best way to create these abstract shapes (in Ai / Ps)
Note that I'm not referring to the shiny / chrome look, just the actual shapes themselves.
It's hard to even find the words to describe them — I'd say tangled-looking / tribal-esque shapes.
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Photoshop select and mask tool are not working properly [closed]
Last week they worked properly, I could select and mask with the brush tool and the quick selection tool, then one day it started glitching when I kept the left button pressed and couldn't select with ...
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How do you have an image split between two shapes that are on either side of the page? An image that can contain text that is directly editable
Basically I need something like two smart objects that are on either side of a page and then an image splits between these two smart objects. It's hard to explain so I'll try my best to use imagery to ...
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Fill color between 2 shape lines
I've got two layers, a shape in each layer. What I want is to fill the lines between the two shapes. I've tried to merge the shapes but then it just stays completely filled in, like the screenshot.
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photoshop: how can i focus one person with gradient
I want to make a photo that has a transparent blue background(under that transparent blue is another photo ) and one person is focused.
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Brush tool painting black instead of revealing
When trying to use the brush tool to reveal a background image I get black or white instead. I have two images and I added a layer mask to the top image layer and selected the brush tool. I set black ...
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How to make gritty two color photo?
Reducing colors with levels will give you very high contrast stencil-like results. Half-tone effect will be too "perfect", stamp effect gives too much contrast too. Any ideas how to make ...
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Removing parts of an image that extend outside parent layer in Photoshop
In Photoshop (CS6), how do I get rid of an image protruding from it's frame as pointed to in the below image?
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Including the layers:
Creating a shape (circle) layer so I can use clipping mask ...
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Photoshop: Why do file format options in the Save As menu differ from one file to another?
These days it often happens that I have a PSD I'm working on and I want to save it out to some other format, BUT... Photoshop will not allow me to save it in the desired file format.
Example: I want ...
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Dynamically converting a two-color cloud into a transparent single-color cloud in Photoshop
I have a black and white cloud in one Photoshop layer and I want to turn it into a transparent single-color cloud in another layer. Like this:
Easy enough so far, I can just use the original cloud as ...
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Generate close-up photo of laptop screen (with pixels)
Given a standard screenshot, would you know how to transform it into a close-up photo of laptop screen effect, in which you can see the pixels.
Example:
or even better, a more 3D image like this one.
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Adding "shift" in keyboard shortcut photoshop CC
I am wanting to create a shift+c shortcut for the convert anchor point pen tool in photoshop because I am finding it frustrating that its not like illustrator. I went to keyboard shortcuts and found ...
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Complex .tiff s (many blended layers) not showing properly outside of Photoshop. Everywhere else there is some level of merging/flattening
I have been doing work in Photoshop, but the saved .tiffs look vastly different outside of Photoshop. I save as .Tiff because often the files are larger than 2GB so no PSD. But with later or image ...
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How can I achieve a mix between a gradient and a picture?
How can I achieve a mix like the following image from these 2 images so I can export it and use it as a background image for a text:
I've tried to use the gradient image as a background and as a ...
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Adjust an image luminosity or other property to make it work better under the trace contour filter?
I'm sorry for reproducing such a big image. This is a picture of a drawing on a cheap tablet (imitating that scratch paper) taken with a smartphone (which has a bad camera). That was slightly on an ...
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Type of skin retouching and Dramatic effects added?
Im a graphic designer and youtuber who wants to improve the overall quality of my thumbnails. What skin retouching/effects could i learn to achieve this effect on the subject. Any learning resources ...
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Remove background texture on photograph while still maintaining shading photoshop CC
I'm wanting to remove the background scrape effect texture on this mockup. This is an editable psd but the box and background are a flattened jpg. I was wondering if it would be easier to cut and ...
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Ignore PPI when placing photos
I'm working on a 72ppi PSD file.
A have hundreds of files in different ppi (96ppi, for example) all of them are 800px tall
When placing them in the PSD, intead of being 800px tall, they are smaller. I ...
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Creating a Linen Postcard from Photographs with Photoshop
I am very interested in linen postcards and would love to be able to create images in the same style with photos I take.
I have been trying to figure out how but with no luck. I've tried working with ...
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Bangla characters change when copied over to Photoshop
I'm having trouble with Photoshop correctly displaying Bangla characters.
Here is an example.
The correct original text is this: বিক্রি
But in Photoshop, it shows up like this:
I have no idea why ...
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How to multiply and wrap objects around a circle - Illustrator
I am trying to recreate this design. I have the shapes already needed for it, but I can't think of a way to make the design digitally. Is there some process of doing this or am I stuck just manually ...
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Export PNGs from Photoshop when on Retina display
I am on a 5k iMac and creating thumbnails from screen shots for use in a website. In case it matters, my display resolution is set to 3200x1800 (less than the number of physical pixels of the display ...
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How do I transform a layer in PhotoShop?
I need to transform a layer specifically to resize the image or make the layer smaller but when I go to the edit on the tool bar I am unable to click on the transform tab to
resize it, is there ...
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How to go about making a 3D contour map
Relatively new to graphic design; I wanted to ask how to go about creating a 3D contour map reminiscent of this hand-cut art piece. Is it something that requires 3D software like Dimension or Blender, ...
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Frame Tool vs Smart Object Layer for mockups in Photoshop
I'm wondering why majority of the mockups available online utilize Smart Object layer for containing a placeholder image rather than a Frame?
It just feels like frames are easier to work with, am I ...
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can you give a stroke a glitter pattern
Can anyone tell me how I can get my circle outer stroke to look glittery like the outer square frame which I purchased, been trying so hard to work it out for myself but its driving me crazy now ...
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What does this loading bar mean in GIF export in Photoshop?
It's been loading for 5 minutes at the same mark, but it's not even clear to me what it's loading, I haven't exported anything yet.
And I get this error if I try to click on Save As.
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How to get this pixelated edge type effect in Photoshop?
How do I go about getting this slightly pixelated look in the image below (the circles being little squares rather than smooth curves).
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Any guidance to create this sharp bevel effect?
I am experienced with the Creative suite but I think there's several ways to achieve this. A part of me thinks that this is a 3D model with added render effects/extra processing to make it look ever ...
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Really into this guys art but unsure whether it’s image manipulation of various pics or hand drawn, can someone help?
Needs help on whether this design is completely hand-drawn or multiple images ran through filter gallery and tweaked with brush tool
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How can I extend the wood floor in this image?
I'm a bit new to Photoshop. This is the picture I'm working with:
https://ibb.co/Dt9VvRr
I want to extend the bottom to make a more square image. This means extending the wooden-board floor downwards, ...
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Photoshop move all open documents as layers of single document
Need shortcut or menu option to split document putting layers as separate documents?
I know for channels tab if you click on tab properties there's option "split channels" that does it for ...
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Eliminating stacking "banding" artifacts from drifting clouds
I created the image shown below by shooting ten-second long exposures of drifting clouds (contrail) and stacking them. (They are false color because I isolated them from the daylight sky to separate ...
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Photoshop Ctrl+Click on layer with feathering, (gradient transparency) does not select all pixels
If i make transparent layer and inside draw circle with feathering then click Ctrl+Click on layer icon it then cut the pixels i will see that some feathered pixels are left on the layer.
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Why can't I paste text copied from Photoshop anywhere else?
Whenever I copy text from within Photoshop, I can only paste it onto a second text layer or into a layer's name. The text, however, cannot be pasted anywhere else, such as in a text document or ...
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Replace fabric background with a solid light grey
In Adobe Photoshop (Version: 23.1.1 20220106.r.202 060a6d1 x64).
What is the easiest way (as in effective and quick) of replacing the fabric backdrop on this image:
To a solid light grey #f6f6f6?
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