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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Cannot get spot lights and point lights to illuminate subject in Photoshop
Im trying to make a BMW logo. I have a white text label with 'BMW' as the text value and Im creating a 3D layer from "New 3D excrusion from selected layer"
Everything seems to function in 3D ...
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How to draw Gradients in quick mask mode in new app (May 2023)
In the new photoshop (May 2023) desktop app, in quick mask mode, drawing a gradient just ads a new gradient in the layers panel. How do I get a gradient on the quick mask channel?
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How to make text layer spot channel in photoshop?
I am working with a UV printer which requires my white colour on Photoshop to be on a spot channel. What is the correct way to convert a text layer into a spot channel? It seems that to make it spot, ...
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Inside of a "Make: New channel" action step, the Opacity reads "50". Why? (Photoshop CS5)
I made an action that create a new channel for masking purposes.
When I inspect the action, the "Make" command has an Opacity: property set to 50.
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I want to know why this happens and ...
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When I draw a freehand shape in Photoshop with Pen tool and fill with Paint bucket I get a 1px clear boundary between the fill and my line?
Using photoshop pen tool to draw freehand shapes I cannot get the paint bucket to fill up to the boundary line what am I missing?
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Creating a border or dropshadow that thins into the distance
I have a curvy shape- it is supposed to represent a river flowing from the distance.
I want there to be a border to the shape, but I want that border to thin into the distance. How can I accomplish ...
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How to/Help create a CIELAB color space wheel in Adobe illustrator?
I am trying to create an RGB approximation of the CIELAB color space wheel for a* and b*. I know that effectively the there needs to be an angular/conical gradient from a central point with Yellow (...
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Photoshop Actions are inconsistent between devices
I'm having this issue where I have a Photoshop Action work on one machine, but when I port it to another machine, it errors out halfway through because one of the layers are empty, or some other issue....
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Selecting colors for print design
I'm designing a brochure to be printed, so I'm using CMYK color system to design the brochure.
I bring all the colors from this website: https://mixam.co.uk/support/cmykchart
So I don't pick colors ...
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Type of layer mask to make underneath layers transparent?
I have a design where I'd like to make:
the white rectangle layer makes all layers beneath it transparent (you can see the pink)
the stroke around the letters makes all layers beneath it transparent (...
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Remove blended text from raster image
I have this character I want to remove.
The interior of the character was generated using a known gradient map.
I can remove the character using content aware fill, but that does not take into ...
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Exporting GIF in photoshop background isn't smooth - Photoshop CC
I've exported a GIF from photoshop but when I uploaded it to my behance platform the background isn't smooth? I use save for web but am not sure what preset I need to set it to so this doesn't happen. ...
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How to get 6 cube color picker in swatches?
where can i get a swatch panel in Photoshop similar to this old Macromedia color picker?
It is pretty similar to web safe color, but the order is some different.
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How to do a "Turing Pattern" dither/halftone effect?
I've been searching for a way to do a halftone like this:
As you can see this is not a simple halftone effect, with circles or anything. It uses the Turing Pattern as the filler element, but it also ...
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Pen tool moving and anchor moving
I am trying to learn more about the pen tool in photoshop. I understand its basic usage for paths/selection/shapes. The thing that I dont understand is the following:
When i start to draw path, i ...
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How to create this image of a simulated finished needlepoint [duplicate]
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I am looking for any tips on how this person made this image. It seems like a filter of some kind used with a pixel image of a cat. The trick is each "stitch" is different so it is not ...
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Photoshop change displace settings without relinking map
When updating the Displace settings applied to a smart object, it prompts to reselect the displacement map. Is there a way to change these settings without needing to select a displacement map every ...
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Excel List to Photoshop Layers
Is it possible to import an Excel file into Photoshop such that each item on a list has its own individual layer, with each layer located in the exact same place? E.g. there is a document with a blank ...
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Within the mobile/ios Photoshop App, can I, 1) access the edits history and, if so, 2) Can I then delete select step(s) in the middle of history?
In working primarily with the mobile Photoshop app in ios, I’m occasionally wanting to delete an edit (e.g. eraser tool) that I made 5-10 minutes ago. I’d like do this without first having to delete ...
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Setting up a controlled time lapse for Maps of different years
I have a number of maps of the same area from different years and would like to set up a file that allows me to transition between them, but I'd like to be able to control the transition manually in ...
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Feedback for a car show t-shirt design competition
So I am designing a T-shirt with a logo for a classic car show in my town. I have attached the design below.
Here are the design guidelines:
Must include the words “Orinda Classic Car Show”
Must ...
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How can I COMPLETELY disable snapping of vector shapes to the pixel grid in Photoshop CC2023?
I'm trying to understand if this is the correct behavior or if my preferences have been somehow corrupted.
I've disabled "Snap Vector Tools and Transforms to Pixel Grid" in the Preferences &...
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Apply a script to all selected layers in Photoshop
I have a script modified from here:
specific resize layer action
Which will resize a selected layer to fit within 300px
(I tweaked it to check if width or height are bigger, and scale accordingly)
Is ...
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Total Noob Question for Digitizing old copies of copies of copies
totally new to the forum and have a totally noob question. I have a copy of a copy of a copy of a 1969 Corvette Assembly Instruction Manual and am curious as to what it would take to digitize it. ...
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Creating an apple script for photoshop
I am attempting to create an apple script which will automatically select a foreground colour from my current layer in photoshop.
I believe that this script is what I am looking for: How do I make a ...
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Photoshop changes colors when I save my edit or merge layers
I'm going to save an edit with multiple layers, curves, and mask layers. However, when I save the file some of layers do not apply properly and the saved file has huge differences from the picture I ...
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Is it possible to randomly generate images for pixel variable with datasets?
Using datasets with Photoshop, I know you can replace the defined pixel variable with a set image from the list of images under that variable. Is there a way to have those images be randomly picked ...
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Why does Photoshop's Zoom Tool disengage randomly?
This happens all the time and it's driving me crazy... I press Z to switch to the Zoom Tool. Then I click-drag somewhere to zoom in, but instead Ps has switched back to the Grab Tool, so I end up ...
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How do grayscale values work in an RGB document?
I am trying to understand how channels work. I created a blank 8bit RGB document in Photoshop and filled the background layer with 50% gray. But however, when I navigate to channels and click on R, G ...
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creating animation in illustrator or photoshop
I have this vector drawing of an iceberg that I want to create a simple animation where a blue gradient is animated moving in place the current black outlines. Since the end result would be to use ...
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Best approach to transparent a noisy/brush image
I'm using Photoshop CS6 (portable) to work in some image conversions. Sometimes, complex scenarios (for me anyway) like this one appear:
So, my goal is to transparent all dark blue parts and leave ...
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How to create textured edges around photo/picture in photoshop
I'm creating a watercolor effect on a photo and I'm struggling to create textured edges around an image I have. What I'm trying to achieve is something similar to the image below. I know I have to ...
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How can I make this 120-year old map more legible?
This is an important project for me and I would be so grateful for any pointers on hoe I can get the text especially on the bottom left to be more visible.
It is a German-language map of Haifa, Israel,...
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Giving stroke to just one word of a line
I am trying to stroke and make it italic style just one word in a line, like below; but it is very time consuming for me. (I have to copy the whole text, delete all the other word except the one I am ...
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How to quickly generate rectangles in place of text
It's pretty common nowadays—especially for UI mockups—to replace insignificant text with subdued rectangles. See example below.
Does anyone have a really simple way of creating those—especially in a ...
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What is the color space behind the color blend mode in photoshop, HSB or HSL
What is the color space behind the color blend mode in photoshop, HSB or HSL
B stands for brightness L stands for lightness
But what is the true color space of Hue/ Saturation/Color/Luminosity ...
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Photoshop - Can't Automate Filter > Pixelate > Crystallization with Script
I'm working on a simple script for Photoshop that applies Filter > Pixelate > Crystallization with cell size 10 however it seems that Photoshop doesn't include a function like it does for other ...
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Is it possible to edit a smart object while viewing other layers?
Question is very similar to Edit smart object in Illustrator while viewing other Photoshop layers, but for Photoshop only.
Is it possible to edit a smart object "live", without having to ...
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Photoshop: preparing PDF files for spot color printing
My working file is currently a two channel artwork in Photoshop, one black channel with one Pantone spot color channel over it. How do I prepare these files for press?
On PDF export it only shows a ...
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Transform a smart object in photoshop dragged from illustrator - Illustrator CC
Is there a work around to distorting a smart object using the transform tool that has been dragged directly from illustrator? I often need to show a graphic made in illustrator on a photograph of ...
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Is This SVG Code Correct?
Related to my other question, I need to convert my SVG to a 16-bit TIFF, which seems to be more complicated than expected. So I wanted to check Photoshop and Gimp, but they both (along with Figma) ...
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Photoshop Multiple Artboards Combine to Single Artboard?
How do you combine multiple artboards into the same artboard or canvas?
(Other than painfully and manually dragging...)
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Perspective transform multiple objects but without warping these objects, only their size and position, not their shape
I'm looking to do one thing in Photoshop, but I'm not sure how to explain it.
Let's say I have multiple identical ball images, each one on a different layer, or as a separate smart object. They're all ...
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Draw lines with rough edges in Photoshop
Does anyone know an easy way to draw lines with irregular borders in Photoshop? I'd like to do something similar to the rectangular frame that surrounds the title and author in the following book ...
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How to remove everything except numbers and texts from chart images?
I receive about 500 to 1000 photos of charts or graphs on a daily basis that i have to remove all the components of the photos except their numerical values.
This is an example of my photos:
I select ...
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How to give vintage art more modern look?
How can I give a vintage art more modern look? Remove yellowish color from white? Is there some kind of preset or recommended settings( brightness, saturation etc) ?
From this:
To this:
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Photoshop Batch Optimise & Overwrite
I have a website that contains an /image folder. This folder contains many sub folders. Over the years, non-optimised images have been uploaded here and the size of the folder is taking up a lot of ...
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How can I change the style of an image to fit it to a reference image?
I try to Photoshop the head of a person I have taken into a generated poster image that has a more drawn stylistic style... and although I assume it is a pretty simple task, I have no idea how to ...
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How to recreate this Emboss effect on a letter?
How can I recreate this exact emboss effect on Photoshop? I tried this a couple of times, my attempt is on the second attachment. I have issues with separating the bevel shadows. Thanks!
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I need to turn this flat pattern into a series of gradients - how can I do that?
I have this pattern of contentric shapes I created in Illustrator. In either Illustrator or Photoshop, I'm lookin for a method to turn this into a series of conentric gradients, rather than flat black ...
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