Questions tagged [photo-editing]

Questions about the process of manipulating a photo to achieve a desired result. Ask anything about photo editing techniques such as cropping, colour adjustments, applying filters, enhancing, airbrushing, and anything else design related.

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How to make a rust backround image photoshop

-I‘m trying to make a 1:1 rust/abstract backround image in Photoshop -i try it with so far with filter>render>clouds+different clouds+curves -the picture is a example template
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How do I create an action to round the corners of images, given an unknown dimension?

I am very new to photoshop, and I am looking to create a reusable action that I can run on an image of arbitrary dimensions, leaving me with an image that has had the corners rounded by a radius of ...
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How to create sky masks manually in PS like those from Camera Raw?

"Select Sky" in Camera Raw and Photoshop produces excellent results, since it selectively adds alpha in tree silhouettes towards branch tips, etc. It's impressive when looking at the mask ...
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Painting away objects with copies of background

I'm going to be asking a question I thought to be a lot more popular than it seems to be, as there seem to be many different options and methods for doing this very simple task (removing objects from ...
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How can you measure an object in the photo

This is a bracelet I need the size of the pearl
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Photo manipulation for systemspace/Tsuki Project/cyberpunk aesthetic

"Systemspace", or The Tsuki Project, was an alternate reality game (ARG) which ran from 2017-2020. The history of the site, along with archive, is currently maintained at https://www....
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Turning desert map green in photoshop

I have only started using photoshop yesterday, so I have virtually no experience and no idea what I’m doing. What I want to do is: 1- overlay a map of river paths on top of the desert map, and change ...
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I can't use "texture&dehaze" when I add a mask in LRC V13

I have a portrait of a girl and I want to lower the texture only on her face so I added a mask but now I can't find options like dehaze and texture. I see people doing it all the time on youtube.. I ...
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Connecting two pictures from two specified points

The size of my scanner is A4, but the sheet I want to scan is bigger. I marked it and scanned it twice. Is there a software to connect the two pictures exactly at the two marked points? Is it possible ...
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Removal of a specific colour from a photo

I am trying to print a photo onto basswood using sublimation. I then cut it to make a jigsaw. My problem is that the colour of the wood is "yellowing" the image once printed. I realise I ...
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Bringing the color palette of two pictures closer to each other using Photoshop

I have a picture (rectangle in the center) and would like to tune color of it to minimize the color difference with background. I've changed brightness and contrast, but can't get better match. Or if ...
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Coloring a picture of a sculpture realisticly

I want to color a picture realisticly but, since i am quite new to photoshop, i have no clue how i cloud achive this. The goal is to paint the given sculpture in a realistic way but only to a certain ...
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Is there any way to reduce the feather in photoshop after you have created your mask?

I am new to Photoshop and was trying to make an image cutout. I used a pen tool to make the selection around the image. What I did is I gave a feather of 2px after making the selection. Now that the ...
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How to add artificial shadow to a poster?

I see this nowadays a lot. It's not just the picture being sharpened, but they added shadows too. In this NBA example, I am sure there couldn't be just one light bulb in the entire arena casting one ...
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Photo restoration issue -- need suggestions

I have a photo I am trying to restore and it's badly faded, but also has splotchy stains on it, like it got wet in streaks while up against the glass of a frame. The faded part I can handle (more or ...
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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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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 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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Combining Images in GIMP loses resolution

I am relatively new to GIMP. My apologies in advance if my query is too naïve. I have to create a web advert of 300x250px and max 50kb. I have three images that I want to add to this advert: A png ...
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What is the best way to achieve this effect in Photoshop?

What is the best way to achieve this effect in Photoshop?
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Converting a photo to a t-shirt for firefighter fundraising

Good morning all, I'm an Australian firefighter at one of the oldest fire stations in the country. We have some tiles with a unique, hand-painted image that is only found in our station. I would like ...
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How to insert mathmatics symbols, physics forces symbols etc to a photo to show parameters of a uav robotic system? Could someone point me a tutorial?

How are you? I'm a grad student and I need to do a mathmatical and physical model a quadcopter robotic system . I've found a web site with a picture that looks like a lot to what I have to do: I have ...
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tutorial to "motion blur" people on background

trying to "blur" people on background like this: example: but can't find tutorials for such effect. Could you please suggest some tutorials for this?
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How to correctly replace the head in Photoshop 2022

I have a photo where I want to replace the head, I cut the head from another photo, how can I integrate this head to not see that it is photoshop work. I am in the design a complete zero.
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Modify pixel art size without losing aesthetic

I have this platform of pixel art: I want to modify its size to make it bigger, and I want to conserve the pixel-art aesthetic, like this: But when I press Start to set the size, the piece turns ...
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Is this considered graphic design?

I know the photos look weird, But are they considered graphic design or not?
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how to split a layer into multiple layers in random formats

I need some software that "breaks" an image into multiple layers without needing to do selection. Krita has something similar, but the division is done by colors and I want something random. ...
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GIMP alternative on Android or iPad

I'm searching for an open source alternative for GIMP for an Android tablet or Apple iPad. Can anyone suggest any free apps not browser based solutions like photopea
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How can I recreate this bubble wrap effect on my photos?

How can I recreate this bubbly effect on photos?
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Tag thousands of photos on a network drive

I have 6 thousand photo's and videos on a shared drive I would like to put tags on. Adobe Bridge doesn't seem to work across the network. Also I am looking for something where I can set up all the ...
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How can I loosely replicate this photoshop effect (formula)

Consider the following image: I am using photopea online, but I think it is the same as photoshop. I attempt using the "Hue/Saturation" Adjustment layer, and when changing the hue property, ...
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Converting an RGB 300 dpi image to CMYK it changes DPI to 72. How can i keep the same DPI? [closed]

thank you for your replies. I am new here and i didnt explain correctly. So let me explain better the situation. TASK (What i want to do) The initial file is .png and has these settings: 333 dpi, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Ai to PDF - Don't include portion of images hidden by clipping mask

I have created an AI file that contains images that have portions hidden by clipping masks. When I save this AI file as a PDF file, the PDF file contains the full images. Is there a way to save to PDF ...
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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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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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How much more processing power does Adobe Photoshop use vs Gimp? [closed]

Gimp is not only free but is also lightweight and resources compared to Photoshop it feels like. Photoshop's long splash screen makes it feel resource heavy with alot of overhead. Is there technical ...
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What is this photo FX and what app can do this?

Saw this on a twitter's celebrity. How do you achieve this? What phone app could do this? Many thanks
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How to remove background from this specific image with gimp

Can someone help me with this image. I just need to remove background and have the outline of myself, so that I can transfer it onto another image. I have tried many times in gimp using the magic wand ...
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Alpha Channel: When to add it or why not? How much does it add to image file size?

When you load an existing image in Photoshop or Gimp, it is a single layer with no alpha channel. One reason why someone would need to add an alpha channel to that layer is if they want to cut away ...
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Emphasize contours

My profile picture's eye contours are fairly dim, I wish to emphasize them. Left is original, right is my attempt with MS Paint: Not so great, particularly if zooming. Is there a tool to achieve this ...
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Is there a Premiere Pro "command"+"\" function in Photoshop

I work on a MacBook and use an iPad as a secondary monitor. Sometimes, when jumping between applications, the Adobe apps resize or reposition themselves out of my working screen area. In Premiere Pro ...
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How can i remove transparent pixels between two layers

I merged two layers to create an image but when I merged two layers there are transparent pixels between the layers. How can I remove those transparent pixels?
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Remove an element on an image and recreate a plain color background, without Content Aware Removal tool

Let's say we want to remove the white painting on this image, and just have a grey wall background. Usually the "Content aware" removal tool works, but in some cases, it does not (and ...
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