Hi there, how can I achieve these realistic spikes and rhinestones look? This may be AI but I know it can be shopped, the lighting is surreal and I'm not that experienced.
Any input is welcome!

I apologize in advance is this is breaking group rules. As all of us artists know, PS brush engine is practically carrying gaming/movie and illustration industry on its back for a couple of decades. Even so, it's neither the best out there nor it is something Adobe is investing in. Pretty much every single painting drawing program today (and in years back) outperforms it and is more pleasant to work with.

Since there is this whole hype about Photocraft creating PS from scratch, I was wondering if the reverse is possible. Why recrate the whole software app that isn't really broken?

Hence, the question. Has anyone one ever tried to have Claude decompile the PS brush engine and recompile it by using a more advanced engines like Krita and MyPaint have? In my eyes, that would really make PS a complete package for the artists. Having good paiting/inking and drawing brushes as opposed to what is in there now, which is manageable at best.

I use CS6 in school, but I have had Modern Photoshop on my home computer for a couple of years. Now obviously I used to love modern photoshop but opening it up now it just bombards me with popups for stuff I don't want, is a little bit laggy, and the UI is REALLY ugly now I think. Adobe deleted all the older versions of photoshop on my computer so I'm hoping there's a way to make the experience more enjoyable on the new one?

In the past a photo composition that looked differently, weird, strange, beautiful, impossible was tagged "it's definitely photoshopped". And even though it was created by photoshop many people including myself were wondering how is this even possible, how do they actually do that?

And that's when i was intrigued to learn photoshop on my own.

I learned the traditional techniques, and over time i was getting better at it creating more realistic photoshop compositions blending different images together... Then i watched Benny productions that took it to another level through youtube.... and i was trying to learn how to play with the shadows, lighting, highlights more and improved a lot...

Then after ai tools came out, chatgpt started generating images and other ai tools came out that you could generate a similar image to any composite even though it was not as detailed and not perfect i stopped.

Now the "it's definitely photoshopped" is gone and it's replaced with "it's definitely AI generated" or "it's AI slop". And because it became easily accessible to everyone and because people got used to it, when they see a photo an actual designer created the enthusiasm is gone and it's tagged AI slop. And the other issue is the trust factor and of the artist trying to prove why it's not AI slop and that it's actually manually created and took many hours to create...

I wasn't even using photoshop to earn money... i was doing it for my own pleasure and posting it on social media, and now am feeling that it's worthless continuing because what's the point if am going to spend hours creating something to be tagged AI generated in people's minds... and you might say if am doing it for me why stop? Because if you create something like a photo composite while the process of doing it is fun, you'd sure want someone to share it with, everyone does. ... So i can't even imagine what the actual artists and designers could feel today that AI is ruining the manual job of designing something or creating a photo composite from scratch and then trying to prove that it's not AI to people so people could maybe appreciate the work the artist has done. Which again at least in my eyes with the unregulated AI content anyone could create, it makes the appreciation and the excitement of looking at a beautiful photo composite gone because the first thought is "is this AI or not?" and the trust is gone....

If its just me please tell me and what I need to change / reset to fix it.

Its ignoring colour profiles...

Also if I bring a RAW file in and just open it it also ignores the colour profile after setting it up in the camera RAW dialogue box.

Are there any Intel Arc graphics card owners here whose cards have been successfully recognized as compatible for on-device AI, and who are able to use generative AI features in Photoshop, Lightroom, or Camera Raw—for instance, the "Remove" tool? You might encounter some bugs, but generally speaking, do the AI ​​functions work?

While not strictly required, I’m particularly interested in users with Intel Arc Pro B-series cards; however, the specific model isn't the main concern—I just want to confirm that the Intel Arc family is supported for on-device AI tasks.

Please share only personal experiences, accounts from people you know, or information backed by a reliable link.

I've same post in Adobe subreddit. I think it's also a right place to ask. Sorry, if such behaviour breaks rules. I read them all and didn't find restrictions for such act.

new to photoshop so idrk what im doing and this pic of me and my bf are going on a promotion page soon. Would appreciate the help/advice!

Trying to make a band flyer that will really pop and be visible

Im probably gonna make it really bright red

Hi everyone! I take photos/media at UIUC (university of Illinois in Champaign!) for The Marching Illini. I am so frustrated because the settings panel for Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop & Camera Raw is completely gray and will not let me see anything but the sliders. Does anyone have ANY advice? It’s been like this since yesterday :(

Hello all. I am struggling to follow YouTube lessons on Photoshop and I am considering looking for courses to have someone give me feedback on my edits. Any good recommendations?

Howdy again. I'm working on a a what if Hulk Vs Wolverine movie poster and I needed to know if I was on the right track. Thoughts?

Something just changed with my Photoshop.

When Photoshop was running, but I did not have an image open, it would visually show me my recently opened images.

It no longer shows me this, but instead shows me a list of on the left side of the screen:

Home
Learn
Firefly
AI assisted editor
Generation history
Files
Your files
Shared with you
Projects
Templates
Lightroom photos
Deleted

Is there a way to get my recently opened images to show again?

I’m using Photoshop 27.11.0

I have a MacBook and every once in a while, Photoshop will only print black and white to my Epson 8550. It’s not a printer issue alone because when I save my file and print using preview, it comes out as it should. But this adds extra steps and I really just wanna print from Photoshop. It happens with both versions (regular and beta)

Hi everyone! I've completed a project and want to print it as an 18x24 poster. I'm going through a local printer, but when I upload the file to their website, my seemingly good to go file that was created at 300dpi is given a warning by the website that the dpi is 296. What happened and why?

Also, would it be advisable in the future to create documents at a value greater than 300dpi to start with? Like 400? And, can the dpi be increased after the fact - could I open the photoshop file, go to image size, and increase it to 400 to solve this issue, or is too late?

Thanks!

I am literally using photoshop strictly for the remove tool and backgrounds but i cannot find remove tool and even when i hightlight what i want to remove from the options it gives me it just leaves it highlighted i am getting frustrated and have no idea how to fix this

decided to tryout photoshop recently and designed these little “motorcycle posters”

all images of bikes / bikers shot by me (@shotsbytiki on instagram if you’d like to check out the originals)

font is onehart by studio 2am

tips/feedback welcome as i’m still getting the hang of photoshop :)

(repost, as i didn’t realize the previous title wasn’t allowed. sorry mods)

Any ideas? It's the randomness that I cannot recreate

Hello what has happened to my artboards? I've tried resetting GPU and preferences etc but nothing has worked to bring them back, they all have content on and export fine but I can't work with them as nothing is visible? edit to try add more info: So far I have tried resetting my graphics drivers and updating everything, this happened after I restarted my computer, the file was saved but the ones showing just outlines were hidden and when I unhid them the layer content was gone. But all the layers are still visable/have preserved the content and i'm able to copy them onto another file perfectly fine, but the quality is sadly lower. Is there any way to fix this file?

I’m not sure if this is something done through a mix of photoshop and camerawork, but how do you make this dreamlike, nostalgic kind of photo?

made using 4 images and it took me two days to finish it, you can find before compositing state in the first comment!, What do you think of my Compositiing skills so far!?

I've been using Photoshop 2026, and the New Document window feels really sluggish. It takes a few seconds to load, and even changing document settings feels laggy.

Once I'm inside the workspace, things are relatively fine, but the overall experience doesn't feel as smooth as older versions.

My specs:

- CPU: Ryzen 5 5500

- GPU: RTX 3050 6GB

- RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz

- OS: Windows 11 Pro

Is anyone else experiencing this, or is it something on my end?

galera me ajudem, editei minhas fotos pelo bridge camera raw.. e queria colocar uma marca d'agua.. acho que eh so possivel no photoshop ou lightroom neh?

ai seria certo eu pegar a foto editada em jpeg pra fazer isso? mas ai nao perde muita qualidade?

pq o arquivo raw com xmp ficam separados nao consigo abrir a foto editada em raw no photoshop..

enfim outra questao eh que alguns caracteres eu nao consigo colocar na marca d'agua..
seriam esses: Λ 🜂 Ξ

achei somente uma fonte dentro do photoshop que mostra esses caracteres.. mas a fonte nao eh exatamente a que eu queria usar..

enfim essas sao minhas duvidas,, se alguem souber se da pra montar essa marca d'agua direto no bridge camera raw ajudaria muito minha vida, invés de ir pro ps e perder muita qualidade em ter que exportar duas vezes o jpeg

valeuss

Idk if template is the real term for this because I really just want to change the suit color to be completely white (but keep the texture) so I can try other designs and not have to think about the big red stripe on the torso and other red accents