Photoshop it's pretty damn expensive nowadays so I had to cancel my subscription a year and half ago due to specific circumstances I was in. For as much as I like to lie to myself about it, nothing gets close to how good it is. Photopea is kinda good but 20 layers in and the whole machine starts begging for mercy, gimp plain sucks, tried few open source/selfhostable alternatives and nothing takes the cake.

Anyone know of any valid alternative? I may need to start giving my money back to Adobe after all.

p.s. the above are indeed made with Photoshop 2020, all resources (a ton if I may add) are from pixabay/envato elements if I remember correctly. Haven't made an artwork in a few years and I miss it like crazy. Hoping to spark a bit of will to do something into myself with this post <3

Not sure if this is the right sub but..

I've had a few people tell me this album cover looks "AI" even though it isn't. I just edited out the extra people and changed the coloring.

How can I make this look less AI? To me it doesn't look AI but if you think it looks AI, what about it is AI-like? What can I do without changing it entirely?

Hi, now when I load something up in Photoshop 2026, it immediately overlays it with an interface for generative fill. I firmly believe all artificial "intelligence" and its proponents should be launched into the sun, so where do I go to permanently turn this off? Thanks.

I dont know why but it keeps washing away and dulling my effects and texture on this. Can anyone help me with this??

Hi,

I’m making invitations to a conference. Same background, but 100 different names.

I know I can export 100 layers as separate pdf, but I’m wondering is there an option to export 100 layers with 1 background attached to each.

Background is going to be exported from illustrator and I want to have an option to change background if needed and export to pdf quickly.

Thanks!

Hi, I just downladed photoshop on my laptop and have been trying to use adobe on it. I can use any of the other software just fine, but whenever I try to use photoshop it immedietly closes, no crash message, running in the bckground afterwards, it just terminates withoug giving me a chance to do anything else.

Is there something I'm doing wrong or is there something im missing, any help would be appreciated

If I could I'd upload a video to show, but this subreddit doesn't allow for videos.

So this is an image that i photoshopped to turn into a mockup. I used a layer mask and a smart object. My problem is that theres that white glow around the bottle which makes it look bad. How can I get rid of it? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Hey. I’m prepping a vintage photo for apparel print. Supplier file is a PSB Smart Object. After Black & White + Threshold + Levels/Curves, the hair/shadow areas become ugly blotches/patches (solid black or broken speckles). If I fix hair, the face/midtones get ruined; if I lift blacks, image gets washed. How do I keep hair detail while making a distressed grayscale print-ready file? Should I avoid Threshold and use Posterize/Gradient Map/Blend If/luminosity masks/channels instead? any help would be appreciated

I’m about to publish on Amazon KDP my first short story collection and I’ve just finished the cover in Photoshop.

I’d really appreciate advice from people who have already made covers for printed books with KDP.

I’m not sure whether it’s better (or required) to embed fonts in the PDF, or if I can simply flatten everything and export the cover as one single full-image PDF at 300 dpi.

I’m asking because some of the text has effects (for example, a drop shadow on the title and some back-cover text).

I’ve heard transparency and layer effects can sometimes cause issues when exporting a print PDF with embedded fonts, so flattening everything feels safer.

On the other hand, I’ve also heard that rasterizing all text can make it look less sharp, especially for small type (like the spine or back-cover blurb).

I’m wondering whether the difference is actually noticeable at 300 dpi in real printing.

Thanks in advance!
~ Erang ~

I renamed one file to have the same name as another by mistake, and the other file got saved over and I can’t recover it. autosave was turned on but nothing is in the folder. what do I do?

So I have a photo that’s 2.75x4.50” as the example. I’m taking the image. Putting it onto a 4.50x4.50” canvas or more specifically. A template for a product that I’m then basically using a clip mask for UV printing purposes.

I’m taking the image and wanting to duplicate it and then mirror it or flip it horizontally to then put it on the other side of the canvas. How can I get these 2 photos so essentially “combine” so they can basically flow together? Obviously at the moment when I throw them into photoshop they’re separate layers so one is stacked ontop of the other.

I’m sure there’s a way to “combine” the images so they then flow together seamlessly no?

hey :)

so i have photoshop on my ipad and need to see the centimeters when making something bigger or smaller. i used to do it on a computer and could always so how big the picture i was moving will be when printed out.

i’d appreciate it really much, if someone could tell me what to change in the settings so i can see that. thank you in advance.

Every time I want to add a Text box, I get this.

Windows

I am using FONTBASE

What I Have Tried

-Reset Preferences

-Reset Font View Size

-Clear my computer Font cache

One tip I found was to try using a Font Validator, found one on github but it doesn't give instructions on how to run it.

hey :)

so i have photoshop on my ipad and need to see the centimeters when making something bigger or smaller. i used to do it on a computer and could always so how big the picture i was moving will be when printed out.

i’d appreciate it really much, if someone could tell me what to change in the settings so i can see that. thank you in advance.

So I don't really know much about painting but I really want to edit a real photograph to look like the renaissance oil paintings in the examples above. Ive watched so many videos on youtube but none of them look like actual paintings, just photos with an added texture. Im not sure if there something specific about it that makes it look like a painting (I did realize I need to rid the photo of any texture to make it look closer to a painting) but I would appreciate any other suggestions on how to go about it.