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  • Photoshop User Guide
    1. Dream it. Make it.
    2. What's new in Photoshop
    3. Edit your first photo
    4. Create documents
    5. Photoshop | Common Questions
    6. Photoshop system requirements
    7. Get to know Photoshop
    8. Keep Photoshop up to date
    1. Work with Illustrator artwork in Photoshop
    2. Work with Photoshop files in InDesign
    3. Substance 3D Materials for Photoshop
    4. Use the Capture in-app extension in Photoshop
    1. User guide
    2. What's New
    3. Technical requirements
    1. Photoshop on the iPad | Common questions
    2. Get to know the workspace
    3. System requirements | Photoshop on the iPad
    4. Create, open, and export documents
    5. Add photos
    6. Work with layers
    7. Draw and paint with brushes
    8. Make selections and add masks
    9. Retouch your composites
    10. Work with adjustment layers
    11. Adjust the tonality of your composite with Curves
    12. Apply transform operations
    13. Crop and rotate your composites
    14. Rotate, pan, zoom, and reset the canvas
    15. Work with Type layers
    16. Work with Photoshop and Lightroom
    17. Get missing fonts in Photoshop on the iPad
    18. Japanese Text in Photoshop on the iPad
    19. Manage app settings
    20. Touch shortcuts and gestures
    21. Keyboard shortcuts
    22. Edit your image size
    23. Livestream as you create in Photoshop on the iPad
    24. Correct imperfections with the Healing Brush
    25. Create brushes in Capture and use them in Photoshop on the iPad
    26. Work with Camera Raw files
    27. Create and work with Smart Objects
    28. Adjust exposure in your images with Dodge and Burn
    29. Auto adjustment commands in Photoshop on the iPad
    30. Smudge areas in your images with Photoshop on the iPad
    31. Saturate or desaturate your images using Sponge tool
    32. Content aware fill for iPad
    1. User guide
    2. What's new in Photoshop
    3. Technical requirements
    4. Common questions
    5. Draw and edit Shapes
    6. Work with anyone on the web
    1. Get started with Creative Cloud Beta apps
    2. Photoshop (beta) on the desktop
    3. Reference Image
    1. Common questions on generative AI in Photoshop
    2. Generative Fill in Photoshop on the desktop
    3. Generate Image with descriptive text prompts
    4. Generative Expand in Photoshop on the desktop
    5. Replace background with Generate background
    6. Get new variations with Generate Similar
    7. Generative Fill in Photoshop on the iPad
    8. Generative Expand in Photoshop on the iPad
    9. Generative AI features in Photoshop on the web
    1. Content credentials in Photoshop
    2. Identity and provenance for NFTs
    3. Connect accounts for creative attribution
    1. Photoshop cloud documents | Common questions
    2. Photoshop cloud documents | Workflow questions
    3. Manage and work with cloud documents in Photoshop
    4. Upgrade cloud storage for Photoshop
    5. Unable to create or save a cloud document
    6. Solve Photoshop cloud document errors
    7. Collect cloud document sync logs
    8. Invite others to edit your cloud documents
    9. Share files and comment in-app
  • Workspace
    1. Workspace basics
    2. Preferences
    3. Learn faster with the Photoshop Discover Panel
    4. Create documents
    5. Place files
    6. Default keyboard shortcuts
    7. Customize keyboard shortcuts
    8. Tool galleries
    9. Performance preferences
    10. Contextual Task Bar
    11. Use tools
    12. Presets
    13. Grid and guides
    14. Touch gestures
    15. Use the Touch Bar with Photoshop
    16. Touch capabilities and customizable workspaces
    17. Technology previews
    18. Metadata and notes
    19. Place Photoshop images in other applications
    20. Rulers
    21. Show or hide non-printing Extras
    22. Specify columns for an image
    23. Undo and history
    24. Panels and menus
    25. Position elements with snapping
    26. Position with the Ruler tool
    1. Photoshop for design
    2. Artboards
    3. Device Preview
    4. Copy CSS from layers
    5. Slice web pages
    6. HTML options for slices
    7. Modify slice layout
    8. Work with web graphics
    9. Create web photo galleries
    1. How to resize images
    2. Work with raster and vector images
    3. Image size and resolution
    4. Acquire images from cameras and scanners
    5. Create, open, and import images
    6. View images
    7. Invalid JPEG Marker error | Opening images
    8. Viewing multiple images
    9. Customize color pickers and swatches
    10. High dynamic range images
    11. Match colors in your image
    12. Convert between color modes
    13. Color modes
    14. Erase parts of an image
    15. Blending modes
    16. Choose colors
    17. Customize indexed color tables
    18. Image information
    19. Distort filters are unavailable
    20. About color
    21. Color and monochrome adjustments using channels
    22. Choose colors in the Color and Swatches panels
    23. Sample
    24. Color mode or Image mode
    25. Color cast
    26. Add a conditional mode change to an action
    27. Add swatches from HTML CSS and SVG
    28. Bit depth and preferences
    1. Layer basics
    2. Nondestructive editing
    3. Create and manage layers and groups
    4. Select, group, and link layers
    5. Place images into frames
    6. Layer opacity and blending
    7. Mask layers
    8. Apply Smart Filters
    9. Layer comps
    10. Move, stack, and lock layers
    11. Mask layers with vector masks
    12. Manage layers and groups
    13. Layer effects and styles
    14. Edit layer masks
    15. Extract assets
    16. Reveal layers with clipping masks
    17. Generate image assets from layers
    18. Work with Smart Objects
    19. Blending modes
    20. Combine multiple images into a group portrait
    21. Combine images with Auto-Blend Layers
    22. Align and distribute layers
    23. Copy CSS from layers
    24. Load selections from a layer or layer mask's boundaries
    25. Knockout to reveal content from other layers
    1. Get started with selections
    2. Make selections in your composite
    3. Select and Mask workspace
    4. Select with the marquee tools
    5. Select with the lasso tools
    6. Adjust pixel selections
    7. Move, copy, and delete selected pixels
    8. Create a temporary quick mask
    9. Select a color range in an image
    10. Convert between paths and selection borders
    11. Channel basics
    12. Save selections and alpha channel masks
    13. Select the image areas in focus
    14. Duplicate, split, and merge channels
    15. Channel calculations
    1. Replace object colors
    2. Perspective warp
    3. Reduce camera shake blurring
    4. Healing brush examples
    5. Export color lookup tables
    6. Adjust image sharpness and blur
    7. Understand color adjustments
    8. Apply a Brightness/Contrast adjustment
    9. Adjust shadow and highlight detail
    10. Levels adjustment
    11. Adjust hue and saturation
    12. Adjust vibrance
    13. Adjust color saturation in image areas
    14. Make quick tonal adjustments
    15. Apply special color effects to images
    16. Enhance your image with color balance adjustments
    17. High dynamic range images
    18. View histograms and pixel values
    19. Match colors in your image
    20. Crop and straighten photos
    21. Convert a color image to black and white
    22. Adjustment and fill layers
    23. Curves adjustment
    24. Blending modes
    25. Target images for press
    26. Adjust color and tone with Levels and Curves eyedroppers
    27. Adjust HDR exposure and toning
    28. Dodge or burn image areas
    29. Make selective color adjustments
    1. Camera Raw system requirements
    2. What's new in Camera Raw
    3. Introduction to Camera Raw
    4. Create panoramas
    5. Supported lenses
    6. Vignette, grain, and dehaze effects in Camera Raw
    7. Default keyboard shortcuts
    8. Automatic perspective correction in Camera Raw
    9. Radial Filter in Camera Raw
    10. Manage Camera Raw settings
    11. Open, process, and save images in Camera Raw
    12. Repair images with the Enhanced Spot Removal tool in Camera Raw
    13. Rotate, crop, and adjust images
    14. Adjust color rendering in Camera Raw
    15. Process versions in Camera Raw
    16. Make local adjustments in Camera Raw
    1. Remove Tool
    2. Remove objects from your photos with Content-Aware Fill
    3. Content-Aware Patch and Move
    4. Retouch and repair photos
    5. Correct image distortion and noise
    6. Basic troubleshooting steps to fix most issues
    1. Replace sky in your images
    2. Transform objects
    3. Adjust crop, rotation, and canvas size
    4. How to crop and straighten photos
    5. Create and edit panoramic images
    6. Warp images, shapes, and paths
    7. Vanishing Point
    8. Content-aware scaling
    9. Transform images, shapes, and paths
    1. Paint symmetrical patterns
    2. Draw rectangles and modify stroke options
    3. About drawing
    4. Draw and edit shapes
    5. Painting tools
    6. Create and modify brushes
    7. Blending modes
    8. Add color to paths
    9. Edit paths
    10. Paint with the Mixer Brush
    11. Brush presets
    12. Gradients
    13. Gradient interpolation
    14. Fill and stroke selections, layers, and paths
    15. Draw with the Pen tools
    16. Create patterns
    17. Generate a pattern using the Pattern Maker
    18. Manage paths
    19. Manage pattern libraries and presets
    20. Draw or paint with a graphics tablet
    21. Create textured brushes
    22. Add dynamic elements to brushes
    23. Gradient
    24. Paint stylized strokes with the Art History Brush
    25. Paint with a pattern
    26. Sync presets on multiple devices
    27. Migrate presets, actions, and settings
    1. Add and edit the text
    2. Unified Text Engine
    3. Work with OpenType SVG fonts
    4. Format characters
    5. Format paragraphs
    6. How to create type effects
    7. Edit text
    8. Line and character spacing
    9. Arabic and Hebrew type
    10. Fonts
    11. Troubleshoot fonts
    12. Asian type
    13. Create type
    1. Use the Blur Gallery
    2. Filter basics
    3. Filter effects reference
    4. Add Lighting Effects
    5. Use the Adaptive Wide Angle filter
    6. Use the Oil Paint filter
    7. Use the Liquify filter
    8. Layer effects and styles
    9. Apply specific filters
    10. Smudge image areas
    1. Save your files in Photoshop
    2. Export your files in Photoshop
    3. Supported file formats
    4. Save files in graphics formats
    5. Move designs between Photoshop and Illustrator
    6. Save and export video and animations
    7. Save PDF files
    8. Digimarc copyright protection
    1. Understanding color management
    2. Keeping colors consistent
    3. Color settings
    4. Duotones
    5. Work with color profiles
    6. Color-managing documents for online viewing
    7. Color-managing documents when printing
    8. Color-managing imported images
    9. Proofing colors
    1. Photoshop for design
    2. Artboards
    3. Device Preview
    4. Copy CSS from layers
    5. Slice web pages
    6. HTML options for slices
    7. Modify slice layout
    8. Work with web graphics
    9. Create web photo galleries
    1. Video editing in Photoshop
    2. Edit video and animation layers
    3. Video and animation overview
    4. Preview video and animations
    5. Paint frames in video layers
    6. Import video files and image sequences
    7. Create frame animations
    8. Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview)
    9. Create timeline animations
    10. Create images for video
    1. Print 3D objects
    2. Print from Photoshop
    3. Print with color management
    4. Contact Sheets and PDF Presentations
    5. Print photos in a picture package layout
    6. Print spot colors
    7. Print images to a commercial printing press
    8. Improve color prints from Photoshop
    9. Troubleshoot printing problems | Photoshop
    1. Creating actions
    2. Create data-driven graphics
    3. Scripting
    4. Process a batch of files
    5. Play and manage actions
    6. Add conditional actions
    7. About actions and the Actions panel
    8. Record tools in actions
    9. Add a conditional mode change to an action
    10. Photoshop UI toolkit for plug-ins and scripts
    1. Fixed issues 
    2. Known issues
    3. Optimize Photoshop performance
    4. Basic troubleshooting
    5. Troubleshoot crash or freeze
    6. Troubleshoot program errors
    7. Troubleshoot scratch disk full errors
    8. Troubleshoot GPU and graphics driver issues
    9. Find missing tools
    10. Photoshop 3D | Common questions around discontinued features
    1. Photoshop User Guide
      1. Dream it. Make it.
      2. What's new in Photoshop
      3. Edit your first photo
      4. Create documents
      5. Photoshop | Common Questions
      6. Photoshop system requirements
      7. Get to know Photoshop
      8. Keep Photoshop up to date
      1. Work with Illustrator artwork in Photoshop
      2. Work with Photoshop files in InDesign
      3. Substance 3D Materials for Photoshop
      4. Use the Capture in-app extension in Photoshop
      1. User guide
      2. What's New
      3. Technical requirements
      1. Photoshop on the iPad | Common questions
      2. Get to know the workspace
      3. System requirements | Photoshop on the iPad
      4. Create, open, and export documents
      5. Add photos
      6. Work with layers
      7. Draw and paint with brushes
      8. Make selections and add masks
      9. Retouch your composites
      10. Work with adjustment layers
      11. Adjust the tonality of your composite with Curves
      12. Apply transform operations
      13. Crop and rotate your composites
      14. Rotate, pan, zoom, and reset the canvas
      15. Work with Type layers
      16. Work with Photoshop and Lightroom
      17. Get missing fonts in Photoshop on the iPad
      18. Japanese Text in Photoshop on the iPad
      19. Manage app settings
      20. Touch shortcuts and gestures
      21. Keyboard shortcuts
      22. Edit your image size
      23. Livestream as you create in Photoshop on the iPad
      24. Correct imperfections with the Healing Brush
      25. Create brushes in Capture and use them in Photoshop on the iPad
      26. Work with Camera Raw files
      27. Create and work with Smart Objects
      28. Adjust exposure in your images with Dodge and Burn
      29. Auto adjustment commands in Photoshop on the iPad
      30. Smudge areas in your images with Photoshop on the iPad
      31. Saturate or desaturate your images using Sponge tool
      32. Content aware fill for iPad
      1. User guide
      2. What's new in Photoshop
      3. Technical requirements
      4. Common questions
      5. Draw and edit Shapes
      6. Work with anyone on the web
      1. Get started with Creative Cloud Beta apps
      2. Photoshop (beta) on the desktop
      3. Reference Image
      1. Common questions on generative AI in Photoshop
      2. Generative Fill in Photoshop on the desktop
      3. Generate Image with descriptive text prompts
      4. Generative Expand in Photoshop on the desktop
      5. Replace background with Generate background
      6. Get new variations with Generate Similar
      7. Generative Fill in Photoshop on the iPad
      8. Generative Expand in Photoshop on the iPad
      9. Generative AI features in Photoshop on the web
      1. Content credentials in Photoshop
      2. Identity and provenance for NFTs
      3. Connect accounts for creative attribution
      1. Photoshop cloud documents | Common questions
      2. Photoshop cloud documents | Workflow questions
      3. Manage and work with cloud documents in Photoshop
      4. Upgrade cloud storage for Photoshop
      5. Unable to create or save a cloud document
      6. Solve Photoshop cloud document errors
      7. Collect cloud document sync logs
      8. Invite others to edit your cloud documents
      9. Share files and comment in-app
    11. Workspace
      1. Workspace basics
      2. Preferences
      3. Learn faster with the Photoshop Discover Panel
      4. Create documents
      5. Place files
      6. Default keyboard shortcuts
      7. Customize keyboard shortcuts
      8. Tool galleries
      9. Performance preferences
      10. Contextual Task Bar
      11. Use tools
      12. Presets
      13. Grid and guides
      14. Touch gestures
      15. Use the Touch Bar with Photoshop
      16. Touch capabilities and customizable workspaces
      17. Technology previews
      18. Metadata and notes
      19. Place Photoshop images in other applications
      20. Rulers
      21. Show or hide non-printing Extras
      22. Specify columns for an image
      23. Undo and history
      24. Panels and menus
      25. Position elements with snapping
      26. Position with the Ruler tool
      1. Photoshop for design
      2. Artboards
      3. Device Preview
      4. Copy CSS from layers
      5. Slice web pages
      6. HTML options for slices
      7. Modify slice layout
      8. Work with web graphics
      9. Create web photo galleries
      1. How to resize images
      2. Work with raster and vector images
      3. Image size and resolution
      4. Acquire images from cameras and scanners
      5. Create, open, and import images
      6. View images
      7. Invalid JPEG Marker error | Opening images
      8. Viewing multiple images
      9. Customize color pickers and swatches
      10. High dynamic range images
      11. Match colors in your image
      12. Convert between color modes
      13. Color modes
      14. Erase parts of an image
      15. Blending modes
      16. Choose colors
      17. Customize indexed color tables
      18. Image information
      19. Distort filters are unavailable
      20. About color
      21. Color and monochrome adjustments using channels
      22. Choose colors in the Color and Swatches panels
      23. Sample
      24. Color mode or Image mode
      25. Color cast
      26. Add a conditional mode change to an action
      27. Add swatches from HTML CSS and SVG
      28. Bit depth and preferences
      1. Layer basics
      2. Nondestructive editing
      3. Create and manage layers and groups
      4. Select, group, and link layers
      5. Place images into frames
      6. Layer opacity and blending
      7. Mask layers
      8. Apply Smart Filters
      9. Layer comps
      10. Move, stack, and lock layers
      11. Mask layers with vector masks
      12. Manage layers and groups
      13. Layer effects and styles
      14. Edit layer masks
      15. Extract assets
      16. Reveal layers with clipping masks
      17. Generate image assets from layers
      18. Work with Smart Objects
      19. Blending modes
      20. Combine multiple images into a group portrait
      21. Combine images with Auto-Blend Layers
      22. Align and distribute layers
      23. Copy CSS from layers
      24. Load selections from a layer or layer mask's boundaries
      25. Knockout to reveal content from other layers
      1. Get started with selections
      2. Make selections in your composite
      3. Select and Mask workspace
      4. Select with the marquee tools
      5. Select with the lasso tools
      6. Adjust pixel selections
      7. Move, copy, and delete selected pixels
      8. Create a temporary quick mask
      9. Select a color range in an image
      10. Convert between paths and selection borders
      11. Channel basics
      12. Save selections and alpha channel masks
      13. Select the image areas in focus
      14. Duplicate, split, and merge channels
      15. Channel calculations
      1. Replace object colors
      2. Perspective warp
      3. Reduce camera shake blurring
      4. Healing brush examples
      5. Export color lookup tables
      6. Adjust image sharpness and blur
      7. Understand color adjustments
      8. Apply a Brightness/Contrast adjustment
      9. Adjust shadow and highlight detail
      10. Levels adjustment
      11. Adjust hue and saturation
      12. Adjust vibrance
      13. Adjust color saturation in image areas
      14. Make quick tonal adjustments
      15. Apply special color effects to images
      16. Enhance your image with color balance adjustments
      17. High dynamic range images
      18. View histograms and pixel values
      19. Match colors in your image
      20. Crop and straighten photos
      21. Convert a color image to black and white
      22. Adjustment and fill layers
      23. Curves adjustment
      24. Blending modes
      25. Target images for press
      26. Adjust color and tone with Levels and Curves eyedroppers
      27. Adjust HDR exposure and toning
      28. Dodge or burn image areas
      29. Make selective color adjustments
      1. Camera Raw system requirements
      2. What's new in Camera Raw
      3. Introduction to Camera Raw
      4. Create panoramas
      5. Supported lenses
      6. Vignette, grain, and dehaze effects in Camera Raw
      7. Default keyboard shortcuts
      8. Automatic perspective correction in Camera Raw
      9. Radial Filter in Camera Raw
      10. Manage Camera Raw settings
      11. Open, process, and save images in Camera Raw
      12. Repair images with the Enhanced Spot Removal tool in Camera Raw
      13. Rotate, crop, and adjust images
      14. Adjust color rendering in Camera Raw
      15. Process versions in Camera Raw
      16. Make local adjustments in Camera Raw
      1. Remove Tool
      2. Remove objects from your photos with Content-Aware Fill
      3. Content-Aware Patch and Move
      4. Retouch and repair photos
      5. Correct image distortion and noise
      6. Basic troubleshooting steps to fix most issues
      1. Replace sky in your images
      2. Transform objects
      3. Adjust crop, rotation, and canvas size
      4. How to crop and straighten photos
      5. Create and edit panoramic images
      6. Warp images, shapes, and paths
      7. Vanishing Point
      8. Content-aware scaling
      9. Transform images, shapes, and paths
      1. Paint symmetrical patterns
      2. Draw rectangles and modify stroke options
      3. About drawing
      4. Draw and edit shapes
      5. Painting tools
      6. Create and modify brushes
      7. Blending modes
      8. Add color to paths
      9. Edit paths
      10. Paint with the Mixer Brush
      11. Brush presets
      12. Gradients
      13. Gradient interpolation
      14. Fill and stroke selections, layers, and paths
      15. Draw with the Pen tools
      16. Create patterns
      17. Generate a pattern using the Pattern Maker
      18. Manage paths
      19. Manage pattern libraries and presets
      20. Draw or paint with a graphics tablet
      21. Create textured brushes
      22. Add dynamic elements to brushes
      23. Gradient
      24. Paint stylized strokes with the Art History Brush
      25. Paint with a pattern
      26. Sync presets on multiple devices
      27. Migrate presets, actions, and settings
      1. Add and edit the text
      2. Unified Text Engine
      3. Work with OpenType SVG fonts
      4. Format characters
      5. Format paragraphs
      6. How to create type effects
      7. Edit text
      8. Line and character spacing
      9. Arabic and Hebrew type
      10. Fonts
      11. Troubleshoot fonts
      12. Asian type
      13. Create type
      1. Use the Blur Gallery
      2. Filter basics
      3. Filter effects reference
      4. Add Lighting Effects
      5. Use the Adaptive Wide Angle filter
      6. Use the Oil Paint filter
      7. Use the Liquify filter
      8. Layer effects and styles
      9. Apply specific filters
      10. Smudge image areas
      1. Save your files in Photoshop
      2. Export your files in Photoshop
      3. Supported file formats
      4. Save files in graphics formats
      5. Move designs between Photoshop and Illustrator
      6. Save and export video and animations
      7. Save PDF files
      8. Digimarc copyright protection
      1. Understanding color management
      2. Keeping colors consistent
      3. Color settings
      4. Duotones
      5. Work with color profiles
      6. Color-managing documents for online viewing
      7. Color-managing documents when printing
      8. Color-managing imported images
      9. Proofing colors
      1. Photoshop for design
      2. Artboards
      3. Device Preview
      4. Copy CSS from layers
      5. Slice web pages
      6. HTML options for slices
      7. Modify slice layout
      8. Work with web graphics
      9. Create web photo galleries
      1. Video editing in Photoshop
      2. Edit video and animation layers
      3. Video and animation overview
      4. Preview video and animations
      5. Paint frames in video layers
      6. Import video files and image sequences
      7. Create frame animations
      8. Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview)
      9. Create timeline animations
      10. Create images for video
      1. Print 3D objects
      2. Print from Photoshop
      3. Print with color management
      4. Contact Sheets and PDF Presentations
      5. Print photos in a picture package layout
      6. Print spot colors
      7. Print images to a commercial printing press
      8. Improve color prints from Photoshop
      9. Troubleshoot printing problems | Photoshop
      1. Creating actions
      2. Create data-driven graphics
      3. Scripting
      4. Process a batch of files
      5. Play and manage actions
      6. Add conditional actions
      7. About actions and the Actions panel
      8. Record tools in actions
      9. Add a conditional mode change to an action
      10. Photoshop UI toolkit for plug-ins and scripts
      1. Fixed issues 
      2. Known issues
      3. Optimize Photoshop performance
      4. Basic troubleshooting
      5. Troubleshoot crash or freeze
      6. Troubleshoot program errors
      7. Troubleshoot scratch disk full errors
      8. Troubleshoot GPU and graphics driver issues
      9. Find missing tools
      10. Photoshop 3D | Common questions around discontinued features

    Learn how to modify your Photoshop app preferences according to your workflows

    Try out the latest features and enhancements.

    Update Photoshop

    Get started with Preferences

    Customize and save your Photoshop app settings, including display, file saving, overall performance, presets, and plug-ins from the Preferences dialog box. These settings are saved if you quit the app, but lost in case of force quit or app crash. 

    By default, settings in Preferences migrate from a prior version to an updated version, and you can choose to Keep or Remove them upon uninstalling a version. 

    Note:

    Preferences are not saved upon rolling back to a prior version/update, which is why it's important to back them up prior to performing a rollback.

    Search in Preferences

    Use the keyboard shortcut command / ctrl + K to launch the Preferences dialog box and then command / ctrl + F to search for relevant suggestions. Start typing, and the search box will update as you enter text.

    Once done, select Enter or See all results. Select an option to navigate to its corresponding section.

    Set color theme

    Go to Preferences > Interface and select Neutral Color Mode in the Appearance section to enable neutral color mode.

    Support for native full-screen mode (in macOS)

    Go to Preferences > Workspace and select Enable Native Full Screen to enable native full-screen mode in macOS. 

    Faster cloud processing

    Go to Preferences > Image Processing and select Cloud processing in Select Subject and Remove background for faster, more precise subject detection and selection, even around complex edges and fine details.

    Select Cloud processing from the Preferences dialog box for faster subject detection and selection
    Select Cloud processing for faster subject detection and selection

    Improved selection stability

    Windows users with NVidia GPU can improve the stability of the Object Selection tool, Select Subject, and Sky Replacement.

    Simply go to Preferences > Image Processing and select More Stable in the Selections Processing field.  

    Adjust preferences

    1. Open the Preferences dialog box by selecting Edit > Preferences > General (in Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (in Mac).

    2. Select your Preferences category, like Performance to adjust RAM usage, GPU settings, and cache levels for better performance.

    3. Select OK after adjusting the settings. 

    Back up preferences

    1. Quit the Photoshop app.

    2. Go to the Preferences folder.

      • macOS: Users/[user name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings
      • Windows 11: Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings
      Note:

      The user Library folder is hidden by default on macOS. To access files in the hidden user Library folder, see How to access hidden user library files.

      Also, the AppData directory is hidden by default on WinARM.

    3. Copy the Adobe Photoshop [Version] Settings folder to an external drive, cloud storage, or any other backup location. 

    You can restore your preferences by copying this Adobe Photoshop [Version] Settings folder from your backup location to the Preferences folder. 

    Reset Photoshop preferences

    Back up your preferences before resetting them.

    Using the keyboard shortcut or delete on quit preference to reset your preferences permanently deletes a subset of preferences files including settings from the preferences dialog, custom shortcuts, workspaces, and color settings. For a list of specific files that are deleted see these tables for preference file functions, names, and locations for macOS and Windows.

    Follow these steps to reset preferences using a keyboard shortcut. 

    1. Quit the Photoshop app.

    2. Hold down the following keyboard shortcut and launch Photoshop:

      macOS: command + option + shift

      Windows: ctrl + alt + shift

    3. Open the Photoshop app.

    4. Select Yes in the dialog that asks Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file? New preferences files will be created in their original location.

    Follow these steps to reset your preferences using the Preferences dialog. 

    1. Select Photoshop Preferences:

      macOS: Photoshop > Settings > General

      Windows: Edit > Preferences > General

    2. Select Reset Preferences On Quit.

    3. Select OK in the dialog that asks Are you sure you want to reset preferences when quitting Photoshop?

    4. Quit and relaunch the Photoshop app. New preferences files will be created in their original location.

    Manually restoring your preferences is the optimum way of resetting Photoshop to its default state, as it ensures that plug-in preferences and any user presets causing issues are not loaded.

    1. Quit the Photoshop app.

    2. Navigate to the Preferences folder.

      macOS: Users/[user name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings

      Windows: Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings

      Note:

      The user Library folder is hidden by default on macOS. To access files in the hidden user Library folder, see How to access hidden user library files.

    3. Back up the Adobe Photoshop [Version] Settings folder to a secure location.

    4. Open the Photoshop app. New preferences files will be created in their original location.

    Disable warning messages

    Select the Don't Show Again option to suppress warning or prompt messages. You can also select Reset All Warning Dialogs and then OK to redisplay all such messages. 

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