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Photoshop on the iPad | Common questions

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Introduction to Photoshop
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
Photoshop and other Adobe products and services
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
Photoshop on the iPad (not available in mainland China)
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
Photoshop on the web (not available in mainland China)
1. Common questions
2. System requirements
3. Keyboard shortcuts
4. Supported file types
5. Introduction to the workspace
6. Open and work with cloud documents
7. Generative AI features
8. Basic concepts of editing
9. Quick Actions
10. Work with layers
11. Retouch images and remove imperfections
12. Make quick selections
13. Image improvements with Adjustment Layers
14. Add a fill layer
15. Move, transform, and crop images
16. Draw and paint
17. Draw and edit Shapes
18. Work with Type layers
19. Work with anyone on the web
20. Manage app settings
21. Generate Image
22. Generate Background
23. Reference Image
Photoshop (beta) (not available in mainland China)
1. Get started with Creative Cloud Beta apps
2. Photoshop (beta) on the desktop
3. Reference Image
Generative AI (not available in mainland China)
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
Content authenticity (not available in mainland China)
1. Content credentials in Photoshop
2. Identity and provenance for NFTs
3. Connect accounts for creative attribution
Cloud documents (not available in mainland China)
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. Use tools
11. Presets
12. Grid and guides
13. Touch gestures
14. Use the Touch Bar with Photoshop
15. Touch capabilities and customizable workspaces
16. Technology previews
17. Metadata and notes
18. Place Photoshop images in other applications
19. Rulers
20. Show or hide non-printing Extras
21. Specify columns for an image
22. Undo and history
23. Panels and menus
24. Position elements with snapping
25. Position with the Ruler tool
Web, screen, and app design
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
Image and color basics
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
Layers
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
Selections
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
Image adjustments
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
Adobe Camera Raw
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
Image repair and restoration
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
Image enhancement and transformation
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
Drawing and painting
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
Text
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
Filters and effects
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
Saving and exporting
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
Color Management
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
Web, screen, and app design
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
Video and animation
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
Printing
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
Automation
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
Troubleshooting
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

Find answers to the most common questions about Photoshop on the iPad.

Can I use Photoshop on the iPad?

Yes, you can now use Photoshop on your iPad and create anything, anytime, and anywhere.

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Try out the latest features and enhancements in the Photoshop app on the iPad for general availability.

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When you're inspired to create something new, Photoshop on the iPad allows you to open and edit large Photoshop files, create stunning composites, retouch your images, and apply effects while on the go. With Photoshop on the iPad, you can untether yourself from your desktop and resume work seamlessly across devices — with the power of cloud documents.

Begin creating with Photoshop on the iPad today by subscribing to a Creative Cloud plan that includes Photoshop. Already have an active plan that includes Photoshop? Sign-in with your Adobe ID on your iPad and download Photoshop for the iPad today.

Which iPad do I need to download and use Photoshop?

To use Photoshop on the iPad, check the list of supported iPad models updated to iPadOS in System requirements | Photoshop on the iPad.

What languages are supported in Photoshop on the iPad?

To know the languages in which Photoshop is available on supported devices, check out System requirements | Photoshop on the iPad.

Which Adobe plans include Photoshop on the iPad?

Get Photoshop or a plan that includes Photoshop. You will be able to use Photoshop on your iPad. — Get Photoshop and start working with Photoshop on the iPad.

If you have an Adobe Creative Cloud plan that already includes Photoshop, you can simply download Photoshop on the iPad for a limited time without purchasing another plan — simply sign-in with your Adobe ID.

If you don't have a plan that includes Photoshop, for a limited time, you can purchase the Creative Cloud Photography plan that includes Photoshop (desktop, iPad, and web), Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Express, and Portfolio. Simply sign-in with your Adobe ID to purchase the Creative Cloud Photography plan.

You can also subscribe to Photoshop on the iPad through the App Store as a single app or as a part of the Design Mobile bundle.

Don't have an Adobe ID? It's free and easy to create one. Click here to quickly create your Adobe ID.

Which Adobe plans include both Adobe Fresco and Photoshop on the iPad?

When you subscribe to Photoshop on the iPad through the App Store, you get access to both Photoshop on the iPad and Adobe Fresco and vice versa. If you have a Photoshop single app or Creative Cloud all apps subscription, Fresco is already included in your subscription. Also, you can subscribe to Photoshop on the iPad along with Fresco as a part of the Design Mobile bundle through the App Store, if applicable.

To check all subscription plans, see Creative Cloud plan.

If you accidently end up with two active app subscriptions, check out Cancel a duplicate app subscription.

Can I open and work with Adobe Fresco documents in Photoshop on the iPad?

Photoshop on iPad and Fresco - Better together

Photoshop on the iPad and Adobe Fresco work great together. Fresco is an app built specifically for drawing and painting and is a great companion to Photoshop on the iPad. Enjoy drawing using Fresco on an iPad when you are on the go and access the same artwork anywhere from your iPad in Photoshop. Enhance your drawing further with creative edits in Photoshop on the iPad. Any artwork you create in Photoshop on iPad or Fresco is auto-saved as a cloud document when you are connected to a network.

To learn more about how to seamlessly work in Photoshop and Fresco, see Adobe Fresco and Photoshop.

For some inspiration to get started, see Use Fresco and Photoshop on the iPad to turn yourself into a manga character.

How do I manage my Photoshop on the iPad subscription purchased through Apple App Store?

Any Photoshop on the iPad subscription that you purchase from the App Store is managed through your App Store account.

For step-by-step instructions, see Apple documentation for View, change, or cancel your subscriptions.

For billing issues or a refund, see Apple documentation for Request a refund for an App Store or iTunes Store purchase.

Is Photoshop on the iPad available in my country?

Photoshop on the iPad is available only in countries where Creative Cloud services are available. See the latest list of countries that support Creative Cloud services.

Adobe Creative Cloud services are currently not available on adobe.com in mainland China. As a result, Photoshop on the iPad is not available in this region.

How does Photoshop on the desktop work with Photoshop on the iPad?

You can access cloud documents from both the desktop or the iPad.

Any document you create with Photoshop on the iPad is automatically saved as a cloud document, so that you can easily access your creative work from iPad to desktop. Cloud documents are automatically synced across devices to create a seamless workflow.

For example, if you want to resume your desktop work on the iPad, simply save your PSD as a cloud document.

To view your cloud documents, simply navigate to the Cloud documents tab on the home screen.

How can I open a Creative Cloud file in Photoshop on my iPad?

To open a Creative Cloud file in Photoshop on the iPad, do the following:

1. In the home screen, tap Import and open () and select the Files app.

2. In the Browse panel that opens, select Locations > Creative Cloud to quickly import a file from Creative Cloud.

Note: If you're unable to find the Creative Cloud option under Locations, download the Creative Cloud app on your iPad and ensure that you are signed in. To add Creative Cloud under Locations, see the directions listed under 'Use third-party apps' in the Files section in Use the Files app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

3. In the Creative Cloud mode, browse through and select a file to open.

To learn more, see Create, open, and export cloud documents.

Can I turn off auto-save in cloud documents?

Document syncing can't be turned off, but you can choose not to sync over a cellular connection. — Cloud documents are automatically saved to the cloud and help you work seamlessly across devices.

A cloud document is always automatically saved to the cloud — this is what helps you work seamlessly on your creative projects anytime, anywhere, across your devices.

Although cloud document auto-save does not turn off, you can restrict syncing over your cellular network when working on an iPad.

To learn more about cloud documents workflows in Photoshop, see Photoshop cloud documents | Common questions.

How much cloud storage does Photoshop on the iPad provide? Can I upgrade my storage?

Your cloud storage is shared across your Adobe Creative Cloud apps. The amount of your cloud storage is determined by your Adobe Creative Cloud subscription plan.

Plan	Base storage offer
In-app purchase (via Apple App Store)	100 GB
Free trial	2 GB
Creative Cloud Photography plan (20 GB) (For existing subscribers and new subscribers who purchase this plan by January 31, 2020 )	20 GB
Creative Cloud Photography plan (1 TB)	1 TB
Photoshop Single App	100 GB
Creative Cloud All Apps	100 GB

If your cloud storage goes over your quota, your documents can be saved as a local document only. If you need more cloud storage, easily upgrade your subscription plan to include additional storage at any time.

What happens to my assets if I close or delete my Adobe account?

Even after your plan expires, your assets are available for download from your account for a limited number of days. — Assets are available for download for a limited period of time even after your plan expires.

If you close or delete your Adobe account, or if your subscription expires, your assets remain in the cloud and available to download for 30 days. After 30 days, you may lose access to some or all of your documents that are saved on the cloud servers.

To view your assets, go to Creative Cloud web.
To learn more about Creative Cloud, see Common Questions | Creative Cloud.

What are the keyboard and touch shortcuts for Photoshop on the iPad?

Simplify your workflows with keyboard and touch shortcuts.

To view a list of popular keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop on the iPad, see Keyboard shortcuts.

To learn more about touch shortcuts and touch gestures in Photoshop on the iPad, see Touch shortcuts and gestures.

How do I suggest a feature or report an issue with Photoshop on the iPad?

Find options in App Settings to send us your feedback and feature requests. — Your feedback is valuable! Send us your suggestions. Connect with us on Adobe forum.

Adobe actively listens to our large community of users. We value your input and make it easy to report issues or request new features for Photoshop on the iPad.

To report a problem, suggest a feature, or take a survey, navigate to App Settings > General > Help > Send feedback.

To ask a question and be a part of community discussions on Adobe Forum for Photoshop, navigate to App Settings > General > Help > Community forum.

To join a discussion or post to the community, go to Adobe Support Community | Photoshop.

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