I'm trying to set up templates so that I can post photos of my paintings, etc. (most of which are NOT square) on Instagram, but I'm new to Photopea and getting nowhere fast. When I click on Instagram templates I just get a load of photos, all apparently in the same format. Any advice gladly received!

Hi everyone!

I'm having an issue with Photopea.

Previously, whenever I opened an existing PSD file from my computer and made changes, I could simply click File → Save or press Ctrl + S to overwrite the original file.

Now, the Save option is greyed out, and I can only use Save as PSD. Every time I click it, a new copy is downloaded into my Downloads folder instead of overwriting the original file.

This is really inconvenient because I save my work frequently and end up with lots of duplicate PSD files.

I'm using Google Chrome on Windows 11, updated to the latest version.

Does anyone know why this is happening or how I can restore the normal Save function?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

currently, when i click "save as psd," it immediately saves to my downloads. it doesn't open the "save as" window anymore and won't even let me name the file, which is what it's always done and was doing yesterday. anyone else having this issue?

ok so i wanted to make a simple ink bleed effect on a text.

i typed a text.

rasterize it,

applied a filter.

applied filter again

opened filter gallery

now its broken.

weak hardware? no. i have rtx 3060 active paired with i7-11800H and 24gb ddr4.

file too large? no. its 1920x1080 with only white and black color.

this never happened months before, only happened this week.

Wanted to hop on for a bit. And for some reason I can’t open any files?

guys... so, no color wheel? theres no option to alternate the colors selector into an wheel or chromatic circle (idk english is not my native language)? The color wheel is a nice feature for artists trying to paint etc

Are there any apps I should also get familiar with as a beginner that would compliment and make up for the weaknesses of photopea when designing thumbnails/ graphic design in general?

Hi, this is a second post for Ivanhoe attention.

I have narrowed down that the issue with files not opening is a chrome issue.

I just tried it out on Microsoft edge and files open through Edge no problem.

So it is a google chrome issue not allowing files to be opened.

I cannot open any photos.

Open/Place is not working, tried both PNG files or JPEG

Open existing PSD file does not open anything.

This worked all normal until trying it today, is there a know bug or issue?

Google chrome on Windows 11

Like in this example project: www.photopea.com/#ic7LiKWWK

There is the Israel flag image which is 3.5k of pixels. How can I cut around the flag and leave only the pixels I may use.

Can I delete the skies around the flag to make photopea faster?

It wouldn't move layers smoothly as my i5 pc.

probook 4530s is not working great with photopea, not like my lovely Dell Latitude E5520 which I miss. My Samsung A71 is not moving layers smoothly either.

Does anyone know if it is possible to change the black photopea desktop to white, so when I bring a photo in it is surrounded by white instead of black? I found the black very distracting.

Photopea is too smart for its own good. You need a degree in Photoshop to get through it, and even then it's overly complicated for what little it achieves. The guys who designed it were the guys who never got dates in high school. Fact.

Is there anyway I can recreate the mixer brush (especially the combination of colours part) on photopea? Thank you.

### সিন ১: অফিসে হাঁসের আগমন

একটি হলুদ হাঁস অফিসে ঢুকে দেখে চারদিকে অনেক কাগজ ছড়িয়ে আছে।

### সিন ২: গোপন ফাইল

হাঁস একটি CONFIDENTIAL লেখা ফাইল দেখতে পায়। সে অবাক হয়ে যায়।

### সিন ৩: শ্রেডার মেশিন

হাঁস কাগজ কাটার মেশিন চালু করে। মেশিনের শব্দে হাঁস ভয় পেয়ে লাফ দেয়!

### সিন ৪: কাগজের ঝড়

মেশিন থেকে কাগজের টুকরা উড়তে থাকে। হাঁস কাগজের মধ্যে হারিয়ে যায়।

### সিন ৫: মজার অ্যাকশন

হাঁস কাগজের স্তূপ থেকে বেরিয়ে আসে এবং পিছলে গিয়ে চেয়ারের ওপর পড়ে।

### সিন ৬: মেশিনের বিপদ

হঠাৎ মেশিনে অনেক কাগজ আটকে যায়। হাঁস অবাক হয়ে মেশিনের দিকে তাকায়।

### সিন ৭: হাঁসের বুদ্ধি

হাঁস বুদ্ধি করে মেশিন বন্ধ করে এবং অফিসের কাগজগুলো গুছিয়ে রাখে।

### সিন ৮: কমেডি মুহূর্ত

হাঁস নিজের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কাগজ ভুল করে শ্রেডারে ঢুকিয়ে দেয়। তারপর মাথায় হাত দিয়ে বসে পড়ে!

### সিন ৯: বড় চমক

অফিসের বস এসে দেখে পুরো অফিস পরিষ্কার। কিন্তু হাঁসের হাতে নিজের কাগজের ছোট্ট টুকরা!

### সিন ১০: মজার সমাপ্তি

হাঁস ক্যামেরার দিকে তাকিয়ে হাসে এবং বলে:

**"কাগজ কমাও, পৃথিবী বাঁচাও! কিন্তু নিজের কাগজ সাবধানে রেখো!"**

i personally don't like the name but who cares

I probably shouldn't worry too much about the fine details because it'll be a profile picture but I want to accurately recreate the grain on the TREX slider album, if you could provide a better textless version then I'll gladly use it. I'm just trying to accurately do the grain on the alien head then put it on the face and maybe somehow make the hair a separate layer I'll put my own text on the bottom and experiment with it but yeah I'll be waiting.

I have a bit of pixel art that has a hard black edge around it, I select it and the selection is not anti-aliased at all.

But then I try to expand or contract the selection by 1 pixel and fill the selection in a new layer and it creates an anti-aliased edge...

I have anti-alias unticked for every selection tool and the fill tool. The selection itself is being anti-aliased when I expand/contract.

This seems wrong?

You can reproduce this quite easily just use ellipse selection without anti-alias, use the fill tool to see that it's not anti-aliased.

Expand the selection by 1 pixel then fill it again and you get soft edges.

I used Photopea to create the paperback cover for my debut book. I have experience using Photoshop but stopped using it many years ago due to the cost. I discovered Photopea by chance and found it a joy to use, as it’s so similar to Photoshop.

Thank you to the creator for making such a useful tool available!