r/photoshop is a subreddit with 1.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses photoshop, editing, annoying, help, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review photoshop alternative, photo editing software, and drawing tablets.
Popular Themes in r/photoshop
#1
Advice Requests
: "How do I do this effect ?"
33 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need help with Lightning"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I am tired of Adobe shoving AI down our throats!"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "What Photoshop feature do you think is still underrated?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/photoshop
#1
Photoshop
: "Photoshop has become a unusable piece of software"
322 posts
#2
Editing
: "New to PS, ideas for Editing concert photos?"
36 posts
#3
Annoying
33 posts
#4
Help
: "Need Help with Lightning"
28 posts
#5
Struggling
26 posts
#6
Effects
: "how do you achieve this flattened color photo effect?"
21 posts
#7
Color
: "how do you achieve this flattened Color photo effect?"
16 posts
#8
Tips
: "Tips / advise or any recommendations"
16 posts
#9
Design
: "hows my Design ?"
15 posts
#10
Tutorial
: "I am sick of this. Dozens of Tutorials. My hair refinement never looks close to these. Is my Refine Edge Brush Tool broken?"
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/photoshop
Photoshop Alternative
21 reviews
#1
Photopea
4.0★ from 5 reviews
#2
Affinity Photo
4.0★ from 4 reviews
#3
Skylum
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Photo Editing Software
10 reviews
#1
Affinity
4.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Adobe
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#3
GIMP
4.0★ from 1 review
Drawing Tablets
4 reviews
#1
Wacom
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Wacom Intuos
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Apple
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/photoshop
#1
Help!
: "Detailed multi layered colour halftone - avoiding ai"
127 posts
#2
Artwork / Design
: "Turned a cloud photo into an explosion"
41 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Why is the Dodge tool in Photoshop a lollipop?"
23 posts
#4
News
: "One of my favorite Photo Manipulations so far."
3 posts
#5
Resource
: "Free open-source fix for PSD thumbnails/icons on Windows 10"
3 posts
#6
Solved
: "Update: I've been trying to replicate this old Sony Ericsson logo"
1 post
#7
Tutorial / PSA
: "How do I do this effect ?"
1 post
#8
Meta
: "My request is a weird one"
1 post
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Yearly
+24k members(2.0%)
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Last updated: June 4, 2026