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How can I install photoshop cs6 on ubuntu 14.04?

How can I install photoshop cs6 on ubuntu 14.04? Anyone help me ?
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How to set pressure sensitivity in GIMP to control line thickness?

My sister is moving from Windows and I just got her a new graphics tablet. However, the pressure sensitivity controls opacity rather than line thickness; she really needs this feature from Photoshop/...
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Editing Photoshop (PSD) files on Ubuntu?

I was wondering that is it possible to edit PSD files on Ubuntu (like with Gimp). Actually, I need to edit layers. I haven't managed to do it. It would be nice if there is a chance! :)
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Use Photoshop in Virtualbox, is it worth the hassle?

I've been planning to switch to Ubuntu as my main OS and I'd like to do it now with Precise. I am a web developer and the only app I am tied to in Windows is Photoshop and IE. The grand plan is to ...
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Will Photoshop work on Ubuntu?

I was using Windows XP, I like Ubuntu, but I'm wondering,because as I'm a professional photographer & photo editor. I do my work with Photoshop, so will photoshop work in ubuntu?
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Wine or virtual machine (VirtualBox) to run apps (eg. Photoshop)

I am wondering if it will be better (stability, convenience and speed) to run apps like Photoshop with Wine or a virtual machine like VirtualBox?
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Photoshop CS2 under Wine 1.4 Messes up Unity Desktop

I'm aware that the general consensus is that Photoshop is at best barely usable under Wine. I'm one of the lucky few that got CS2 (apparently one of the least quirky) running well under Wine 1.4 in ...
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How to transform an image into a cartoon from command line?

I would like to create this cartoon effect from photos just with the command line. Desired effect examples: Can you describe the process or give some hints to achieve this cartoon effect? Info: ...
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Alternatives to Photoshop and Illustrator [duplicate]

I just try to move completely from Windows to Ubuntu. I am a web designer and developer, the development part is awesome in Ubuntu but I am missing the design part. What I used to work with is Adobe ...
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How to create a minimalist cartoon avatar using linux?

Is there any way we can make a minimalistic cartoon avatar of our photo using softwares available for linux. On Windows it can be created using photoshop. But i don't know how to create the same using ...
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How can I install Photoshop CS5?

I copied all of the files like in this tutorial, but I have no luck launching PS. I also tried running the installer with WINE, but needed AIR and it wouldn't connect to the adobe servers. Also, I (...
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Is there a quick way to convert camera raw files to DNG?

Before I switched from Windows to Ubuntu for my daily computing, I used Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom for processing photos from my DSLR. Adobe made it really straightforward to batch convert from ...
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How can I install photoshop CS6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS How I can install Photoshop CS6 on Ubuntu using wine or by any other method? And how I can fix this?
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unable to install Photoshop on ubuntu

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and latest wine from Ubuntu software center, when I try to install Photoshop CS6 using wine I receive an error. I checked the Allow Executing File As Program in Photoshop ...
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Photoshop alternative with same keyboard shorcuts [closed]

tldr; Is there a program with the same keyboard shortcuts and/or user interface as PS. I know the "photoshop alternative" question has been asked so many times, but I feel this variant is worth the ...
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Unable to drag brush tool in Photoshop CS5 in 12.04

I was able to use Photoshop CS5 perfectly on Ubuntu 11.10. After upgraded to 12.04 I've noticed that when I try to use brush tool in by dragging the left mouse button I cannot get continous effect on ...
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How to make Nautilus display .psd thumbnails?

is it possible to make Nautilus display Photoshop .psd files thumbnails when viewing files in the list? If yes, what are exact steps to make it happen. Had been searching this in google, no luck so ...
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PlayOnLinux Photoshop CS6 Crash

Photoshop CS6 crashes while im trying to create new image. I get this error wine: Unhandled exception 0xc06d007e in thread 9 at address 0x7b83bfee (thread 0009), starting debugger... err:ole:...
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What free software can I use for GoPro fisheye lens correction?

What free software can I use on Ubuntu (or Windows) to correct GoPro fisheye lens effect on a video (or at least an image)?
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Playonlinux error - an error occured during the download

I'm trying to install photoshop on Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm getting the following error during the installation: I guess the problem is because the link: http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/...
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How to get rid of annoying Photoshop hover info message? It cannot be discarded and appears on all screens

I have Photoshop CS 6 on Ubuntu 14.04. When I hover over some tool or button in Photoshop, a description message will appear (showing what this tool is, and so on). However, it somehow freezes and ...
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Help to UNINSTALL Photoshop. Please, help the Linux newbie)

I am very fascinated with the professional help here on AskUbuntu. And I need your help again. I installed Ubuntu just two days ago and spent all this time setting it up. Now the question is about the ...
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Trying to migrate Windows 7 install of Adobe CS5 to Ubuntu 12.04 with Wine - 'Internal errors - invalid paramters received"

I have Adobe CS5 installed and running on the Windows 7 side of my machine. Since I'd hate to boot up into Windows just to use Photoshop, I'm trying to get it in Ubuntu 12.04. Tutorials I found ...
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Photoshop CS6 crashes every time clicking text button

Every time I click text button on photoshop it just crashes, is there a solution for this? https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q4rhV.png Thanks Update: I have microsoft fonts installed, is it possible that ...
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How to change mimetype image for PSD file (Photoshop)?

Following this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingMimeTypes, I first typed a command to discover the mimetype for psd extension ~$ grep 'psd' /etc/mime.types image/x-photoshop psd ...
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How to force wine to use my GPU?

I am running Photoshop 24 through wine64 and currently am not able to connect my GPU to wine to be able to use the program properly. I do have d3dx9 installed. I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed. wine Log:...
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How to solve Photoshop portable crash in Ubuntu 16.04?

I downloaded Photoshop CS5 portable 32-bit version to run it on Ubuntu 16.04 with Wine. The program starts fine, but when I try to open an image or make a new file, it crashes. This is the error ...
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Opening up a CMYK PSD file in GImp (2.8) [duplicate]

I am running Gimp 2.8 and tried to open up a CMYK psd file and got this error: Opening 'homepage.psd' failed: Procedure 'file-psd-load' returned no return values Am I missing a plugin? Is there a ...
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Reading Photoshop PSD Files with Layers

(There are a few existing questions on Photoshop alternatives, but none seem to focus on reading PSD files specifically) Say I'm a programmer working with a web designer and would like to implement a ...
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Unable to install Photoshop CS6 on Ubuntu 18.04

I have a problem installing Photoshop CS6 using Wine (staging ideally nor version with similar compatibility). Tried solution Installation failed - https://pastebin.com/FkYhRvZX Attempt: installing, ...
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Getting Web Designers to use Ubuntu

At my work, most Windows PC's are converted to Ubuntu. But web designers still use Windows because they need graphics editing software like Photoshop. I wanted everyone use Ubuntu for security. Is ...
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Can't run photoshop CS2 on Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64

I have installed Photoshop CS2 (the free version) on Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64. Photoshop gets started and at the loading splash screen it just freezes at "Initializing tools" and after 30 seconds or so, it ...
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How do I install Photoshop CS5 Extended from the CD?

I'm quite new (or brand new) to Ubuntu. I want to install my Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended. I have purchased a licensed copy. I downloaded WINE and ran the start up through that. Everything ran ...
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Install Gecko and Photoshop on Ubuntu 14.04LTS

I have wine and winetricks installed on my Ubuntu 14.04LTS wine --version wine-1.7.30 winetricks --version 20140302 I'm trying to install Photoshop CS6 on my Ubuntu using wine. When I run this ...
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Adobe Photoshop CC crashes through PlayOnLinux

I have installed Adobe Photoshop CC using PlayOnLinux and following this tutorial. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 3537 (here's the spcifications), I'm using a 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04, with Wine 1.6 and ...
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Can I usably run Photoshop in a Windows VM with this setup?

I'm researching hardware in order to build a new PC and I'd like to run linux as my main OS and just run windows in a VM. Do you think it'll be fast enough to run photoshop in a windows VM or will I ...
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Is it possible to install a 64-bit version of wine to run Photoshop CS5 x64?

I'm trying to get a 64bit version of photoshop to work on Ubuntu 11.10. The problem is that Wine comes as 32 bit by default and I can only use the 32bit version of photoshop. Is it possible to ...
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What's the best way to install a very minimal Windows 10 as a Virtual Machine to run photoshop in? [closed]

I need to use the Creative Cloud for Photoshop, Illustrator, etc for work so I'd like to install a very minimal windows 10, in Ubuntu VirtualBox, so I can run just what's necessary so Photoshop can ...
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Photoshop & Wine not working

I tried to install Photoshop CS6 on Ubuntu 14.04. I tried both Wine from Terminal and PlayOnLinux but at the end of the setup it showed an error. I did read on the web that if it shows an error it ...
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Photoshop Freezes and Crashes on Startup

I have Ubuntu 14.04 and Wine 1.7.51. I installed Adobe Photoshop CS and whenever I try to run Photoshop it gets to "initializing tools" and then freezes and I have to do the xkill command to close. ...
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Wacom Pressure in Photoshop CS5 Using Wine

I'm taking a shot in the dark hoping someone here has figured this out, because they haven't figured it out at winehq, which I know is the more appropriate forum to ask. But,no one knows (that I know ...
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Lock Screen + Photos Slideshow?

In Windows 11, I can select to have a random slideshow of pictures in the lock screen. I can select a folder, and it takes all pictures from there and randomnly shows then in the lock screen. Is it ...
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Unable to install Photoshop on Ubuntu 16.04

I have tried many of the suggestions that I found online, but I always run into a problem. I use Play on Linux to install Photoshop 6 on my Ubuntu 16.04, but when it gets to the point of downloading ...
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Adobe photoshop on ubuntu

I've successfully installed photoshop cs6 extended using this tutorial. My only problem is that I can't drag and drop images in photoshop. Common solutions available online is to uncheck run as ...
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Error 131:4 when running Photoshop CS5 with wine? [closed]

I installed Photoshop CS5 following the instructions on WineHQ, but receive the 131:4 error with all of the CS5 programs. Is there a workaround for this?
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Run Adobe software in Docker?

I'm new to Linux, I'm a web developer and I often need to use Photoshop for slicing, or other adobe software, but unfortunately they don't run natively in Linux. I tried several ways to run them: ...
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Installing Adobe Photoshop with Wine : OS requirement not met

I followed the steps in this post : How can I install photoshop cs6 on ubuntu 14.04? Everything went fine until I got stuck on Step 3 because of a requirement issue in the installation process. The ...
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Ubuntu for a designer?

I was using Ubuntu few years back but unfortunately I had to move to Windows :( But again I think it's the time to move to Ubuntu with a new computer :) I'm a web designer, graphic designer. So I ...
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How To Install Visual Studio, SQL Server On Ubuntu

i'm a developer and i use Visual Studio, Sql Server , Photoshop, And Many Another Program For My Work. Now For Some Reasons I Want Install Ubuntu And Use That Programs For My Work. Now How Can I ...
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Problem installing Photoshop on 16.04 LTS

I am having a problem installing Photoshop CS6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. So far, I have tried following the thread with no success: How can I install photoshop CS6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? The installation of ...
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