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Photoshop hack: Stop drawing manual paths! 🚫✍️

If you’re still manually creating paths to curve text in Photoshop, you’re doing it the hard way. The new Dynamic Text feature in Photoshop 2026 is a total game-changer for graphic designers.

I’ve been testing it out, and it’s essentially one-click magic to get that perfect circular, arc, or bow shape. No more fighting with anchor points—just type, select your shape, and adjust your spacing.

Here is the quick workflow:

Grab your Type Tool and write your text.

Open the Properties Panel (or use the contextual taskbar).

Select your shape (Circle, Arc, etc.).

Tweak the spacing and direction to taste!

If you want to see it in action, check out this breakdown by CG Ian: https://youtu.be/vcIm_p2P7WQ

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Photoshop 2026 just completely killed the 3D text bottleneck. 🤯🛠️

If you’re a designer or freelancer, you know the absolute pain of a client asking to "make the headline 3D." It usually means tanking your computer’s frame rate in heavy 3D apps or spending literal hours manually painting shadows, highlights, and perspective grids.

I finally put the new Firefly Image 5 AI engine in Photoshop 2026 to the test for Graphician Art, and the prompt-driven workflow is a total lifesaver.

Here is the quick, no-bs breakdown of how to do it:

Type your text (thick, bold fonts work best).

Flatten the image (the AI engine needs a raster surface to analyze the lettering bounds properly).

Hit Generative Fill on the Contextual Taskbar.

Type your prompt: make text 3D

Level it up with materials: Add descriptors like 3D text, shiny gold material, realistic reflections to instantly map premium textures without a single 3D coordinate axis.

No lag. No tedious rendering loops. Just clean, production-ready assets in seconds so you can actually get back to creating.

🎨 Want to see the variations populate live on the artboard? Check out CG Ian's breakdown at Timestamp 01:50 to watch the AI build it in real-time.

how to photoshop something out of a picture (no, really)

ok so you know that feeling

you take a photo. it's perfect. except— there's a car. or a trash can. or someone's arm just… floating in the corner.

and you think "great. now i have to spend an hour with the clone stamp"

nope.

not anymore.

here's the trick: lasso tool. scribble around the thing you hate. doesn't have to be clean. messy is fine.

then click Generative Fill.

and wait like three seconds.

photoshop just… removes it. replaces it with background that actually makes sense. grass, pavement, whatever.

i literally laughed the first time. out loud. in my room.

you get three variations. pick the best one. or click generate again for three more.

the sound of that button? soft. confident. then pixels just… melt away. satisfying as hell.

no advanced skills. no nothing.

just you and that little AI magic.

watch someone do it here (no fluff, just the good part): 👉 https://youtu.be/Zs7VW2Ya18Y?si=_oAiwkO2RKZcKcWJ&t=23

go try it on your most annoying photo. thank me later.

After Effects basics, tutorial video shows how to collect files in After Effects. Happy sharing these steps and I hope this helps. #aftereffects #cgian #graphician Watch here, https://youtu.be/yTNpuhNmfoI

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