What a miserable heap of unusable trash Photoshop has become in the last year — my God. This is absolutely ridiculous. No other software on my system so much as lags much less crashes. Only Photoshop (Illustrator works but can't decide if it's saving a document or not...it's just a roll of the dice if your document is saved now—NEW FEATURE!) ... View more

We've tried everything. I just uninstalled this bloated trash heap of an application. There are THOUSANDS of people complaining about this—here, Twitter, Reddit et al. What a giant piece of buggy garbage this release is. We will go back to using an older, stabler...dare I say "tested" "debugged" "professional" version of Photoshop but of course will be expected to diligently pay Adobe the same hefty monthly fee for this huge hassle. ... View more

Thanks for the update. Lol, yeah I know, I believe I did something simliar and I thought it was fixed but as soon as I used text, all h*ll broke loose again.   For now, I've been forced to revert back to PS 2019. Unfortunatley, for some reason I'm now unable to Save for Web out of 2019 after installing 2020.   Adobe has really damaged my ability to work and run my business with this latest update. Not everyone can just blow $2k–$8k on a new machine every time Adobe wants to update/add minor features. The core of the application doesn't even work anymore.   At this point, no clue how long it will be before I can even use the software we pay a hefty monthly subscription for. ... View more

2020 is unusable at this point—this is totally unacceptable. Adobe's releases are buggier and buggier. I don't understand what the h*** they are doing over there? Do they not test their product? They keep adding things most people probably don't want, and either not fixing, or breaking the core functionality. Back to 2019 and 2018 for now—what a crock for the fortune they must have with all of these CC subscriptions ($1,400/year in this household alone). ... View more

Same thing happening to me and it's infuriating. Not only does this happen every single time I switch/flip to another application (like a Finder window); but text areas go black momentarily when I attempt to edit text. I've tried every solution on this thread that I could find and nothing works. This is killing my efficiency and workflow. In order to get PS to render my workspace I have to zoom in/zoom out to make everything reappear, or do some other random action. This means if I'm trying to drag/drop files onto an Artboard, when I flip to the Finder window, and then come back, I can't see where I'm dropping anything, it's gone.   I've never had any problems running anything on this Macbook Pro, not in 5 years. It runs everything I can throw at it and it's meticulously maintained. Here are the specs: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) 2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2 GB Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB At this point I have no idea how to troubleshoot something as large as Photoshop. Everything just always works on this system. Should I just uninstall the latest version? This absolutley sucks. ... View more

Thanks. I guess my follow-up would be—what IS Adobe Media Encoder? I don't actually know if I have anything "Dynamically Linked". I only barely recognize the AEM interface...I'm not even sure what app would link to it? After Effects? Premiere Pro? Audition? I sincerely appreciate you answering my initial question, thank you. If you have any further insight regarding my follow-up I'd really appreciate it. I primarily am using Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro and InDesign (and Bridge, to some extent) daily/weekly but rarely the video/audio apps. Thanks ... View more

We are still experiencing this issue with the Liquify tool. This is absolutely unacceptable that this still has NOT been addressed by Adobe. None of the "solutions" that I have seen offered are acceptable or even realistic. This has completely screwed my workflow which ultimately affects my bottom line. I cannot believe that this has been allowed to persist in this manner for all this time without ANY fix—absolutely unacceptable, Adobe. WE NEED A SOLUTION TO THIS, PLEASE! ... View more

No, they're working, they're working over time -- only, we have no idea what in the h3ll they're working on... Frustrating. ... View more

From what I can tell, BobbyH5280 is talking about aligning to a key object.  You can shift-select any number of objects (including the object you plan to make the Key Object), when you're finished selecting, then simply click the Key Object (do NOT hold shift.) You will then see the border around the Key Object appear, and can align as such. I use this feature about...a billion times a day.  When you master this, you'll be golden. Also very helpful is object vertical or horizontal distribution based on a key object. For example, let's say you have 10 squares you want to distribute evenly by 10 px (or 10pts or 10 inches....whatever you want).  You select all the squares, then click the key object (typically the object on either end (or top or bottom depending on whether you're distributing horizontally or vertically), then, in the Align panel, you'll see "Distribute Spacing", and here you can adjust the distribution size, and then click either Vertical Distribute or Horizontal Distribute, and voila, they will distribute perfectly. juliem18359647‌ I hope this helps, I assure you, you can accomplish what you need with Illustrator when you master alignment and distribution. ... View more

I use Align to Key Object about every 5 seconds, it's probably the most useful Align tool there is - Distribute is priceless as well.  The original problem in this thread was not necessarily snapping full objects, but resizing objects to a snapping point.  Since realizing you must now always Show Bounding Box before attempting a precise resize to a snapping point, all has been working well.  There is of course the problem with too much or seemingly "erratic" snapping behavior because there are just too many things on the document it's trying to align to.  I've since started using more layers in my document, because I can quickly hide distracting elements that interfere with what I'm trying to snap to.  Having more layers has a lot of other benefits as well. ... View more

are people still having problems with snapping in CC?  since I finally figured this out last December I've had no problems.  what are these current issues people are having? ... View more

Ben, Thank you for your prompt reply.  I completely forgot, I purchased another Mac about a month ago which is using my second CC license and is basically dedicated to Lightroom usage.  I just checked THAT machine and it appears to be in sync, no problems.  However, my MAIN machine is not syncing.  Does this change anything?  Let me know and I will send you whatever you need, thank you for your help! Nick ... View more

I know I'm a little late to the party on this topic, but, I'm having this same issue.  I stumbled on this thread in a search.  I'm using OS X Yosemite (clean install as of five days ago, clean install of all Adobe CC apps, everything).  Previously, I had no CC syncing issues.  Now, in the Assets tab in the CC Desktop App, it has been displaying "Syncing" perpetually and will not stop.  I am certain this is causing other memory or bandwidth leaks but the main problem is I cannot sync with my assets or preferences, etc. I DID notice that when I go to my CC Assets ONLINE (http://creative.adobe.com/files) they do not match up with the CC folder on my Desktop. Definitely need some help setting this straight. Thanks ... View more

Did this problem begin when you upgraded to Yosemite?  There are major memory leak issues that we've been trying to make Apple aware of for the past week (mainly around Mail.app); the only reason I'm responding here is because what you're describing sounds almost identical to the issues experienced with the Mail.app.  I was running Ps, Ai and Dw simultaneously (along with Bridge) during my daily workflow...I also had Mail.app open at the same time and no problems ever...until I upgraded to Yosemite. The Mail.app would suddenly race to 60 GB (yes that's sixty) of memory usage, freezing the system; I also found it was very difficult to run more than one CC app at a time, and I would have to constantly clean the memory with Memory Clean.  Are you also using Mail.app?  Could be unrelated but, this is how we troubleshoot.  Good luck. ... View more

I believe I have found the solution to this problem. A lot of people have been providing "solutions" to this issue which aren't helpful, simply because they've used a different method of resizing objects using smart guides all along (therefore they wouldn't encounter this issue), or they were answering the wrong question (the question isn't about moving objects around the artboard precisely, but rather resizing/transforming objects precisely using the smart guides). You cannot use the Free Transform tool to precisely transform objects any longer (it will not activate the Smart Guides, it won't react to anything), so it's mostly useless. Now you must only use the Selection Tool (V) to resize objects (and you must have Show Bounding Box turned on in "View").  When you select an object with the Selection Tool and then hover over the corners you can then resize, precisely, because the Smart Guides will now work. I'm guessing the people who were complaining about this were used to using "E" and then making their adjustments, and previously, it worked. No longer. So, now you must go to View > Show Bounding Box.  Then use your Selection Tool (V), and you're good to go. I think, for now, this will keep me from ranting on this forum. ... View more

does this solution work for you when you're trying to resize or transform an object (like a simple rectangle you've already made) and have it snap to say, the document bounds? because it doesn't for me. i cannot get smart guides or anything to snap in the way that it used to or in the way that it would (should) act intuitively. i cannot resize a shape (to make it wider or narrower or taller or shorter) and have the edge (or corner or point) that I'm dragging snap to any other objects. it doesn't work.  it used to work.  whether i hold down the command key or not, it doesn't work. why is this so complicated?  this is the most basic feature of this program...it is causing me to waste so much time over this...WTF?! can someone tell me what the mysterious method is to have smart guides work (nothing is snapping at all, nothing).  i've tried every setting, even the settings people have suggested above that don't make any sense because they may just be a "work around" for this behavior. does someone have a real answer to this? ... View more

maybe the distinction is between "moving" something, which, occasionally it will snap to random things, and "transforming" an object, in which it does not snap to anything, at all, or...sometimes, randomly it does. I can align objects and move full objects around with roughly 50% confidence in the snapping (smart guide) behavior -- sometimes it works, sometimes, for no apparent reason, it doesn't. I cannot, however, transform the size of an object using smart guides.  Are you telling me I must redraw every object from scratch each time I want to resize it? How can I hold the cmd key down while transforming an object I've selected?  It will make a duplicate of the object. Someone show me a video of this actually working. ... View more

I'm back here again, replying to my own post, because I am so frustrated with Illustrator CC right now.  I cannot for the life of me understand why SMART GUIDES DO NOTHING, SNAPPING DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THIS PROGRAM ANYMORE. IT IS COMPLETEY MYSTERIOUS.  IT IS COMPLETELY USELESS! I CAN'T EVEN RESIZE A RECTANGLE TO SNAP THE EDGE OF THE DOCUMENT.  I CAN'T EVEN GET THE STUPID THING TO SNAP TO A GUIDE!  A GUIDE! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?  THIS IS CAUSING ME TO WASTE SO MUCH TIME TRYING TO ENSURE THAT I HAVE THINGS ALIGNED CORRECTLY!!!!!!  I cannot BELIEVE THIS, I am so !%$%$ mad right now. FIX THIS PROBLEM! FIX IT! ... View more

Hmm, holding control doesn't seem to do anything. I've just recorded an example of this crap happening, you can view it here: http://screencast.com/t/evU0t6Gzrf Also, I'm sorry if there IS a fix for this...but this seems like such a basic requirement of this software I shouldn't have to go hunting for the setting/preference to (nor should I have to use some kind of a work-around like I always do) to make Illustrator function properly. Smart Guides USED to function...now I feel like it does absolutely NOTHING.  It does nothing.  I'm constantly checking to make sure I have it on, because it does NOTHING. In the video you'll see all I'm trying to do is snap one rectangle to the edges of another.  First I align the left edge, then I struggle trying to get the right edge to snap to the other rectangle above...it will not snap.  I've tried every setting.  This is just one example, I'm not just trying to resize boxes all the time, this happens with everything (type, linked images, EVERYTHING.) ... View more

Ha! That is amazeballs. ... View more

I've always been frustrated with Illustrator's seemingly inconsistent snapping behavior.  This has been a major frustration and time-waster for me since Illustrator CS.  Another poster above has touched on the alignment tools (and I believe these work amazingly well, once you master them you're almost golden.)  However, just today, I literally can't draw a box to match the size of my artboard.  I REPEAT: I CANNOT DRAW A RECTANGLE TO MATCH THE SIZE OF MY ARTBOARD, IT WILL NOT SNAP TO THE CORNER.  I mean, what is going on here?  Smart guides are "ON", and it tells me I'm in the corner at my point of origin, great...wonderful.  I continue to draw the box down to the bottom-right corner of the artboard and FML IT WILL NOT SNAP to the CORNER. Now, I know I can I just type in the correct dimensions and be done with it, but that's not the point. This drives me crazy. I also feel like it has become increasingly worse with each new version. I have nothing to offer, just wanted to ventilate my rage about this. ... View more