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P: Black screen Photoshop

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May 8, 2025
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All the files I open for photoshop are showing up as a black page. The layers are clickable but not visible.

Desktop-macOS

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Twointheroom

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Bonjour,

Les photos s'ouvrent totalement noires, impossible de travailler sur la dernière version de Ps BETA. (Mise à jour actuelle 26.8). J'ai essayé pas mal de solutions, y compris celles de supprimer certains fichiers en passant par la bibliothèque (sous Mac).

Obligé de travailler depuis avec la dernière version de Ps classique.

J'espère qu'une prochaine màj intégrera un correctif à ce problème.

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@Twointheroom Beta versions are only meant for testing purposes and not meant to be used for normal day use, sounds like you're experiencing this issue

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-photoshop-2025-v26-6-bug-black-document-window/idi-p/15286498

There's another thread about the issue on the Beta forum

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-bugs/p-black-screen-photoshop/idi-p/15311163

Edit, try using version 26.6.1 instead

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/fixed-issues.html

silk-m

Community Expert

The problematic "26.8.0 20250507.m.3067" has been fixed in "26.8.0 20250508.m.3068".

--Susumu Iwasaki

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defaulteyrgkg6su0oa

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layer thumbs are visible, and tools are functional, but the canvas remains black. This happened right after the upggrade to 26.8

OS 15.3.2

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defaulth6z4vtxlyq7e

Participating Frequently

Since downloading the latest version of PS-Beta (v.26.8.0) imported fotos in the main working-window of PS stay completely black, while the navigator shows the imported picture correctly. Following that I testet a sort of "blind working" in the main window and exported the blindly alternated pic. It showed a corrrect appearance.

So: what's wrong with PS's permanently black main-window ?!

Many thanks for hints,

= Thomas =

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defaulth6z4vtxlyq7e

Participating Frequently

MShubert's advice works: turnig off the GPU (temporarily) does the job. - Many thanks again,

= Thomas =

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André36678699dyam

Known Participant

yes i'll wait for the update...

KariKorpihete

Known Participant

Yes, it was fixed here!

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Benjamin5FB3

Participant

On the last update any psd file I have that uses artboards is completely blacked out. I cannot see content at all

Trevor.Dennis

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See this thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-bugs/p-black-screen-photoshop/idi-p/15311163

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EricGerards

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I just updated to the latest Beta version of Photoshop (26.8.m.3067). When I open a RAW file, it's of course initially opened in Adobe RAW, but when I click 'Open' to open it in Photoshop, then the photo is displayed as a black rectangle. When I use tools that do a preview, I am getting the actual image in the preview part of that specific tool, so the image data is actually somewhere.

When I switch back to the regular version of Photoshop, the issue is gone and opening a RAW file results in a visible photo in Photoshop and no longer a black rectangle.

Did an additional check: it looks like opening *any* photo in the last Beta version gives a black rectangle instead of the actual photo, so it's not restricted to photos that were opened via Adobe RAW first.

I'll will revert back to the regular version of Photoshop until Adobe has fixed this bug.