P: Photoshop drawing random lines when using tools (Remove, Brush and other drawing tools)

Thanks! :-)

​@S Froehlich you’re not alone

I’ve been experiencing this weird brush tool issue where a single click causes random drawing behavior that sometimes is a simple wild stroke to a series of random scribbling that will fill the entire screen (video attached—those are single brush clicks causing the weird random drawing). This has been happening for the last 3 versions of Photoshop, and strangely enough, it seems to go away randomly, enough so that I’ve not been able to grab a video capture of the issue until just now. I’ve reset the brush tool as well as all tools to no avail. Anyone have a magic button for this? I’ll even take the longform mechanical fix if it exists. 🤢

It seems that’s also the known issue described here: P: Photoshop drawing random lines when using tools (Remove, Brush and other drawing tools) | Adobe DME

You can  try to check your graphic device driver and in necessary update to the recent version. If you’ve installed a Nvidia card make sure that you install the recent Studio Version of the driver. Don’t use the Game Ready version.

Try also to reset the Photoshop preferences. somtetimes it may help.

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually

Remember to back up your settings before doing the preference reset:

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preset-migration.html

If this doesn’t help, provide a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the Photoshop menu item Help > System Info. There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into your next forum post. 

screen capture of what’s happening when I try to use brushes.  example: I can’t paint a single stroke.  When I try is dhoots lines all over the screen.

Thanks. You saved my day (and life) ♡

I have the same problem with selection tools and some other tools. They live their own lives when I use them. I reset them all but didn’t get help. I have lot of works and I really need help. 

That erratic scribble with the Remove Tool happens sometimes when tablet or mouse pressure sensitivity glitches out, even on regular mice.

Try resetting preferences first (back up actions/brushes), then switch the graphics processor to Basic or Off in Preferences > Performance if it's on Advanced.

If that doesn't calm it, disable Use Graphics Processor entirely and test. Worked for a similar wild line issue on my setup last update. What does your System Info show for GPU?