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vincent_8939
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Jan 28, 2026 11:31 AM UTC
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P: Photoshop drawing random lines when using tools (Remove, Brush and other drawing tools)

Bonjour,

Quand j'utilise l'Outil Correcteur Localisé en cliquant avec ma souris sur une zone de la photo à l’écran, une multitude de lignes partent dans tous les sens. Donc cet outil ne fonctionne plus depuis plusieurs jours. Est-ce un bug ?

    Pinned Reply By Bkelley01

    I was having the same issues with multiple tools in Photoshop. Finally after a day of trying all things, we have found a solution on Reddit. I tried it and it fixed it right up. This is for PC only.

    1. Create a text document with Notepad. Name it “PSUserConfig.txt”
    2. Write “UseSystemStylus 0” in the text body (that’s a zero not an “O”)
    3. Save it in “C:\Users\*YOUR USER NAME*\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2026\Adobe Photoshop 2026 Settings

    (In step 3, *YOUR USER NAME* is unique to whatever your username is.)

    Restart photoshop and the tools should work again. 

    Credit to u/Professional_Use442 on Reddit for sharing this fix. Note: If you want to use the stylus again you’ll have to follow their instructions on how to re--enable the stylus mode.

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    maleificentX
    Participant
    Mar 16, 2026 10:11 PM UTC

    This is also happening to me. It’s impossible to finish my edit - when will this bug be fixed???

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    Legend
    Mar 17, 2026 12:29 PM UTC

    Are you using a graphics tablet?

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    S Froehlich
    Participant
    Mar 12, 2026 11:50 AM UTC

    Thanks! :-)

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    Ged_Traynor
    Community Expert
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    Mar 12, 2026 11:01 AM UTC

    ​@S Froehlich you’re not alone

     

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    S Froehlich
    Participant
    Mar 12, 2026 10:41 AM UTC

     

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    Legend
    Mar 12, 2026 3:31 PM UTC

    Do you have a drawing tablet? I haven’t seen this in a while but it was happening on Windows 10 maybe 4-5 years ago for me. I suspect it was a memory-related problem.

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    Ged_Traynor
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    Feb 24, 2026 8:30 AM UTC

    ​@jy_BAS the issue has been reported here

     

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    jy_BAS
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    Feb 23, 2026 10:32 PM UTC

    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. 🤢

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    Community Expert
    Feb 21, 2026 8:37 AM UTC

    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. 

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    My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 26H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
    Russ25705525tyj3
    Participant
    Feb 20, 2026 6:14 PM UTC

    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.

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    marjappee
    Participant
    Feb 10, 2026 2:15 PM UTC

    Thanks. You saved my day (and life) ♡

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    marjappee
    Participant
    Feb 10, 2026 11:52 AM UTC

    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. 

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    Ged_Traynor
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    Feb 10, 2026 12:22 PM UTC

    ​@marjappee you’re replying to a 4-year-old thread, there’s a more recent thread here

     

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