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P: Photoshop Update 27.9.0 Washes Out Image Exports

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July 30, 2026
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I just updated my Photoshop this morning to version 27.9.0 and now, no matter what file format or options I use to export an image, the export appears washed out or sun-bleached.

On a Reddit, I found the solution (posted 11 hours ago, very much in the same timeframe as I began experiencing it), which is to go into Preferences, under Performance, and uncheck Use Graphics Processor:

https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/1vak5kj/photoshop_update_and_now_my_images_look_washed/

This should definitely be fixed. Thanks so much.

Pinned Reply By CShubert

Hey everybody, the fix for this issue has been pushed live today with 27.9.1 release, if you don’t see it yet in your region keep checking back. If the update doesn’t show right away, log out of CCD and back in, this can trigger a clean list of updates.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.9.1 20260803.r.1 65900e1 arm64 (final, Release)

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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arz+host

Participant

I updated Photoshop to version 27.9.0 this morning, and since then every image I export looks washed out, faded, or almost sun-bleached, no matter which format or export settings I try.

I found a fix on Reddit that worked for me: go to Preferences → Performance and turn off “Use Graphics Processor.” After disabling it, the exported images look normal again.

Hopefully Adobe can look into this issue because it seems to have started right after the update. Thanks!

Regards, Alex

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@arz+host the issue is reported as been fixed in version 27.9.1

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Delightful_friends4666

Known Participant

I hope the Photoshop version will be small in size.

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AxelMatt

Community Expert

I hope the Photoshop version will be small in size.

Please be more specific and describe more detailed about your statement.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

CShubert

Community Manager

Hey everybody, the fix for this issue has been pushed live today with 27.9.1 release, if you don’t see it yet in your region keep checking back. If the update doesn’t show right away, log out of CCD and back in, this can trigger a clean list of updates.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.9.1 20260803.r.1 65900e1 arm64 (final, Release)

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

Howard Pinsky

Adobe Employee

Hi everyone. The fix for this has been rolled out in today’s update: Photoshop 27.9.1.

If you don’t see it yet, check for updates within your Creative Cloud app.

Raycatcher

Participant

Hello Howard, I have the same problem and I can not see any new updates on my end.

Howard Pinsky

Adobe Employee

Hi Ray. The update may still be rolling out in some regions but often relaunching the Creative Cloud app and checking for updates should reveal it.

Yamonov

Legend

An Adobe representative said in this thread that a “patch is on the way.” Was the fix for this issue included in version 27.9.1?

--Yamonov

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AxelMatt

Community Expert

@Yamonov , please read this

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

perlfoto1

Participating Frequently

Remarkably, all of this appears to be a due to a bug. As of this morning (04AUG2026) a newly available update to Photoshop Beta (v27.10.0) completely resolves this issue. Equally remarkable, the problem persists in PS 27.9.0 for which I have not yet received an update option. I’d like to think such an update will be forthcoming soon.

Thanks Adobe, for wasting a ton of users time.

cbphoto

Participating Frequently

I’m seeing washed out images, too.

Photoshop v27.9.0 on an Apple MacBook Pro and Apple Studio running the latest OS.

My current fix is to turn ON “Desaturate Monitor Colors By:” and enter in any number. Simply turning on this setting renders an image correctly. (I’ve not tried turning ON the HDR display setting).

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Sleeplessbabs

Participant

This solution worked for my Mac. Glad I checked here about the problem of the faded images. Hopefully the fixed update is released soon. A lot of people are wondering what happened to Photoshop. Isn't Adobe running even a cursory Quality Control check to see how an image looks when opened in Photoshop before they release an update? They must have laid off the QC department or decided to skip checking things out before releasing an update.

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Delightful_friends4666

Known Participant

My laptop is currently running Adobe Photoshop version 27.8.01.13. When will version 27.9 be released on my laptop?

BjamesA

Participant

**EDIT : Updated Wife’s computer from W10 to W11 and issue was immediately resolved, making no other changes.

I’m having this issue on my wife’s PC with Windows 10. I have only seen people reporting this on Mac. We have two PC’s side by side. One is Windows 11 (no issue).

It’s been maybe a week since opening photoshop on this PC. Opened today and this terrible issue presented. None of the fixes mentioned have fixed this problem on my wife’s PC, including:

Disabling the Graphics Processor checkbox
Changing the RGB and HDR color profiles.
“Precise color management for HDR display” - This option is not available on Windows 10, as it is greyed out and specifies on hover that it requires W11 xxxx or newer. Cannot toggle.
Rolling back and installing many different versions. All versions all of a sudden seem to have this issue. (27.8, 27.7, 27.6,27.5,27.3) Tried many, including beta 27.9,27.10. All versions have this issue. I have also fully uninstalled all iterations of photoshop and reset the settings; Then fresh install. No work.

My wife uses Photoshop heavily on her PC; Both release and beta (for the features). So we can confidently say the issue just popped up. Photoshop is very rarely used on my PC (W11). It has 27.5 installed and has no issues. I haven’t tested updating it to 27.8 to see if it breaks it as well. Currently installing W11 on wife’s PC to see if issue resolves.

**EDIT : Updated Wife’s computer from W10 to W11 and issue was immediately resolved, making no other changes.

D Fosse

Community Expert

@BjamesA

This is clearly a different and unrelated issue. Most likely a defective monitor profile, or possibly a GPU driver bug. Display color management is executed in the GPU nowadays, so it can sometimes be difficult to tell which one is the problem. A quick test is to replace the current profile with a known good generic profile like sRGB IEC61966-2.1. It’s not a fix, but it will tell you if the profile is bad.

Manufacturer monitor profiles, released through Windows Update, seem to have gotten better lately, but still some bad profiles slip through.

The fix for this is to use a calibrator to make your profiles, not rely on manufacturer profiles.

BjamesA

Participant

I don’t know why you feel the need to come in and make a definitive statement, calling it “clearly a different and unrelated issue”. Sure, there could be other factors involved, including some of what you mentioned. However, the issue she was experiencing matched almost perfectly with the symptoms described across numerous threads over the past month reporting the same thing suddenly happening at the same time. It would be pretty bizarre if it was not related; But sure, it’s possible. She is just on Windows, instead of Mac OS. As stated in my initial post, changing the color profiles did not resolve the issue.

My wife has used this same system for years. All of a sudden with the latest photoshop updates she was getting this exact washed out issue. Only in photoshop and only after the Camera Raw preview window displays the image properly. Colors correct in any other program.

I’m only posting in here to get more info out in case someone else can use it. The issue looks exactly as described by others’ and appeared suddenly within the last month. For us, after spending hours troubleshooting without being able to resolve the issue, it was immediately fixed after upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the option to click `Precise color management for HDR display` is greyed out and unavailable on Windows 10.

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