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Stefanie33906472rm96
Stefanie33906472rm96
Participant
August 31, 2026
Investigating

P: Photoshop v27.10 UI, Canvas and screen Flickering

Environment:

  • OS: Windows 11 64-bit

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K

  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation

  • Photoshop Version: 27.10

  • Driver: NVIDIA Studio Driver

Issue Description: Immediately after updating to Photoshop v27.10, severe UI and canvas rendering issues began occurring during normal editing. The symptoms include:

  • Rapid flickering where UI elements and the canvas temporarily disappear and instantly reappear (no black or white flashes).

  • When navigating menus (e.g., Preferences), the text briefly vanishes and comes back.

  • While editing, the active photo disappears from the canvas and instantly reappears.

  • The flickering happens extremely fast, rendering the application completely unusable for daily work.

  • This issue is isolated to Photoshop and does not occur in other applications.

Troubleshooting Steps Executed:

  • Verified the monitor is connected directly to the NVIDIA GPU, bypassing the Intel iGPU.

  • Forced High Performance GPU assignment for photoshop.exe via Windows 11 Graphics Settings.

  • Disabled Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) in Windows.

  • Disabled Multi-Plane Overlay (MPO) via the Windows Registry.

  • Disabled GPU Compositing and OpenCL in Photoshop's Advanced Graphics Settings.

Results: The rapid flickering persists despite all GPU and OS-level troubleshooting. The issue is only resolved when Use Graphics Processor is completely disabled in Photoshop Preferences, or when rolling back the installation to v27.9.1. This strongly indicates a regression in GPU rendering specific to v27.10.

      Pinned Reply By Sameer K

      Hey All! Thank you all for reporting this and for the detailed system info; it's been very helpful.

      We've been able to reproduce the UI/canvas flickering issue in Photoshop 27.10, where the screen intermittently darkens and flashes internally. It has been filed with the engineering team for investigation.

      For now, these are the workarounds:

      • Downgrade to Photoshop 27.9.1 via the Creative Cloud app (Other versions > 27.9.1).
      • Go to Edit > Preferences > Performance > uncheck "Foreground Composite Cache" and "Use GPU Compositing." from Advanced settings. (Suggested, not verified)

      Colors shifting on canvas is another issue that has surfaced with PS v27.10, it is being tracked here: 

      We understand this disrupts the core editing workflow and appreciate your patience. We'll update this thread as we have more information.

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      AntonRidd
      Inspiring
      October 12, 2026

      The problem persists on 27.11 and 28.0. There is no fix, and the advice in the pinned message doesn’t help.

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      jk19035953
      Inspiring
      October 12, 2026

      I see no fix in 27.11. So hope for the next update
      https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/whats-new/photoshop-on-desktop-release-notes.html

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      PhotoNpro
      PhotoNpro
      Known Participant
      October 9, 2026

      I'm having a lot of problems on my MacBook Pro, M4.
      I had to return to version 27.8 to get back to a stable situation.
      I'm also having flickering issues on my Windows PC like everyone here !
      I'm really angry at Adobe !!!!

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      Robington
      Participant
      October 7, 2026

      I also have the same problem. For me the screen flickering started in version 27.10 so I had to roll back to 27.9.1 which works fine. Just tried the latest 27.11 version hoping the issue had been fixed to be disappointed that it hasn’t. So I’m now back onto 27.9.1. Hope it gets fixed soon.

       

      Windows 11
      Nvidia 3080 ti GPU with the latest studio drivers
      LG UltraGear 4K Monitor 32GR93U

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      James318060693eri
      Known Participant
      October 6, 2026

      I have managed to find a way to resolve this which may help.  Like many i have an HDR capable system, but it is always switched off at the OS level.  With photoshop or beta opened, at the OS level i switched HDR on....problem dissapears 100%, no more saturation or contrast issues.  Switch it back off at OS level, then it returns right in front of your eyes.  Hope that helps, be interesting to see how many this works for.

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      somebody_once_told_me
      Participant
      October 6, 2026

      The issue persists with 27.11.

      I rolled back to 27.7 where I was before due to a plethora of other unrelated issues (heavy banding in layer masks)

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      LeoD25
      Participant
      October 6, 2026

      Has the screen flickering issue from Photoshop 27.10 been fixed in this update?

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        AppleAddict001
        Known Participant
        October 6, 2026
        1. For what it’s worth this seems to be a Windows OS  vs Photoshop 26.10 issue. I am not having a similar problem with my Mac OS Tahoe 26.7. This is why everyone should specify the “machine” and the Operating System one is working on. Troubleshooting an issue requires “specifics”. I am having OTHER problems however but not related to this thread.
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        James318060693eri
        Known Participant
        October 6, 2026

        I noticed starting the app in windows 8 comparability mode also makes it disappear. Unfortunately the performance trade off from doing that doesn't make it worth it

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        James318060693eri
        Known Participant
        October 6, 2026

        I have managed to find a way to resolve this which may help.  Like many i have an HDR capable system, but it is always switched off at the OS level.  With photoshop or beta opened, at the OS level i switched HDR on....problem dissapears 100%, no more saturation or contrast issues.  Switch it back off at OS level, then it returns right in front of your eyes.  Hope that helps, be interesting to see how many this works for - be intereting especially if this works for you, its cleared it up for me for sure

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        jurajz14892039
        Known Participant
        October 5, 2026

        Now that the version 27.11 is out, did anybody tried it and can confirm that the issue has been resolved?

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        BAMimages
        BAMimages
        Inspiring
        October 5, 2026

        I’ve already posted about this.  No, the new version which came out this week hasn’t fixed the issue.

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        BAMimages
        BAMimages
        Inspiring
        October 5, 2026

        Photoshop has just updated (4th October) to the latest version and this issue is still happening.  It’s unacceptable to bring out a new version when it doesn't address a known bug like this.

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          volnoriz
          Participating Frequently
          October 6, 2026

          That’s typical Adobe policy: if something works for the majority of users but not for the minority, then screw the minority—we don't care about their problems, kinda ‘shut up and enjoy new version with a new super-dooper AI “click to make it beautiful” feature!’.

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