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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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      ardalanp40049170
      ardalanp40049170
      Participant
      October 4, 2026

      Same problem here with the flikering … I’m working on a RTC 4080 SUPER 

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      Summy G
      Participant
      October 4, 2026

      I think I may have found a workaround for this issue.

      I was experiencing the same screen flickering / black and gray canvas problem in Photoshop 27.10. I tried disabling the Graphics Processor, but the problem continued.

      I then downgraded Photoshop to version 27.9.1, and the problem completely disappeared. I’ve been working with 27.9.1 and so far I haven’t experienced the flickering or black/gray screen issue again.

      So if anyone else is struggling with this after the 27.10 update, it may be worth trying Photoshop 27.9.1 as a temporary workaround.

      Hopefully Adobe can identify and fix whatever is causing this in a future update. Just sharing my experience in case it helps someone else.

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      davidson_5759
      Participant
      October 3, 2026

      Estou passando pelo mesmo problema qual a melhor versão gente ?

       

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      BAMimages
      BAMimages
      Inspiring
      October 3, 2026

      Another Photoshop user here with the same issue of the image canvas darkening whenever any action is performed.  The only way to stop this is to disabled use of Graphics Processing, but this then makes scrolling glitchy and slows down PS overall.

      This thread is over a month old now - please can Adobe come up with a fix.  I’m a working photographer who needs Photoshop, plus I am paying each month for a fully working piece of software.

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        riches68
        Participant
        October 1, 2026

        Have the same, bright flashes when using Photoshop, on RTX5080 with the latest studio driver.
        It’s very annoying, every few minutes or so it seems like a white frame is inserted.
        I hope Adobe is fully aware and on it to resolve this asap.

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        Spas K.
        Community Expert
        Spas K.Community Expert
        Community Expert
        September 30, 2026

        Hi, there are some known issues with UI flickering, color accuracy and performance with version 27.10 - you can check out this thread for more details and workarounds, one of which is rolling back to the previous version. 

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          bartb73250458
          Participant
          September 30, 2026

          thanks a lot, very helpful. I’ve rolled it back to previous version and it’s fine

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          bartb73250458
          Participant
          September 30, 2026

          anyone knows what’s this about? just yesterday updated the Photoshop to v27.10 and this started to happen. TIA

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          ianmoss-retoucher
          ianmoss-retoucher
          Known Participant
          September 30, 2026

          There is another thread where this issue is addressed - 

           

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          BWW49
          Inspiring
          September 29, 2026

          I have the same flickering issue on a WIndows 11, 64 bit, machine using Nvidia Studio Driver. In addition to the flickering issue, the color rendering is off on images sent to PS from LR Classic: reddish cast in PS.

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          steveo65753084
          Participating Frequently
          September 29, 2026

          My Windows 11 PC does not have GSYNC.

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