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Photoshop Update 27.9.0 Washes Out Image Exports

Forum|Forum|3 days ago
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.

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.

erin30530074a561

Participant

Reverting back to 27.8 seems to work for me while keeping GPU processor going.

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cody_cuellar

Adobe Employee

Hi all, patch is on the way - in the meantime, the most correct fix in the current build is:

Click ‘Photoshop 2026’ from the top menu.
Settings… > Technology Previews...
ENABLE `Precise color management for HDR display`
Restart Photoshop

The name of the setting sounds counterintuitive, but it should be ON at this time even when HDR display or images are not involved. This will allow you to keep GPU acceleration and get the correct color management of the document to display the same as before this bug showed up.

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Arnie25177844ow85

Participating Frequently

The procedure works, only after i clicked, unclicked and restarted the program twice.

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Arnie25177844ow85

Participating Frequently

I concur this just started with recent update. What in the world!!! See screen capture. Left shows INDD display, right shows RGB image in Photoshop without any adjustments—two or three times as bright as the original file.
IMAC 2020, OS 26.5, PSD 27.9.0

Adobe, please stop messing around with the programs so much.

brandonmiltgenSZAuthor

Participant

Thanks, Shristi and Mr+Hahn. I had the same results as Mr+Hahn, checking the boxes for both “Precise color management for HDR display” and “Use Graphics Processor”—leaving both on after a restart of Photoshop—appears to have solved the issue.

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi @brandonmiltgenSZ

Thanks for reaching out, and I'm sorry you're experiencing this issue with the latest Photoshop release. Could you please try the following steps?

Go to Settings > Technology Previews.
Uncheck "Precise Color Management for HDR Display."
Restart Photoshop.
If the option is already unchecked, toggle it on and off, restart Photoshop, and let us know if that makes any difference.

If this doesn't help and the problem persists, please share your System Info report:

Go to Help > System Info
Click Copy
Paste the entire report in your reply.

Also, share a few screenshots if possible. This information will help us investigate the issue further.

Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe

Mr+Hahn

Participant

Initially I did as @brandonmiltgenSZ did, went to Performance, and uncheck Use Graphics Processor. Now I tried turning it back on to use this fix @Srishti Bali posted and as expected the images I opened were washed out again after I enabled the GPU option.

On my machine, “Precise color management for HDR display” was already unchecked. I did as instructed above, “If the option is already unchecked, toggle it on and off, restart Photoshop” and that didn’t fix it. I still had washed out images with the “Use Graphics Processor” option enabled.

So I checked the box for “Precise color management for HDR display”, left it checked on, hit ok, and restarted Photoshop again. This time I got normal images and it has remained normal after a few restarts of Photoshop with no issues. So for me, checking the box for “Precise color management for HDR display” and leaving it on has fixed my problem with with “Use Graphics Processor” box also checked on.

Weird that it’s backwards for me. I’m on a Mac Studio with M4 Max and Photoshop 27.9.0

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi @Mr+Hahn

I am sorry I got it confused with a different bug:

Please follow the instructions shared above by @cody_cuellar

Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe

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