P: Allow customization/hiding of the splash screen

Aghh. Spoke too soon. If I start Photoshop from Lightroom, LR of course does not seek out the shortcut with the NoSplash option so I get the ugly splash image. I will have to remember to start Photoshop from the link before calling it from Lightroom.

Please, Adobe, give Photoshop a simple NoSplash toggle.

Lightroom has a setting in Preferences > General to toggle "show splashscreen during startup" which does the job nicely.

As for Photoshop not showing anything at all during the load... I prefer a program to show something as it is loading, as LR does even without the splash screen, so that I can see I activated the program. Having Photoshop show nothing during the load is kind of weird as I have to wait many seconds before I know whether or not my click worked.

I'd prefer the ability to simply choose another image or the standard icon, but Many Thanks, Gaz, for this shortcut solution.  NoSplash is better than the nightmare.

Good evening, Gaz. Thank you for you tip. I'm running on mac. Should you say me how I can do to remove the image ?
Thank you by forehand,

Koenraad

I am using the latest version of Windows 10 (Version 1709).
I have a link to Photoshop pinned to my taskbar. I did not have to unpin it to get this addition to work. I simply modified the properties of the photoshop link that was on the taskbar.

There is an interesting side benefit to disabling the splash screen: Photoshop no longer forces its way to the front but instead will load in the background like every well-behaved app should load.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Lightroom. The no splash switch seems to work in Lightroom as well, but it still forces its way to the front and refuses to load in the background.

Thanks for the heads up. I doubt this will ever be addressed by a preference setting. They need to remove the image.
RONC

Great, Gaz, thank you! This splash don't bothers me but Photoshop starts then faster. Small addition for those who are unfamiliar with params for exe file - on windows, if we have link to file at desktop - open properties of link to Photoshop and add as Gaz sad  -NoSplash to the path.
If you have Win10 and link to Photoshop is pinned to task bar - unpin it, start Photoshop from the link at desktop with param, and then pin it to the task bar.

I followed the "About" trail for PS 2018 from the program to the About concerning the artwork/artists.

Apparently, this artist also provided the splash screen for the 2015 InDesign app. 

My guess is that Adobe may have paid for this artwork and as a consequence would be reluctant or perhaps even contractually restricted from either removing it or allowing customers to remove it.

That would be a shame. While the InDesign splash screen seems appropriate and non-controversial to me, the artwork for Photoshop 2018 is anything BUT non-controversial.

The subject seems to have been the victim of some type of tragic event or crisis. To me, the eyes are pleading for help -- which may be the artists' goal given the samples on the page for the artists.

Wouldn't most companies want non-controversial splash screens rather than something that is polarizing? Although the art may be, to some, an excellent piece of art (obviously not to others given the comments in this thread) I just don't think that it is appropriate to the usage as a splash screen.

You blew it, Adobe. Admit your mistake, pay off the artist's commission, and allow for the elimination and/or replacement of this art for your splash screen.

Please, please, PLEASE give me an option to disable the Photoshop splash screen.  CC 2018 is so vile, I'd rather use Gimp than see this lurid over-cooked image sully my workspace. 

My request (allow changing startup splash image) was merged into a thread that started FIVE YEARS AGO??? I give up all hope of this problem being addressed.