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Has anyone experienced this?

Forum|Forum|21 days ago
July 9, 2026
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This is truly bizarre. I created a action to crop a bunch of images. The action only has 2 parts.

1. Select Subject
2. Image/Crop

I used Automate/Batch to run it on a folder with 48 small clothing images that I downloaded from a site that sells blank garments. Here’s the crazy part. As I watched the screen run the action, a garment would pop up, momentarily process, and the lights in my room flickered 3 or 4 times, on each garment! LOL There were 48 images, so I had plenty of time to make sure that I’m not imagining it. 48 times my ceiling light flickered, perfectly timed to each imaged just before it closed the image. The image would open, process, lights flicker, then image closed. So what does this mean? Does this mean that Photoshop actually caused an energy surge to do each of these little images. Each image sizes averaged 500KB. I’ve been a Photoshop user for several decades and this is the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen.

I’m using Photoshop 27.8

OS Name   Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version   10.0.19045 Build 19045
Processor   AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core Processor, 3094 Mhz, 12 Core(s), 24 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)   32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory   31.9 GB
Available Physical Memory   12.5 GB
Total Virtual Memory   71.2 GB
Available Virtual Memory   39.8 GB
Page File Space   39.3 GB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection   Off
Virtualization-based security   Not enabled
Device Encryption Support   Elevation Required to View
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions   Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions   Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware   Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection   Yes

Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti. Driver version 610.47

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

Just a wild guess, but it sounds like PS might be pulling more power during that part of the action and causing a slight power fluction. Is the computer on the same circuit as the lights? The other issue is that LED lights can be very temperamental and flicker easily. There could be all sorts of types of interference coming from your comouter. You might want to try an incandescent light, if that works with your fixture. I've got a bathroom light that flickers. I changed the bulb and it was working for a while, but now it's flickering again.

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KuttyjoeAuthor

Inspiring

Is it possible for the wall outlet to be on the same circuit as the lights? I have no idea. The thing is, I think the PC does some things that I would expect to draw more power. Like, I’ve been messing around with 3D projects and the fans in the PC suddenly turn on really loud. I imagine that some energy must be getting used there but that little action doesn’t cause the PC to struggle.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

Do you live in an area where your power poles look like this:

If not, then I honestly think you have a super-power that is coming to life:

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KuttyjoeAuthor

Inspiring

Haha. No, but I’ll tell you this. In 2023 I spent 8 months in a country where the electricity went out everyday and sometimes several times during the day. There was a generator in the parking lot that that would come on after the power went out but we couldn’t use the AC on the generator because that would shut off the generator. I worked with Photoshop everyday full time in my apartment. Even in that situation, Photoshop didn’t dim the lights! LOL Where I live in the US, electricity is very stable. I’m starting to believe in gremlins.

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LAMY2017

Legend

For testing purposes, move the power cord to an outlet on another branch circuit.

Watch Task Manager to look for CPU and RAM being taxed. If your computer is doing a lot of processing, this could cause the flickering [e.g., too many appliances drawing power].

Any appliances being switched on that hadn’t been, like A/C?

When I worked in IT, a coworker would warm her food in the microwave at noon. Coworkers in the next room were unaware of activities in their areas, scratched their heads when a server would crash.

Larry

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KuttyjoeAuthor

Inspiring

LOL Well, I honestly would not expect a power surge when Photoshop is executing this 2 part action. I may do some experiments with it later to try to see what is happening when I run that action.

jane-e

Community Expert

@Kuttyjoe

Gremlins!

I have no idea what caused this, but agree that it’s the most bizarre Photoshop thing that I’ve ever heard! 🫨

Jane

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