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henkiewenkie
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May 22, 2019
Question

Is it normal that PS starts lagging with this brush?

  • May 22, 2019
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Hey guys

So Im working with an Wacom Intuos 5 on a digital painting (just started doing this) that I want to print out later on (1.20 x 1.20 meters) .

My file is pretty basic, only 5 or 6 layers and the file size is about 650MB. Resolution is 15.000x15.000 pixels @ 300 DPI and 8-bit ( maybe a bit overkill but i did this to test it out)

When I start painting with a basic soft round brush...i have no lag with the Wacom (or mouse)  and it seems to work fine.

However, as soon as i use a 'more specific' brush... Im getting lots of lag. For example...the default brush in photoshop called: Round Blunt Medium stiff.
This has no brush settings enabled, so its still pretty basic.. But already giving me tons of lag when I use it (with pen, but also just with mouse)..

My question is.. is this behavior normal? Because the canvas size is so big? Or am I missing something in the settings that I can change to fix this. Becuase im going to use a lot of specific brushes (watercolor brushes) that I bought.. and they also have this problem which makes them unusable for this size...

I have a powerfull PC, so shouldnt it just work without lag?

this is what I did so far to solve this

- seperate scratch disk
- smoothness to 0- turn of my second monitor

- set 'history and cache' to huge pixel dimensions
- GPU drivers are updated

This is my PC setup

CPU: Ryzen threadripper 2950X (16 cores)

Motherboard: X399 DESIGNARE EX

Ram: GSkills 64GB

SSD/HDD: 3x Samsung Evo 970 -  1TB / 3x WD HDD 2TB (raid)

GPU: GeForce GTX1080Ti

PSU: corsair HX1000

Chassis: Fractal Design Define R6

OS: Windows Home 10 - 64 Bit

any pointers are appreciated

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davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2019

What is the brush size?

Dave

henkiewenkie
Participating Frequently
May 23, 2019

I noticed lag with a brush size of 3px (just a little bit)..and it gets worse if the brush gets bigger...

But when I just use the default round brush 'soft round'... i have no lag at all..no matter the size (eg 500px works just fine)

josephlavine
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2019

I came across these a while back on this topic and thought it might help.

LAG FIX photoshop cc 2018 - YouTube

Adobe Lightroom GPU Troubleshooting and FAQ

leds2097726
Inspiring
May 22, 2019

It's a bug that Adobe either refuse or are unable to fix. Search for "brush tool lag" on here and you'll see that many of us have had our workflows destroyed by this bug. None of the workarounds work permanently or reliably.