Issues working with multiple artboards

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November 12, 2025
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My work requires working with multiple artboards. The issue is that whenever I move layers between artboards, Photoshop freezes, sometimes briefly and sometimes for longer. I'm guessing this is not normal.

My work system packs a 10700K, 64 GB of RAM, and an RTX 4070ti. I believe it's a decent rig, and I'm sure it's not the cause of all this. Maybe I missed a setting?

Searching the web didn't help. Posting here is my last resort.

Windows

Sameer K

Community Manager

Hey, @mustafa_bepari. Welcome to the Photoshop Community. I'll need more info to help you figure this out. Please share the system information from Photoshop Help > System Info> Copy and paste it into a text document, then upload and attach it here.

Does this happen with documents of all sizes? How many artboards do you usually work with?

Try this:

Go to Photoshop > Settings (CMD/CTRL + K) > Performance > Advanced Settings > Disable 'GPU Compositing' & restart Photoshop.

Check if it helps & let us know how it goes. Thanks!

Sameer K

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mustafa_bepariAuthor

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@Sameer K
Yes, it happens with artboards of all sizes. I usually work with 1080x1080 documents and mostly 3-5 artboards.

Turning off 'GPU Compositing' seems to have fixed it for now. I'll try working on more documents and will post back with the result.

Thank you so much, Sameer.

System_Info.txt

Sameer K

Community Manager

Thanks for sharing this. The Scratch disk is set up on an X driver with about 60 GB of free space. Depending on the number & sizes of documents you work on, the scratch space can get used up pretty quickly.

Also, you can follow the content here to make sure you've optimized Photoshop to best fit your workflow needs: https://adobe.ly/47XLcKn

Thanks!
Sameer K
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