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Laggy adjustment layers remain in 22.5

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August 18, 2021
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Adjustment layers in 22.5 (as in many previous versions) are still laggy. Modifying a curve adjustment layer is not smooth. The effect on the canvas doesn't get applied smoothly as the curve is modified. The adjustment layer points or sliders get stuck to the cursor and when you think you've left the adjustment where you want it and move the cursor away, the adjustment moves one last time. This makes it impossible to do fine adjustments on the values of adjustment layers with the pen/mouse.

This has been going for many versions and it's the reason I roll back several versions every time a new update comes out.
Yes I'm on the latest drivers. Yes my computer is high end. Yes I know my way around Photoshop's preferences and I've tried every possible change. How much longer until this gets addressed Adobe? You keep adding new features while the professional user experience is worse than it has ever been.

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pubcrawler.13

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I can confirm that this is very much as issue. The last version was working flawlessly; updated to 22.5 yesterday, and immediately the program is all but unusable. In addition to everything listed above, the screen constantly flickers, especially when working with masks, it regularly slows to a crawl and even freezes entirely for about 30 seconds, saving files takes forever, the list goes on and on. The long and short of it is that PS is essentially unusable at this point - almost as if memory usage has gone through the roof.

Like omarjosef, I have gone through every possible fix/setting (up to and including uninstalling/reinstalling), and my machine is on the higher end with a 2080 Super, 32g RAM, etc etc. And again, just to reiterate, I was able to run PS as flawlessly as I can run Notepad until the latest version dropped - the issue clearly lies with the update. Here's hoping they're aware of it and will issue a new patch/version ASAP.

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William.Bennett

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I have the issue in 22.2

c.pfaffenbichler

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I have the issue in 22.2

By @William.Bennett

Why are you using an obsolete Photoshop version?

c.pfaffenbichler

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This is primarily a user Forum, so you are not really addressing Adobe here, even though some Adobe employees thankfully have been dropping by.

Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for more timely and effective answers”):

https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community/community-how-to-guide-tips-amp-best-practices/td-p/11601738?page=1

I am certainly not saying there are no bugs but I cannot reproduce this issue (22.5.0 on MacOS 10.15.3).

omarjosef.comAuthor

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So basically you buy photoshop and you're dependant on an Adobe employee dropping by the forum?

For every version of Photoshop that comes out, tens of posts are opened addressing the lag in the adjustment layers, how jerky the liquify tool is (zooming and brush resizing) and nothing. Years and years of mentioning these problems and all for nothing. Oh, but now we have a sky replacement tool that no professional needed ever... great.

This lag may be a windows issue and the only necessary steps to reproduce is to... use photoshop. If you don't notice how laggy they are, it only means you don't work at the speed a professional works at.

c.pfaffenbichler

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@omarjosef.com wrote:

So basically you buy photoshop and you're dependant on an Adobe employee dropping by the forum?

No, you buy a license and if you have problems you need to do some troubleshooting.

If that does not resolve the issue and no other component can be identified as the »culprit« then you can still post a Bug Report over on

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If you don't notice how laggy they are, it only means you don't work at the speed a professional works at.

I work on Mac and I do not experience this issue.

What about the pertinent information mentioned in the link I posted already; or do you want to vent instead of trouble-shoot?

Does turning off »Use Graphics Processor« in the Performance Preferences (Photoshop > Preferences > Performance > Graphic Processor Settings) and restarting Photoshop have any bearing on the issue?

Does turning on »Deactivate Native Canvas« (Photoshop > Preferences > Technology Previews) and restarting Photoshop have any bearing on the issue?

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