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February 26, 2025
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Pen Tool Leaving a Trail Issue in Adobe Photoshop (Latest Version)

  • February 26, 2025
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I'm experiencing an issue with the Pen Tool in Adobe Photoshop where it leaves a trail behind as I use it. This is the first time I've encountered this problem, and I'm using the latest version of Adobe Photoshop.

Here are the steps I've taken to try to resolve the issue:

  1. Path Options: I ensured that I selected either "Path" or "Shape" options while using the Pen Tool.

  2. Layer Styles: I checked my layer styles to confirm that there were no effects like "Stroke" or "Outer Glow" applied.

  3. Restarted Photoshop: I closed and reopened Photoshop to see if it was a temporary glitch.

  4. Reset Photoshop Settings: I reset Photoshop settings  when starting the application and confirmed the reset.

  5. Checked for Updates: I verified that I am using the most recent version of Adobe Photoshop.

Despite these efforts, the issue persists. I would greatly appreciate any advice or solutions you can provide to resolve this problem.

Thank you!

 
 

3 replies

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2025

Yes, definitely looks like a video card issue.  You can test by turning off GPU acceleration in Preferences > Performance.

Kerem_623Author
Participating Frequently
February 26, 2025

after helping messages adobe community I closed photshop and get some rest of my computer I DON'T have this issue anymore so took ı picture of the preference that you wanted me to test it but is this the true preferences for my computer you can see on the top of preferences available ram and right now this issue is gone but will it come back if I work too much on my comğuter just curious or for another reason will it be back thank you for helping me

 

davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2025

If you have to come back please do what we asked and go to Help > System info and click copy. Then paste the info into this thread.

Dave

davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2025

It looks like a GPU issue. Can you go to Help>System info and press the copy button. Then paste the info into a post here, it will tell us about the GPU in use.
Dave

Participant
February 26, 2025

Hey, it's seems your see the mouse piont trace. May be you should enlarge RAM for Photoshop or  turn on/off Graphic Processor?