Photoshop 23.2.2 Decreasing speed, freezing and crashing during painting – Solved?
During the various updates of PS 2022 23.x.x I experienced a distinct slow down during drawing tasks. Then as we approached vs 23.2.2 cursor wheels, screen freezes then crashes became common.
As an example, previous frequently performed tasks such as stroking paths using brushes with high % spacing (dots) became impossible without a crash. Also using the Workspace’s Maximum/Restore button resulted in multiple canvases appearing and Panels undocking and becoming stranded all over the desktop before the inevitable crash.
I naturally assumed my PC was developing a fault so days were spent testing and stressing my hardware. Finally after a period of nil productivity I looked at the fault from a new angle and following an unrelated clue, I hit on a sort of ‘fix’ for my problem. Hope this might help anyone also suffering from similar issues.
I found this was related to one PS ‘Preference’ setting:
Edit > Preferences > Technology Previews > Deactivate Native Canvas.
Tick the box then Click OK then Close and Restart Photoshop.
I have no illusions that this solves the problem but it might be a clue to the probable cause of the bug.
Desktop: Adobe Photoshop Version: 23.2.2, Windows 10 64-bit Version: 10 10.0.19043.1586
Intel CPU i7, 2.904 GHz, 16GB RAM, GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER(6GB RAM)
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