Photoshop CC 2019 super slow

As I said before guys, do check you are on the 20.0.1 release via your CC app. I was having major issues with 20 but I went and found this update and it sorted it for me. Good luck.

Fixed issues in Adobe Photoshop CC

Hello!

I think that it would be useful for the impacted users to share their help-system info. That way, we can see what is the common denominator, that causes issues in their system, that other users do not encounter.

OK so that blows that idea.

However, I just went to the CC app and found there were new updates for both v19 and v20 which I wasn't prompted about. I've updated both and just been having a quick look. My v19 was affected after installing v20 but seems to be functioning much more like it used to now and early signs are that v20.0.1 is much more responsive that the first version. In the CC app it said the updates addressed several critical issues that had become apparent since release.

Check whether you have any updates available then - maybe they've started fixing it now that all us paying beta testers are complaining

How many of us experiencing this laggy crap are on Windows PCs?

I am pretty sure all the PS dev work happens on Macs

I'm a PC (Win 10 x64, Quadcore Core i7 3.5gHz,  512GB SSD OS, 2 x dedicated scratch partitions on separate drives, several TB of storage on further separate drives, 16gb RAM, GForce GTX750 Ti

I have the exact same experience. As a seasoned retoucher and Photoshop instructor I immediately noticed that something was completely wrong. Even on a VERY fast pc based workstation with overclocked cores and superfast nvme storage there's noticable lag across the board, especially saving, but also running scripts and workspace related issues.

Its so bad I simply cant use 2019 as my daily driver as it is simply TOO SLOW even on pimped-out system to be usable.

What annoys is me to no end is the way Adobe keeps pushing out beta grade releases instead of waiting and FIXING glaring and obvious shortcomings. It all comes down to sloppy QC, bad management and bad business practices.

Why do you keep p.... of your customers ?

Anyways, Im warning everybody to NOT "upgrade" and stay on CC 2018 for as long as possible.

the steps like legacy compositing do help immensely, however there’s still a noticeable lag, particularly during the first brush stroke. If I do a lot of strokes it’s not too bad, but if I stop and then start a series of brush strokes, I get that initial 1-2 second lag. Not good when I’m doing illustration work. Thankfully I also have 2018 on my MacBook which moves as smooth as butter for illustration work. At the moment, the new features on 2019 are doing me well with design work. Hopefully an updathe will emerge soon that will solve the lag issue

I gave up and reinstalled Photoshop 2018 and everything works fine! And it works fast even with files of 1-2 TB size! Photoshop 20 is a failure. What is the sense to updowngrade it?

I've noticed you can get some improvements by closing background application that use a lot of GPU/VideoRAM (like 3D software).

One thing that also improves my PS performance (both in CC2018 an 19) is unchecking "30 Bit Display" in the advanced GPU settings dialogue.

I wish Adobe takes this issue seriously. Releasing versions with a performance drop like this just isn't OK. Shouldn't have gone through QA.

Me too !  cc2019 super slow, really laggy, cc2018 is fine no problems. I have checked suggestions, in my opinion cc2019 is currently useless & unusable. I have a lot of work to do & i can't keep waiting for simple things like the the eraser to catch up !

I've given up on 2019 as well, and gone back to 2018 for the same reasons. Legacy compositing doesn't help. 2019 is terribly laggy. Typing text - no characters appear while typing. Waiting for tools to change on click or to pan/zoom - it's all hopeless. Adobe have a history of doing this kind of thing. For some time now I thought we'd left those poor implementation problems behind because CC2018 updates have generally been fine. But it seems like the bad old days are back once again. Why should customers have to delete all their preferences and waste time setting it all up again because of poor coding / deployment?