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bennyyyv
bennyyyv
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April 20, 2022
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Photoshop loading in chunks

  • April 20, 2022
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Hello, I recently reset my PC and Photoshop is now running slow and loading things poorly. I've never had a problem with Photoshop like this and my computer loads other CC apps just fine and according to the task manager, I'm only using 40% of my ram and 10% of CPU. I'll attach a video of what's going on.

 

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Correct answer Sameer K

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. We are sorry for the trouble with Photoshop. We are here to help.

Where are these files stored, on an internal drive or an external drive? Does the lag happen with any specific set of files? Could you please share the system info of Photoshop from Help > System info > Share with us? Have you tried any troubleshooting steps? 

 

  • Go to Preferences > Performance > Advanced Settings and uncheck the 'GPU compositing' option.
  • You can also optimize Camera Raw, which handles Raw images in Photoshop, by going to Photoshop > Preferences > Camera Raw > Performance > Uncheck Graphics processor and increasing the cache sizes
  • Restart Photoshop.
  • If disabling GPU compositing does not help, you can uncheck the  'Use Graphics Processor' and restart Photoshop.

 

Please check this series of suggestions related to software optimization and in-app changes you can do to optimize Photoshop's performance in this article, and please give this a detailed read through: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-photoshop-cc-performance.html

 

Let us know if this helps. We hope to hear from you soon. 

Thanks!

Sameer K

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Sameer K
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Sameer KCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
April 22, 2022

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. We are sorry for the trouble with Photoshop. We are here to help.

Where are these files stored, on an internal drive or an external drive? Does the lag happen with any specific set of files? Could you please share the system info of Photoshop from Help > System info > Share with us? Have you tried any troubleshooting steps? 

 

  • Go to Preferences > Performance > Advanced Settings and uncheck the 'GPU compositing' option.
  • You can also optimize Camera Raw, which handles Raw images in Photoshop, by going to Photoshop > Preferences > Camera Raw > Performance > Uncheck Graphics processor and increasing the cache sizes
  • Restart Photoshop.
  • If disabling GPU compositing does not help, you can uncheck the  'Use Graphics Processor' and restart Photoshop.

 

Please check this series of suggestions related to software optimization and in-app changes you can do to optimize Photoshop's performance in this article, and please give this a detailed read through: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-photoshop-cc-performance.html

 

Let us know if this helps. We hope to hear from you soon. 

Thanks!

Sameer K

bennyyyv
bennyyyvAuthor
Participant
April 22, 2022

Thank you. It appears that unchecking GPU compositing was the fix. 

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