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Serssmart
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July 28, 2026
Question

Photoshop takes too long to register a brush stroke, makes the brush feel choppy

  • July 28, 2026
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The only drawing program that this happens on is photoshop, even programs not really made for drawing have a more smooth/responsive brush.

When i opened up paint and just scribbled some lines in it i realized how smoother it is compared to photoshop, then i opened Clip Studio Paint and it was the same, it was way smoother than Photoshop, i can’t just ignore it at this point its too annoying and i don’t  know if this problem only affects me or its a photoshop issue


Things I Tried that did not fix it:

 

  • Disable GSYNC

 

  • Change Scratch disks

 

  • Smoothing is not even on

 

  • Rolling back to older versions(Present in CS6 I tried photoshop ME7 and it did not have this issue, but its too old)

 

  • Small brush, big brush, small canvas, big canvas, none of it makes a difference 
The MS Paint cursor is not visible because of compression but the brush stroke was following it seamlessly