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madhoek
madhoek
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February 19, 2020
Question

PS 21.1.0 Problem with Opacity / Fill

  • February 19, 2020
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Hello!

Since the update to PS 21.1.0 (german version) my opacity and fill slider is not working right.
When I click/hold and move the opacity or fill slider in the layer panel, it does not show a live preview.
Usually as long as I hold and move the slider there's always a live preview at every percentage. (no matter how many layers I have)

But with 21.1.0 it does not seem to work anymore, I click/hold and move the slider, but there is no preview - only when I release the mouse button it will show the difference. Unfortunately it is very annoying to find the right percentage of opacity/fill when you don't have that preview.
I'll probably have to use the older PS version until this is fixed.

I also have a feeling that the overall performance is slowed.
When I use a color balance layer on top of other layers, moving the sliders seem to stutter some times.
It worked better with the older version for me.
But the opacity/fill thing is way more important for me...

Are these known bugs?
Is there any solution to it?

I'm using a i5-6600K with 32GB RAM, SSD and GTX 1050Ti  @ Windows 10.

Please tell me if you need a PSD or anything, that may help.
Thank you very much!
With best regards
Malu83

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    3 replies

    jimdunn63
    jimdunn63
    Participant
    May 20, 2020

    Going back to 21.0.3 worked for me. 

    vo-images
    vo-images
    Participating Frequently
    February 21, 2020

    I have the same issues. No live preview, I only can see the changes after releasing the slider bar. In previous version I didn't have this problem and was able to see opacity effect while sliding the bar in "live preview"

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    Anonymous
    February 21, 2020

    You can roll back to version 21.0.3 from the CC app

    vo-images
    vo-images
    Participating Frequently
    February 21, 2020

    Thanks for your reply, I value your time and help but it's "useless" I mean it's useless in this case.... let's be honest.... This bug not really effect my work but still really, really annoying, will wait for the next update and hopefully they will fix. What the point to get a new update? if each time when there's will be a bug I can roll the version back? If that the point then I would stuck with Photoshop 1.0  😁 I know this is not your fault about bug, no questions to you, Cheers 🙏🙏

    JJMack
    Community Expert
    JJMackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 19, 2020

    It may be a country keyboard problem 21/1.0 US Keyboard setup work OK the preview is not very smooth it seem to be jumping a bit delayed.

    JJMack
    madhoek
    madhoekAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 21, 2020

    Thank you for the reply!
    I don't see how it may be connected to the keyboard.
    Preview in 20.0.8 works very well and fluid.

    It's currently really not working for me. In most cases I hold and drag the opacity to 50% but there is no preview.
    Only when I release the mouse I see the preview. It's very bad to work with and takes a lot of my time.
    It would be kind of okay (but not good) if it jumps to preview after a second, but it does not. 
    It seems to be broken, like a bug.
    Can anyone else confirm?

    Just try some color lookups layers and try to change the opacity percentage while holding and moving the slider.

    With best regards
    Malu83

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    Anonymous
    February 21, 2020

    I can confirm that the live preview is not working for me either and a couple of other people in this thread, if you scroll down to the most recent post

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/layer-opacity-doesn-t-update-in-real-time/td-p/10617744

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