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CherylGraham
Inspiring
July 22, 2020
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Strange and very frustrating Layers behavior

  • July 22, 2020
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When I move or otherwise transform a layer, the image on that layer becomes "sticky" and appears that it's part of the layer below it. Hard to describe, so I've made some screen recordings:

1. When moving the pixels on one layer, the image stays behind and appears to be on the Background layer (even though you can see in the thumbnail, there's nothing on the Background layer). I am not touching any modifer keys.

2. When editing live type, the original text stays visible and again, appears as if it's on the layer underneath.

3. When transforming one layer, the original size and position of the pixels on that layer appear to be part of the layer below it.

This makes working in Photoshop nearly impossible!

Photoshop 21.2.0 on MacBook Pro

 

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Correct answer davescm

Hi

Try turning off legacy compositing in Preferences > Performance

 

Dave

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Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 22, 2020

That's supposed to have been fixed in the photoshop 2020 21.2.1 update

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/fixed-issues.html#photoshop-desktop-fixed-issues

 

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop-21-2-moving-layer-leaves-shadow-image

 

If in photoshop you go to Help>Updates is there an update for photoshop listed?

davescm
Community Expert
davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 22, 2020

Hi

Try turning off legacy compositing in Preferences > Performance

 

Dave

CherylGraham
Inspiring
July 22, 2020

That's it! I'd turned that on a while ago to use a third-party Action. Whew.

I've been using Photoshop since version 3 (that's 3, not CS3) and it never behaved this way in "legacy" versions. But happy to have it working as expected - thanks!