P: Photoshop Beta Generate Image only produces a black images.

[Fede_OK]

Hello everybody

So, the latest Photoshop Beta 25.9 m.2603 update which introduced the Generate Image and Reference Image features is not working for me. I'm on Windows 10 and a high-end PC by the way.

Whenever I use the Generate Image feature, I get a black layer as a result.

No matter what options I choose or what the prompt is.

Even if I choose no options at all.

It simply doesn't work. I just get 3 black options to choose from (see attached screenshot).

Needs to be fixed asap.

Thank you.

[Fede_OK]

WOW @bernd_0449 YOU SAVED THE DAY!

It was indeed the SuperPNG plugin causing the issue. I can't believe it, after 9 months I've finally been able to actually use the Generate Image feature.

I might be wrong but I believe that since the SuperPNG plugin is a File>Save As plugin (and not a Filter), Photoshop still loads with it even after using the Shift Key trick, that's why it kept producing black textures when launching PS without 3rd Party Plugins (again, I could be wrong).

I honestly hope and wish Adobe can come up with their own (better and improved) PNG and DDS plugins so that we don't have to use SuperPNG and/or Intel's or Nvidia's Plugins for DDS. 

Thank you @bernd_0449 !

[CShubert]

Thank you all, glad this was solved.

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

[bernd_0449]

I'm really glad I could help!

There are certainly not many users who still have this ancient plug-in on their computer, which is probably why only a few were affected.
The SHIFT key trick worked for me because I installed all my third party filters under “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins”. By removing the entries piece by piece, only 'SuperPNG.8bi' remained as a rogue in the “File Formats” folder ;-).

[samhyp]

My team and I use SuperPNG as well. This plugin is still very common in the video game industry as it's the best way to save into the alpha channel without having to use a TGA or other file formats that have a much larger file size than a PNG.

Hopefully, Adobe will fix whatever issue is causing this to be incompatible with the AI generation tools.