Remove tool - even the smallest moves take excessive time - brings up progress bar

[bob_w@phnyc.com]

Problem suddenly came up today, the Remove tool is unusably slow. Worked normally previously. There was no update. 

24.6.0
M1 Max Studio
Ventura 13.4

[CShubert]

Hi bob_w@phnyc.com 

Try resetting Prefs for the Beta:

/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Adobe\ Photoshop\ \(Beta\)\ Settings 

Launch BETA Photoshop While Pressing The Keyboard Shortcut

With Photoshop closed, press and hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Shift+Command+Option (Mac) on your keyboard and then Launch Photoshop the way you normally would.

[bob_w@phnyc.com]

Thanks for replying. Same result with reset preferences.

Here is a movie:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19t4L0SdkOpRrYotNHklEb5ie5FKiiNgD/view?usp=sharing


Nothing special about this file, in fact this was working normally yesterday with this and similar files.

[bob_w@phnyc.com]

Today's beta has resolved this issue for me

[bob_w@phnyc.com]

False alarm. Sorry to say it is back to the previous behavior

[michael2924959759nj]

no fix for this?

[Jennifer29302186yrok]

had been experiencing this for awhile, remove tool would work fine some days, extremely laggy others—couldn't figure out what I was doing different until just now.... remove tool doesn't like working on a layer with transparency. As soon as I put a fill layer below my layer with transparency, speed is back to normal. Not sure if this is the issue in all cases, but fixed it for me.

[janinc11490212]

Hi, silly question, but how do I do this?  Fill layer?

[Peppe26950568x204]

I have the same issue and can't create a layer that helps 

[Mattscribble]

Not sure if you still need this answer, but you can just use the paint bucket to fill a completely empty layer, or the adjustment layer button (half-filled circle next to the group (folder) button at the bottom of the layers window) has a 'solid color' option at the very top of its menu. This is the 'fill layer'.

[Dave MP]

Thanks Jennifer, this workaround actually did the trick for me and it's much faster. 

Typical Adobe mod/bot reply above "just reset the preferences" instead of actually trying to help.

[Jennifer29302186yrok]

You're welcome, to speed it up even more turn on "Sample all layers"

[Ventiga]

I've not fixed the issue but found a work around that has sped up my process - maybe it will work for you too!

This screen grab is from my 'remove tool settings'.

I unchecked the 'Remove after each stroke' box which then allows me to select multiple objects/areas to remove. Once you have a selection, click on the arrow and it should fix them all up individually.

Not an ideal work around but works for my workflow, hopefully it should speed up yours too!

[ScanVT]

I had the same issue, and tried uninstalling Photoshop and Lightroom Classic and reinstalling, but it did not help.  Then I simply changed the "Mode" in the remove tool in Photoshop from "Generative AI on" to "Auto (May use generative AI)" and it resolved the issue.