P: Flickering problem in photoshop workspace

[Bart0101]

Hello, first of all sorry for my bad english.

I have a problem with flickering while using PS - i've searched all topics, and i saw that this problem exist from year 2019, and still no clue whats going on...

I have a new laptop - Acer Nitro 5 laptop with dual cards Intel UHD and Nvidia RTX 3050. All drivers are updated, and on RTX I have STUDIO Drivers, not Game Ready.

- I don't want to disable GPU on PS, because I'm using a lot of options for it.

- I can't disable g-sync (i saw this tip in other topics) because i don't have this option

- I have Nvidia Studio Drivers (on Game-Ready the problem is the same)

- I have this problem ONLY on Adobe app

Not my video, but it looks like this VID 20190809 233324 - YouTube - when you use mouse, tablet for drawing with brush, when you do anything on workspace all image changing brightness/contrast when you click/use brush. This is really really REALLY annoying.

I saw posts with telling others that dual-card laptops may have problems. But it is not a solution - the market with these laptops is huge, so ther must be a solution...

Is there really nothing you can do about it?!

PLEASE... help. I do not want this topic to be like the others - years later - without solving the problem. For me for OTHER people who struggle with it.

Best regards S.

[CShubert]

Hi @Bart0101, sorry to hear the solution for others is not working for you.

It may help if we could see your Photoshop System Info. Launch Photoshop, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply. 

Thank you,

[Griffin190]

Hi all, after a small hiatus, I've decided to get back to doing some Photoshop work, though I'm running into a series of issues that have left me near helpless. The app often slows to a crawl when selecting tools, and various menus/dropdowns flicker to the point of uselessness. Linked is a video demonstrating these issues. I've also unfortunately had similar issues pop up in Illustrator as well, though Photoshop is my main concern. 

I have already tried the following:

Deleted all extensions

Reset all preferences
Reinstalled PS

Turned off GPU usage

Restarted computer

Additional info:
Photoshop Version 23.4.1

Windows 10 Home 10.0.19043

[Mark.Dahm]

@Griffin190 , whoah, that's bad. Have you tried updating your GPU driver? If you have the option, do a clean reinstall. Something that affects both Photoshop and Illustrator seems like it could be low level, like a GPU driver.

If that does not help, does the flickering happen if you only run either Photoshop or Illustrator alone, or does this happen when they are both running?

[Griffin190]

Hi @Mark.Dahm 

I just updated my drivers to be sure, no difference unfortunately. It happens when I run them alone and presumably at the same time as well. I may try another reinstall, this time from the ground-up: Creative Cloud and Photoshop.

[CShubert]

Sorry to hear this @Griffin190, when you do the clean install, follow these steps:

Close Photoshop
Restart the computer
Use the Adobe Creative Cloud App to uninstall Photoshop
Restart the computer
Install Photoshop via the Creative Cloud App without launching any other programs.
Restart the computer
LaunchPhotoshop
Wait 5 minutes... does the error persist?

Let us know how it goes.

[Mark.Dahm]

@Griffin190, I see an unrelated issue logged for situations where a document contains multiple unknown fonts. Not this issue, but it got me thinking; do you have many fonts (from different sources) installed on that system? Could you try pulling a few out to see if that stabilizes things? That flashing font menu is crazy.

[Bart0101]

Thank you all Adobe Team for you kindness and responses! ❤️

I don't think it's your fault, but i don't know what to do, so i try to find a information, because i've seen that problem exist from 2019 year.

I have message to You, NVIDIA, Intel, and ACER try to find a solution.

Blender app have the same problem so that isn't Adobe fault (from what I noticed when i search a solution), but dual cards laptops/desktops.

I don't think my log will help, but here it is. When i search for solution i think this is a intel or nvidia fault... 
Sorry for my english

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IGES 23.3 - from the file “U3D.8bi”
Ink Outlines 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
JPEG 2000 23.3 - from the file “JPEG2000.8bi”
Kurtosis 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Lens Blur 23.3 - from the file “Lens Blur.8bf”
Lens Correction 23.3 - from the file “Lens Correction.8bf”
Lens Flare 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Liquify 23.3 - from the file “Liquify.8bf”
Material Filter NO VERSION - from the file “MaterialFilter.8bf”
Matlab Operation 23.3 - from the file “ChannelPort.8bf”
Maximum 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Mean 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Measurement Core 23.3 - from the file “MeasurementCore.8me”
Median 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Mezzotint 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Minimum 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
MMXCore Routines 23.3 - from the file “MMXCore.8bx”
Mosaic Tiles 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Multiprocessor Support 23.3 - from the file “MultiProcessor Support.8bx”
Neon Glow 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Note Paper 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
NTSC Colors 23.3 - from the file “NTSC Colors.8bf”
Ocean Ripple 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
OpenEXR 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Paint Daubs 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Palette Knife 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Patchwork 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Paths to Illustrator 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
PCX 23.3 - from the file “PCX.8bi”
Photocopy 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Picture Package Filter 23.3 - from the file “ChannelPort.8bf”
Pinch 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Pixar 23.3 - from the file “Pixar.8bi”
Plaster 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Plastic Wrap 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Pointillize 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Polar Coordinates 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Portable Bit Map 23.3 - from the file “PBM.8bi”
Poster Edges 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
PRC 23.3 - from the file “U3D.8bi”
Radial Blur 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Radiance 23.3 - from the file “Radiance.8bi”
Range 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Render Color Lookup Grid 23.3 - from the file “Export3DLUT.8be”
Reticulation 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Ripple 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Rough Pastels 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Save for Web 23.3 - from the file “Save for Web.8be”
ScriptingSupport 23.3 - from the file “ScriptingSupport.8li”
Shear 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Skewness 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Smart Blur 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Smudge Stick 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Solarize 23.3 - from the file “Solarize.8bf”
Spatter 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Spherize 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Sponge 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Sprayed Strokes 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Stained Glass 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Stamp 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Standard Deviation 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Substance Suite NO VERSION - from the file “MaterialSuite.8li”
Sumi-e 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Summation 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Targa 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Texturizer 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Tiles 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Torn Edges 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Twirl 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
U3D 23.3 - from the file “U3D.8bi”
Underpainting 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Vanishing Point 23.3 - from the file “VanishingPoint.8bf”
Variance 23.3 - from the file “statistics.8ba”
Water Paper 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Watercolor 23.3 - from the file “Filter Gallery.8bf”
Wave 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
WIA Support 23.3 - from the file “WIASupport.8li”
Wind 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”
Wireless Bitmap 23.3 - from the file “WBMP.8bi”
ZigZag 23.3 - from the file “Standard MultiPlugin.8bf”

Optional and third party plugins: NONE

Duplicate and Disabled plugins: NONE

Plugins that failed to load: NONE

Unified Extensibility Platform - Extensions:

Home Screen (Loaded) 9.9.9.9 - from the file "Required Folder"
CDO: 1.116.2
CmdN: 1.10.5
CDP: 1.141.1
Projects: 1.3.5
Loaded at: 114 ms - launch time impact: 30 ms
ccx-timeline (Prepared) 2.6.41.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
CCX Commenting UXP Webview (Loaded) 22.7.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
Loaded at: 8434 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
CCX Sharesheet UXP (Prepared) 21.4.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
CC Libraries Panel (Prepared) 3.19.218.0 - from the file "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe/CEP/Extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_19_218\"
CAPTURE: 2.0.26 STOCK: 2.0.40
Photoshop Cloud Value Dialog (Prepared) 1.0.1.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
Photoshop UXP Export-As (Prepared) 5.8.4.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
Photoshop In App Messaging (Loaded) 2.7.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
Loaded at: 8434 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
Photoshop Selection Feedback (Prepared) 0.5.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
Plugins Panel (Prepared) 1.4.3.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
IC popup message (Loaded) 1.0.0.0
Loaded at: 6926 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
Discover Panel (Loaded) 2.5.0.28 - from the file "Required Folder"
Loaded at: 8435 ms - launch time impact: 22 ms
Neural Filters (Registered) 1.12.1.31 - from the file "Required Folder"

Extensions:

Libraries 1.0.0 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_19_218\index.html”
com.adobe.stock.panel.licensing-embedded 1.0.0 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_19_218\extensions\stock-panel-licensing\index.html”
com.adobe.capture.extension 1.0.0 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_19_218\extensions\capture\capture.html”
Export As 4.8.15 - from the file “C:\i don't want to share it\Required\CEP\extensions\com.adobe.photoshop.crema\index.html”
Export As 4.8.15 - from the file “C:\i don't want to share it\Required\CEP\extensions\com.adobe.photoshop.crema\index.html”
com.adobe.cclibraries.manager 1.0.0 - from the file “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_19_218\manager.html”

Installed TWAIN devices: NONE

[mglush]

@magpie5 That's great! We are glad to hear that your issue is fixed. Thanks for letting us know!

Michelle

[Griffin190]

@CShubert Tried what you recommended, no dice.

Also went from Game-Ready drivers to Studio-Ready, as well as made sure I updated to the very-latest version of Windows 10, no difference.

@Mark.Dahm I'll try your recommendation next, though the flickering is not limited to the fonts menu, so I'm unsure if it will have any effect.

[Mark.Dahm]

Are you using any custom color profiles with your files?

[Griffin190]

@Mark.Dahm No, but luckily I just figured out the issue. When I originally unchecked using my GPU, I didn't restart Photoshop. After restarting, everything is working just fine, if not a tad slower due to my lack of GPU usage. Still doesn't quite explain why my GPU would cause the flickering within Adobe products and menus though.

[Bart0101]

From what I understand there is no solution for me and nobody knows what's going on?

[Mark.Dahm]

@Bart0101 , evidence seems to fall onto the GPU, given the problem happens in products from different companies (Blender and Photoshop). The GPU, primarily the drivers, are the gateway through which Blender and Photoshop can 'talk' to the GPU, and it's fairly common for GPU drivers to break for Photoshop. The drivers, in all likliehood, worked for Photoshop and Blender initially, but as is often the case, a fresh resinstallation of the GPU drivers may be in order.

Photoshop does not benefit from multiple GPUs (and in fact, dual GPUs set up a shell game with resources that causes Photoshop to get confused). For all the years that Photoshop as been around, it has become very fast with the CPU. But where it makes sense, we move more functions to GPU. However until GPU drivers become more stable, unfortunately, the fastest possible Photoshop using the GPU also requires managing GPU drivers as a necessary maintenance procedure.

[Bart0101]

So Adobe can't help me, and I must speak with Nvidia or Intel hoping they will do an update for the drivers which will work with Photoshop. Do I understand it well?

[Mark.Dahm]

@Bart0101 , not necessarily. Sometimes simply installing the latest version again, with the 'clean' install option, is all that is required.

If that doesn't work, go back a version and test. Repeat until you get a solid driver install. Then turn auto updates off.

If your GPU card is around 4 years old, then there is probably some software technology that is being deprecated, and bugs involving the deprecated software may be harder and harder to get fixed. One thing you can do within Photoshop is go into Preferences > Performance, click the Advanced Settings, and turn just OCL features; that's one of the technology layers that is in transition out, so it's handy that there is a way to just turn off all OCL functions with one setting in Photoshop. You may be able to have the GPU on, and OCL off, and things could be stable for you.

Given the number of combinations of computers, GPU cards, drivers, operating systems, the variable matrix for issues is huge, and we don't have all permutations mapped out as to what specifically works and what doesn't, so we often start with 'just try the latest, with clean install', and see where it goes from there.

[Bart0101]

I have new RTX 3050 laptop card released in January 2022.

I tried a clean installation of drivers - various drivers, ACER OEM drivers, new drivers from Intel/Nvidia (Gaming and Studio) - but it doesn't work.

Same thing with OCL off.

I've forced Intel GPU only in PS and it works (no more flickering), but ofcourse RTX is more powerfull card, and i want to use it.

Thank you for your responses Mark.Dahm, you are very very kind, but I'm afraid I'll have to learn to live with this flickering 😞

[Bart0101]

I'm sorry I can't edit my post, I did not want to mislead you - RTX 3050 for laptops are from may 2021

[Bart0101]

Last thing - I am very sorry for this spam - is there a chance that newest Photoshop versions/updates will better work with my laptop/card? So i will not have this flickering. This is a new computer and card, so I'm wondering. if there is a chance that I will wait and it will be okay some day in newest PS. Or Do I need to talk to Intel or Nvidia, or... Acer.

[Bart0101]

...and?

[Mark.Dahm]

@Bart0101 , sorry for the delay; I was on vacation last week. I have a system with the RTX 3060, and can't see the flickering issue. If we can't replicate the problem, we don't have much of a chance to diagnose and fix it.

Another thing to try is to go into the nVidia control panel, click the 'Manage 3D settings' options, click on 'Program Settings', and set up Photoshop as a custom application. Here are the settings I have, if you want to match them up and give it a try:

 

 

 

 Also, I don't recall if we exchanged info on this, but are you using a color profile with your Photoshop documents? Monitor/Document/Printer profiles at all?

[Bart0101]

I understand. Thank you for response. I have RTX 3050 with Intel Graphic - not 3060.

I've use your options and it doesn't work 😞

"Also, I don't recall if we exchanged info on this, but are you using a color profile with your Photoshop documents? Monitor/Document/Printer profiles at all?" - I don't know. Where i can find it? 

[Bart0101]

@Mark.Dahm also - have you seen my video (1) flickering - YouTube ? Especially fragment with me changing screen rotation?

If the flickering was everywhere on the computer - browser, games, other programs - I would say it's only my graphics card's/laptop fault. But it's in Photoshop (only workspace - menu, color picker toolbar etc doesn't have this issue), and Blender (I know this isn't your program). On the other hand - free program for the graphic Gimp, doesn't have flickering at all. I've seen posts from users of Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and also expensive Razer laptops, who have the same thing with rotation the whole screen, and flickering stops in Photoshop.

I'm not an expert and I don't know anything about these things, but this is crazy isn't it? 😄

[Mark.Dahm]

Open an image; look along the bottom left for a > symbol; click there to reveal a menu that includes an item called "Document Profile"

Select that and then you can see what the profile for that document is.

Also, go to the Edit Menu, and select "Color Settings"; share the screen shot of those settings. Mine look like this:

[Bart0101]

It's seems like i have the same options like you.

[Bart0101]

I'm happy that I'm "so smart" 😛  to force to use Intel GPU, not my RTX from windows "graphic settings" for PS and sniffer.exe (for temporary use the Photoshop without an anger). But not everyone can do it.

Also the tip for others to disable the GPU from the app is not a very good option at all for the users. Very great stuff and full potential from PS is with GPU acceleration on.

Mark.Dahm thank you for trying to help me (I hope you will get a raise for your kindness and efforts!!! 😉 I hope we'll find a solution) - and I'm happy that you understand my bad English (I'm from Poland). Hope you have a great vacation! 🙂