P: MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max Laggy Liquify

[Abreu.pedro]

MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max 96GB RAM - Photoshop 24.2
I recently changed to this new computer and photoshop is super laggy in tools like liquify and other filters, the brush lags a lot!
Even the zoom is slow.
Even my 2015 MacBook is faster at these tasks.

I don't know what is going on but something can't be right...

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@Marta328264627t0j are you on Sonoma?

[JessicaZeoli]

The liquify tool has significant lag and will move across the screen like it has a mind of its own whenever i slightly move the cursor. Liquify is my most needed and used tool and cannot get my work done. It was suggested to turn of the graphics processor within Photoshop to correct the issue. It stopped the lag and irratic moving, but now won't let me see my guides, which are necessary. 
Please help as I need to get my work done. 

[smoyer15]

Same issues. I use this tool a lot in my work and it's driving me crazy! 

[Yahor28950454pns1]

The same bug is still active

[monikao94635112]

Have the same problem with M2 and newest wersion of photoshop .You have do  to come back to photoshop 2023 if you want to use liqufy tool

We have to wait for  new updates - maybe they will repair the newest version  soon. I hope so.

[@BrendaCamilio]

GALERA, eu fiz de tudo que o suporte da adobe passou, e nada adiantava, o filtro dissolver nao funciona.

RUSUMO O FILTRO NAO FUNCIONA EM SSD M2,

SOLUÇAO FOI ISTALAR EM UM SDD SATA, (TESTEI TANTO NO SDD SATA QUANTO NO HD DE 500, NO HD RODA MAIS LERDO CLARO MAS FUNCIONA JA NO SSD SATA RODA TRANQUILO)

 EU BAIXEI TANTO A CREATIVE CLOUD COMO O PS, DIRETO NO SSD SATA E DEIXEI APENAS ESTE PROGRAMAS NELE..... 

O RESTO DOS MEUS PROGRAMAS CONTINUAM NO SDD M2....

ESPERO QUE  ISSO AJUDE ALGUEM...

[Efekan Pürçekli]

03.12.2023 ,  ps version 25.2 and still nothing changed. I have same problem. 

[anas7223595]

Is Adobe paying attention???

[peggphoto]

Same problem here. It is infuriating

[peggphoto]

Edit to add:

Adobe Photoshop Version: 25.2.0

Operating System: Mac OS 14.1.2

Have checked GPU compatibility, all green checks. As OP stated, turning off the graphics processor in settings helps to alleviate the liquify issue, but it is not an acceptable workaround. Please address ASAP. 

[laurenm3148903]

Any update on a fix for this?  Im running a new imac with the M2 chip and have the same issue.  Plenty of memory available yet unable to work!  Driving me insane 

[laurenm3148903]

Same!

[keving86910342]

The sluggish Liquify bug is not fixed.  I am on an M1 Macbook Pro 16GB running MacOS 14.2 and Photoshop Beta 25.3    The bug is still there.

[pepsetscot]

L'outil Liquify ne fonctionne plus normalement et il est très lent.
Toutes transformations est impossible car le pinceau va au ralenti.
J'ai relancé plusieurs fois mon mac et photoshop.
J'ai essayé avec plusieurs types de fichiers , jpg, psd, png ... et rien ne change.

Configuration mackbook 3 Max 96 go
Sonoma 14.1.2 (23B2091)
Merci d'avance

[Efekan Pürçekli]

yep , 25.3 still same.

[keving86910342]

I am having the same problem on my M1 Macbook

[SergeiZ]

Same problem on iMac Pro with a 10 core processor and Vega 56 Video Card. 64Gb of ram. 

[JSP8475]

what OS version do you have? thought this was Apple silicon specific problem but if older intel macs with newer OS have the problem then this might be originating from OS.

I have lastest LRc, PS, and macOS installed on my M2 Pro mac mini at this point and still getting insane stutter (don't know if I should be calling this stutter cause my click/drag only regusters about 1-1.5seconds before not making changes on photo) after I admit the change and re-enter liquify later to do some more liquify.

This has been going on since they released stutter free version of PS.

really wish Apple would allow people to roll back macOS to their desired version, not limiting by the H/W release date.

[SergeiZ]

At the moment of this report, I was on Mac Os 14.2 ,

Last night, I updated to 14.2.1. The problem got a little better, with occasional lag here and there. 

Still buggy perofrance with liquify. I noticed that if i shrink the photo when i do liquify actions, the performance gets better. 

[SergeiZ]

I have just a solution for iMac Pro with the latest version of Adobe Photoshop and Latest Mac OS version.

It has to do with the Cursor settings in photoshop.

here is what I did:

Go to Photoshop Settings, Cursors, Set to Full Size Brush Tip, Brush Tip Outile - Thin.

[SergeiZ]

Here's one more step you can do to aliviate the problem.

Creating a fresh layer for liquify edit completely fixed the lag for me!!!

[JSP8475]

@SergeiZ  you must've went deep diving into PS setup, I never thought this was the culprit and was only tinkering with GPU support. This worked for me, albeit now I'm getting incorrect brush stroke size compared to the cursor outline on the screen.

So, after Adobe rep said fix was out with patch, it did work for the first layer I worked in liquify but layers after or the same layer going back to liquify had terrible lag (pixels moving in liquify for about a second or so then stops). So creating a new layer hasn't worked for me since day one.

For some reason your cursor method worked for this particular issue and my other problem, of transforming selection and then going into warp getting me glitched graphics during drag, as well.

[SergeiZ]

The problem is still there. My methods are a merely a work around it until the issue gets resolved. I do my liquify as the first step to avoid the lag as much as possible. 

[JSP8475]

@SergeiZ 

Update, the cursor method seemed to work for a while but it's back to 1.5-2second of click register and not moving in liquify again for the second liquify and on.

But the good news is that the warp tool glitched out graphics seem stable with the cursor method.

[JSP8475]

Update,

P: MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max Laggy Liquify - Page 7 - Adobe Community - 13657141

After doing the cursor method posted by sergeiZ, selection->transform->warp seem to not give me the glitched out graphics.

Latest updates applied

Sononma 14.1.2 (23B92)

LRc 13.1, PS 25.3.1, Camera Raw 16.1