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September 14, 2020

P: White squares/Boxes appear

  • September 14, 2020
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I have been having this annoying problem for several weeks now. None of the solutions on the internet work at all. If this is your first time reading about this problem, these are the solutions I've seen so far (none of them is a real solution, each one causes other problems):

- Uncheck "Use graphics processor" in the performance tab in configuration. Result: It disables the rotating canvas features for Wacom tablets after a couple of minutes or just instantly.
- Check "Deactivate native canvas" and/or "Older GPU Mode (pre 2016)" in technology previews tab. Result: It becomes absurdly lagged, it is useless to work, just moving the canvas makes it go at 1fps.

I also have all my drivers updated (GPU, Windows, Wacom), PS updated, and with priority for the GPU. Is there any real solution for this? I have an RTX 3080 8 GB. This should not happen.

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New Participant
February 12, 2025

Thank you so much. This was driving me nuts and this fixed it finally. 

Participating Frequently
January 23, 2025

You are correct, I've found thread on reddit from 2022 about this same issue.

Adobe is that kind of corporation...gimmicks and price increases for nothing

New Participant
January 23, 2025

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Participating Frequently
January 22, 2025

THIS! We have all done the rollbacks and disabled native canvas and clicked the option to use old GPU mode. It doesn't change anything. 

We are customers of a product, we're not software engineers. Adobe should have fixed this problem years ago, but instead we just keep getting updates to the AI features. 

Maybe the AI can fix this problem since real people can't figure it out.

D Fosse
Community Expert
January 21, 2025

@OHCreative 

The point here is - do the white tiles disappear with GPU disabled? This is for diagnostics, not fixing.

 

If you post the full Help > System Info from Photoshop, we might spot something.

Known Participant
January 21, 2025

GPU Compatibility test result:


Pass: DirectX available

Pass: DirectX feature level 12.2 available, feature level 12.0 required

Pass: Above required VRAM (11996 MB of 1500 MB required)

GPU Detected: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (NVIDIA)

Known Participant
January 21, 2025

Mate honestly, I've been dealing with this issue for YEARS across multiple (at least 3) different GPUs, on two completely different workstations. I have rolled back / updated, clean-installed and hit with hammers.

 

Nothing has fixed the issue, and I have never seen anyone on these forums claim to have fixed it.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
January 21, 2025

Did you do the trouble-shooting afterwards (updating/rolling back GPU driver, trying various Advanced Settings, …)? (After having checked Help > GPU Compatibilty first.)

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html

Known Participant
January 21, 2025

That would be a good point, if the resulting "Yes it goes away when I disable GPU" lead to a fix.

 

But it doesn't, it leads to a 'Correct Answer' status. i.e. Yay Fixed!

 

I've never seen a follow-up to this response where Support chime in with an ACTUAL solution. 

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
January 21, 2025

Who claimed disabling GPU-usage is a »solution«? 

It is a means of diagnostics to determine whether the issue might be with the GPU or GPU driver.