I had this issue before, but it was a little different and was happening in Firefox and PS. Somehow I fixed it, but I'm not sure how. Now it's just happening in PS.
I start PS and everything is fine. Then I open a file and drag it to the top to enlarge it, but I still have all the tools and jazz showing. I'm not sure what to call that action. Anyway, then my sceen starts flashing. It's like the brightness is dimming in and out at a rapid rate. And it effects the image and the whole interface. Before when I had this problem it was doing it slowly. I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix the issue. I'm running the most current version of PS CC 2018. The graphic card it uses, Nvidia GTX 1050i is up to date. I don't have any plugins.
I searched Google for an answer but the only flickering I could find was this: Fix Flashing Black Screen in Photoshop CS6 or CC - YouTube and that's not my problem. I really hope someone can help me. This issue is very annoying and I can't work like this.
I've tried all adobe's ideas. The only one idea can help iscompletely disable the graphics processor. But it makes my Photoshop works slowly without graphics processor.
As long as i choose nvidia graphics for Photoshop the screen will flicker in it and neither i choose intel or nvidia graphics the screen still flicker in Adobe Camera Raw.
I've tried to install both intel and nvidia's latest drivers. And uninstall them, install lenove's latest drives. Neither drivers can't slove this issue.
I really hope intel can work with this problem. Adobe said this is not their fault, intel said this is not their fault and nvidia said this is not their fault, at last it can't really solve the issue. It makes customers feel helpless and disappointed.
Why i think intel can solve this issue. Because i try an intel graphics old driver (21.xxxx, the newest is 24.xxx) . It really solved the flickering issue in Photoshop, but it still flickers in Adobe Camera Raw. So it shows intel's driver has ability to solve this issue.
You're absolutely right! I think is Adobe fault - dominating the market, they do not have any reason to do better. Apple users are matter, others just secondary source for them. Behind the business, philosophy is very bad!
I doubt ranting is going to solve the problem, though I understand the frustration. Let's focus on getting this issue known instead of pushing blame around, eh?
I've had a few days where the flickering actually stopped, though I couldn't pinpoint the exact reason for that behaviour - I turned the graphics processor usage off and on, restarted the laptop etc.. It's back now, despite trying to use both the newest Intel/Nvidia drivers and the ones specifically for my system. It's beyond frustrating, especially since the Zenbook 13 was marketed for photo editing/creative programs...
Same thing. This isn't Photoshop, and I suspect not NVidia either. This is a laptop setting, from the laptop manufacturer, that you need to change or disable.
Laptop manufacturers don't use stock drivers from NVidia or Intel, but modified varieties with added "helpful" functions.
See if there is a support forum for that laptop model.
But i've change a new no flickering computer and sold out my old computer, so i can't test the latest driver.
I really hope can help with you guys and figure out the mistake in this issue. Can download the latest driver here, help intel and yourself to solve the issue! Download Intel® Graphics Driver for Windows® 10
I have the same problem but I found a solution, so Im just leaving this here in case someone else looking for a solution. This bug happened mostly on a latptop with discreted gpu(Gaming laptop for example). On laptop gpu works a little bit drifferent from desktop. The discreted gpu which suppose to be the high performance one is not directly connected to the monitor and the monitor is using the intergrated gpu for display. You don't need to disable "use graphic processor" option because it's very important features. What you wanted to do is go to your discreted gpu control panel(like Nvidia Control Panel). In my case I have Nvidia gpu so I have to go to the Nvidia control Panel, then to to 3d setting and set 3d setting for specific application which is Phitoshop.exe. Now force it to use your Intergrated gpu which most likely to be Intel HD Graphic or Intel UHD graphic or Vega, etc. Then restart photoshop or open it if you haven't, go to Edit>Preferences>Performance then make sure the Use Graphic Processor option is checked. It should display the Intergrated gpu name on there.
There you go, just use intergrated gpu instead of discreted gpu.
Thanks for a great suggestion! I'd like to add a little remark, because your fix didn't work for me in its exact form. On my Xiaomi Notebook Pro with Intel UHD / Nvidia MX250 I had to do a reverse thing to avoid flickering: in the "Manage 3D settings" options I've chosen to use the integrated graphics card, not the Nvidia card. Then the flickering was gone.
After a long while I was finally been able to figure this out. What I did was update NVidia graphics driver to the latest version from the NVidia website (417.35) and then I manually updated intel integrated graphics by going to Device Manager -> Right Click on Intel UHD graphics 630 -> Select Update driver -> Browse My computer... -> Let me pick... -> Untick Show compatible hardware -> Select the earliest version of the driver (23.20.16.4973 [2/28/2018]) -> Install it and the flickering is gone. Hopefully that helps for some of you guys.
Just exported some pics and they're hella dark. This really sucks. Btw this happens in both Lightroom and Photoshop. Disabled using gpu for both didn't help
Just updated to latest version of Photoshop CC (Ver. 20.0.2) screen still flickering when zooming in/out from the picture or moving it around. Screen interface is also red at first open, if I resize PS interface, and then maximize it again the red color is gone. (The "red interface" is also an issue with PS CC 2018).
I have a AMD professional graphics card running on the pro driver. (Radeon Vega Frontier Edition), Ryzen 8 core cpu, 64 GB of fast RAM and generally new, high performance computer system. (8K main screen running 32 bit color).
Works fine with the previous version of Photoshop CC (2018)
Only solution so far has been to not use Photoshopp CC (2019) at all, the flickering renders it totally useless.
And yes, I have tried everything to make it work. (Every possible tweak and setting).
Thank you. That's what we're constantly trying to tell people. Photoshop can't do this, it has to be the video driver, a laptop "enhancement", or some other third-party utility.
it is somehow related with photoshop, i have fresh w10 with uhd 630 card and nvidia 1050ti and same story only photoshop is flickering... other aps working like charm
I have a brand new XPS 15 with dual display cards, and I'm experiencing exactly the same problem, only with Photoshop and Lightroom. Never seen this issue with any other programs. Adobe needs to do something on this, or coordinate with Intel/Nvidia to sort it out.
I have XPS 15 and have the same issue. I spent about an hour with Adobe support and about 2-3 hours with Dell customer service and they couldn't find any solution. Now i'm stuck in a loop back and forth between Adobe and Dell. It is really frustrating to see this problem constantly for hours.
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