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February 2, 2022
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Brush stroke delay (Not lag) - brush stroke doesn't appear immediately - Windows

  • February 2, 2022
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Hi,

 

On windows, when I start a brush stroke the stroke doesn't appear immediately. For example, if I hold still the pen on the screen it makes a mark only when I release the pen. If I make a stroke, it appears only when I'm few millimetres away from the starting point. That's very muddled but annoying, and it only happens in Photoshop. You can see it in the attached video.

 

I'm drawing on tablets and I have this issue with both of my tablets (Huion and Wacom), I'm on windows 11 and I tried on a Windows 10 too.

 

-> I'm up to date with Photoshop(23.1)

      -> But it happens on previous version too.

-> already tried to reset preferences

-> already tried to disable windows ink (In table settings, and with the user setting files)

 

Any help ?

    Correct answer CO.01135948NU

    Apologies for replying so late, but I had the exact same problem and was messing around in my brush settings for a while to see if I could figure it out. I'm not 100% if this'll work for you but it saved me:
    In the brush settings, go to the shape dynamics tab, find the Angle Jitter Control drop down menu, and take it off the Initial Direction setting. I switched mine to pen tilt since they work basically the same (if you have a pen that supports that setting...) and it fixed the weird delay problem you showed in the video. Hope this helps

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    chad.rolfs
    chad.rolfs
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    February 2, 2022

    Thanks for the report @Pixium I'm not able to repro here on my Win10 machine with Cintiq.  Do you have the latest Wacom Drivers (6.3.45-1)?  Also try disable/enable Tip-Up Assist in the Wacom Tablet Properties > Options...  Also, does this happen with one particular brush or all of them; try General Brushes > Hard Round.  

    floramc
    Community Expert
    floramcCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 2, 2022

    Have you tried turning off Photoshop brush smoothing? Brush smoothing algorithm was introduced in 2018 and allows you to get a more polished look, but it can cause some delay too. Try tuning it down even to 0% as in the picture:

    Hope this helps!

      K
      kiremino
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      September 12, 2025

      3 years later and you saved my sanity! Thank you T^T

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