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jeromea13244388
Inspiring
October 14, 2023
Question

Brush delay in Photoshop - 3 years old bug still not fixed

  • October 14, 2023
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Note : I edited this first message for clarity's sake and in order to be the more complete possible.

Hi, there are at least 2 other topics relating this bug but they seem to have been left behind so I take the liberty to open a new one. The bug is simple to describe : when you use a brush with pen pressure in Photoshop, there's a delay between the moment you press your pen against the glass of your tablet and the moment a dot appear on your file in photoshop. The only way to work around this bug is to check the "airbrush" option.

Here are the links to the other topics talking about it :
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/brush-stroke-delay-not-lag-brush-stro...
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/can-t-draw-dots-or-very-small-things-...

Here is a video I took showing the problem (first the airbrush option is on, then it's off, notice the difference as I press on the tablet with the pen and no dot appears directly - I chose especially a brush with pen pressure from the default "general brushes") :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKqQVGNnPi8

Here is another video took by the user Pixium explaining the problem : https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/brush-stroke-delay-not-lag-brush-stro...

I use Windows 11 with an Intel Core i7-10700 CPU, 16 Go of Ram, and a NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3070 graphic card, and Photoshop 26.5.

I already contacted Adobe assistance about this bug. The last time was this february. The technician went as far as taking control of the computer and could witness the bug himself but was not able to solve it. I have the chat report available for those interested.
The bug is real, please help. Thank you.

6 replies

Adobe Employee
June 26, 2025

Hello! A potential fix to this issue will be in the 26.9 release of Photoshop. The fix is currently in the Beta release. I hope it addresses your issue. Thank you for bringing it to our attention!

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
June 27, 2025

I tested the beta release and it seemed to fix the issue on a great number of brushes, thank you !

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
June 4, 2025

Hi, the bug is still not fixed in Photoshop 26.7.0

Why does nobody want to look into that ???

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
April 4, 2025

Hi, there are at least 2 other topics relating this bug but they seem to have been left behind so I take the liberty to open a new one. The bug is simple to describe : when you use a brush with pen pressure in Photoshop, there's a delay between the moment you press your pen against the glass of your tablet and the moment a dot appear on your file in photoshop. The only way to work around this bug is to check the "airbrush" option.

Here are the links to the other topics talking about it :
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/brush-stroke-delay-not-lag-brush-stroke-doesn-t-appear-immediately-windows/td-p/12724472
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/can-t-draw-dots-or-very-small-things-with-brush-without-moving-the-pen/m-p/15147477#M853094

Here is a video I took showing the problem (first the airbrush option is on, then it's off, notice the difference as I press on the tablet with the pen and no dot appears directly - I chose especially a brush with pen pressure from the default "general brushes") :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKqQVGNnPi8

Here is another video took by the user Pixium explaining the problem : https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/brush-stroke-delay-not-lag-brush-stroke-doesn-t-appear-immediately-windows/td-p/12724472?attachment-id=98144

I use Windows 11 with an Intel Core i7-10700 CPU, 16 Go of Ram, and a NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3070 graphic card, and Photoshop 26.5.

I already contacted Adobe assistance about this bug. The last time was this february. The technician went as far as taking control of the computer and could witness the bug himself but was not able to solve it. I have the chat report available for those interested.
The bug is real, please help. Thank you.

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
April 4, 2025

I see that my new topic has been merged with this old one. I hope it doesn't mean that my message is now buried in the history.
Please can someone offer a solution to this bug ??

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
February 19, 2025

@Chad RolfsActually it's the same problem as this one https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/brush-stroke-delay-not-lag-brush-stroke-doesn-t-appear-immediately-windows/td-p/12724472
though as i mentioned before the windowsink/wintab thing is not the solution.
Also mentioned here https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/photoshop-cc-2018-brush-delay-on-start-of-stroke/m-p/10049054
The "enable airbrush option" is always mentioned as a workaround, too.

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
March 11, 2025

Hi @Chad Rolfs , is this bug still investigated ? Thanks.

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
October 17, 2023

Anybody from Adobe to provide an answer ??

Participant
February 12, 2025

hello, have you fixed the problem since then ? if not, ADOBE PLEAAASE

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
February 12, 2025

Well, I asked the support service and they said it was supposed to act like this (sounds weird)... I just use my brush with the airbrush option on from now on.

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
October 15, 2023

To help visualize the problem, here are 2 videos I filmed on my phone. I'm drawing on a wacom cintiq pro 16 with a wacom pro pen slim.
I'm using the same brush at a size 35 px and working on a file with a zoom of 71%.
With airbrush/build-up option OFF :

With airbrush/build-up option ON :
You can see that the brush is more responsive with the airbrush turned on...

I think that this bug appeared many versions ago but I don't think it existed on Photoshop CS (I'm not particularly sure about that, though)...

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
February 12, 2025

@Chad RolfsSorry Chad, have you seen this ? It seems that I'm not the only one experiencing it.

Chad Rolfs
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
February 12, 2025

Actually I experience it also with the general brushes when they're pressure sensitive (see the one highlighted there : )


Using that brush, I see different size dots depending on how hard I tap down but I can still easily create dots without having to move the stylus.  Have you changed your wacom stylus tip sensitivity/pressure curve?   Also, are you using WinTab (UseSystemStylus 0 in PSUserConfig.txt) or just WinInk?