Skip to main content
C
Coolskin
Participant
April 20, 2019
Answered

Clone stamp lag

  • April 20, 2019
  • 5 replies
  • 7956 views

Hi!

I have a big issue with the clone stamp tool.
It is so laggy and slow.

At the moment I am running Photoshop CC 2019 Version 20.0.4. Windows computer, 32Gb Ram, I7 processor.

This was no problem with Photoshop CC 2018 and I also have an old computer with Photoshop CS 6, so I know how it should work.

This happened to me after updating to CC 2019 😞

Can you help maybe?

Thanks in advance.

Miki

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer Jack Nell

    "Clone Source tab and unchecking "Show Overlay" "that's the whole beauty of new clone stamp...

    anyone has any other ideas? 

    5 replies

    A
    Anonymous
    February 22, 2023

    I can confrim that the latest version of photoshop CC 2023 has the exact same buggy issue. Thanks Adobe. You force us to pay monthly now for a borken program that doesn't even work and there is no evidence of addressing this problem. Three years now. I am going to DaVinci, where they don't hold you work hostage so they can bleed as much money from you for broken buggy software.

      MagnusKallas
      MagnusKallas
      Participating Frequently
      March 4, 2023

      I'm here because I too recently sensed lag on CC 2023 and Win 11. Especially the Clone Tool.
      Something has happened, and I'm turning back more and more to basic tools since everything smart has become kind of "dodgy". Loads of Undo's happening.

      I'm really starting to think it has something to do with the driver's memory management (maybe even VRAM?). In the beginning I thought it might be the relatively new AI doing some "snaps" but this is too far of a fetch.
      PS: Turning off "Show Overlay" helped some. Simple way to test - clonebrush an area in a quick diagonal line (test with holding down CTRL too make perfect straights). If there are little jumps happening, it's lagging.

      MagnusKallas
      MagnusKallas
      Participating Frequently
      March 4, 2023

      EDIT: Sorry, hold down SHIFT.

      M
      Marco225200084ot9
      Participant
      January 5, 2022

      If you are using a gaming mouse Logitech G series with a custom driver, try to set the polling rate to 125 Z in the device driver

      omarjosef.com
      omarjosef.com
      Known Participant
      December 3, 2020

      Version 2021 and the problem is still there. 3000€ computer that can't handle showing an overlay instantly like when the show overlay feature first came out.

        Fabiantech
        Fabiantech
        Inspiring
        December 22, 2020

        I agree.

         

        In old PS versions ALT-click to sample clone source worked consistent and absolutely 100% of the time.

         

        In newer versions (tested up till 22.1):

        • If [x] Show Overlay is enabled, it's laggy and highly inconsistent. Even on a very fast machine. Impossible to use for professional retouching.
        • If [ ] Show Overlay is disabled, it's better, but still not 100% consistent and not as snappy as it used to be (and should be IMO). For most users the slight lag probably won't be noticable. But if you do fast retouching with sampling via ALT + click a lot, it's frustrating, that you never can be 100% sure the source-sample really registered or not.

         

        Wished Adobe would optimize/fix this, but highly unlikely, I'm afraid.

          LuskPhoto
          LuskPhoto
          Participating Frequently
          January 5, 2021

          Dealing with the same issues on a fast machine. 

          Another user told me about this tool that disables the ALT menu. It does work and speeds things up a little, but still run into the clone, healing, and mixing brush lag. 

           

          [link removed by moderator on 19 Jan 2021]

          angrywudu
          angrywudu
          Participant
          January 4, 2020

          I solved the lagging of clone stamp and healing brush by going into the Clone Source tab and unchecking "Show Overlay". This problem was not present in CC2018, but something in CC2019 changed, and anything requiring a sampled source became laggy and frustrating - unusable. This seems to fix it completely, both tools are back to their old snappy self. Heads up, Adobe engineers!

            J
            Jack NellCorrect answer
            Participant
            March 19, 2020

            "Clone Source tab and unchecking "Show Overlay" "that's the whole beauty of new clone stamp...

            anyone has any other ideas? 

              SpectacularKevin
              SpectacularKevin
              Inspiring
              March 15, 2021

              This worked for me! Windows>Clone Source> uncheck "Show Overlay"

                D
                DreamcatcherDK
                Participating Frequently
                December 1, 2019

                How come nobody replied to this. I have the exact same problem to the point of the clone stamp being useless. The problem hasn't been helped by upgrading to CC2020. Other tools also lag, but the clone is by far the worst.

                 

                  M
                  meykermen1
                  Participant
                  December 3, 2019

                  'Reset Preference on quit' fixes it. Somewhat a temporary fix but it fixes it 😉

                    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
                    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices