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Sheryl Checkman
Known Participant
October 23, 2020
Question

Pattern Preview mode will work, but the preview is only visible in OpenGL enabled document windows.

  • October 23, 2020
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I keep getting this error when I try to preview pattern in the latest version of Photoshop. How do I enable OpenGL?

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    tiina34044402ml8s
    New Participant
    December 4, 2023

    I got it to work... went to help... updates on the bottom and there was one which sai bug fixes.. Working now !!

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    Brian Ibbotson
    New Participant
    February 3, 2021

    Hopefully this works for you - my wife had the same error you're getting (on Windows 10) and making the following change in the NVIDIA Control Panel - not Photoshop Preferences - successfully resolved it. Previews were working fine before today, so we suspect that perhaps the NVIDIA driver automatically updated and reset the settings.

     

    I'm on macOS but don't have Photoshop nor an NVIDIA gpu so I cannot confirm it works for Mac, but hopefully the below solution is transferrable to the appropriate System Preferences panel or such.

     

    1. Open Control Panel > NVIDIA Control Panel
    2. Select 3D Settings > Manage 3D Settings
    3. You can specify the settings for all programs or a single program. In this case, I've chosen photoshop.exe
    4. Switch the setting Enable Overlay to On
    5. Apply the changes and restart Photoshop.
    6. The preview pattern error should no longer appear and the previews should be visible.

     

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      Fredorigin
      Known Participant
      August 26, 2022

      I Have the same error. I tried your fix (appreciated) but it didn't work for me. Also my full screen mode (with toolbar & without) no longer works with this latest version (see bottom image)

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      Fredorigin
      Known Participant
      August 26, 2022

      OK, I tried this and it worked for me. It has something to do with adobe disabling the 3d functions. Hey Adobe! FULL SCREEN MODE IS NOT A 3D FUNCTION. NETHER IS PATTREN PREVIEW!!!!!

      • Use the Tech Preview option for overriding Photoshop’s native canvas mode to continue to use the 3D features, as a workaround. Go to Preferences > Technology Previews, and check the item Deactivate Native Canvas, then restart Photoshop.
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        KASTVIADK
        New Participant
        October 28, 2020

        I have the same, pls await to update util everything is stabil...

         

        how do we deal with this bug ??

         

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