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Photoshop 2021 Black Screen Flickering while editing on Windows 10 [2021] [LOCKED]

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Photoshop is flickering to black when i do almost anything, pen tool or camera raw fliter or move the canvas.

 

I have latest Windows 10 and the latest Nvida drivers for my 2080 super, 

 

This issue has been going on for weeks. I have been looking at the fourms for just as long tried many solutions but nothing seem to work could use help on this.

 

I have to use my MacBook for the past few weeks. really annoyed that I cant use my workstation Pc for photoshop right now

 

 

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    Correct answer rs creative studio

    So figured this one out, 

    1) uninstalled everything GeForce and Nvidia

    2) reinstalled driver and Nvidia control panel

    3) added photoshop to control panel and make sure  it all revert back to defaults

     

    this seemed to fix it 

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    rs creative studioAuthorCorrect answer
    Participant
    September 29, 2021

    So figured this one out, 

    1) uninstalled everything GeForce and Nvidia

    2) reinstalled driver and Nvidia control panel

    3) added photoshop to control panel and make sure  it all revert back to defaults

     

    this seemed to fix it 

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    Derek28255317z0nj
    Participant
    February 4, 2023

    The solution for me was to go into the advanced GPU settings in Photoshop and turn OpenCL off. My guess is that OpenCL, being commonly associated with CUDA, was causing some sort of conflict. Keep in mind that my monitor is G-Sync enabled, which is the culprit. If I turned G-Sync off, the flickering went away. However, that's not optimal. The OpenCL trick solved it for me. 

     

    This may not work for you, but for others experiencing very annoying black screen microsecond flickering problems when doing anything in Photoshop, this could be your go-to fix. 

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      Derek28255317z0nj
      Participant
      February 4, 2023

      "commonly associated with AMD" I should have said. CUDA is the Nvidia alternative. Normally it doesn't matter if these two play together, but I guess there are exceptions to every rule.

        TheDigitalDog
        TheDigitalDog
        Inspiring
        September 10, 2021

        First, try disabling GPU in the preferences (Preformance tab). Any better?
        Also see: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html

        Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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        rs creative studioAuthor
        Participant
        September 10, 2021

        Using 22.5.0 

        So it kept from happening as often, but still happens

        nikunj.m
        Community Manager
        nikunj.mCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        September 10, 2021

        Hi,

         

        We're sorry about the trouble with Photoshop due to the screen flickering. Would you mind telling us the exact version of Photoshop you're using?

         

        You can try enabling the option to Deativate Native Canvas from Photoshop by going to Preferences, then Technology Previews. Once done, quit & relaunch Photoshop to check if that helps.

         

        Let us know how it goes!

        Regards,

        Nikunj

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          bradleyc20453958
          Participant
          March 24, 2023

          Had a same issue - Deactivating Native canvas worked 

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