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DeHammer
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November 3, 2020
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Photoshop 2021 not working with older CPUs without SSE4.2 support

  • November 3, 2020
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After updating to version 2021 Photoshop won't start anymore with older cpu's not supporting SSE4.2.

Error message at startup: "Error at loading of ippCV library."

Manual copy of IPPCV7 DLL's to PS fixes the startup issue, but PS is not usable properly anymore - so this is not a practicable way.

Does PS 2021 really forces me to buy new hardware or am I stuck on the older version?

My computer has worked great with photoshop until now.

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    peterb18562184
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    January 21, 2022

    Unfortunately this is utter non-sense on Adobe's part. They can easily modify the latest versions of PS to work with earlier SSE versions. No one needs those AI features or updates that maybe irrelevent for most. Adobe makes decisions by themselfs and they end up excluding their customers. I'll be looking at other alternatives, I see Pixelmator is in a lot ways better and it doesnt reachout monthly to anyone pocket for money.

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      Thomas Factory
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      March 14, 2023

      Or Affinity Photo 2

      kenb71003878
      kenb71003878
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      November 27, 2020

      kenb71003878
      kenb71003878
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      November 27, 2020

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      DeHammerAuthor
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      November 27, 2020

      Of course, I've tried this.

      But unfortunately PS does not work reliably with this patch.

      kenb71003878
      kenb71003878
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      November 27, 2020

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      Anonymous
      November 3, 2020

      Hi

      There's a big long thread about that here

      https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-error-at-loading-of-ippcv-library/5f8f06c2c17a06631eb72c7e

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      DeHammerAuthor
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      November 3, 2020

      Hi Ged,

       

      yes I know, but there's no solution provided yet.

      And fallback to an older version is not a permanent solution.

      Just like buying new hardware - by force - although it worked all the time.

       

      So the solution could be: 

      Disable AI Neuronal Filters for older CPU's and make PS 2021 work for them again.

       

      Thanks and kind regards

      Markus

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      Anonymous
      November 3, 2020

      There is a solution mentioned in the thread, if you scroll down you'll see it

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