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I'm going to start this new thread for the new version of photoshop.
There are hundreds of comments about 2020 being slow and laggy and not a single adobe rep has even acknowledged it. I was hoping the upgrade would solve everyone's issues but alas that isn't the case.

So this thread is for all you old and newcomers with new and old machines where photoshop runs like crap to complain about. Maybe their newest software might be seen for them to do something.

I'll go first:
Ryzen 9, 64 gigs of 3200 ram, 1080 ti gfx, 1nvme 3200mb.s ssd for programs, 1 tb sata sdd cache drive, 2 tb WD black for files.

Photoshop takes almost 3 seconds to do simple things like changing to a shape pen tool to make shapes.
Lags on anything pen tool, and type tool
Played with every setting in the performance and went through their pages on optimizing.
I even went through the Nvidia setting but only gained a slight boost in performance.

Windows

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Mejor respuesta de davescm

Well, let's go:
Photoshop version v22.5.1 but I'm testing version 21.2.12 and the problem remains.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
GPU - RTX 2080 Super
GPU Driver - Nvidia Studio 472.12

Windows version 10, version 21H1 with all updates.
I have two 27" monitors, both Full HD (1920x1080) 144HZ.

Delays always occur when zooming in on the material I'm working on, slowness when opening boxes like Blending Options, applying styles and changing fonts.

Opening the Photoshop preferences box takes 2 seconds to open and it always happens.

I believe I was clear about my pc information.

@vitorsantosHerz

I've linked the bug thread you started below so that others can vote and add their own system info:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/slowness-and-lag-in-photoshop/idi-p/12403870

Dave

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stunamii

Inspiring

I am at my wits end.

I run a i7 3.8Ghz 64 gigs of ram and

AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB
27" iMac

Photoshop 2021 is lagging like this were 2001. Working with 150dpi 7000k images for Dye Sub printing using pattern fx layer is so laggy its unusable. Tried every variation of performance settings with 40 GIGS of ram allocated to PS. Come to find our they REMOVED the legacy composite setting. Who is engineering this product? Performance should improve not degrade over versions.

vitorsantosHerz

Known Participant

How can it be possible for anyone to look at these problems.

Working with some materials now, there were simple actions that took more than 4 seconds to unlock.

More than 3 years ago I paid the Adobe subscription but I'm already testing with the Affinity package.

Having a machine like that and not being able to work is frustrating.

Tinman1028

Inspiring

Yes, yes and yes. I just shelled out 5k for a new rig and a switch to AMD -top of the line- naively hoping it would solve some of my slow workflow in PSD and AI (that used to be lightning fast with a still extremely fast PC). Sadly, I think I am going to be dissapointed and the same problems will persist.

Seeing many of you consider the Affinity package is giving me hope. I wish we had more choices that were a more serious competitor to AI, PSD and INDD. Working with agencies that rely on the industry standard (Adobe CC) makes it a chalenge to switch to anything else.

I would be curious to hear about other's experieicne in ditching this once amazing software.

Goodluck,

leds2097726

Inspiring

Everywhere I look in Photoshop now there are glitches, rendering issues and buggy UI elements.

Layer mask icons can render as being pixellated/noisy and don't represent the layer mask itself

Zooming with layer effects enabled causes rendering problems where only part of the layer effect is visible

Flickering/glitchy cursor/text insertion tool

Jumpy/glitchy transformation tools with the object you're attempting to transform glitching across the canvas

Laggy brush tools that we've been reporting for TEN YEARS but Adobe still blame Apple/Wacom for

There are TONS more of these that we run into on a daily basis. Photoshop feels like a pre-alpha build now. Just doing basic operations is a rmiserable, buggy mess.

An absolute disgrace that Adobe has yet to address any of these issues which should never have escaped beta testing in the first place.

Disgusting.

vitorsantosHerz

Known Participant

Around here I'm having the same problem.

Working in Photoshop with a Ryzen 9 3900x / 32gb / RTX 2080 Super / NVME 512gb

Everything is slow in Photoshop, whether it's using styles in fonts, switching fonts, changing blending options and even working with Artboards.

Has anyone found the solution?

leds2097726

Inspiring

There is no solution dsepsite what the unpaid Adobe reps here will tell you. Adobe have employed unskilled coders who have completely wrecked and ruined Photoshop. Adobe is led by marketing and the quaility of their products has declined to a point of being almost unusable. Users of Ilustrator, After Effects, Premiere and InDesign are all complaining as well. Even on highly specced, professional hardware, Adobe apps run like absolute hell. There is nothing you can do. This is how it is now.

The latest bug - if Photoshop is just open in the background, my mouse cursor flickers and glitches in OTHER applications. Quit Photoshop and everything is back to normal.

I used to love my job as a digital artist and designer. Because of Adobe I loathe my work now. I absolutely despise what Adobe has become. The people ruining this program and still taking our money every year are the absolute scum of the earth in my opnion.

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SebKaine

Participating Frequently

yes use PS 2018 if you need a good experience, it's the last usable release imo.

adobe will not be able to stay credible in the pro market very long.

PS is now below the good enough software paradigm, it's NOT good enough anymore.

The positive side of things is that thanks to adobe i realise that Autodesk is not as bad as that. They are improving and delivering. slowly indeed but they at least do their work. Adobe has now become a scam over the last 2 years, i'm done with CC stuff.

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Gandhi4

Known Participant

if i open photoshop, and create 1 single shape layer, then try and move said shape it starts lagging instantly. adobe please sort this out its driving me crazy!!!

leds2097726

Inspiring

Yep, Photoshop runs at 10 fps now. Everything is treacly and slow, then you get massive jumps and glitches when it tries to catch up. An absolute horror show to work with even on the latest hardware with tons of Ram. Adobe have completely ruined this once magnificent program. Feels like an early alpha now. Sad, sad, sad.

adamt18510785Autor

Inspiring

the annoucment of adobe removing 3d from newer photoshops leads me to believe I was right and this software is locking up the cpus

davescm

Community Expert

@adamt18510785 3D removal is triggered by the change from OpenGL GPU functionality to DirectX on Windows and Metal on Macs. Nothing to do with CPU functions.

Dave

JJMack

Community Expert

I think Adobe also realized that Photoshop 3D feature was quite limited and Adobe has better 3D application users should use for 3D work for it would cost Adobe a lot to updated Photoshop 3D features for Photoshop 2021. Unfortunately, users now have a new compatibility issues. Users now need to keep old version of Photoshop to be able to use their Photoshop documents which will no longer be compatible with Adobe Photoshop. Some day old Photoshop versions will no longer be usable. Users will need to change their work flows learn to use 3D Application like Open Source Blender or pay Adobe more rent for additional Adobe Application that are not part of Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. New compatibility issues are good for business.

JJMack

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defaultf95ow0bk8mh9

Participant

Anyone found decent alternatives to PS yet?

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defaultf95ow0bk8mh9

Participant

So I've got a brand new Mac Mini, with minty fresh CS suite just installed. Things generally move around noticebly quicker and smoother than 2018 MBP. But the lag on marque tool, like 1.5 secs everytime... thats the first thing I've noticed. Thought I must have a setting wrong. Didn't expect to come here and find so many complaints about the same issues. Feels a bit half baked Adobe.

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defaultf95ow0bk8mh9

Participant

2021 M1 Mac Mini 16GB

leds2097726

Inspiring

Latest version is like swimming through bricks. Tried on a top end Mac Pro, M1 iMac, threadripper PC. Photoshop runs like absolute hell on all of them

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InsaneEye

Participant

PS seems to be getting slower and more bloated with each single update. Please consider devoting more manpower to performance optimization rather than bloating the app with more funny Instagram filters.

Transform = super slow and laggy, used to run flawlessly.

Anything involving vectors = unbelievably slow, was never fantastic, but was definitely better than now.

Any transform involving more than five vector objects = practically unusable.

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bysea

Known Participant

This latest edition is hosed. The previous version before this wasn't as bad...took about two minutes to load up and stablize and then was good after that. This one...click, wait, click wait....no rhyme/reason. It doesn't matter if it's the only app open or if I've got a full desktop array with multiple CC apps/browser/email, etc. As I just went back to do some edits, it was working fine again...yesterday, not so much. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, but you'd think a mature product like Ps could at least work consistently. Btw, the rest of the CC apps don't have this issue, at least for me. Premiere still take a lot of resources, but does work when I need it to.

JJMack

Community Expert

Some Photoshop version will get the job done.I

JJMack

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bysea

Known Participant

Love it! I do have a some disks in the closet I might pull out. Seems like after 2018-2019, it all went south. I do have a friend who works there...may have to bend his ear and find out wth is going on with that team/product.

Tinman1028

Inspiring

Same Issue here. I had this issue for about a year now. It has shifted around a bit but same end result, lag. It started wioth what I though may be related to fonts, utilizing the type tool froze everything and sometimes wouldnt even let me use the type tool. I found a work around for this. I had to switch to another program and then switch back. Then the lag became more apparent and seemed to come out of nowhere and persist. Now, it seems like the same issue you are describing.

I also updated all my Nvidia settings and also have a 1080TI.

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