Photoshop 22.4.2 on new MacBook Pro with M1 chip: screen flickers and image disappears, black screen

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June 10, 2021
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I just purchased the MacBook Pro last week and downloaded all the latest Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Photoshop 22.4.2 is not working well-- open an image and the screen within Photoshop flickers like crazy and turns black. Photoshop stays open, doesn't crash but you can't see anything. I tried adjusting image size and saving and it let's you do that but you can't see anything. I've tried quitting and restarting laptop but same issue continues. Is there something in Preferences>> Performanace that I need to adjust or is this going to be an on going issue? Any help is appreciated.

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Correct answer Kevin Stohlmeyer

Go to preferences/Technology Previews then enable the option to Deactivate Native Canvas.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Correct answer

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Go to preferences/Technology Previews then enable the option to Deactivate Native Canvas.

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Tom5DC5

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This works. What exactly is going on here? I had the same issue. I discovered that unchecking Preferences->Performance "Use Graphics Processor" also fixed things. This is a much better solution.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Unchecking Use Graphics Processor turns off enhanced functions in Photoshop and is not a better solution.

This post shows a list of features disabled when you turn off Use GPU

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html

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