Skip to main content
Participant
July 7, 2025
Question

Photoshop closes with the quick selection tool on large images without any error message

  • July 7, 2025
  • 1 reply
  • 348 views

Hello,

 

I work on large image in format PSD like 4 Go.

When i use the quick selection tool, at some point Photoshop closes by itself and doesn't display any error messages. I can't finish my selection because it always close before, so it's very boring.

I try in TIFF, PSD, DNG even on an another computer with photoshop 24.7 same issue.

My main computer is really good, Ryzen 7 7800 x3D, RTX 5070, 64 GB RAM, and he's almost new.

 

I tried to activate/désactivate the GPU in the parameter and it's the same.

The issue is only with the quick selection tool, i think the problem is from photoshop.

 

Can this issue be fixed ?

 

Thank you !

 

 

 

 

 

1 reply

Ged_Traynor
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 7, 2025

@Mirabelle66 the fact that it's happening on 2 different PCs it could be an issue with the document itself, have you tried resetting the tools

If that doesn't help, try manually resetting your Photoshop preferences
https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually
Remember to back up your settings before doing the preference reset
https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preset-migration.html

Participant
July 7, 2025

Thanks for your reply !

I followed your advice, but it didn't change anything.

I think the problem lies with the software. I'm wondering if there's a size limit for pixel selection with the quick selection tool.

I tried with smaller files, around 1.5 GB, and I didn't have this problem. At 2.19 GB, it works, but not at 2.5 GB.

 

I hope this can be fixed soon, my project requires the highest resolution possible.

Participant
July 10, 2025

@Mirabelle66 just tested on my system, and I was able to replicate the issue, with a 3.8GB file, quick selection works fine, with a 4.1GB file, quick selection crashes Photoshop


Great, so the problem really comes from Photoshop and not from me, i'm glad !