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Jeff A. Goulden
Jeff A. Goulden
Inspiring
October 27, 2023
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Photoshop Sky Replacement is Slow

  • October 27, 2023
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I am using Photoshop 25.0.0 and running Windows 11.  I'm using the Photoshop plugin from Lightroom Classic.  I'm having a problem selecting skies in the Sky Replacement feature.  I have my own collection of skies that I use.  There are around 500 of them to choose from.  What I am experiencing is scrolling through the pallet of skies is extremely slow.  When I scroll down it can take 5-10 seconds or more for the pallet to move.  It makes it very difficult to select the sky that I want to use.  The whole sky replacement feature is very slow compared to ON1 but selecting the skies is extremely slow.  Has anyone else experienced this and what can be done about it?

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    Correct answer Kevin Stohlmeyer

    OK, odd. It's very snappy here, so I can't reproduce this (except that I'm a bit unhappy with the entire layout of this function, but that's another discussion).

     

    Perhaps try to reset preferences if you haven't already. As I mentioned, have your original skies ready for reloading, and also save out all your actions and brushes.

     

    The preferences file contains the entire app configuration, and corrupt prefs can cause highly unexpected and seemingly inexplicable behavior. Preferences are prone to corruption because they are rewritten on every application exit, as opposed to read-only program files. An irregular shutdown can corrupt them.


    @D Fosse wondering if its the overall size/volume of images - @Jeff A. Goulden with 500 averaging at 40 mb a piece that is almost 19 GB of data to manage. I would suggest reviewing the preset asset and try to match the size and file format provided by Adobe.

    2 replies

    Koekoe
    Koekoe
    Inspiring
    May 26, 2024

    Same issue here and it is so frustrating. Everything else works fine and fast. It seems to happen every time there is a software update. I end up deleting my skies and re-uploading them, but it is time wasting. 

    Jeff A. Goulden
    Jeff A. GouldenAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 26, 2024

    Take a look above at my Dec 20, 2023 post.  If you are uploading .psd sky files, and have a lot of them, it will be extremely slow to scroll through the sky pallet.  I switched my sky photos to .jpg and it works much faster.  I hope this helps.

    Koekoe
    Koekoe
    Inspiring
    May 26, 2024

    Thanks for your reply Jeff. Mine are .jpg's and I have about 150 of them, most under 5MB and a few over but none over 10MB. The problem is not the end of the world for me as I delete the set and re-upload them if necessary after  Adobe software updates, but I wish I didn't have to do that.  My operating system has recently been updated to the latest and greatest to see if that would help, but the problem persists. It's just the scrolling between skies that is slow, once I selected a sky the actual replacement is fast.  I don't want to cull my skies as I edit at least 50 exterior real estate photos a day and cannot use the same ones over and over. While I'm at it, is there any way I can change the border colour indicating/highlighting the last sky selected from blue to another contrasting colour like red?

    Jeff A. Goulden
    Jeff A. GouldenAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 27, 2023

    I just updated Photoshop to 25.1 and am experiencing the same problem.

    Jeff A. Goulden
    Jeff A. GouldenAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 4, 2023

    This problem is still on-going.  I have received no replies to my post.

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    gregs_grafik
    Participating Frequently
    November 6, 2023

    Can confirm that I'm having a problem with Sky Replacement in 25.1 as well. As soon as the dialogue appears, the entire app freezes.

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