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mojo potatoes
mojo potatoes
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January 4, 2021
Question

Slow PS performance when opening photo from Lightroom

  • January 4, 2021
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Hey all, ever since Photoshop v.20 or so performance has dropped off of a cliff when used in conjunction with Lightroom. 

I used to be able to open a photo I'm working on in Lightroom via "Edit in Photoshop" without issue but for the past month or so when I do so performance becomes erratic - slow hand/moving tool, slow zoom, slow wonky pen tool actions (when I set a a straight line/anchor point it automatically adds a curve to it) when using a tablet (XP-Pen), and a myriad of other issues including "alt+click" not registering without multiple repeated clicks while using the clone/heal tools. Pretty much everything at the minimum has a second or two delay before registering. 

 

The only solution I've found is to open the Edit in PS through Lightroom as usual, saving the file in Photoshop, closing Photoshop, closing Lightroom, then reopening the saved file in Photoshop to work on only to eventually open back in Lightroom for final edits and export. 

 

This additional action takes time and adds frustration which is the enemy of creation. I'm hoping that instead of constantly adding new features Adobe starts fixing current problems, I'll gladly take a smoothly running piece of expensive software vs any other non-sense updates that usually add more problems than solve. Hell, I'll glady take ZERO feature updates for the next year or so in exchange for stability and bug fixes.  I am confident that many/majority of people would support that proposition. 

 

My System -

AMD 3900X

Windows 10

Nvidia 1070 ti

Samsung M.2 SSDs + Sabrent PCIE 4.0 M.2 SSD (which all Adobe apps are installed). 

Corsair 64GB DDR4 2666 Ram

 

Running latest Adobe updates.

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    Im Seba
    Participant
    March 4, 2021

    Hi there.

    Same issue here. As soon as I close LRC, PS start running fast again, but while open it's impossible to work with. Running latest Adobe updates too. 

     

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

    64 Gb of RAM

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

    Win 10 Pro and Adobe APPs installed on a M.2 SDD
    Pictures and LGC catalog on a separated SSD Samsung 860

    Cache files on another SSD Samsung 860

     

    Any help welcome.

    Thanks in advance.

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    peres1056407
    Participating Frequently
    February 4, 2023

     

    I'm experiencing the exact same problem. Photoshop is running very slow when I open an image from Lightroom but works fast when I open Photoshop without passing through Lightroom.  I'm running PS 2023 24.1.1.

     

    This thread is two years old and I can't see any response posted. Did you guys find a solution?

     

    Thanks

      b_sullan
      b_sullan
      Participant
      March 22, 2023

      The same issue has just started happening for me - takes several minutes to get a file open in Photoshop using the "Edit in Photoshop" command in Lightroom. Also equally slow time saving back. Wondering if the recent LR update did something.

      kareng560655
      kareng560655
      Participant
      January 8, 2021

      It is a nightmare now! I am professional wedding photographer and pretty ofteen ned to open raw files in Photoshop for quick edit. After recent updates it is extremely SLOW! It was pretty fast before so hardware is not the issue! When opening processor running at 12%, so ADOBE - PLEASE FIX IT!!!

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