Sluggish brushes - waiting time for brush to follow cursor

[Tele55]

Hello,

never had this problem. It's a very powerful machine, lots of RAM, latest updates, latest Win10, ... but ...

all of a sudden painting in or out something e.g. in a layer mask, or anywhere, especially in larger files, takes forwver ... waiting time, watching brush follow the cursor ... or see nothing and wait for 2-3 minutes, processing, to finally respond again. 

Everything is clean as a whistle, no cache, no temp files ... what is going on?

Nvidea RTX 2060, Samsung 960 EVO Plus SSD reserved just for system, no scratch disk, 16 GB RAM,

Photoshop Performance 80%, "Use Graphic Processor", advanced settings: top two checked

Thanks

[nikunj.m]

Hi,

We're sorry about the trouble with Photoshop while painting. Would you mind sharing the version of Photoshop you're using? Are you using a drawing tablet? If yes, then please check out: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/tablet-support-faq-photoshop.html

You can try optimizing the Preferences of Photoshop using the steps suggested here: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-photoshop-cc-performance.html

If the issues persists, you can try to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps mentioned here: https://adobe.ly/2Qzc0K3

Please backup your settings prior to resetting the preferences. You can check: https://adobe.ly/2vNz6FG

Let us know how it goes!

Regards,

Nikunj

[Tele55]

how can I reply to the latest answer below????

There is NO reply button!

[Tele55]

ok - it jumped to below the answer - very confusing.

The reply button should be AFTER the latest answer - not after my own question.

Anyways:

Hello Nicunj,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Unfortunately the recommendations are general set up suggestions

I went through many times. Also, nothing changed in the mean time,

Before the issue occurred.

Photoshop version is the latest update / a few days ago.

Wacom tablet – no issue – occurs with or without tablet

Wacom works fine.

Your recommendations are again just general set-up.

I don’t know when it started since I’m not always working on larger files

(several hundred MB)

Also: I have the same machine at work with no issues.

Do you have anything more specific?

Thanks

[martinl78073354]

I'm having the exactly same problem. High-spec PC, Win 10, Wacom tablet. Since the last Photoshop update a day or so ago, lag has become horrible.

[Tele55]

Thanks Martin,

how can we make this known to PS Team?

[J453]

What do you have set for smoothing in the brush tool options?

What do you have set in the settings panel:

Screen shots of your settings are most welcome.

[Tele55]

Thanks Jeffey, for the reply

I know about smoothing and made sure it's not on.

It seems to be somewhat better since the recent update to PS 2022.

[J453]

Cool.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-photoshop-cc-performance.html 

Smoothing, spacing, dual brush are big hogs for brush calculation/drawing. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-slow-lags.html 

Some mouse drivers can also cause problems. If you're using a gaming mouse (Logitech G700S or similar) with a custom driver, set the polling rate to 125 Hz in the device driver.

[Tele55]

Thanks for the reply,

I think I'm on top with settings, preferences, cach sizes, etc.

I have to mention though that I work on two similar, custom machines, one at work, one at home.

The work one is more recent ( Intel i9, Samsung 970, 2060 Nvidia, 32 GBRam, one year since built) ... the home machine has older components of which some are 2012-14 technology (i7 2600, motherboard and 16 GB RAM...however new Samsung 970 and 2060 Nividia).

The problems mostly / more occur on the older machine.

Also: I have no separate scratch disk assigned since C Drive is solely for system and 80% free space...??? (250 ... 200 free)

Is it possible that components are outdated? But why do processing problem ocur all of a sudden?

On both there is also slow saving when using certain pattern overlays (in lerge files)

Thanls for now