Skip to main content
R
randy22222873use8
Participating Frequently
March 28, 2024
Question

TIRED of AI taking over photoshop

  • March 28, 2024
  • 24 replies
  • 2438 views

I teach photography at a private university and am getting really tired of this AI billboard opening OVER files that have just been opened. It's distracting to the students and interupts the teaching process. Being offered the choice of  "try later" or "get started" is a clear manipuation of not being offered a choiceat all. This is not the first time this issue has been talked about. PLEASE stop assuming everyone is enamored with AI and allow the students to be taught by the teachers

    24 replies

    D
    defaultx2rt2vc67wfn
    Participant
    February 15, 2025

    Well said. I'm sick of the AI prompts in Adobe as well. I used to know my way around this program. Now it seems like nothing works, even the highlighter or Search function. Please back off!

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 15, 2025
    quote

    Well said. I'm sick of the AI prompts in Adobe as well. I used to know my way around this program. Now it seems like nothing works, even the highlighter or Search function. Please back off!


    By @defaultx2rt2vc67wfn

    I don’t understand what you mean. 

    Generative Fill, Generate Image, Generative Expand … all seem to be optional, so there is no need to use them if one prefers not to. 

     

    Which »Highlighter« are you referring to? 

    What problem are you experiencing with the »Search function«? 

    Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible to illustrate? 

    L
    Lumigraphics
    Legend
    April 4, 2024

    I have never used the Home screen and disable the new contextual task bar. Probably why I've never seen the titorial on multiple computers. Oh and the dark appearance makes my skin crawl. No idea how anyone tolerates that. The VERY FIRST thing I do is change to the lightest appearance.

      Ged_Traynor
      Community Expert
      Ged_TraynorCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 4, 2024

      @D Fosse I have never used the home screen since it was introduced, I currently have version 25.3.1 installed, so decided to enable the home screen in that version, then installed version 25.6, disabled the home screen and then opened an image, closed Photoshop, and I'm still greeted with this crap.

      So I uninstalled 25.6 again, deleted the preference folder from the appdata, reinstalled Photoshop 25.6 and the same crap appears

      I give up, so I'm sticking with version 25.3.1

      Thanks to @Mark.Dahm @Pete.Green @CoryShubert for not replying to this thread 

       

        D Fosse
        Community Expert
        D FosseCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        April 4, 2024

        @Ged_Traynor try this and report back how it goes...that is, if you still have the latest version installed.

        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        April 4, 2024

        Good to know that the issue can be resolved again. 

          D Fosse
          Community Expert
          D FosseCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          April 4, 2024

          Oh, so the home screen is somehow involved in this after all. That and probably the contextual task bar.

           

          Actually, when I install a new Photoshop version, that is the exact procedure I follow to disable the Home screen. I had some problems with it earlier, it would just keep popping up after I disabled it. Now I do the same with the contextual task bar.

            R
            randy22222873use8Author
            Participating Frequently
            April 4, 2024

            After spending an hour or so on the phone with Adobe, the 7th person I talked to solved the problem. The first two eventually hungup. I don't blame them. I would have hungup on me too at that point. Below are the steps.

            1) Open photoshop and click on "Photoshop 2024" in the upper left corner of the screen.
            2) Click on "settings/general"
            3) UNclick "auto show the home screen"
            4) Open an image file. If you ignore this step it will continue to plague your existence.
            5) "quit" photoshop. Just closing the window doesn't do it. Right click on the Ps in the dock and click quit.
             
            Thanks for listening!
              D Fosse
              Community Expert
              D FosseCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              March 29, 2024

              @Ged_Traynor  yeah, this would have me kicking and screaming...

                c.pfaffenbichler
                Community Expert
                c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                March 29, 2024

                I sympathize; a tutorial that re-appears again and again seems quite annoying. 

                But as the thing does not happen for me (Photoshop 25.6.0 on Mac OS 14.2.1) at least so far I am loathe to add my vote. 

                  Ged_Traynor
                  Community Expert
                  Ged_TraynorCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  March 29, 2024

                  @D Fosse I don't normally have the contextual task bar enabled, even with it disabled the tutorial will start and it actually enables the contextual task bar.

                  I've tried the Adobe cleaner tool and removing everything related to Adobe in the user profile, rebooted, reinstalled 25.6 and the tutorial starts again, uninstall version 26.5 and then install version 25.5.1 and the same issue, doesn't make any sense to me.

                  I installed version 25.3.1 to test and so far so good, even with the contextual task bar enabled no issues so far.

                  In all the years I've been using Photoshop, I've never really had any issues apart from the known bugs, Photoshop has been running fine until the release of version 25.6, I'm an IT engineer so know my way around computers, but this one has me stumped

                    Show more replies
                    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
                    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices