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marcrust
marcrust
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July 28, 2022
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Why is Photoshop the most buggy software?

  • July 28, 2022
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This is killing me and making me so sad.

I LOVE Photoshop and always have.

But why is it so hard to love this software when it keep on getting more and more buggy?

Things change all the time for no better reason. Photoshop used to be something where I felt like I had full freedom to do whatever I wanted. Me and my Photoshop could change the design world and master it! Now it is issues and frustrations all day. Fundamentally I feel that it is better because I know it so well by now. But there are other softwares that just "get it".

I feel that Adobe is missing the mark. Do simple things well. That used to be the motto. Now it is all about making updates that are more and more buggy.

For specifics anything having to do with the preferences of tools, and the speed of the program. I have to press "Z" twice for the tool to change, The way things release makes no sense anymore, sometimes a tool behaves like it did last time, other times it doesn't. Creating a new document from a pasteboard doesn't work anymore, etc, etc. It is the overall flow that is broken!

So sad... needed to vent.

    3 replies

    @mj
    Community Expert
    @mjCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 31, 2022

    Hi @marcrust ,

    A good vent is always good.

    On the pasteboard issue, had the same problem.

    Try Preferences > General > Use legacy new doc interfce.

    Create a new doc from pasteboard.

    Then go in and switch it on again.

    This fixed it for me.

    Let us know how you go.

    mj

      marcrust
      marcrustAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      July 31, 2022

      Ok when I select "Use legacy new doc interface" YES this does work. So I'll go with that. I did try to go back and it didn't work like before.

      BTW, would resetting all preferences fix this? when should I do something like that?

      @mj
      Community Expert
      @mjCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 20, 2023

      Resetting prefs is a good default position if the software does not behave as expected @marcrust .

      Best

      mj

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        exactspace
        Inspiring
        July 29, 2022

        Just about all Adobe software is of poor quality, because their business model is to spread propagranda that their software is required in order to be a professional, and most businesses fall for it, or forced to use it because that is everyone else's workflow. 

          Derek Cross
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          Derek CrossCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          July 30, 2022

          exactspace – that is an absurd statement. The many thousands of users of Adobe products attests to the success of their software. No one is forcing you to use Adobe applications so, maybe you should go elsewhere.

           

            twinbrush
            twinbrush
            Inspiring
            June 13, 2023

            @twinbrush 

             

            The Save As debacle, arguably the biggest PR disaster for Adobe in recent years, wasn't even their fault. Or indirectly it was, because back in 2010 they made the fateful decision to listen to customer requests and provide a way to directly save to file formats that don't support current file properties. In short, jpeg.

             

            Previously, that wasn't possible. The file had to conform to format specs before you could save to it.

             

            So they introduced a hack in CS5. And people got used to it, and soon thought this was the way it had "always" been and that this was the natural order of things.

             

            Until Apple pulled the rug from under the whole thing, by removing the APIs that made this hack possible.

             

            The moral of the story is - be careful what requests you meet. It might come back to bite you.

             

             


            @D Fosse Yea I know that wasn't in their control I was just highlighting it as one of the things that frustrated users (im sure Adobe too). But isn't that kind of the point...if Adobe new it was a hack, wouldn't it have been prudent to work on a permanent 'fix' or method....I mean I know there's a lot more to it, especially when it involves coding language and frameworks from another company, but its obviously been possible....or Adobe are still hacking it as the function still remains. 

            c.pfaffenbichler
            Community Expert
            c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            July 28, 2022
            I have to press "Z" twice for the tool to change,

            What is your Photoshop > Preferences > Tools > Spring-loaded tools shortcut-setting. 

             

            Creating a new document from a pasteboard doesn't work anymore

            Have you tried Photoshop > Preferences > General > Use legacy »New Document« Interface? 

              marcrust
              marcrustAuthor
              Participating Frequently
              July 28, 2022

              Oooh thanks I will try that!

              marcrust
              marcrustAuthor
              Participating Frequently
              July 29, 2022

              The issue with tools not changing over didn't fix. I still need to press "z" twice to change tools.

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