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Philipp5C8C
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June 4, 2021
Question

Screen flickering while hovering over toolbar

  • June 4, 2021
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Hey Community, 

 

my Monitor is flickering while hovering my mouse over the tool at of Photoshop. Changing from any tool to brush for example - screen flickering couple times. Updates all done (Windows 10 + Adobe) and drivers up to date either. Ideas anyone? 

7700k, 32GB 3200Mhz, RTX2070s 

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    julio5ECD
    Participant
    November 18, 2023

    This solved the problem for me: Turns out the GPU tells the monitor if the content being displayed is a video, and some monitors reconfigure themselves when this happens, causing flickering. Adobe tooltips are videos, hence the problem.

    Go to Nvidia control panel > Adjust desktop color settings  Scroll until yo see "content type being reported to the display"  and change it to "Desktop programs"

      nadworks-cb
      nadworks-cb
      Known Participant
      June 25, 2023

      Same problem here. Incredibly annoying.

      Tried a few options that were discussed here, but nothing helped. Needless to say that all drivers and CC versions are up-to-date. My screen refresh rate is on 60Hz.

       

      It's the Illustrator tooltips that trigger the flashing on hover. So I've now simply disabled them:

      Edit > Preferences > General> uncheck 'Show tool tips'

      They're just for context anyway and I for one can live without them in favour of a flicker-free UX.

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        Hack25848373p3qa
        Participant
        June 25, 2023

        That a boy! 😛

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        Mary_90
        Participant
        June 1, 2023

        I've been facing the same issue when I upgraded my Gpu to RTX 3090, Drivers are upto date. It was working flawless with GTX 1060 before. I don't know what's all this now! 

        Anyways, i found two solutions to avoid that flickering. 
        1. Image scalling (85%) 

        2. Uncheck that Graphics from "Tools" Tab in Adobe Photoshop Cc. 

        I hope Photoshop Developers will resolve this issue ASAP. 

          SBanville
          SBanville
          Participant
          September 25, 2022

          I had the same problem and I found out that if I go to the "Nvidia control panel" under the "change resolution" menu and I put the refresh rate to 60hz, the problem is solved. Maybe Photoshop doesn't handle well high refresh rate. I have a 165hz refresh rate monitor and an rtx2060 super.  

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          captain326-K
          Participating Frequently
          October 18, 2022

          Thank you for your comment. I am not sure if my tech fiddled with refresh rates, but for some reason, I think he may have. I will pass along your comment to him - and I will see if he tried what you did in order to solve my problem. For some reason, I think he did so. But definitely will find out. Thank you again! I am glad you were able to resolve your issue! 

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          katjang2709245782ed
          Participant
          November 12, 2022

          Photoshop did it again! Plsslng me off!

          Thanks ADOBE wonderful!!!! NOT!!!!!!

          simonef21343029
          simonef21343029
          Participant
          April 16, 2022

          Same issue here. Same monitor and RTX 2060...

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          captain326-K
          Participating Frequently
          May 21, 2022

          Hi,

          The problem I had was with the graphics driver. My computer tech had to go back to version 452.06. My problem began with the version 462.59. And a later update (471.11) was bad too. So, for me, no more updating the drivers (since 7/1/2021).

          Regards,

          Kathie

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            Baran24548730j95m
            Participant
            May 22, 2022
            Thank you for the details 🙏
            TheDigitalDog
            TheDigitalDog
            Inspiring
            June 5, 2021

            First, try disabling GPU in the preferences (Preformance). Any better?
            If not, recalibrate and build a new ICC profile, the old one might be corrupted.
            If you are using software/hardware for this task, be sure the software is set to build a matrix not LUT profile, Version 2 not Version 4 profile.

            Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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            Philipp5C8CAuthor
            Participant
            June 5, 2021

            Thank you for your guidance! 
            tried this first, no change. Monitor are 2x HP 27es with technicolor preset. 
            worked with this setup last with no problems. 
            this flickering is new (couple weeks) maybe gpu driver? 

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            captain326-K
            Participating Frequently
            June 21, 2021

            If turning OFF GPU works, it's a GPU bug and you need to contact the manufacturer or find out if there's an updated driver for it. 

            Also see: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html


            Hi,

            I am experiencing the same problem with the flickering when hovering the mouse over any tool.

            I believe all drivers are up-to-date with my grahics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super. 

            I am not exactly sure what ICC is (I searched on Internet in regard to this, but I don't think this applies to my set up, I don't do any printing of images).

            I did turn OFF GPU but flickering still continues.

            The flickering started with the latest update to my CC Photoshop (22.4.2)

            I don't know what I should do in regard to the flickering. Any suggestions? I have in the past called Adobe support, and maybe I should do this if I can't get any suggestions here other than that was posted already.

            Thank you.

            Kathie

             

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              Philipp5C8CAuthor
              Participant
              June 4, 2021

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