I know. ... View more

The GPU is an RTX 3060 with 12GB. So that's not the reason either. Maybe it's the Ryzen CPU. Let's wait and see if the developers can get on top of that. ... View more

They are removed, when I close Photoshop. I never said that they are staying. But they are getting more throughout the use of Photoshop. There seems to be a block limit of 16GB for them. And I can see them, because I have enabled windows to show hidden files and system files. You might not see them on a restricted setup of Windows. ... View more

If there are performance issues or not doesn't only depend on the system but moresome what kind of files you are working on. My system shouldn't be the reason for the laggy performance (in some cases). The only bottleneck I can think of could be my Ryzen CPU. But it's not that slow either. The reason why you have no stuttering might be because you might mostly work on different kind of images than I do. When I edit photos, even drum scans, it's not that bad. But once I start to assemle my game assets, it's a different story. Using a lot of smart objects, layer styles and smart filters is really causing problems. Even if plenty of RAM is up for grabs and the GPU is chilling in the background. And maybe IO processes are contributing a bit to that. I can't know what is shuffled around between RAM and the SSD in such situations.  ... View more

I switched my scratch disk to another SSD, where there's more space. But that wasn't the reason for opening this thread. It was the confusion about temp files being created and used while plenty of system memory is available. And I'm always thankful for help. ... View more

Well - that's a bad system. SSD's should kick in once RAM gets low, not from the get go, when plenty of RAM is available.  ... View more

I start to understand why Photoshop is very slow at times, when an SSD is used instead of RAM - especially for smart objects. While I somehow got used to the stuttering movements of smart objects, it's nothing that should be seen as "normal" just because the system is designed to work like that. From what I've seen, Photoshop has not seen any speed improvements in that regard for years - even though CPU's and GPU's got a lot more powerful. ... View more

Thanks for the answer. Not going to buy huge SSD's though, just so that Photoshop can fill them up with unnecessary temp files. Maybe some of that AI nonsense shouls be directed towards file and memory management. ... View more

Free space was about 45GB. But that's not the point. The question is, why is there that much disk space allocated with about 40GB of free RAM (with some file being openened)? ... View more

Another probably smart object related issue. When I drag a layer into a file with several smart objects in it, the canvas doesn't update any more for a whole. Even after the time I had to wait for all the layers going through whatever they go through when I drop the layer. When I zoom for example, the percentage value in the tab bar is actually updating, but the canvas isn't. The scroll bars are adjusting as well. As soon as I create a new file, the canvas catches up and refreshes. This has happened before - even in the last release of Photoshop. So it's not related to a specific file, driver, etc. ... View more

I can't share the exact file as it's yet unreleased work. But I shouldn't have to. For one, there's nothing special about that file. About 5000px by 10000px, five layers (at the time) and one little smart object (maybe 500px in width/height). And then it won't help, as the issue is not reproducable on command. It happens then and now - on different files as well. My guess is that it is performance related. Not beacuse I have a weak PC, which I doen't. But because Photoshop seems to do a lot of (unnecessary) calculations related to smart objects, smart filters and layer styles. So at some point, those calculations might have some processes crash which either brings Photoshop to a halt or crashes it all together. There are several threads that I've created over the last few weeks related to smart objects/smart filters and their performance issues. It's probably time to revisit them - it's been a few years. ... View more

It's not the exact same smart object just the kind of smart object that I use all the time. It's just as simple as it gets for a smart object. I deleted as much temporary files as I could,  ... View more

No. It's not the content. It's a single layer of a small bitmap. One I use all the time. After I terminated Photoshop, I redid all the steps and then it did not crash (yet). It's a bug. Happened before, will happen again.  ... View more

Once again an issue related to smart objects (and probably layer effects). I just wanted to duplicate a smart object layer within a group with a layer style active (just a stroke) by ALT-dragging the layer. Photoshop is hanging now. They white arrow marker was constantly active. After switching to another window, I can't switch back to Photoshop any more - the windows won't regain focus. Photoshop seems to do some calculations in the background as the GPU load is at about 10% all the time for the Photoshop task.  It's not the first time that Photoshop is acting weidly when using smart objects and layer styles. This combination isn't only very slow it's also prone to errors.    Here's a screenshot of the processes involved with Photoshop. Some crashpad handler is among them, but no crash report popped up.     ... View more

Thanks for suggesting that. I have already known about that one. Unfortunately it's not a toggle, just a shortcut to jump to the "Clear" mode. And when I hit SHIFT-ALT-R again, nothing happens and it stays in the "Clear" mode. The difference is, that a toggle can be assigned to ONE button on my remote, which is very easy to use.  ... View more

Adobe, please fix the file associations issues once and for all. It's an issue for many years. I had to deinstall Photoshop and install it again, because the usual suggestion for a solution is, to do so. Of course it wasn't working (it never did) and it's actually a bug in Photoshop as suspected. However, before I was able to open PDF's in Photoshop via the "Open in..." dropdown menu. And now, it's gone again and the only way to open PDF's in Photoshop is, to make it the default option to open it in Photoshop. And as soon as I remove it from the default position, it's completely gone form the list again. Bridge doesn't even realize that I have Photoshop V24 installed. I have to pick the EXE file via the file browser to associate it. It recognizes none of my installed PS versions. How hard can this be.  And I know - the solution once again is "Deinstall everything and install it back again". Or better - buy a new PC and try if it works. But no - I'm done with spending hours of backing up settings and uninstalling and installing programs just because Adobe doesn't care.  ... View more

Yes. It works. But it takes very long as it's going through all the smart objects. It also seems to keep all the smart objects open until the end, and only then closes them all together. This could be a lagging UI as well. Can't tell. But thanks for that. I might run it at the very end before production just to make sure. ... View more

Well. There's no better software for this task. That's the problem. Plus I need to stay compatible with my clients who mostly use Photoshop and the Adobe Suite for production.  ... View more

If you do it on the core code level it would have another big advantage. It opens up the opportunity to trigger a warning when there are outdated linked layers in the file. I would really appreciate it. Cause sometimes you might forget that an asset was changed and you will forward something to a client with outdated content in it. With a script you would always run it, just to make sure that everything is fine. And most of those times it will wasted time because it would not have been necessary.  Anyway. I think it would be great if developers could take a look back at some basic features and see if there's something that could be brought up to speed. Sometimes you need to do that and they must have a pile of feature requests that address more basic stuff. Especially smart objects could be given an overhaul - it's been a while. And of course the brush engine. The reason that many artists switch to other apps for painting - including me. Hopes are low though. ... View more

One more reason why this would work better in the core code. They can probably better access a list of external files that are included in the parent file. And working that off is much easier than looping through layers. Probably doing a lot of repetitive tasks in doing so as well. ... View more

Not sure what you want the sample file for. Is this still about updating linked files within smart objects? If so, that's a general issue and not related to my files specifically. If this is about some crossover issues about the slow performance of smart objects, which indeed is specific to some of my bigger files and not everybody would encounter due to my specific workflow, then this is already adressed by Adobe (hopefully). ... View more

Unfortunately I have no sample files that I can share. But a file with two or three smart objects that contain linked files is quickly created. Takes a minute. ... View more

I'll wait and hope. Cheers. ... View more

Is there a solution by now for non-US-citizens? A toggle between the Normal and Clear mode would really be helpful. I use it in Clip Studio Paint quite a bit and would love to be able to map that function to my Cintiq remote for Photoshop as well. I'm not painting in Photoshop a lot any more, but that muscle memory always kicks in, so I try to synchronize PS to CSP as much as I can. ... View more

You can do a lot of wild things with Brusherator. Here's what my basic set looks like. It took me while to get it to that look though. But it can be done. And the developer always was very supportive as well, which is nice of course.      ... View more