Having the same problem and have rolled back to v26.0.     My specific problem was, a layer with an image, above that a color fill layer, and above that another color fill layer.  Both color fill layers set to "color", and both clipped to the image layer.   I wanted to apply a gradient to the mask in the uppermost (orange) color fill layer.  Version 26.0 allows me to do that, but version 26.1 and 26.2 come back with "can't complete because of a program error".   However, 26.2 does allow me to apply a gradient to the mask in the lower (blue) color fill layer.  Seems like the problem is something to do with more than one layer stacked on top of another. ... View more

Apologies, I'm not familiar with the forum.  I took me a while to even find out how to post.  I'll be more careful next time. Thanks. ... View more

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but I made the problem stop by quitting out of other programs while using Photoshop.  Any browser (Safari, Chrome), any messaging service (Telegram), any musuc streaming. All switched off.  They all use processing power, especially if you have anything running that is trying to show you adverts with video.  Sometimes I'll also quit Lightroom, and even Mail.  I'm able to work on files with many layers. Saving sometimes takes a while, but photoshop doesn't crash.  ... View more

Thanks Ged, I'll take a look at that ... View more

Apoligies if this was osted in the wrong group originally.   Anyone have a clue about whether my older versions of PS will be wiped if I try to revert to 22.4.3?   ... View more

Hi there, i had the same problem, plus my "Preferences" was greyed out.  I got on a web chat with Adobe, and it was only then that I realised that I hadn't updated the Creative Cloud App.    It was asking for an update, but I had been ignoring it.  The reason for this was that I've got older versions of Photoshop and Bridge installed because the latest versions were too buggy.  When I saw "Update available" I thought it was going to update Photoshop and Bridge.   Anyway, after updating the Creative Cloud App everything is back to normal.   I can see my apps, the updates that are available, and the "Preferences" is not greyed out.   Just for information, the latest version of the Creative Cloud App is 5.2.1.441   Good luck and stay safe!  ... View more

Hi everyone,   I've just come back to this thread after a month or so.     Seems like all sorts of people are experiencing the problem.   Those using Mac and Windows.   Macu users who are running Catalina, and those running other OS.   Those saving to internal drives, and those saving to external drives.   So what is the common denominator in everyones problems?...   Anyway, something that may help.  I've already mentioned this, but here it is again.  When you save your file take note of the blue progress bar at the bottom of the window.  When it gets stuck at 99%, click on the little cross just to the right.  For me, this closes the image and everything is saved OK.  Please let everyone know if it works for you as well!         ... View more

But the thing is, I’m not using Catalina. I’m still using Mojave. Sent from my iPhone ... View more

And I don't want to keep repeating myself over and over. For me it's NOT CATALINA!  I have deliberately not updated to Catalina because I wanted to wait until Adobe was working OK with it.  Photoshop 2020 seemed to be working fine with Mojave until the last update, and then the problems started.  For ten years I have been saving to external drives with no problems.  Once again, I'm not using Catalina, so how can that be the problem?  I think you are willfully misunderstanding because you think you know the answer.  And by the way, what is an "Adobe Community Professional"?  Do you work for Adobe, or is that some sort of rank you've been given for the number of times you post on here?  No offence intended, just curious.  ... View more

If actually read the whole conversation, all of the posts and comments you will see that it is NOT Catalina specific. ... View more

I want to repeat, that it's NOT CATALINA.   I'm using Mojave.     I've been using Photoshop for around 10 years now, and always saved to an external hard drive.  This problem has only occured during the last week or so for me.   What I have done is go back to version  20.0.8 and the problem is not recurring.     Before I did that, and still on 2020, I would go Close Image, and get the "Do you want to Save before closing"  Click yes then watch the blue progress bar at the bottom left of the image as it was saving, when it got stuck at 99% there was a little x at the right of the bar.  If I clicked on that, which was presumably a "Cancel" button, the file would close, but was also saved OK. ... View more

No, it isn't Catalina specific.  I'm still on Mojave and am having the same problem. ... View more

Yes, I used it today where I would normally use Mac Finder.  Bridge can actually find files across all of my folders and a number of external drives more quickly than Mac Finder. I’m a convert now. It’s making my job a lot easier. ... View more

Like PECourtjoie says, the solution is to use Bridge instead of Finder.  It's almost the same functionality, but you can see all thumbnail types, with the added bonus of seeing all information attached teach image. ... View more

Hi there,  I think you're right.  Although Bridge is something I've never used much before I'm going to add it to my workflow, as it gets around this problem. Thanks! ... View more

I've just had a live chat conversation with Adobe support.  The Agent had a somewhat tetchy attitude, and there was a flat denial that this is an Adobe "issue". ... View more

I got the PSB Plugin.  It seemed to work fine at first, but now is a bit random. One strange thing I've noticed is this.  I use folders and subfolders.  If I have a PSD file in a subfolder it sometimes appears with no thumbnail. If i drag it to the main folder it will appear with a preview thumbnail. Drag it back the the subfolder, and the preview disappears again. Weird. Any ideas what might be going on? ... View more

Thanks for that.  It's never happened before, in the last nine years, but there's a first time for everything. ... View more

No that wouldn't work. In the end I found that the .lrcat file must have been corrupted somehow. I exported some Collections that I had been working on from the latest catalog, then restarted Lightroom with the previous caked up catalog. After that I imported the collections, "Import from other catalog" and they appeared.   Just some of the bits and pieces I've been working on are missing, so I'm trying to sort that out now. Just shows the importance of backing up your catalog regularly. ... View more

Herbert , above a size of 88 x 88px the Yosemite Finder is reverting back to a normal TIFF icon, then begins to regenerate thumbnails at its leisure.  In other words very slowly.  Too slowly for me as I am using this function all the time for my work. ... View more

John, thanks for the info.  My tiff files are usually 56Mb at the smallest.  Changing the size of the thumbnail in the finder does force it to display them. The most irksome change in Photoshop CC is that in all previous versions including CS6 tiffs exported from Lightroom had a thumbnail with a white border.  After editing and saving tin Photoshop the white border disappeared and the thumbnail became slightly greeted out.  This was very useful as you could see which images in a folder had been worked on.  I've seen this mentioned by other people.  As it stands I'm getting the thumbnails, and they show the changes after they've been edited.  The trouble is that the thumbnails are so small I just can't tell without opening each one if changes have been made, as these are sometimes just removing dust spots etc. ... View more

I spoke to an Apple representative on the phone helpline about tiff thumbnails not showing up or showing up very slowly.  We went through resetting the PRAM, removing the finder plist files etc.  Nothing worked.  Then he went away to investigate.  Came back and said, lets try in safe mode, as this will disable third party software. In safe mode I looked at the tiffs created with Photoshop CC and the behaviour was still the same.   Tiffs created with Photoshop CS6 showed up perfectly. After some discussion with someone else at this end and more investigation he said that it was a known problem that was with the Adobe software, and was being worked on from both ends. I had previously web chatted to an Adobe representative who said, Jayita Sen: It is a known issue Jayita Sen: The issue is not from our end Jayita Sen: It is an issue of the Finder in mac Jayita Sen: We are working with apple closely to fix it So each side is sort of laying the blame on the other, but both are working to fix it.  Apparently.. ... View more

That's a good idea. I'm using a mac and haven't had a problem since reverting to 13.0.1, but I'd be willing to send a description of the problem when it did happen to me. You're saying an Executive Email Carpet Bomb?  How about posting the email addresses of the executive we should be getting in touch with? I haven't a clue where to start looking for these people, and I'm sure there are plenty of others like me. If the contacts were posted there would be more chance of a lot more people complaining. ... View more

I'm always learning, I learn something every day. Today I have learned that some things are more complicated than I thought. I know how to record actions, and I don't consider myself a complete beginner using Photoshop. It just seems to me that being able to set your zoom percentage to a default value should be an easy option to do. I'll do some reading about how to use the Print Size feature.  I'm sure there will be an explanation out there somewhere simple enough for me to understand. Thank you again. ... View more

JJMack, Thanks for the reply, but that seems overly complicated to me. All I want to do is be able to set my zoom percentage to a particular value and save it as a default. At present Print Size zooms my 300dpi images to 24%, which is not "Actual Size" of my print. If there isn't a simple way of just setting a default zoom percentage value please tell me and I'll forget all about it. I'm not technical enough to start doing all the calculations you suggested, and I have no idea what Scrip Event Manager is.  Nor do I want to know. Thanks again for your suggestion, it was just far too complicated for me to undersatand. ... View more