Experienced exactly this issue (including the laggy liquify tool) upon upgrading to v25 a few days ago. Downgraded back to v24.7.1 and both issues were gone. I never had these issues on any of the v24.x versions I've installed before so I might have been a bit luckier than some in the discussion thread. Still, I'm appalled that it's taking Adobe so long to fix such a critical issue!  ... View more

I use the DxO Nik Collection. I often wondered if that was the culprit as the screen used to some times freeze after applying an effect. But of late, the screen freezes without me even launching the Nik tool. ... View more

I having this same problem too, very annoying when it keeps happening and takes PS ages to start up and load the large TIFF files I was working on!   It only started in version 21.1.2. Here's my system info:   Adobe Photoshop Version: 21.1.2 20200410.r.136 2020/04/10: efaf3fa4e40 x64 Number of Launches: 657 Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit Version: 10 or greater 10.0.18362.778 System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:12 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, HyperThreading Physical processor count: 8 Logical processor count: 16 Processor speed: 3600 MHz Built-in memory: 65454 MB Free memory: 35981 MB Memory available to Photoshop: 59969 MB Memory used by Photoshop: 60 % ACP.local Status: - SDK Version: 1.26.5 - Core Sync Status: Reachable and compatible - Core Sync Running: 4.3.42.4 - Min Core Sync Required: 4.3.4.2 ACPL Cache Config: - Time to Live: 5184000 seconds - Max Size: 20480 MB - Purge Percentage: 50% - Threshold Percentage: 85% - Purge Interval: 300 seconds Manta Canvas: Disabled. Alias Layers: Disabled. Modifier Palette: Enabled. Highbeam: Enabled. Image tile size: 1024K Image cache levels: 4 Font Preview: Medium TextComposer: Latin Display: 1 Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1440, right=2560 Display: 2 Display Bounds: top=0, left=2560, bottom=1440, right=5120 OpenGL Drawing: Enabled. OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected. OpenGL Drawing Mode: Normal OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True. OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True. AIFCoreInitialized=1 AIFOGLInitialized=1 OGLContextCreated=1 NumGLGPUs=1 NumCLGPUs=1 NumNativeGPUs=0 glgpu[0].GLVersion="2.1" glgpu[0].IsIntegratedGLGPU=0 glgpu[0].GLMemoryMB=11264 glgpu[0].GLName="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti" glgpu[0].GLVendor="NVIDIA Corporation" glgpu[0].GLVendorID=4318 glgpu[0].GLDriverVersion="26.21.14.4250" glgpu[0].GLRectTextureSize=32768 glgpu[0].GLRenderer="GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2" glgpu[0].GLRendererID=7687 glgpu[0].HasGLNPOTSupport=1 glgpu[0].GLDriver="C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_33895c186dfc2a0d\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_33895c186dfc2a0d\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_33895c186dfc2a0d\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_33895c186dfc2a0d\nvldumdx.dll" glgpu[0].GLDriverDate="20200224000000.000000-000" glgpu[0].CanCompileProgramGLSL=1 glgpu[0].GLFrameBufferOK=1 glgpu[0].glGetString[GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION]="1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler" glgpu[0].glGetProgramivARB[GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB][GL_MAX_PROGRAM_INSTRUCTIONS_ARB]=[65536] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS]=[4] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS]=[192] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VERTEX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS]=[32] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS]=[32] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_DRAW_BUFFERS]=[8] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VERTEX_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS]=[4096] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_FRAGMENT_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS]=[4096] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VARYING_FLOATS]=[124] glgpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS]=[16] glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_VERTEX_PROGRAM]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_VERTEX_SHADER]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_FRAGMENT_SHADER]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_EXT_FRAMEBUFFER_OBJECT]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_TEXTURE_FLOAT]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_OCCLUSION_QUERY]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_VERTEX_BUFFER_OBJECT]=1 glgpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_SHADER_TEXTURE_LOD]=1 clgpu[0].CLPlatformVersion="1.2 CUDA" clgpu[0].CLDeviceVersion="1.2 CUDA" clgpu[0].IsIntegratedCLGPU=0 clgpu[0].CLMemoryMB=11264 clgpu[0].CLName="GeForce RTX 2080 Ti" clgpu[0].CLVendor="NVIDIA Corporation" clgpu[0].CLVendorID=4318 clgpu[0].CLDriverVersion="442.50" clgpu[0].CLBandwidth=5.10008e+11 clgpu[0].CLCompute=3720.24 License Type: Subscription Serial number: 96380535447248639140 GUIDBucket:Composite Core (enable_composite_core): onComposite Core GPU (comp_core_gpu): offComposite Core UI (comp_core_ui): offDocument Graph (enable_doc_graph): off Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\ Temporary file path: C:\Users\<removed>\AppData\Local\Temp\ Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled Scratch volume(s): Startup, 1.82T, 1.25T free Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\Required\Plug-ins\ Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\Plug-ins\ Installed components: A3DLIBS.dll A3DLIB Dynamic Link Library 9.2.0.112 ACE.dll ACE 2020/02/11-03:18:47 79.617294 79.617294 AdbePM.dll PatchMatch 2020/02/28:23:19:27 1.617906 1.617906 AdobeLinguistic.dll Adobe Linguisitc Library 14.0.0.0 AdobeOwl.dll Adobe Owl 5.5.0 AdobePDFL.dll PDFL 2020/02/08-01:07:13 79.367423 79.367423 AdobePIP.dll Adobe Product Improvement Program 8.1.0.40.48685 AdobeSVGAGM.dll AdobeSVGAGM 79.617294 79.617294 AdobeXMP.dll Adobe XMP Core 2020/01/30-15:50:38 79.164352 79.164352 AdobeXMPFiles.dll Adobe XMP Files 2020/01/30-15:50:38 79.164352 79.164352 AdobeXMPScript.dll Adobe XMP Script 2020/01/30-15:50:38 79.164352 79.164352 adobe_caps.dll Adobe CAPS 10,0,0,6 AGM.dll AGM 2020/02/11-03:18:47 79.617294 79.617294 ahclient.dll AdobeHelp Dynamic Link Library 4.1.0.0 AIDE.dll AIDE 2020/02/08-01:07:13 79.617234 79.617234 ARE.dll ARE 2020/02/11-03:18:47 79.617294 79.617294 AXE8SharedExpat.dll AXE8SharedExpat 2020/02/10-01:08:14 79.617265 79.617265 AXEDOMCore.dll AXEDOMCore 2020/02/10-01:08:14 79.617265 79.617265 Bib.dll BIB 2020/02/11-03:18:47 79.617294 79.617294 BIBUtils.dll BIBUtils 2020/02/11-03:18:47 79.617294 79.617294 boost_date_time.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 boost_filesystem.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 boost_system.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 boost_threads.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 CoolType.dll CoolType 2020/02/11-03:18:47 79.617294 79.617294 CRClient.dll Adobe Crash Reporter Client DLL 2.0.3.0 dnssd.dll Bonjour 3,0,0,2 dvaaccelerate.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvaappsupport.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvaaudiodevice.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvacore.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvacrashhandler.dll Adobe Audition CC 2017 10.0.0 dvamarshal.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvamediatypes.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvametadata.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvametadataapi.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvametadataui.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvaplayer.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvascripting.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvatransport.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvaui.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dvaunittesting.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 dynamiclink.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 ExtendScript.dll ExtendScript 2019/07/29-10:07:31 82.2 82.2 icucnv64.dll International Components for Unicode Build gtlib_12.0.24171 icudt64.dll International Components for Unicode Build gtlib_12.0.24171 icuuc64.dll International Components for Unicode Build gtlib_12.0.24171 igestep30.dll IGES Reader 9.3.0.113 JP2KLib.dll JP2KLib 2020/02/10-01:08:14 79.274472 79.274472 libifcoremd.dll Intel(r) Visual Fortran Compiler 10.0 (Update A) libiomp5md.dll Intel(R) OpenMP* Runtime Library 5.0 libmmd.dll Intel(R) C/C++/Fortran Compiler 19.0.0 LogSession.dll LogSession 8.1.0.40.48685 mediacoreif.dll photoshopdva 12.1.0 MPS.dll MPS 2020/02/11-03:18:47 79.617295 79.617295 pdfsettings.dll Adobe PDFSettings 1.07 Photoshop.dll Adobe Photoshop 2020 21.1 Plugin.dll Adobe Photoshop 2020 21.1 PlugPlugExternalObject.dll Adobe(R) CEP PlugPlugExternalObject Standard Dll (64 bit) 9.4.0 PlugPlugOwl.dll Adobe(R) CSXS PlugPlugOwl Standard Dll (64 bit) 9.4.0.139 PSCloud.dll 1.0.0.1 PSViews.dll Adobe Photoshop 2020 21.1 ScCore.dll ScCore 2019/07/29-10:07:31 82.2 82.2 SVGRE.dll SVGRE 79.617294 79.617294 svml_dispmd.dll Intel(R) C/C++/Fortran Compiler 19.0.0 tbb.dll Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows 2019, 0, 2019, 0410 tbbmalloc.dll Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows 2019, 0, 2019, 0410 TfFontMgr.dll FontMgr 9.3.0.113 TfKernel.dll Kernel 9.3.0.113 TFKGEOM.dll Kernel Geom 9.3.0.113 TFUGEOM.dll Adobe, UGeom© 9.3.0.113 VulcanControl.dll Vulcan Application Control Library 5.6.1.39 VulcanMessage5.dll Vulcan Message Library 5.6.1.39 WinRTSupport.dll Adobe Photoshop Windows RT Support 21.0.0.0 WRServices.dll WRServices Build 15.3.0.24640 15.3.0.24640 wu3d.dll U3D Writer 9.3.0.113 Unified Extensibility Platform 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