Photoshop 2019 - my collected problems

I finally pulled the plug on the Adobe C(asual) C(rap). I cancelled my subscription of the Creative Cloud Photographers Plan and will use my old CS6 Version, Affinity Photo and Corel Painter from here on.

I couldn't stand it anymore. I have been using Photoshop for 20 years now, but this subscription atrocity and the way this company behaves since the marketing took over is no longer bearable.

Just wanted to let you know that I did what I proclaimed earlier in another thread:)

Of course, CC will stay with me at work, because I have no influence over the software they give me, but for my freelance work, it's back to the last version that I feel comfortable with.

I just upgraded to CC 2019 and your points 2 and 3 are driving me insane.

2) Fixed with the PSUserConfig.txt solution, thank you JJMack > why even make this change?? It isn't consistent within Photoshop, and I use Illustrator a lot, and it isn't consistent with it either. Sometimes I wonder if the PS and AI teams communicate with each other due to their UX inconsistencies (e.g. can't right-click on a layer in the layers panel to complete an action in Illustrator, major fail)

3) this one had me cursing out loud, after the 5th time I decided to look for a solution, which is why I'm here.

So very frustrated, Adobe needs real competition.

so this seems to be fixed finally:

Photoshop CC 2019: Automatic history snapshot when saving not working | Photoshop Family Customer Community

I'm having the same issue with "Automatically Create New Snapshot When Saving" which is really frustrating! And I have the same opinion on the range of rotating when transforming something, that's such an odd thing to get rid of ?_?

Today I was Playing with the History Panel Options and notice a first snapshot was taken the first time I save the document additional  saves did create new snapshots like CC 2018 However, the first snapshot taken seem to be updated I saw its thumbnail change.   I believe that is a bug the checkbox states Create new snapshot not update a snapshot.

This is how I see it.

1. the new warp tool did not make it into the release although it is announced as a new feature?

Was not announce in my country the US but in other countries it was but is not in the update.

2. In order to transform layers proportionally, Shift must not be pressed anymore. Ok, why not...

But when I transform smart objects like raw files, the Shift key has to be pressed to keep the proportions.

I did not find that to be the case on my machine Transform work the same for RAW placed images.  However it work backward compared to Photoshop other tools so I added the PSUserConfig.txt option that was in the announcement to revert transform back to its old correct way to operate.

3. Until the update, it didn't matter how far outside the boundary box I clicked when I wanted to rotate the object. This was very convenient because the greater the distance between the bounding box and the cursor, the more accurate I could rotate the object. Since the update, you can only click in a relatively small area around the object to rotate it. If you click too far outside, the transformation is completed. Clear deterioration.

That is what I see.

4 .The automatic snapshot creation when saving a file no longer works since the update. Only a snapshot with the current status is created and named with the current date (without time...).  If you save again after further changes, no new snapshot will be taken. Annoying. I would like to be able to go back to the last points where I saved. Creating a snapshot manually every time after saving is not a pleasant solution.

Snapshots are not important for me but you may be able to automate the process for save you do. Automated save  done in action and scripts may not crate these automated snapshot.  Try setting up a save document event handler using the script event manager.

the history panel option does not seem to work if checked like it use to. A new snapshot is not created bit it looks like a current one is being updated I see content changing in the snapshots thumbnail.

5. The new live preview of the blend modes may be quite interesting for beginners. However, by now I know how different blend modes work. If I open the menu and move the mouse quickly to my desired blend mode, Photoshop falters briefly and the image flickers through the different modes. Pretty annoying and with large files unnecessary computing effort, actually only a question of time until that leads to a crash. Great would be either an option to switch off the live preview or a small delay before the blend mode is activated. 0.2 seconds would probably be enough.

I do not think this will annoy me but IMO it not really a new feature though it may be faster then the old way where you scrolled through the blend modes using the down and up arrow keys the blending need to be done either way to show a preview or set the blending. I do not know why Adobe felt this was a good thing to add.

6. When I save a PSB, make further changes, save it again, and close the file afterwards, I'm asked again if I want to save it. Usually the small asterisk behind the file name in the window title disappeared when saving and returned when further changes were made. This doesn't seem to work anymore. The file is saved correctly every time, but Photoshop doesn't seem to recognize it anymore.

I have no response for this the only time I see PSB files are when I see recovery files and open smart object layer object and these are small documents.   I do not work on huge documents my machine process clock speed is only 2GHz  my two six core xeon processor handle Photoshop quite well with smaller document than you edit.

7. When I paint with the brush in an alpha channel and press CTRL+Z, not only the last brush stroke is undone, but also the view is reset to all channels.

I changed CC 2019 changed short-cuts back to what the were to be the same as I have in CS6, CC 2014 and CC 2018 for I have programmed my Logitech G13 keyboard joystick to step backwards and forward in history.  So for me Ctrl+Z is the same as has always been.

Thank you for this thoughtful reply,

I really appreciate that you took the time to outline why this feature change affects your workflow.