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Photoshop 27.5 · Known bug

Curves adjustment preview flickers while editing

Not marked fixed as of Photoshop 28.0.0. The bug was reported for Photoshop 27.5. Adobe tracks it (status: Investigating).

Status
Not fixedAdobe: Investigating
Severity
Major
Affects
Common workflow
System
Windows and macOS

Timeline

  1. Apr 3, 2026Reported on Photoshop 27.5
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Photoshop 28.0.0Adobe: Investigating

The report

10 votes · 20 replies

Reported on Windows by 5 people, on macOS by 4 (from the report and 22 replies).

“P: (Win/macOS) PS 27.5 Image Flickering When using Image > Adjustment > Curves”

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