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Photoshop 27.10 · Known bug

UI and canvas flicker rapidly with GPU acceleration

Not marked fixed as of Photoshop 28.0.0. The bug was reported for Photoshop 27.10. Adobe tracks it (status: Investigating). There is a workaround.

Status
Not fixedAdobe: Investigating
Severity
Major
Affects
Most users
System
Windows and macOS

Workaround

Disable Use Graphics Processor under Preferences > Performance, or uncheck Foreground Composite Cache and Use GPU Compositing in Advanced settings.

Timeline

  1. Aug 31, 2026Reported on Photoshop 27.10
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Photoshop 28.0.0Adobe: Investigating

The report

29 votes · 132 replies

Reported on Windows by 18 people, on macOS by 4 (from the report and 132 replies).

“P: Photoshop v27.10 UI, Canvas and screen Flickering”

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