I was directed by Adobe customer support to post my feedback and bugs here. I have a list. Most of this is just feedback, but if there’s a fix for #3 please let me know!
I’m a Mac user on a 1.5 year old iMac with up to date Mac software (10.14) using the newest Photoshop 2019 update. Here are my issues having switched to the newest Photoshop.
1) When drawing and erasing with the default brushes, if I sketch using short quick strokes I get a bug sometimes where I get a little perfectly straight line, like it just connects point A to B rather than brushing along my path.
2) Laggy brushes/erasers produce the “loading” cursor while using them. If I am painting/erasing a long stroke (let’s say if I create a stroke and am drawing slowly for longer than a second), eventually the brush cursor will turn into the “loading” cursor, so I can’t actually see the edges of the brush.
3) If I select part of my layer and move it so it’s half on/half off the canvas, it deletes the part that’s off the canvas. If I move the whole layer half on/half off, I am still able to move it back onto the canvas and it retains the part that was outside the canvas edge. This only happens when I move PART of the layer out of frame then back in. How do I fix this? Bug or setting?
4) Brush Panel: To normally switch brushes while I work, I right click to bring up my brush panel. If I’m using a brush that’s somewhat large in size, when I mouse over to the panel to switch it, the panel disappears before I can select a new brush. It’s maddening. I have to downsize my brush in order to select a new brush via the brush panel, otherwise it keeps disappearing.
5) Rotating during Transform: I now have to hold my cursor very close to the transform box in order to rotate the selection. Previously, I could have it anywhere on the canvas and it would rotate. Seems incredibly pointless, wondering what the reasoning is behind this.
6) Anchor point during Transform/Rotate: It is not there automatically anymore, but is something I had to turn on in Settings. Why?
This software is not cheap, especially when you look at the yearly cost, and these glitches/changes really do slow down my workflow. I really hope they will be fixed. I’m not against changes, and I understand some changes are necessary when there is a purpose (like to be honest I’m OK with the new transform changes generally speaking, other than re-learning shortcuts I’ve spent 10+ years doing every day). But bugs and change for change’s sake is very frustrating.
I’m a Mac user on a 1.5 year old iMac with up to date Mac software (10.14) using the newest Photoshop 2019 update. Here are my issues having switched to the newest Photoshop.
1) When drawing and erasing with the default brushes, if I sketch using short quick strokes I get a bug sometimes where I get a little perfectly straight line, like it just connects point A to B rather than brushing along my path.
2) Laggy brushes/erasers produce the “loading” cursor while using them. If I am painting/erasing a long stroke (let’s say if I create a stroke and am drawing slowly for longer than a second), eventually the brush cursor will turn into the “loading” cursor, so I can’t actually see the edges of the brush.
3) If I select part of my layer and move it so it’s half on/half off the canvas, it deletes the part that’s off the canvas. If I move the whole layer half on/half off, I am still able to move it back onto the canvas and it retains the part that was outside the canvas edge. This only happens when I move PART of the layer out of frame then back in. How do I fix this? Bug or setting?
4) Brush Panel: To normally switch brushes while I work, I right click to bring up my brush panel. If I’m using a brush that’s somewhat large in size, when I mouse over to the panel to switch it, the panel disappears before I can select a new brush. It’s maddening. I have to downsize my brush in order to select a new brush via the brush panel, otherwise it keeps disappearing.
5) Rotating during Transform: I now have to hold my cursor very close to the transform box in order to rotate the selection. Previously, I could have it anywhere on the canvas and it would rotate. Seems incredibly pointless, wondering what the reasoning is behind this.
6) Anchor point during Transform/Rotate: It is not there automatically anymore, but is something I had to turn on in Settings. Why?
This software is not cheap, especially when you look at the yearly cost, and these glitches/changes really do slow down my workflow. I really hope they will be fixed. I’m not against changes, and I understand some changes are necessary when there is a purpose (like to be honest I’m OK with the new transform changes generally speaking, other than re-learning shortcuts I’ve spent 10+ years doing every day). But bugs and change for change’s sake is very frustrating.
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So no, they didn't help me with any of these.
I'm not sure if the devs actually read these forums or not, but that's why I posted here. My Photoshop is definitely workable, I'm not having the same issues some people are that makes it completely unworkable. But yeah the bugs are annoying, and from someone that uses Photoshop professionally (and for fun) 10+ hours on the daily (and for nearly 10 years) these small quality-of-life things (including the feedback issues, not just the bugs) should be taken seriously by devs.