{"id":18608,"date":"2022-07-19T19:28:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T17:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g100.us\/?p=18608"},"modified":"2022-08-15T19:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T17:11:59","slug":"how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Photoshop Brush Lag [Try this first]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6684430414176\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #7f11e0;color:#7f11e0\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #7f11e0;color:#7f11e0\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6684430414176\" class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6684430414176\" checked><nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 \"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#Photoshop_FixesChanges\" title=\"Photoshop Fixes\/Changes\">Photoshop Fixes\/Changes<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#1_Reduce_Brush_Size\" title=\"1. Reduce Brush Size\">1. Reduce Brush Size<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#2_Reduce_Canvas_Size\" title=\"2. Reduce Canvas Size\">2. Reduce Canvas Size<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#3_Increase_Brush_Spacing\" title=\"3. Increase Brush Spacing\">3. Increase Brush Spacing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#4_Reduce_Brush_Smoothing\" title=\"4. Reduce Brush Smoothing\">4. Reduce Brush Smoothing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#5_ReduceTurn_off_Advanced_Brush_Dynamics\" title=\"5. Reduce\/Turn off Advanced Brush Dynamics\">5. Reduce\/Turn off Advanced Brush Dynamics<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#6_Allocate_More_RAM_to_Photoshop\" title=\"6. Allocate More RAM to Photoshop\">6. Allocate More RAM to Photoshop<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#7_Make_Sure_Youre_Using_Your_Dedicated_GPU\" title=\"7. Make Sure You\u2019re Using Your Dedicated GPU\">7. Make Sure You\u2019re Using Your Dedicated GPU<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#8_Make_Sure_Youre_Using_Multithreaded_Compositing\" title=\"8. Make Sure You\u2019re Using Multithreaded Compositing\">8. Make Sure You\u2019re Using Multithreaded Compositing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#9_Make_Sure_That_Your_Scratch_Disks_Use_Fast_SSDs_and_Arent_Full\" title=\"9. Make Sure That Your Scratch Disks Use Fast SSDs and Aren\u2019t Full\">9. Make Sure That Your Scratch Disks Use Fast SSDs and Aren\u2019t Full<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#Operating_System_FixesChanges\" title=\"Operating System Fixes\/Changes\">Operating System Fixes\/Changes<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#1_Close_Background_Programs\" title=\"1. Close Background Programs\">1. Close Background Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#2_Give_Photoshop_Higher_Process_Priority\" title=\"2. Give Photoshop Higher Process Priority\">2. Give Photoshop Higher Process Priority<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#Computer_FixesChanges\" title=\"Computer Fixes\/Changes\">Computer Fixes\/Changes<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#1_Clean_Your_PC\" title=\"1. Clean Your PC\">1. Clean Your PC<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#2_Cool_Your_PC\" title=\"2. Cool Your PC\">2. Cool Your PC<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#3_Upgrade_Your_PC\" title=\"3. Upgrade Your PC\">3. Upgrade Your PC<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#4_Get_a_New_PC\" title=\"4. Get a New PC\">4. Get a New PC<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag\/#Over_to_You\" title=\"Over to You\">Over to You<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Adobe Photoshop is one of the most universally known programs around. Used for countless things, it's a juggernaut of a program that helps countless creatives worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>But with all those features come some performance hitches as well, especially when it comes to resource-intensive tasks such as drawing and painting.<\/p>\n<p>It's a real pain when you're 16 hours into a complex drawing and Photoshop starts lagging and slowing down.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18631\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag.jpg\" alt=\"PS Brush tool lag\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18631 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"PS Brush tool lag\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PS-Brush-tool-lag.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>So, in this article, I'll be going through everything you can do to potentially gain back some performance in Photoshop!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photoshop_FixesChanges\"><\/span>Photoshop Fixes\/Changes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These fixes focus on changes within Photoshop itself. We'll be tinkering around with performance settings to try and squeeze out just a little bit more performance and hopefully fix our lagging issues.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Reduce_Brush_Size\"><\/span>1. Reduce Brush Size<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is something you've probably already noticed if you've ever messed around with large brushes. They're <em>slow<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18632\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes.jpg\" alt=\"Different brush sizes\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18632 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Different brush sizes\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Different-brush-sizes.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Photoshop, and <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-free-photoshop-alternatives\/\">pretty much every other drawing program<\/a>, run all or most of the brush calculations on the CPU. And to be completely honest, they aren't really all that optimized.<\/p>\n<p>You don't notice it 'cause people usually use small brush sizes, but it becomes increasingly apparent when you increase your brush size above 100 pixels.<\/p>\n<p>So it's not much of a &#8220;fix&#8221; to just reduce the brush size, but sadly there's not much else you can do if the brush size is what's holding you back.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to color in large areas, a more efficient workflow would be to select an area and then fill it in.<\/p>\n<p>You could try to feather the selection to get a more &#8220;natural&#8221; brush look as well. Or you could use a smaller brush to draw it in. It's not ideal, but it is what it is.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Reduce_Canvas_Size\"><\/span>2. Reduce Canvas Size<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the same vein that large brushes cause lag, large canvases do the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Photoshop has to keep track of every pixel and its state. So, more pixels equal more things to keep track of. Which will slow down Photoshop and your computer.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18633\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop Canvas Size\" width=\"848\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size.jpg 848w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size-768x648.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18633 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20848%20715%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop Canvas Size\" width=\"848\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20848%20715%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size.jpg 848w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size-768x648.jpg 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Photoshop-Canvas-Size.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Generally, even for print media, you don't need to go any higher than 16k. And for stuff that will only be seen digitally, there's usually no point going above a resolution of 4 - 8k.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Increase_Brush_Spacing\"><\/span>3. Increase Brush Spacing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Fun fact: When you draw something in most digital art programs, you're not &#8220;drawing&#8221; anything. What you're actually doing is placing extremely small dots, thousands of times every stroke. So close that they appear as one long line\/stroke, but in reality, are just a bunch of dots in a line.<\/p>\n<p>So what you're doing by increasing or decreasing &#8220;brush spacing&#8221; is you're increasing\/decreasing the distance between each dot.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, the less distance between the dots, the more dots you have and the smoother your line looks. And it's the opposite when you turn up the distance.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18634\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing.jpg\" alt=\"Brush Spacing\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18634 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Brush Spacing\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Brush-Spacing.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>And as you might imagine, more dots equals more resources needed. Meaning lower brush spacing values need more processing power than higher values.<\/p>\n<p>There's no set value you can set brush spacing to; it depends on what you can give up. Generally, you can bring up the spacing of a brush to around 15 - 30% without the individual dots being too apparent. So play around with it to figure out what works for you without causing too much lag.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Reduce_Brush_Smoothing\"><\/span>4. Reduce Brush Smoothing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This isn't exactly something related to performance, more so just something that beginners can miss.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18609\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1.png\" alt=\"Photoshop Brush Smoothing\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-1536x836.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18609 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop Brush Smoothing\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1-1536x836.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Smoothing&#8221; setting in Photoshop slows down your stroke so that it's easier to make clean strokes. But it also makes it appear like your stroke is lagging behind your cursor.<\/p>\n<p>This gets compounded by the brush spacing setting on your brush as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have a low brush spacing value, the brush will appear to smoothly lag behind your cursor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a high brush smoothing value, it'll appear to &#8220;snap&#8221; into place when you have smoothing enabled.<\/p>\n<p>So make sure that you don't have your smoothing turned on (set it to 0% or a low value when you don't need it) if your brush appears to be lagging.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_ReduceTurn_off_Advanced_Brush_Dynamics\"><\/span>5. Reduce\/Turn off Advanced Brush Dynamics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Brush dynamics are basically effects that you can apply to your brushes.<\/p>\n<p>These effects can give them interesting patterns, interactions with colors, and many other things.<\/p>\n<p>But they can also slow down your brushes because they're essentially adding more steps between when you first click and when your stroke gets drawn.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18610\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-2.png\" alt=\"Advanced Brush Dynamics\" width=\"604\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-2.png 604w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-2-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18610 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20604%20814%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Advanced Brush Dynamics\" width=\"604\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20604%20814%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-2.png 604w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-2-223x300.png 223w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-2.png\"><\/p>\n<p>You have to be careful with turning off some of the brush dynamics, however, because some special brushes rely on these dynamics to look the way they do. So if you turn everything off, it might look plain and boring.<\/p>\n<p>But if you're having extreme brush lag issues, you should try and see if turning off some of the brush dynamic effects help.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Allocate_More_RAM_to_Photoshop\"><\/span>6. Allocate More RAM to Photoshop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>One of the reasons that Photoshop could be slowing down is that you don't have enough RAM. This is especially prone to happen if you have less than 16 GBs of RAM and are working on projects with tons of layers or frames.<\/p>\n<p>Photoshop generally does a good job of picking a decent amount of RAM to allocate to itself; if you find that that's not enough, you can manually change it as well.<\/p>\n<p>Simply click on the &#8220;Edit&#8221; button on the top left, go down to &#8220;Preferences&#8221; and then click on &#8220;Performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18611\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18611\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18611\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3.png\" alt=\"Photoshop Performance Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-1536x836.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18611\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18611 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop Performance Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3-1536x836.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-3.png\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-18611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photoshop Performance Settings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that, you can adjust the amount of RAM you have allocated in the highlighted area.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18612\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4.png\" alt=\"Photoshop RAM Usage\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-1536x918.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18612 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop RAM Usage\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4-1536x918.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-4.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Depending on how much RAM you have, I would generally advise not going above 90% allocation. The other parts of your system also need some RAM to work, and if they don't get enough, you might face system-wide lag and hangups.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Make_Sure_Youre_Using_Your_Dedicated_GPU\"><\/span>7. Make Sure You\u2019re Using Your Dedicated GPU<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This setting and the one right after this are quite new additions to Photoshop, but they're extremely welcome.<\/p>\n<p>This setting specifically makes it so that certain processes of Photoshop that previously relied on the CPU to function can now use the GPU instead, significantly speeding up those processes and freeing up valuable CPU processing power for other uses.<\/p>\n<p>If you're using the latest version of Photoshop and have a compatible Graphics Card, this setting should automatically be turned on for you, but if it's not, here's how you can turn it on yourself.<\/p>\n<p>First click on the &#8220;Edit&#8221; but on the top left, go down to &#8220;Preferences&#8221; and then click on &#8220;Performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18613\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5.png\" alt=\"Photoshop Performance Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-1536x836.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18613 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop Performance Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5-1536x836.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-5.png\"><\/p>\n<p>After that, simply click on the &#8220;Use Graphics Processor&#8221; box, and you will begin using your GPU.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18614\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6.png\" alt=\"Photoshop Graphics Settings\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-1536x918.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18614 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop Graphics Settings\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6-1536x918.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-6.png\"><\/p>\n<p>I suggest restarting Photoshop after you first turn on the option.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Make_Sure_Youre_Using_Multithreaded_Compositing\"><\/span>8. Make Sure You\u2019re Using Multithreaded Compositing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>And the other amazing new addition to Photoshop is called &#8220;Multithreaded Compositing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It's a great feature that speeds up a lot of CPU-bound aspects of Photoshop by allowing Photoshop to use more cores than it previously could. This means that Photoshop as a whole is much faster with Multithreaded Compositing turned on.<\/p>\n<p>Same as using your GPU, this option is also automatically turned on if you have a compatible CPU on new Photoshop versions.<\/p>\n<p>But if you want to make sure, here's where you can find it.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the &#8220;Edit&#8221; but on the top left, go down to &#8220;Preferences&#8221; and then click on &#8220;Performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18615\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7.png\" alt=\"Photoshop Performance Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-1536x836.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18615 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop Performance Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201114%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7-1536x836.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-7.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Simply check the box in front of the highlighted &#8220;Multithreaded Compositing&#8221; option, and you will start using this new function.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18616\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8.png\" alt=\"Multithreaded Compositing Option\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-1536x918.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18616 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Multithreaded Compositing Option\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8-1536x918.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-8.png\"><\/p>\n<p>As with using your GPU, I would suggest restarting Photoshop to make sure that the change in setting has been put into effect.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Make_Sure_That_Your_Scratch_Disks_Use_Fast_SSDs_and_Arent_Full\"><\/span>9. Make Sure That Your Scratch Disks Use Fast SSDs and Aren\u2019t Full<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In Photoshop and other Adobe products, &#8220;Scratch Disks&#8221; are closed-off temporary storage locations created by the application to store data while you're working on a file. They can be in one or more storage drives on your PC.<\/p>\n<p>You can think of them as a &#8220;temp storage&#8221; location for Photoshop to store and retrieve temporarily saved data relatively quickly.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, these scratch disks benefit from being on <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvme-vs-ssd\/\">fast drives with plenty of storage<\/a>. Pretty much everything in Photoshop is affected by scratch disks, so it's important to make sure you have enough storage for them.<\/p>\n<p>By default, Photoshop creates a scratch disk on the main OS drive (usually the &#8220;C:&#8221; drive).<\/p>\n<p>If your main drive is getting full, or you want to move your scratch disk to a different drive, here's how you can do so:<\/p>\n<p>Click on the &#8220;Edit&#8221; but on the top left, go down to &#8220;Preferences&#8221; and then click on &#8220;Scratch Disks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18617\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9.png\" alt=\"Photoshop Scratch Disks Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-1536x835.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18617 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201113%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Photoshop Scratch Disks Settings\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1113\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201113%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9.png 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9-1536x835.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-9.png\"><\/p>\n<p>After that, you'll see the scratch disk selection screen. This screen will show you how much space you have left in each drive and allow you to pick what drive(s) you want to use as scratch disks.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18618\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10.png\" alt=\"Drive options as scratch disks\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-1536x918.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18618 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Drive options as scratch disks\" width=\"1544\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201544%20923%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10.png 1544w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10-1536x918.png 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-10.png\"><\/p>\n<p>I suggest you make sure your scratch disk is on a <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-nvme-ssds\/\">fast SSD<\/a> with at least <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/ssd-size\/\">50 - 100 GBs<\/a> of free storage.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Operating_System_FixesChanges\"><\/span>Operating System Fixes\/Changes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These are changes made at the operating system level to potentially get Photoshop to run faster. You can get a surprising amount of performance from optimizing the applications running on your PC.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Close_Background_Programs\"><\/span>1. Close Background Programs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is a common issue that can cause slow-downs: Background programs that hog your resources.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18619\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11.png\" alt=\"Windows Task Manager\" width=\"1232\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11.png 1232w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11-768x529.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18619 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201232%20848%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Windows Task Manager\" width=\"1232\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201232%20848%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11.png 1232w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11-768x529.png 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-11.png\"><\/p>\n<p>When you're running resource-intensive tasks such as Photoshop, you need all your PC's resources going towards it. But many applications have a nasty little way of embedding programs into your PC that run in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes these programs are needed and important, but most of the time, they're useless if you are not using them actively.<\/p>\n<p>And then there are the programs that you have opened in the background intentionally, whether that be a browser (especially Chrome with many opened Tabs), a chat program, an E-Mail Software, or something else. They can consume a significant amount of resources.<\/p>\n<p>I can't really tell you to close something specifically, so you have to make a judgment call here to figure out what background programs you need and what you can get rid of.<\/p>\n<p>Open the Windows Task Manager (Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc) and sort the running Applications by Memory usage or CPU usage to find the biggest culprits.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Give_Photoshop_Higher_Process_Priority\"><\/span>2. Give Photoshop Higher Process Priority<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Giving Photoshop higher process priority basically means that you're telling your PC that Photoshop is an important application and that it should get the first share of the pie (PC resources), even at the potential detriment of other applications.<\/p>\n<p>This is especially important for Photoshop because process priority mainly determines CPU resource distribution, and the CPU is the most important component for Photoshop brush performance.<\/p>\n<p>It's important to understand that this isn't free performance, though. You're simply depriving some other application of CPU resources by giving it to Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the time, this is fine. But if you have some CPU-critical application running in the background, you might want to give it a higher priority as well.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the preamble is out of the way let me show you how to actually do it.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, open up Task Manager. You can do this by simply pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc.<\/p>\n<p>Next, open up Photoshop and create\/open a project.<\/p>\n<p>After that, expand the Photoshop application in Task Manager by clicking the little right facing arrow next to its name and right-click on the project that you created\/opened. Then just click &#8220;Go to details.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18620\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12.png\" alt=\"Windows Task Manager app details\" width=\"1232\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12.png 1232w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12-768x529.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18620 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201232%20848%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Windows Task Manager app details\" width=\"1232\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201232%20848%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12.png 1232w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12-768x529.png 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-12.png\"><\/p>\n<p>After you're done with that, you will be taken to a different section in the Task Manager, and you will see an application named &#8220;Photoshop.exe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Right-click it, and then go to &#8220;Set Priority.&#8221; A new menu will open up with different options; select the &#8220;High&#8221; option here.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18621\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13.png\" alt=\"Windows Task Manager set priority\" width=\"1232\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13.png 1232w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13-768x529.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18621 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201232%20848%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Windows Task Manager set priority\" width=\"1232\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201232%20848%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13.png 1232w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13-768x529.png 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/word-image-18608-13.png\"><\/p>\n<p>And that's it! That's all you need to do to change the process priority on Photoshop or any other application.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Computer_FixesChanges\"><\/span>Computer Fixes\/Changes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These are physical changes that you can make to your computer to potentially get Photoshop to run faster. If none of the previous fixes worked, these might be your last options.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Clean_Your_PC\"><\/span>1. Clean Your PC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Let's be honest here, none of us do this as much as we should. But, it's undeniably a critical part of maintaining your PC. If your PC is choking on dust and grime, it will overheat and slow down massively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-clean-dust-from-your-pc\/\">So it's important to keep your PC clean<\/a>. Depending on how badly your PC needed cleaning, this by itself might solve your lagging issues.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you already had a relatively clean (I.e., not caked in dust) PC, it most likely won't give you any noticeable improvements.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Cool_Your_PC\"><\/span>2. Cool Your PC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Having a powerful PC is all well and good, but it's all useless if you can't cool it well. Your PC will just <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/thermal-throttling-guide\/\">thermal throttle<\/a> and slow down dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>The most important thing to remember is to keep your PC well ventilated with plenty of ways to get cool air in and expel hot hair.<\/p>\n<p>The main way to do this is to use <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-many-case-fans\/\">case fans<\/a>. So make sure to get some <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-case-fans\/\">good case fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18635\" style=\"width: 1116px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18635\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18635 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"PC Case Fans graphic\" width=\"1116\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic-768x390.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18635\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18635 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201116%20567%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"PC Case Fans graphic\" width=\"1116\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201116%20567%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic-768x390.jpg 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/PC-Case-Fans-graphic.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-18635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lenovo.com\/pk\/en\/desktops\/legion-desktops\/legion-t-series-towers\/Legion-Tower-5i-Gen-7-Intel\/p\/LEN102G0004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lenovo<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The other, possibly more important thing when it comes to Photoshop specifically, is to keep your CPU cool. Your CPU is responsible for most of the work that makes Photoshop function, so if it's <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/cpu-temperature-guide\/\">overheating<\/a>, you're going to be having a bad time.<\/p>\n<p>So make sure to get a <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/air-vs-aio-coolers\/\">good CPU cooler<\/a> to keep your CPU cool.<\/p>\n<p>This section is connected to the last section about cleaning your PC as well. If your PC is choking on dust and grime, it obviously won't be cool, so keep your PC clean to keep it cool.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Upgrade_Your_PC\"><\/span>3. Upgrade Your PC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If cleaning and cooling and all the other fixes don't do much, it might be time to look into <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-upgrade-your-pc-beginners-guide\/\">upgrading your PC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes your PC just doesn't have the horsepower to run stuff no matter how much you optimize it. It's a sad realization for your wallet, but there's not much else to be done about it.<\/p>\n<p>I can't give specific help here because the upgrade requirements are different for every PC, depending on your current specifications.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18636\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"Recommended RAM for Photoshop\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18636 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Recommended RAM for Photoshop\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/07\/Recommended-RAM-for-Photoshop.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>However, the main things you should be looking into should be the <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/should-you-upgrade-cpu\/\">CPU<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-much-ram-do-you-need\/\">RAM<\/a> for Photoshop specifically.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Get_a_New_PC\"><\/span>4. Get a New PC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>At the end of the day, there's only so much cleaning, cooling, and upgrading you can do to an old and decrepit PC. Sometimes you just need to scrap everything and start over from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>If nothing else worked, it just might be time to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully for you, we got you covered.<\/p>\n<p>Go take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/adobe-photoshop-system-requirements\/\">our article covering Photoshop's system requirements<\/a> to get an idea of what you need from your new PC and then take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/how-to-build-a-pc\/\">our PC building guide<\/a> to help you figure out how to actually make your new build.<\/p>\n<p>And as always, if you have any questions, feel free to ask us over at our <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/forum\/\">forums<\/a> or in the <a href=\"#comments\">comments<\/a>! We're always here to help \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Over_to_You\"><\/span>Over to You<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hopefully, that helped you out with your brush lag issues!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>There are many different ways you can tackle the issue, and I hope I gave you enough options to pick the one that fits you best. Have any other questions about Photoshop? Feel free to ask us in the <a href=\"#comments\">comments<\/a> or our <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/forum\/\">forum<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adobe Photoshop is one of the most universally known programs around. Used for countless things, it's a juggernaut of a program that helps countless creatives worldwide. But with all those features come some performance hitches as well, especially when it comes to resource-intensive tasks such as drawing and painting. 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