Known issues in Photoshop

When saving files in Photoshop 2021 (v22.x) you get the following error: "Could not complete this operation because of a Program Error"

Install Photoshop 22.1.1 or later.

See Program error when saving files

When opening or creating files in Photoshop 2021 (v22.x) you get the following error: "Could not complete this operation because of a Program Error"

Install Photoshop 22.1.1 or later.

See Program error when opening files

You see one of the following errors when opening images with Camera Raw 13.x:

• "File is not found"
• "There is no api-ms-win-core-synch-ansi-|1-1-0.dll on your comupter" 

This is due to OS incompatibility with ACR 13.0.
 

Check the Camera Raw system requirements and install a previous version of Camera Raw that is compatible with your Operating System.

• To download previous versions of Camera Raw, see Camera Raw plug-in installer.

When Free Transforming in Photoshop 22.0.1, holding Opt/Alt and clicking does not reposition the Transform's anchor location.

Click and drag with your mouse while holding the Alt/Opt key to reposition the Transform's anchor location.

When using Photoshop 22.0.1 with Shape layers, you notice either of the following behaviors:

• A 1 pixel stroke or outline shows applied to your shapes in the Properties panel
• After converting a Type layer to a Shape layer a 1 pixel stroke or outline appears.

Update to Photoshop 22.1.1 or later.

When you launch Photoshop 2021 (v22.x) you see one of the following errors:

• Error at loading of ippCV library.
• error: (-215:Assertion failed)
  

Photoshop 2021 (v22.x) requires a CPU that supports SSE 4.2 or later.

To determine if your CPU meets this SSE version support requirement, see Photoshop's Help > System Info dialog and look in or near the 4th line.

1. e.g. Adobe Photoshop Version: 22.0.0 20200921.m.1053 2020/09/21: 0fb66349f4  x64
2. Number of Launches: 6
3. Operating System: Mac OS 10.15.5
4. System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:3 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, HyperThreading

Starting with Photoshop 22.1.1, you will no longer be able to install Photoshop on machines that do not support SSE v4.2 or later.

Install and use Photoshop 2020 (v21.x) on computers with older CPUs that don't support SSE v4.2 or later.

See Install previous versions of your Creative Cloud apps

In Photoshop 21.1.1 and later, pen pressure is lost after returning to your Photoshop document from a CEP Extensions panel.  

(Windows 10 with Windows Ink enabled)

The Quick Selection tool is not visible in the toolbar. 

The new Object Selection tool is the default tool in the same tool slot as Quick Selection and Magic Wand. 

After updating to a new version of Photoshop the toolbar doesn't include newer tools such as the Frame tool or the Object Selection tool.

In the Paragraph panel, change the paragraph direction to Left-To-Right, select and edit the numbers, then change the direction back to Right-To-Left. 

1. Select the mesh group. 
2. In the Properties panel, click Reset All. 
3. Select a 3D Camera tool and move the camera.
4. Render the 3D model again.  

In Photoshop 20.x and higher:

• OpenGL on canvas  > Model may look different.
• Material model > Model may render different.

The 3D Material model in Photoshop has changed and it is transitioning to the 3D material model used by Substance and Dimension. 

• OpenGL on canvas  > Model may look different.
• Material model > Model may render different.

The Ray Tracer has not changed, however, the material model has changed and Photoshop tries to match previous versions as close as possible. However, there will be files that will no longer look the same because how Photoshop handles certain materials differently.

For example > Photoshop went from Specular-Glossiness to Metal -Roughness

Photoshop is moving to Physically Based Rendering (PBR) > this is a method of shading and rendering that provides a more accurate representation of how light interacts with surfaces.

To make a Reflection in previous versions you just had to move the Reflection slider to 100%.

For current Photoshop in 2019 and above you need to move the Metallic slider to 100% and move the Roughness slider to 0% for full 100% Reflectivity.

Illumination is gone but Glow is now included. 

These visual changes are expected with the changes to the Material Model.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop on your iPad will return the default brushes.

1. Close your document in Photoshop on the iPad to sync any changes.
2. Uninstall Photoshop on your iPad
   See How to delete apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
   
3. Reinstall Photoshop on your iPad using the App Store.