Layer Styles / Strokes causing lag 64bit PS

Hi There,
I'm a comic artist using Photoshop CC (64 bit, Version: 14.2.1) on a Windows 8.1 machine, with a 4th Gen i7, Nvidia 750M 2GB GFX card and 16Gb RAM. 'Use Graphics Processor' is set to Advanced and Memory Usage is set to 10348Mb (71%).
I'm running a dual screen setup with a Wacom Cintiq 21UX hooked up via HDMI to my Dell XPS 2720.
I typically work on an A4 size document at 400dpi.
The problem I'm having is with tremendous lag when using the transform tool to scale things up and down and when using the standard brush tool for comic art linework.
I have a group of layers with all my speech bubbles and text in. With each white speech bubble on a seperate with a Layer Style / Stroke of 5 pixels around each one.
If I hide all of the speech bubbles (But not the text) then scaling using the Transform tool is nice and smooth and 100% lag free, as it should be on my spec machine.
If I disable Graphics Processor Settings, or scale them down to Normal or Basic the problem is exactly the same.
If I use the 32 bit version of Phtooshop CC scaling and brush storkes are lag free even with the speech bubble layers visible.
I've updated my system bios and GFX card drivers to the latest Dell release.
It's an annoying technical hiccup that I've found a workaround for but I would like and expect to be able to use basic tools like Transform and the Brush without lag, with all layers visible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, Thanks for replying to my thread.
After posting to a new thread here:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6263746#6263746
Through my own roundabout way I got to this same conclusion.
So yes, you're completely right, it helps massively. If only you'd been around a few weeks ago.
Thanks again.

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Why i said that stroke cross to ㅎrid, because it looks like grid if i make that group bigger.
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pillfish wrote:
I am having the same problem. it happens every time in cc and cc 2014. I am back using cs6. Which seems to run better on the whole.
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I've just tried to duplicate it without success, (windows 7, GTX570) so I wonder if there is a condition that triggers it? Unfortunately, with this being such an old thread, the only person still around is R Kelly.
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The new stroke options are fantastic where you can edit gaps, align and corners. And I love the ability to add layer styles to groups which makes it much easier to work with separate parts in a group that should be treated as a common object.
BUT! Why haven't you updated the stroke (layer style) options to include these new awesome stroke features? I would love to be able to make dashed strokes as a layer style that can be applied to groups, and I don't see why this should be excluded as an option.
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On twitter: @uxhannes

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Ed Hannigan wrote:
So it seems. But the Stroke doesn't seem to work that way.
A question for Adobe techs?
Mylenium wrote:
... (or maybe it isn't and the bug has now become commonly accepted behavior?). It is strange, I grand you that. Maybe one day it will be changed/ fixed for the better.
As there's only a single sentence refering to the stroke layer style in the CS3 manual, I'd also be thankful for an Adobe comment, clarifying whether this is a bug or not and if it will be improved.
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stroke settings:
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actual results:
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Controling stroke in layer style

Hi,
How do i control the color and opacity of the stroke in layer styles?
I am using Photoshop cs3 extended, seems like i have not choice but red color and 100% opaque!
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Hi,
Double click the layer in layer palette to open layer style window.
Now select the stroke tab by clicking on stroke at bottom of side option.
Refer the attached shot for the other settings.
Click over the color to open the color window, select the color.
Move the opacity slider to change the opacity.
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In the Layer Style / Blending Options dialogue box, my custom Keyboard Shortcuts to zoom in and out of the image is no longer working. Cmd+opt+shift+1 acts as cmd+1 (jumps to Drop Shadow), and cmd+opt+shift+0 acts as cmd+0 (jumps to Stroke). Outside of this box the commands seem to be working fine.
Example 1: Create a new RGB document, cmd+j the background layer, double-click this layer to open the Layer Style / Blending Options dialogue box, mash Cmd+opt+shift+1.
Result 1: The dialogue box shift focus to the Drop Shadow Options instead of the image zooming in to 100%.
Expected Result 1: The image should zoom to 100%.
Example 2: Create a new RGB document, cmd+j the background layer, double-click this layer to open the Layer Style / Blending Options dialogue box, mash Cmd+opt+shift+0.
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Hi,
If you are experiencing issues with Software Update you could try the Combo Update:
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Get layer style parameters?

How is it possible to set and get layer style parameters? For example read out stroke size, shadow distance, etc...

In case you're still interested about getting and setting layer styles parameters, I've just released a new module jamStyles of my open-source JSON Action Manager scripting library, which provides full support for blending options and layer effects using a fully-documented, simplified JSON object format.
I've also written a quick tutorial showing how to perform a few standard operations, using mainly the two functions jamStyles.getLayerStyle and jamStyles.setLayerStyle.
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                "green": 0,
                "blue": 0
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            "useGlobalAngle": false,
            "localLightingAngle": 90,
            "distance": 6,
            "chokeMatte": 0,
            "blur": 4,
            "noise": 0,
            "antiAlias": false,
            "transparencyShape":
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                "curve":
                        "horizontal": 0,
                        "vertical": 0
                        "horizontal": 255,
                        "vertical": 255
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                "green": 0,
                "blue": 0
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            "useGlobalAngle": false,
            "localLightingAngle": 90,
            "distance": 10,
            "chokeMatte": 15,
            "blur": 20,
            "noise": 0,
            "antiAlias": false,
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            "noise": 0,
            "antiAlias": true,
            "innerGlowSource": "centerGlow",
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                        "vertical": 0
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                        "vertical": 71
                        "horizontal": 87,
                        "vertical": 167
                        "horizontal": 195,
                        "vertical": 240
                        "horizontal": 255,
                        "vertical": 255
            "inputRange": 43
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                "green": 255,
                "blue": 255
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                "green": 0,
                "blue": 0
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                        "vertical": 0
                        "horizontal": 255,
                        "vertical": 255
            "antialiasGloss": false,
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            "useShape": true,
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                "curve":
                        "horizontal": 0,
                        "vertical": 0
                        "horizontal": 29,
                        "vertical": 71
                        "horizontal": 87,
                        "vertical": 167
                        "horizontal": 195,
                        "vertical": 240
                        "horizontal": 255,
                        "vertical": 255
            "antiAlias": true,
            "inputRange": 70,
            "useTexture": false
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jamStyles.setLayerStyle (layerStyleObj);
And this code will let you read out the drop shadow distance:
var layerStyleObj = jamStyles.getLayerStyle ();
if (layerStyleObj)
    if ("layerEffects" in layerStyleObj)
        var layerEffectsObj = layerStyleObj["layerEffects"];
        if ("dropShadow" in layerEffectsObj)
            var dropShadowObj = layerEffectsObj["dropShadow"];
            alert ("Drop shadow distance: " + dropShadowObj["distance"]);
Actually, if you know for sure that the current layer you're working on has layer effects, including a drop shadow effect, the code can be as short as:
var layerStyleObj = jamStyles.getLayerStyle ();
alert ("Drop shadow distance: " + layerStyleObj["layerEffects"]["dropShadow"]["distance"]);
Or, even shorter, using dot notation:
alert ("Drop shadow distance: " + jamStyles.getLayerStyle ().layerEffects.dropShadow.distance);
HTH,
     --Mikaeru

Layer Styles / Strokes causing lag 64bit PS

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