Simon, I didn’t catch your post earlier because I haven’t been here for a while. I didn’t experience the slow response prior to the latest update of CC, but what is irking me in the latest version(s) is the loss of ‘forward projection’ with the Clone Stamp that images the initial pick-up of the cloned area forward so you can extend an element with some precision instead of wasting time clomping around with the stamp and getting frustrating. I keep thinking there is some setting that magically restores this valuable feature but can’t find it and google is no help. do you know what I’m talking about?