Photoshop 2026.3: Batch Processing Concurrency – File Locking Without Control
Problem Context Adobe Photoshop 2026.3 supports automated batch processing via the File > Automate > Batch command. When multiple batch jobs are launched concurrently and each job references the same large PSD file, users observe significant latency spikes. The observed behavior appears to be a result of Photoshop serializing file access, but the order