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SBD Carrie
SBD Carrie
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CS4 psd file display problem

Dec 28, 2011 4:51 PM

Tags: #cs4 #photoshop #problem #windows

For some reason within the last few months a problem with the colors that Photoshop is displaying in the application. The colors are not actually wrong if you check the color picker, it's just how it actually looks when you're working on it. In addition, when you are moving the tab in Photoshop if it's not maximized, the color is correct.

 

How it currently looks:

bad_color.jpg

 

How it should and does look when actually moving the file within Photoshop

correct_color.jpg

 

Has anyone seen this?

1344 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: twenty_one, Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM
 
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  • Chris Cox
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    1. Chris Cox,
    Dec 28, 2011 6:24 PM   in reply to SBD Carrie
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    Could be an OpenGL driver bug, and could be a bad display profile.

     
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    2. SBD Carrie,
    Dec 29, 2011 8:01 AM   in reply to Chris Cox
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    How can I fix this? The only display settings I can find are with my monitor and not with just Photoshop.

     

    Thanks!

     
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  • Trevor.Dennis
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    3. Trevor.Dennis,
    Dec 29, 2011 10:58 AM   in reply to SBD Carrie
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    What colour space are you bringing the images in with?

     

    Are you using Proofing?   Go View > Proof setup and choose Monitor RGB, and toggle on with Ctrl y

     
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  • Chris Cox
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    4. Chris Cox,
    Dec 29, 2011 6:47 PM   in reply to SBD Carrie
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    Your display profile *IS* an OS setting, and not a Photoshop setting.

     
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  • twenty_one
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    5. twenty_one,
    Dec 30, 2011 12:09 PM   in reply to SBD Carrie
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    SBD Carrie wrote:

     

    when you are moving the tab in Photoshop if it's not maximized, the color is correct.

    That would make me suspect OpenGL. Try to turn it off in Photoshop preferences.

     
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  • SBD Carrie
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    6. SBD Carrie,
    Jan 1, 2012 10:52 AM   in reply to twenty_one
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    Awesome, that worked! Thanks so much for your help!

     
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  • twenty_one
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    7. twenty_one,
    Jan 1, 2012 12:00 PM   in reply to SBD Carrie
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    Actually that was only half of it...next is to see if an updated video card driver can fix the problem permanently. Check with the GPU manufacturer's site (ATI/NVidia).

     

    What happened was probably that Windows update delivered a buggy (and outdated) driver. Next time check "hide this update" and it won't show up again.

     
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