Layers transparency appears as black in Photoshop CS4 extended

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Valerie_McAuliffe
Feb 17, 2009
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My preferences are set up to display the layers transparency as grid size medium and grid colour light but when I use a layer the background is always solid black rather than the chequered design it is set up to be. I have tried altering the preferences, I have tried re-installing CS4 but nothing seems to make any difference. Has anyone experienced this before and can anyone suggest how I overcome the problem?
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Chris_Cox
Feb 17, 2009
Does the problem go away if you turn off GPU drawing in preferences?
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Valerie_McAuliffe
Feb 18, 2009
I have unticked just the Use for Image Display box under Advance Drawing in the GL settings and that seems to have sorted the problem. I have left everything else set as it was before.
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Chris_Cox
Feb 18, 2009
Ok, then the next thing you want to do is check for updated drivers for your video card/chipset. We saw some bugs like that in older drivers.
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Valerie_McAuliffe
Feb 18, 2009
I only updated my driver for my graphics card last week and I think it was after this that the problem started. Will it make any difference to CS4 functions having the Use for Image Display box unticked?
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Chris_Cox
Feb 18, 2009
You won’t have the rotate canvas feature, or other GPU features available. But if it lets you get work done, it’s fine.

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