Screen Modes cause photo color display problems

JK
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Jeffrey_Kreider2
Mar 10, 2009
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While using Photoshop CS4 Extended version 11.0.1, whenever I change Screen Modes, it causes the color of all photos to display improperly. The pictures become very dull and gray. Even the whitest whites (255/255/255) appear to be a dull gray, as if a black layer set to 30% opacity is placed in front of the picture. The color still displays properly in the thumbnails of the Layers Panel.

Every picture I have open is affected in this way. Closing the pictures and reopening them does not help. Any new pictures I open are also affected. Changing back to the original screen mode does not fix the problem. The only thing that fixes the problem is closing Photoshop altogether, and then restarting it.

It doesn’t matter how I change Screen Modes, whether I change it from the Screen Menu, the Applications Bar, or cycle through the modes using the F key. Even hitting the Tab key to hide the panels causes this to happen.

Being a long-time Photoshop user, I have long been in the habit of cycling through screen modes frequently, so suggesting I not cycle through Screen Modes isn’t an option because it’ll take months to break me of the habit.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

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JK
Jeffrey_Kreider2
Mar 10, 2009
Never mind. I found the fix to my problem. In the OpenGL Advanced Settings I turned off the option to Use For Image Display and I no longer have the color problems, but still have the OpenGL functionality. It’s working great now.

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