Photoshop 7.0 changes display resolution

When I start P7.0 my screen changes from 32 bit res to 8 bit res

John, if this is a desktop machine, go to www.nvidia.com and download the latest graphics driver for your card. If you have a laptop, you need to get the driver from the laptop maker, because it will have been customized for your laptop.
Before installing it, remove the current driver. For current nvidia drivers, do this by going to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, find the nVidia graphics driver (probably nVidia Drivers) and remove it. Do NOT remove any nVidia driver unrelated to graphics (e.g., chipset driver, nForce, etc.). If your driver is really old, you won't find nVidia drivers in your Add/Remove Programs list, in which case, go to Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager and look for the display adapter or graphics card entry. You should find the nVidia FX5200 listed. Delete it. This will cause your computer to use a generic video driver, which it may complain about not being able to locate. Don't worry.
Reboot. If "found new hardware" comes up, cancel it instead of letting it install something unsuitable. Run the nVidia driver installer.
Reboot. Set your resolution, number of colors, etc. from either the nVidia icon in the system tray or from the display properties (right click on desktop, pick display properties or nVidia whatever).
Reboot.

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Change display resolution then open...?

Is it possible to get automator to change the resolution of my display then open a certain program?
Basically I have a flight sim that is only really any good in crappy 1024 x 768 but I use my cinema display at 1680 x 1050 for everything else. Can I get create a little app to first set the lower res then open the program?

Ok stuart-
Couple of possibilities for you here. The easiest is to just put you displays on the menu bar for one click access as referenced here. Also, the key command option+one of the brightness controls will take you directly to the monitor control panel. Finally, if you are rather bent on using an automated function, I would reccomend using applescript to solve your issue. Here's the applescript for your request:
First download cscreen. Move it from wherever it downloads to to Macintosh HD-->Users-->Shared. Now go to Applications-->Utilities-->Terminal. Type in:
sudo cp /users/shared/cscreen /usr/bin
It will ask for the administrator password. After you type it in, the beginning prompt will appear again. You are then done with terminal. You can close this application. Now open up script editor. Put this in:
do shell script "usr/bin/cscreen -x 1024 -y 768"
delay 1
tell application "Your application"
activate
end tell
Then save the script as an application and try it out. If you want a script to reverse the effects after you have closed the game, just type:
do shell script "usr/bin/cscreen -x 1680 -y 1050"
Hope this helps you out. I certainly don't mind helping you out, but please try and search before you post. This question has been answered a few times in all these ways such as here, here, and here. Good Luck!
Justin S.

Cannot change display resolution when connected to external display

On my 2.0GHz 13" MacBook, I have no problem with the display resolution when connecting to external display/projector when I am running in Mac OS, everything work perfectly! But things start to get messy when I am running in Windows VISTA 32 (installed within the Boot Camp 2.1). Whenever I connect to any external display/projector via a MiniDisplay-to-VGA cable, the resolutions on both my MacBook LCD and external display/projector drop to 640x480. And i am not able increase the resolution in the Display Settings. Does this mean that I have not installed the latest version of display drivers? Or is it that Apple did not provide the VISTA 32 drivers (in Boot Camp 2.1) that is compatible with the Mini Display port.

Cool!
I'm glad you have it fixed.
Please resolve the thread so others can find your answer faster.
Thanks,
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Script to change display resolution?

I would like to set the screen to a specific resolution when I login to a particular account and reset it when I log out. I have no idea where to start - don't see any method for changing values in System Preferences.

01. Download and double click on 'cscreen.zip' (12 KB in size, freeware). 'cscreen' (56 KB in size) file will result.
-- One time installation procedure:
02. Launch 'Terminal' (in the '/Applications/Utilities/' folder).
03. Enter ...
open /usr/bin/
... and press the <return> key.
04. Drag 'cscreen' onto the opened 'bin' window. You will have to authenticate and enter an administrators' password to continue.
05. Close the 'bin' window.
-- Time to script.
06. Launch 'Script Editor' (in the '/Applications/AppleScript/' folder).
07. Copy the code below, and paste into the 'Script Editor' 'Untitled' window.
if (((word 16 of (do shell script "cscreen")) as number) ≠ 800) then
do shell script "cscreen -x 800 -y 600 -r 85"
else
do shell script "cscreen -x 1280 -y 1024 -r 85"
end if
... replacing the '800' of the first and second lines of code with the screen width you want at log in; replacing the '600' of the second line of code with the screen height you want at log in; replacing the '85' of the second line of code with the screen refresh rate you want at log in; and finally, replacing the '1280', '1024', and '85' with the desired respective screen width, screen height, and screen refresh rate you want at log out.
08. Save the code as an application.
09. Launch 'System Preferences' (in the '/Applications/' folder), click on 'Accounts', click on 'Login Items' tab.
10. Drag your created application onto the 'Login Items' list.
-- Example - if you want, at log in, the screen to be set to 1024 x 768 with a refresh rate of 100; and, at log out, the screen to be set to 800 x 600 with a refresh rate of 85 ...
if (((word 16 of (do shell script "cscreen")) as number) ≠ 1024) then
do shell script "cscreen -x 1024 -y 768 -r 100"
else
do shell script "cscreen -x 800 -y 600 -r 85"
end if
11. As far as 'when logging out'. You can drag the created application to the 'Dock' - where one can then click on the 'Dock' based application icon - to toggle the screen resolution; or, simply repeat Steps 06. through 10. for each account - this way the screen resolution is set as each account is logged in to.
-- Additional information.
-- Determining valid refresh rates for your Macs' monitor:
In 'Terminal' enter ...
cscreen -v
... and press the <return> key. Displayed in column form are the 'Index' (monitor number, '1' is typically - if only one monitor is in use), 'Depth' (8 = 256 colors, 16 = thousands of colors, 32 = millions of colors), 'Width' (screen width in pixels), 'Height' (screen height in pixels), and 'Refresh(Hz)' (screen refresh rate).
-- Disclaimer (?):
-- 'cscreen' continues to work through 'Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.11). I have yet to try it on 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x).

Photoshop Elements 4 - Changing Colour Resolution to 8 bits unnecessarily

January 2010. Having just bought Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Windows XP, I am experiencing major problems when launching the program - it changes the colour resolution from 32 bit to 8 bit. This messes up all the colours and the desktop goes black then blue/green and the whole screen is wrong. No way can I resolve this problem - have tried re-installing, etc. etc..
What is wrong ??
BRP

On a 16-bit or 24-bit monitor, they will look photographic.
They have been saved at 'Medium' compression and are slightly smaller in file size than the following GIFs.
JPEG is the correct format to use for such photographic images as they will look better and have a smaller file size. The only reasons to use GIFs for such images are if you need transparency (for irregular shapes) or if they are animated.
This set of images has been saved as GIFs using the '6x6x6' Web-safe palette. If you are using 8-bit GIFs and map them all to this palette, there will be no surprises on Mac or PC screens running in 8-bit mode. buy r4i

IMac Blueberry changing Display resolution default settings

Hey everyone.... after a quick search I found this old archived post:
333 iMac OS 10.3.2 screen resolution?
Posted: Oct 4, 2005 3:50 PM
My mum is using an elderly 333 MHz iMac, tray-loading. She wanted to upgrade from system 8.6, so I updated the firmware, then installed OS 10.3.2 (10.4 won't run on a tray-loader). Under 8.6 she had the monitor resolution set to 640x480, as it effectively magnified everything for her aging eyes. Unfortunately, under 10.3.2 the 640x480 resolution seems only partially supported - I can set the monitor to that, but a reboot resets it to either 800x600 or 1024x768. Is there any way (a software patch?) that I can force it to reboot consistently with a 640x480 resolution?
Thanks,
Roy
I've basically got the same problem... I've got an iMac blueberry (slot-loading) and have sucessfully installed OS X 10.3 on it. The computer is for my grandpa who has a real hard time seeing... I think the zoom features would be confusing for him as his spatial awareness is also not great. The 640x480 is what I'd like to keep the resolution at however, upon rebooting the computer it goes back to its factory default. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the help!
~T

I will assume that you DO know how to use Terminal to change the default?
I'm fine in terminal... I just don't know which files to manipulate to change the default resolution. I can't find this information anywhere.
This would be of great help if you know this information.
Also, Universal Access settings have been used of course, however, "zoom" would be confusing for him, as noted in my previous post.
Thanks

Change display resolution to 1080p

I'd like to get my new Mini to output a 1080p signal, as my new Westinghouse LVM37W3 LCD display accepts 1080p. However, 1080p is not a resolution that can be selected in the display control panel -- only 1080i.
Anyone solved this issue already? The best I have come up with is to define a custom resolution with the shareware app Switch ResX, but I'd prefer to just use OSX...

To those who research this question in the future: The Switch ResX control panel, available as shareware, does a beautiful job at this. With the unregistered version, you can add one additional resolution to the standard set offered by Apple in the "monitors" control panel. If you use the Switch ResX control panel to define the resolution, then restart, you can select the new resoltuion. I had to then restart again for it the settings to work.
For those asking why, wherefore, etc:
The reason I want the monitor to be fed a 1080p signal is that 1080p is its native resolution; all flat panel/ fixed resoltuion displays look best at their native resolution. 1080i requires the display to re-create the progressive scan image, and is near-unreadable as a computer display.
Some might ask, why set to 1080p at all? Why not work in 720p, for example? The answer is that in general 720p is in fact better for me, biven the distance I sit from the display. However, for some applications like Garageband I need more desktop real estate not dedicated to toolbars, menus, etc. Finally I am curious to see how well the mini does at upscaling DVD content relative to the chip in my monitor.
As to whether it is possible via DVI, all I can tell you is that I did it yesterday evening and the display looked awesome. So I'm guessing it is possible.
The seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about the "demands" of 1080p out there. So far my experience has been that the Mini core duo handles the output of 1080p with aplomb, as do the cables, display, etc etc.

Is it possible to MANUALLY change Display Resolution (screen size) HELP!!

Forgive me if this has been covered already, but I have tried to look here and
there for an answer
My screen for my iMac-G4 blew out long ago, I had a another screen (a Dell CRT-
flatscreen) hooked up and IT blew out a few days ago, I just bought an LCD
flat screen, but it needs a 1680 x 1050 resolution (WIDE screen(?)and my
iMac-G4 only goes to 1024 x 768 in the "Display" controls. So all my desktop
images are "scrunched" or "stretched".
So is there a "MANUAL" way of configuring the screen size to a "standard"
size within this Mac? or do I need to find a standard size screen?
. . . HELP!!!
You can also write me (preferably at) at:
[email protected]
I VERY MUCH appreciate any help- please realize too, that I am an IDIOT when it
comes to computers, I just paint on this thing (as part of my job as a freelancer
on the side), and WAS in the middle of a job for a client
Thanks again,
-MAVIII

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Apple limited the graphics cards in iMac G4s to the native resolution of the built-in LCD i.e:
15" iMac G4 - 1024 x 768
17" iMac G4 - 1440 x 900
20" iMac G4 - 1680 x 1050.
Even when connecting a second display this could only mirror the internal at the same resolution. For the following iMac G4's it's possible to install a firmware hack to open up the full capabilities of the graphics cards:
17" 800MHz
17" 1GHz
15" 1GHz
17" 1.25GHz
20" 1.25GHz
using an application called Screen Spanning Doctor. This is risky but I guess you haven't got much to lose at this point. I've only ever heard of one Mac user actually failing to do the process right though.
You can always use Firewire Target Disk Mode to recover you client's files to another Mac.
I'd be interested if SwitchResX works too. I only have external displays much smaller than my iMacs so can't test it from that perspective.
cheers
mrtotes

Display resolution ...do not localize?

it can not allowed me to change display resolution ...it says do not localize?

Found a solution mentioned here as well. The issue comes when your OS X language is not english as Default.
Try changing it back to English (System preferences / languages and text / Language / Drag english to the top of your prefered languages)
Then reboot. Voilà, it has to fix the issue.

Changed screen resolution in error

I accidentally changed the screen display for the mac mini and it went black and now says "please change display resolution." How can I change the resolution without seeing the display?

Hi
I have the same problem as Henryhbmains and I have tried exactly what you describe without positive result.
One thing I do not understand is that Apple OSX does not have a "safety switch" like in other operating systems where you have to confirm within 15 seconds or the screen resolution will automatically switch back.
I have now wasted a lot of time and what I hoped to be my first time happily with a Mac turned out to be my first time with a Mac wasting a lot of time and getting so disappointed.
Would you have any other suggestions - that would be very helpful
Thank you

I just bought a new PC and I have re-installed my Adobe Creative Suite Standard on it. Software open fine. PROBLEM: The toolbars (menu stuff) appear extra-small, too small for me to read... I sent on the PC setting to try to change the display resolution.

I just bought a new PC and I have re-installed my Adobe Creative Suite Standard on it.
Software open fine. PROBLEM: The toolbars (menu stuff) appear extra-small, too small for me to read...
I went into the PC settings and tried to change the display resolution. This changes the size of all the icons (not only Adobe) but it does not solve the problem when I open an Adobe application (Photoshop or Illustrator)... The PC is run under Windows 8.1 and my display resolution is 3200x1800 (but again, when I change the settings for a smaller resolution, only the size of the icons is affected. Once I open the software, the problem is still there, extra-small toolbars...). Help!!!

Anything before CC is not high-DPI compatible. Feel free to continue to experiment with your system settings.
Mylenium

I have Photoshop cs6 Ext on an ASUS laptop. How can I increase the font size of the contents of the FILTER Panel situated on bottom left of screen. The font size is extreamly small and almost unreadable. I have changed display parameters, not the resoluti

I have Photoshop cs6 Ext on an ASUS laptop. How can I increase the font size of the contents of the FILTER Panel situated on bottom left of screen. The font size is extreamly small and almost unreadable. I have changed display parameters, not the resolution, to no avail.
David.

Paragraph breaks are good for readability. ;-)
Have you noticed any difference between your MacBook and others at the Apple store? Wondering whether this is a configurable setting at the system level, i.e., DPI.
You can default Firefox to a larger zoom level to avoid having to zoom every page. You'll still be able to adjust the size for individual sites as needed. It sounds as though you are aware of these add-ons:
* Default FullZoom Level: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-fullzoom-level/
* NoSquint: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nosquint/
There are some discussions about changing coming in Firefox 22 (I think) to address higher density displays like the Retina display. So perhaps there will be a built-in setting to address this in the future.

How to change external display resolution WITHOUT clicking "CONFIRM"?

I have a somewhat unusual situation. My MacBook laptop is actually now a ModBook (a pen-tablet computer), and as such I no longer have a trackpad attached to it. All of my inputs are via the stylus, tapping directly on the built-in display.
This works perfectly fine, except when I need to give presentations on an LCD projector (which is quite often lately). I like to use the projector as an external monitor, so that I can run the Keynote presentation on it while using my laptop screen as the presenter's display, with the upcoming slide, etc. If the projector doesn't give me an ideal native display option (sometimes, the aspect ratio for the 3 or 4 resolutions available in the Displays drop-down in the menubar turn out to be stretched or squeezed), then I, naturally, have to open the Display System Preferences and try out different resolutions.
The problem is, since my stylus only interacts by clicking directly on the built-in-display, I have no way of moving the cursor over to the external display when the dialog box with the "Click here to confirm change/You have 15 seconds..." message appears. So I can never click it ... so I can never confirm the new settings.
The workarounds I've used so far are:
- Mirror displays (not ideal, as I need the presenter preview of the next slide)
- borrow a mouse from someone (usually from a Windows desktop, frankly) and plug that in to briefly mouse over and click the confirm button
I'd love to find a software workaround that allows me to NOT mirror displays and also doesn't require me to carry around a mouse all the time (my laptop bag is already overstuffed...).
Thanks.

Fateh wrote:
I hope that my question is clear ... Nope.
How to change the display resolution of APEX ??APEX doesn't have a display resolution. "Display resolution" is an attribute of the device and user agent software used to view the APEX page.
What do you mean by "the display resolution of APEX"?
In other word, if an end user sees large elements on a pageWhat "large elements"?
then he/she zooms it outHow?
"Zooms" what—the entire page or a single "large element"?
How can I set a proper ZOOM for my app by default ...Meaning what?
And as usual, we're missing:
<li>Full APEX version
<li>Full DB/version/edition/host OS
<li>Web server architecture (EPG, OHS or APEX listener/host OS)
<li>Browser(s) and version(s) used
<li>Theme
<li>Template(s)
<li>Region/item type(s)
You've been posting here for years. You know this basic information is necessary to understand and reproduce problems.
If you're looking for help it doesn't seem unreasonable that you make the effort to provide a full, clear but concise description of the problem or requirement.

External display resolution changes after returning from display sleep

I often use an external display as a second screen with my Macbook Pro (OS X 10.8.2) However, when I return to the computer after the display has gone to sleep, the external display resolution changes when the display reappears. Then I have to go into System Preferences > Display and "Detect Displays" in order to return the external display to the proper resolution.
Does anybody know of a way for me to avoid having to do this every time my display sleeps?
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I have the exact same problem.
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