Photoshop redrawing canvas background problem

Hi,
I have a new MacBook Pro running OSX 10.6 and Photoshop CS4. I've experienced some strange graphics problems when rescaling the Photoshop window, specifically the grey canvas background becomes full of weird patterns. It makes me think its a video card problem, but it seems specific to Photoshop, and isnt solved by a restart, but then sometimes just sorts itself out.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar?
thanks
Leigh

Thanks for the reply,
Photoshop and the OS are uptodate, not sure about the card drivers, I presume they'd show up in software update if they were out of date?
I've turned of OpenGL in photoshop, its behaving itself at the moment, will post back if it starts again.

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P2: 11.0.2.0
P3: 4bf2d91c
P4: VanishingPoint.8BF
P5: 11.0.0.0
P6: 48d395f1
P7: c0000005
P8: 000000000004a430
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Attached files:
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Temp\WERB71F.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Temp\WERFBFC.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9A4.tmp.mdmp
These files may be available here:
C:\Users\Johnny\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Photoshop.exe_e 4881f26a567c586252e8667502237add319ee67_0ccd2665
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: c3830bd2-e129-11df-a41a-000272ab905c
Report Status: 9

Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver

I rummaged around in here looking at opengl topics and others associated with the above error, but I'm not seeing what I'm encountering (or I am and I don't recognize it!).....
I bought CS4 a week or so ago, and installed it on a system running XP32 with service pack 3, 4GB of ram withe the /3GB switch set, nVidia 8600 GT card (which according to the list is supported), and multiple spindles for images, scratch, applications, and so on. I found other topics earlier so I downloaded the most recent drivers for my video card.
I'm not crashing and burning, but I'm getting some messages...
I opened an image, and while working on it I wanted to do a transform/warp. I got the message that Photoshop couldn't perform the operation because there wasn't enough memory. It didn't crash but I had to shut down CS4 and restart it to do the warp.
Most recently I opened a couple images for a panorama, and while doing the merge I got the message that "Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver and has temporarily disabled gpu enhancements." It tells me to check for the latest drivers - I've ALREADY got the lastest drivers. Again, no crash, just the warning. It completed the panorama.
There have been a couple other occurrences of messages of this type, so I'm curious if there's some set of preferences or system settting I need to adjust to optimize things? I've alrady adjusted the nVidia settings because I also run Lightroom and they're having problems too.
I've read the tech notes for the video and such and didn't find any set of optimizations there so is there a set of adjustments beyond the preferences that needs to be adjusted to improve memory and video performance? And if so, can someone point me to them.

As I understand it (suspect at best) XP32 can address 4 gig of memory. the /3gb switch lets the applications get at 3 gig of that. If my video card takes the first 256MB, and XP is guaranteed the other 750 of the 1st gig, and in the CS4 performance preferences I should be giving it from 1462 - 1895 MB (I've given it around 1890), that leaves me with another gig or so... Is that limited to applications or can XP use it? In any case, I'm not crashing, I just get the message every so often about being out of memory. I don't recall ever seeing this with CS3, but new version, new oddities...

Change viewer/canvas background color?

When I have a HD clip in the canvas window I get the letterbox look.
The bars are currently grey which I assume is default.
Is there anyway to change the canvas background color to black?

Just hit Control + U if you fancy the standard layout
or go to FCP main menu>Window>Arrange> Two Up
if you fancy a more useful layout (IMO).
These actions will clear the confusion.
I have the Two Up view shortcut set to Shift + 2 (You can choose your own).
You can achieve that by customizing your keyboard shortcuts (Alt/Otion + H to start with keyboard layout customization).
Luca

Defaule Canvas background color - Forms 6i

How do i set the default forms canvas color. I changed the canvas background color to blue. i want my original color back. The property of foreground color is <Unspecified>. I need the same for background.

r u doin this on Runtime ? i thought u r talking abt design time....coz sometimes builder stuck with color of canvas
if yes then set_canvas_property('canvasname',background_color,'colorname');
Baig
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Edited by: Baig on Jan 28, 2010 2:29 PM

Canvas background color

I am trying to place a wide screen matt in the canvas. However the canvas background is grey....and the mask applied to the actual picture is black....how do I change the background color in the canvas so it is all black?
g5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

The grey you are seeing won't show up in any Quicktime export or tape output. It is just the area surrounding your VIEWABLE are. If you resize the window or go to the WINDOW menu and choose a workspace preset, like TWO-UP then it will go away. But it is nothing that will appear on your footage.
Shane

Photoshop CS4 file saving problem...

Photoshop CS4 file saving problem: When no file name is specified, Photoshop saves file to the root directory of the drive instead of the current folder. It auto names the image with the name of the folder that was active. Can this be fixed?
BTW: I was using "save for web"--not sure if it that matters.

Bug reports should go in the main forum.
And yes, SFW has it's own file code so that is a very important detail.

When working in photoshop the canvas/image turns black

when working in photoshop the canvas/image turns black - not allowing me to view the materials. what is causing this? how can it be fixed? very frustrating when working on a file and all of a sudden it's no longer visible.

Does turning off »Use Graphics Processor« in the Performance Preferences and restarting Photoshop have any bearing on the issue?
Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for quicker answers"):
http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2325
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html

Could not initialize photoshop because of a problem using the adobe color engine (Win 7)

Was running the lastest version of Photoshop CS5 and added a second quad graphics card and 4 more monitors. Now PS will not start and I get the error message "could not initialize photoshop because of a problem using the adobe color engine."
Computer has 2 NIVDIA Quadro4 NVS420 graphics boards with 8 Samsung SyncMaster 1920x1080 monitors. If I disable 4 of the monitors CS5 starts normally. I do not have to remove the added graphics card. When I extend the desktop again to all 8 monitors I get the error above.
How do I trouble-shoot the problem? Is it Photoshop, NIVDIA or Windows 7?

Well, not exactly a full solution yet (at least for my setup), but I am certain now that this issue is (mostly) caused by nVidia's drivers. You may be able to fix your setup by simply installing the latest drivers for your NVS420 cards (266.45 for Win 7/64 rel. 01/12/2011).
Since you are using two identical cards, this could do the trick.
Caveats - Make sure you:
1. Select Custom Install, the Express Install will most likely not work properly.
2. Unselect the Audio Driver (if available), the nVidia HD(MI) Audio driver could
screw up your speech recognition (if you use it) or other audio software - it did for me.
3. Select Clean Install. If you don't, files like C:\Windows\System32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
and several other driver related files will not be overwritten, causing all sorts of neat effects.
4. After the Install is complete, reboot your system whether the Installer prompts you or not.
After testing various configurations, disabling two - six of my eight monitors I am at this point:
I am now using nVidia's lastest and greatest piece of crap (read driver), version 266.58, released just two days ago. After an initial snag with maximized windows extending to the bottom of the main monitor (underneath the taskbar), a re-install & reboot solved that issue.
All three driver versions tested (260.89, 260.99, 266.58) now allow me to start PhotoShop without any problems; providing I first disable the two monitors fed by my onboard graphics (nVidia 780a based), leaving me with six monitors connected to three GTS-450 cards. I can even re-enable the two other monitors once the program is open, and it continues to work fine. However, I must disconnect them again for the next start of PhotoShop.
On an interesting side note:
After disabling six monitors (leaving only two on a GTS-450), I was also able to open and run SoundBooth CS5, which previously would not open, citing the audio driver as the problem. After sucessfully starting SoundBooth I could re-enable all six other monitors (incl. onboards),
and that program now opens and works fine with all 8 monitors connected. [ODD !!!]
Other than Adobe Software, I've had only one other issue with my setup:
When playing online poker at PokerStars, occasionally and quite randomly one of multiple tables would freeze up. I'll try disabling the two onboard monitors for that program as well to see whether the random freezes stop.
Overall, while I think that Adobe produces fine software and nVidia has been in need of an overhaul for quite some time now, I also think that Adobe and nVidia software engineers need to work more closely together to ensure that problems like this don't arise in the first place after a product has been released to the public. IMHO, this is avoidable!
PS:
Here's a link to a great tool for multiple monitors, Display Fusion by Binary Fortress.
I use the free version, it allows you to do cool things like have individual wallpapers for all
your monitors, or stretch a single image across all monitors. With the Pro Version ($25),
you can also add individually customizable taskbars to each monitor, and a lot more.
http://www.displayfusion.com/

Photoshop CS4 has a problem loading

I don't know what happened, but today when I launched Photoshop it had a problem loading on the splashscreen when it said "Building TWAIN Menu Items". I don't know what happened, it worked perfectly fine yesterday, but today it just kept getting stuck, I'm running on Vista 64-Bit Home Premium if that matters. There was an automatic Windows update last night, so I though it was that, but when I did System Restore and when I tried un-installing the updates it still didn't work. Any help would be appreciated!

Twain is not supported in 64 bit. Maybe there is a 32 bit driver in the wrong 64 bit folder?
Here, I found this to help you.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408849.html

How do I eliminate the canvas background?

I created a logo that I wish to begin using for print and online. Because of the canvas, I have a white rectangle background. It's ok for white paper for print, but not OK for website with a colored background. How do I get rid of the white canvas background?

If the logo is on it's own layer, simply delete the background layer and save it out as a transparent image. If they're on the same layer, you could use the magic eraser tool and click on all the white areas to turn them transparent.

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