Photoshop work space

I'm a new creative cloud photoshop CC user. How do you open the photoshop workspace.

Once you've installed the Photoshop CC application on your computer, and have installed the available updates via the Creative Cloud application, you start the application. It's just another application on your computer.
If you'll be so kind as to give just a bit more information about what kind of system you have, I'm sure someone will be able to provide a bit more specific information about just how to do that.
-Noel

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Photoshop work space keeps disappearing

Every time I try to drag and drop art work from photoshop into another adobe application my photoshop window disappear and the only way i know how to get it back to quite the program.
This is annoying, if I'm half way though work and this happens is really distracting.
Is this a bug, or a new feature that I'm not aware of?

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Note that this is boilerplate text.
If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand,
such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CS6", but something like CS6v.13.0.6) and of Bridge,
your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
machine specs, such as total installed RAM, scratch file HDs, total available HD space, video card specs, including total VRAM installed,
what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them,
if you're having printing issues, indicate the exact make and model of your printer, paper size, image dimensions in pixels (so many pixels wide by so many pixels high). if going through a RIP, specify that too.
etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster).
a screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too.
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0
Thanks!

How do I restore the original Photoshop work space

Trying to copy the tutorial, I opened my own picture. I idly clicked on the color swatch, and got plunged into a maze. I clicked "Undo," but the work environment stayed the color management one. It did not go back to start. Then I clicked on the brush tool while trying to figure things out, and the brush dialogue box opened up and refused to go away.
How do I just click something and go back to the original work environment you are supposed to get when you open Photoshop? Even closing the program and opening it again left me in gradient nightmare.
Thanks.
Kenneth

Window > Workspace > Reset puts everything back into place for whatever workspace you have.
Essentials is the default workspace when you first open Photoshop.
If anything else is off, I'll try and help.
Worse comes to worse, do a Preferences Reset:
If you need a quick and dirty way to restore your preferences, here's a way you can do it using a keyboard shortcut on launch:
Windows - CTRL-SHIFT-ALT immediately after you double-click the PS icon.
Macintosh - CMD-SHIFT-OPTION immediately after you double-click the PS icon.
Gene

Photoshop 5.1, work-space snaps randomly, snaps to top, work space snaps

Hi,
I have a new 2.7 GHz iMac, intel core i% with 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3. It has OSX Lion, version 10.8.4. I am running Photoshop version 5.1, which came with CS Premium 5.5.
My problem is that the work space snaps to the top of the PS work-frame every time I try to move it or re-size it. Because It will not let me re-size the window, or move it I Can't place multiple files on the desk top and move them where I want, because they always snap back to some place or to some size that is not what I wanted. I have done the following:
Setting is Standard Screen Mode
Shut off snapping to anything in "View"
Disabled "enable gestures"
Shut off other programs running
Re-booted
Re-loaded Photoshop 5.1 from the original disk
Run MacKeeper to optimize the machine
Disconnected my Wacom Intuos 3 Tablet.
The re-install fixed the issue for a couple of hours, but it returned. The disconnect of the wacom tablet also seemed to help.
This is a real problem and I need help. No other forums seem to shed any light on this. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Mark

Hi Babaji,
Do you have the Application Frame turned on?
This will group all your windows in one:
But you can turn it off by going to Window > Frame > Application Frame
Which allows you to have multiple windows:

Photoshop cs6 work space disappear when i trying to crop or lasso.

canvas size
width : 1600 pixels
height : 1600 pixels
resolution : 300 pixels/inch
When I trying to crop or lasso, my work space disappear.
there is one way to find work space. stop using crop or lasso tool.
i don't know why.
pls help me.
OS : Win 7 pro (64-bit)
Cpu : intel i5
VGA : Geforce 310
Ram : 8 gb

Update your graphics card driver or turn off OpenGL/ OpenCL usage under Edit --> Preferences --> Performance.
Mylenium

Working space settings for Grayscale?

(Preliminary remark: I'm using the German version of PS, so some items may be called differently in the English version.)
In the colour settings of PS CS4 I can define a working space for gray scale pictures. What does this setting actually do?
I know that there is no ICC colour management for grayscale pictures, so what do the dot gain settings do? Do they just darken the display or is there more? What do the gamma settings do? What does "Black&White mean? What does sGray mean? Does Photoshop somehow add ICC profiles to grayscale pictures? If yes, which and what does it do?
So far I decided to just set "no adjustment". The reasoning is that this should display the true greyscale values on the screen. I then can add dot gain as needed manually as a final step. Does this make sense or am I misunderstanding something?
Bonus question: What about the spot colour settings? Are they applied to multichannel pictures?

p_d_f wrote:
Yes, there really are Grayscale ICC profiles...
Thank you. After contemplating a bit, I think I've finally understood where my confusion originated. But the more I understand, the more new questions arise.
So far I've understood that if a picture is to be displayed on an internet site or used in an office application, then I best work with the gamma 2.2 profile. If the target computer honours ICC profiles, then it desn't matter anyway which profile I use, but if the target computer ignores ICC profiles, then most computers out there will display the picture with a gamma of 2.2 (more or less) because this tends to be the default setting on most computers.
But when it comes to pictures for print, some questions remain.
To begin with, I could continue to work as I did without colour management. I would first "convert" the picture to the profile "no corrections". This would mean that "the numbers" in the picture are the same as the gray values the final user should see. And then I would account for dot gain by either applying a gradation curve or by saving as EPS with a transfer curve.
However if I want to use colour management, then I "convert" the picture to the the printer's ICC profile. Without a specialized program, I cannot create such a profile myself, even if I know the transfer curve. So either I find a suitable profile somewhere or the print shop must provide me that profile.
So far I think I understand. But now the questions.
Concerning missing profiles: Can I just take the gray channel of a suitable CMYK profile (e.g. ISO Coated v2) or would this contain some sort of black generation information which would spoil a grayscale picture?
I assume that it's possible to embed the black and white point into the profile, so that I don't have to worry about them anymore but can assign the full range of gray values from 0% to 100%. With the colour sync tool, I looked into the grayscale profiles that come with Photoshop, and as far as I can tell, none of them does set the black and white point. So I assume that despite using colour management, I have to do this by hand in the picture itself by assigning appropriate grayscale values?
If I find a profile which does set the black and white point, then I assume that this is done lossless when I set the intent to "photographic", but when I set the intent to "colorimetrc", then the shadows and lights are just clipped (which jeopardizes the idea)?
I see that the profiles contain a intent. I assume that this embedded intent will be overridden by the colour setting in photoshop?
What does the option "blackpoint compensation" (or similiar, I use the German photoshop) do with grayscale images? Does it alter the black point, so I should turn the potion off off when I set it by hand? Is there some documentation what this option *exactly* does?
The colour settings in Photoshop offers "dot gain xx%" settings, but I didn't find such profiles. Do I assume correctly that those are "internal" profiles of photohop? Are they documented somewhere?
Thanks.

Major Bug in CS's color profiles, color management & working spaces

Hi everyone:
First of all, thanks so much for taking the time to read and answer my questions!!! I am having a having a major bug in CS3's creative suite. The problem is the following:
1. My settings are not sticking in Photoshop. Last night I selected Adobe RGB as my working space and this morning I woke up with it being Apple RGB.
2. Bridge. When I select one of the thumbnails of my edited files I see the colors and levels changing before my very eyes. My theory is that profiles are being assigned to the images as I select them.
3. Photoshop. Photoshop is assigning embedded profiles (of whatever working space is selected) into my files. I have the color management system on off so this should not be happening.
The only solutions that I came up with were to either uninstall and reinstall creative suite or upgrade to CS4. Does anyone have any other suggestions out there? I would greatly appreciate them.
All my best,
s_ke

Ok open Edit > Color Settings. Where it says "color management policies" make sure that all these are set to "preserve"
• You seem to be saying that photoshop is automatically converting images, without opening them? - this is impossible
• Document profiles are readable at the bottom of the image window and choosing 'document profile'
If something strange is happening reset your Preferences, you will not need to reinstall
It may also be that your issue is to do with monitor profiles, or something similar but its impossible to tell from your description

How can you add a new working space to PSCS5

I would like to try to add Beta RGB, Best RGB, jc1RGB, and I think there's a Bruce RGB to my choices of working space in PSCS5, but have not been able to find a reference. Maybe it's simple. I woud want to be able to embed the profile as well.

10.9.1
What the heck? I went back into Library/etc/etc/etc and there was no Profiles folder. I did it again and there it was. ??? Anyway this time I found Wide Gamut in the Recommended folder. I swear it wasn't there before, but of course it was. So I went to More Options in Color Settings and I can select it as a working space from there. So that quest is over. I guess I'll load Best and Xtreme into Recommended and try them out.
All this has caused me to wonder when if ever Photoshop will have a five primary editing space. That would reqire a LOT of coding.
See TFT Central "The Pointer's Gamut". Very informative overview of the state of the art. FYI , Pointer's Gamut is all the reflective colors.

How do I get the essentials work space layout back

How do I get the essentials work space layout back?I accidently deleted it.

You could try renaming tour user id Photoshop Preferences root folder the start Photoshop. Photoshop will create a new preference tree for your user ID. It should be in that tree copy it to the renamed tree. then delete the new tree and rename the old tree back to its original name.

CS 6 work space flashes

I using a trial version of CS 6 on windows 8 pro. I keep getting flashing in the work space / background when I zoom or move an image around (only some images not all). When I zoom or move an image around the background changes from transparent to various shades of gray to black. I was getting it with selections but after making some changes in Catalist I fixed it. I have the latest driver for my card. This is really annoying and I won't purchase it unitl this issue is resolved. I see many others have the same issue. It's been a long time since CS6 came out and I'm concerned this won't be fixed. I can just continue to use an older version if need be. I don't want to have to buy another video card just to use PS CS6 properly. If I turn off "Use Graphics Card" it seems fine.This card works fine with other versions so what had changed. At $700 I expect to be able to use it with my video card (AMD Radeon HD 6450) which is not too old.

That's a known bug in Windows 8. We've been working with the GPU vendors and Microsoft to get it fixed. (and yes, we're amazed Microsoft shipped with these problems) Until everyone gets the patches out, you can set the Photoshop GPU mode to "Basic" to avoid most of the problems.
Also, search for similar topics here for additional tips.

Save to Web Color Shift with sRGB Working Space

I'm having a problem a lot of other people have, which is the color shift when saving to web or viewing my work in a web browser.
The solutions I've found in the past have been to simply make sure my working color space in Photoshop is sRGB and that my files are being built with that profile as well. I'm under the impression that sRGB is essentially the same color space as is used in a web browser, and therefore my work should look identical in both Photoshop and a web browser.
So why am I still getting a color shift? Everything in a browser appears darker and with more contrast, as though the colors have been pumped up a bit.
My monitor color has been calibrated with a Spyder 3 Pro and I'm using the profile it created for me as my OS X color profile. Thinking the shift may be related to my monitor profile, I tried switching to other profiles, but I still get a color shift in every single one.
Any ideas? Thanks!

sRGB based on capabilities and trends of development (circa late 1990s) for commodities CRT computers displays. sRGB per se has nothing to do with web browsers. The reason it has become associated with the web is the assumption that most web users are looking at content using a commodities CRT monitor using Microsoft Windows.
It should be obvious that the use of a standard of some kind for display is better than none if there is to be any trend towards predictability of image display. Today, in commodities computing, that standard is sRGB: neutral color where R=B=G, and a gray ramp and primaries typical of the electron gun and phosphors used in CRT displays perfected for use in color television. It just so happens that this coding is rather will suited to get good value out of a minimum numbers of bits for color representation (e.g, 8 bits per channel 24 bit color)
Web browsers in and of themselves don't have a color space. A few, such as Mac Safari, use the ICC color management capabilities of the system, and these display compensated color just like Photoshop does: if the image is tagged with an ICC profile, compensation will be applied in the browser window. But for the vast majority of computers and users, browser color is monitor color, and it's easier and most reliable for designers to just assume sRGB because it's the space that's the best approximation of the internet at large.
You work usually will not look identical in Photoshop and a web browser (assuming that the browser does not or cannot do color management) because Photoshop is always soft proofing the working space onto the display. It is this quality that leads you to see parity between photoshop and the web browser when you choose you monitor profile as the working space: the soft proof produces no compensation.
But while this fixes up your local experience it is -not- the solution because this projects your monitor characteristics into the image when you share it. For example, if your monitor has a lumpy non-linear tonal response and you correct image shadows or saturation for a certain look the image data will code your monitor response as well as your intentions for the image appearance. Others will see the combination of your correction for your monitor response mapped over their monitor response, in fact they will see an inversion of your monitor's response coded in the image, and to whatever extent your monitor deviates from the norm is the extent which at the very least others displays of the images you correct will deviate from your intentioned look.
The answer to your problem--and this may surprise you--is to tolerate and appreciate the difference in display between photoshop's rendition of color and your browsers. Photoshop is showing your image more truly--within certain significant local limits--in terms of your working space than your web browser. By choosing an appropriate working space, and for the web it should be sRGB, and by profiling your monitor as you have, you are ensuring your images are normalized to current standards for web presentation. Others may still see crap, but it's most likely their problem and if they don't want to do anything about it that's their problem, not yours.
There are a wide variety of reasons why a properly calibrated monitor will not match a working space which the soft proof cannot overcome. A monitor gamut larger than sRGB is not one of them. Photoshop will properly display sRGB data if the display profile properly characterizes the larger gamut display. This leads to questions about the effects of monitor quality on workflow. Maybe the most important of these is "How do I know my Spyder has properly calibrated my display!!!" But this is a topic for a whole 'nother thread.
Where I run into trouble is when trying to make visual color comparisons during web design between my photoshop website mockup and a published site. I get confused and try to make color picker style matches by eye rather than by the numbers because I forget my web browser is not color managed. Sometimes I forget how all the parts play together and get confused and disoriented, then I make compounding mistakes. Then I start blaming my tools. Pity me.

Melissa RGB for export working space ?

I was wondering why Adobe didnt include its Melissa RGB as an export/output space?
I can see a number of possible advantages for doing so:
- When editing images afterwards in Photoshop, users will see exactly the same histogram and RGB numbers under the cursor as they did in Lightroom.
- Theoretically, edits in Photoshop, that expects gamma encoded input, are applied perceptually more uniform in a working space with a 2.2 gamma than in a 1.8 gamma space like ProPhoto RGB.
I know that the gamma in sRGB and Melissa RGB isnt EXACTLY 2.2 because the exponent in the equitation is 2.4, but they use an offset of 0.5 that results in a tone response curve that is very similar to gamma 2.2, with a little advantage in the shadows though.
- Raw files encoded in Melissa RGB with its sRGB tone response curve could supply some extra room in the shadows.
Herman

Try conversion to DNG where it may remain in Melissa?? then send to PSCS by way of Export Action pointer to PSCS which will open it in ACR. Report back!
Don
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Confused by embedded color profile vs. working space

If you know that the destination of a photo is ultimately going to need the sRGB color profile (uploading book to blurb), and you are going from Lightroom to Photoshop ("edit in Photoshop CS5") do you "Convert document's colors to working space" of sRGB?
This is what I have been doing, but when the photo is saved (in Photoshop) and then I view it in Lightroom, the photo looks completely different & gives me Exposure warnings.
Is this because Lightroom is showing me the photo with the color profile of Pro Photo RGB?
If yes, do I leave the photo alone, knowing that it should print correctly by Blurb &/or view correctly on a website?
Thanks for any help you can give me!
Laura

The "working space" is the colour space a program uses internally. Lightroom always uses Pro Photo RGB, there's no choice. With Photoshop you can choose Working Space:
I'd recommend ProPhoto, if only because that's what LR uses, so it avoids any change of working space. I would also choose "Preserve..." in the options below, and check all the "Ask When..." options (so it warns you when something funny happens).
If you save in Photoshop, and then re-import into LR, and it looks different, then some colour space mismatch might have happened. The problem is likely to be in Photoshop (as there aren't any options in LR you can get wrong!) Make sure the Photoshop "Color Management Policies" are as I've got them above. It shouldn't matter what colour space the image is in when you import back into LR, so long as there's an embedded profile. The embedded profile merely indicates in what colour space the image is. LR takes note of the profile, and when you work on the image in Develop Module, it converts internally to ProPhoto RGB (but LR never alters files except metadata - if you import an sRGB jpeg then it stays sRGB - LR converts to ProPhoto RGB only for internal use).
When you save the image in Photoshop, if you want it in sRGB:
either use Save for Web... (and make sure "Convert to sRGB" and "Embed profile" are checked)
or use Edit... Convert to Profile (not Assign Profile) and then save.
Does that help?

Linearize working space & color rgb

Hello,
i'm trying to understand all working space options, that i didn't before.
I've read the Color management workflow after effects help.
So i'm working on a project in rec709 working space, but when i turn on linearize working space, i can't manage to find my colors back.
FOr exemple here is my color in photoshop, and after effects with linearize working space turn off :
but i turn the option ON, it's the same color rgb numbers, but the displaying color is far form original :
How to find back my original beautiful and deep green, that is now a light fade green ?

All of that stuff is very complicated. Because as you say, who can tell on which device my client will look my film
In my case, what i didn't understand is why a RGB value is not the same in linear or non linear workspace.
If i copy paste the code, it won't be the good color, but if i import the same color form a psd or ai file, it will look ok.
So if i understood well, in linear, the curve rises from the non linear curve. And colors that are in the middle of the curve rise as well. We have to make it go down if necessary.
So i understand that when you import the file, after interpret in the good way color info.
So for a color created in after, if i want the good color, i found that i have to apply the color profile converter :
and it will look the good way
As i read on other post Re: Question: Linear Workflow in AE CS4 :
"For imported footage, this conversion is automatically done for you, but for values created inside AE there is no way of knowing if you want to enter these as values in a linearized space or in a gamma encoded space."

How do I get Lighter Effects work space?

I am having problems with Lighter Effects. I can't seem to get it to open its work space. I go into Filters, Render Lighter Effects and click on it. When I do, it blinks the properties and then adds a layer naming it Lighter Effects. But it never opens the work space. It only sometimes opens up the Lighter Effect properties. And without the work space, I can't do anything with the properties anyway.
I need a way to fix this so the Lighter Effect work space appears when I click on the Lighter Effects in the Filter Render. I have just re-installed and updated Photoshop CC 2014, if that helps those out there helping people like me who are not experts at Photoshop.

You can find the system requirements by clicking on the hyperlink in my previous post.
Re: 3D, you should be able to, for example, open a 3D model via 3D > New 3D Layer from File. Or you could select a normal 2D layer and go to 3D > New Mesh from Layer. If you can't do this your video card does not meet system requirements or the driver may need to be updated.
If your Lighting Filter is working properly your window should look something like this:

Photoshop work space

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