Photoshop :: CS6 And Windows 8 - Background Flickering / Image Becoming Black
Nov 20, 2012
I recently upgraded to Windows 8 Pro from Windows 7 and I have noticed some graphic glitches in CS6. The background flickering, the image becoming black, etc. After a bit a searching I found some others who were also having the issue. (Here and Here). I have also read the blog post by Jeffrey Tranberry recommending switching to Basic Drawing Mode which does solve the issue, however, by switching to Basic Drawing Mode what am I losing in functionality?
When looking through the PS Preferences I also noticed something interesting. Look at this screenshot: Notice the VRAM? 209310MB! This is one fast video card! Obviously this number is complete incorrect and I wonder if it is tied to the issue above?
Here are my PC Specs: CPU: AMD FX 4100 Quad Core 3.6 Ghz 64bit OS: Windows 8 Pro (Release version - upgraded from Windows 7) RAM: 8GB Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6670 Video Driver: Catalyst 12.10 (Windows 8 compatible driver) Is this a PS issue or an issue within the video card driver and Windows 8? I have not seen other errors in Windows with other programs. (Granted other programs are not using the GPU like PS does.)
I have installed Photoshop CS6 - but when I attempt to edit anything the image flickers (it flickers to black and back again to the image). The background also flickers (from the grey grid to black and back again.
What would cause this? (Note: the application works, I can save, edit and such, but this flickering is driving me nuts! It only occurs when I attempt to do something to the image.)
Photoshop is acting wonky now that i've installed windows 8. i had to upgrade my video drivers, amd radeon 5700 series. now when editing photos, the background goes black or transparent.
I seem to be having problems when I lasso round a specific part of a photo taken with a white background and then try to add that part of the image to a plain #000000 black background.
I always seem to get a white outline around the image when I place it on the black background, even when its on ZERO feathered. I don't like using feathered as it adds a smudge round the outside of the image.
I'm trying to draw on CS6 and the screen keeps flickering Black, I've tried to switch off using the graphics card and switching to Basic mode, that hasn't worked.
The background of my workplace is flickering (the colour turns from black to grey to transparent etc.) Also if I for example scale a picture the picture turns into black. By clicking the picture it appears again.
Using CS6, version 13.0.1 x64 and Win8 64 bit. Everything updated and latest driver installed
I have an image that is semi-transparent. I am able to take the black out of the background around it, but am unsure about how to remove the actual background from behind the image. I need to superimpose this image onto another-hence the background change. I have the newest version of PS.
I would like to insert the group of faces below into a larger image with a black background. I would like to give the impression that they are underwater and we are looking down on them through the water. (Imagine a setting where we are standing beside a stream and looking down into the stream, where we see the faces.) I find several tutorials for creating underwater scenes in which the camera position is underwater, but none in which the camera position is above and looking down into the water.
I think it might be the GPU but i used apple computers with intel hd 4000 and it didnt do that. I have amd hd 7750 with an i5 and 4gb ram. Photoshop doesnt run slow its just the picture going in and out.
I am taking macro shots of flowers. I am using black mount board as the background color, but it always comes out as light grey or bluish. The flowers etc. are fine.how I get my image background to the color I want, in this instance Black
What I've done differently is applied a few effects to clips, such as contrast and exposure, and then nested the clips. Then I've dragged these sequences together on the timeline and trimmed and edited. The 13 minute video plays well for about 9 minutes, then it starts flickering, alternating with black and white screens, then in the last minute it crashes. I get the message "Display Drive Stopped Responding and Has Recovered." I've begun replacing some of the nested sequences with the original imported assets, but still the same end result.
I'm working with 1920 x 1080 assests at 23.97 fps. I've worked with these before, no problem (though I haven't had to add so many effects before).
I'm working on an Intel Core i7-3770 GPU @ 3.40 GHz 10 GB.
When I use adobe photoshop, when I perform an action, for example, magic wand, the whole adobe screen goes black, then goes back on. I have a new, fast computer with lots of memory, Window 8.
I have just purchased this upgrade software having used XARA Xtreme4.0 for many years.How can I change the black background screen with white writing to grey with black writing?
I'm running PSE 8 on an iMac. Is there a way to change the default dialogue / value windows to white or transparent? I'm also seeking a plug in to enable Channel manipulation in PSE. Many degraded graphics arise from problems in the green or blue channel which compromises the final RGB image.
I have seen pictures with a total pitch black background,
how did they transformed a normal background into a pitch black background? Someone told me they used a photoshop so I browsed around but all I found was a tutorial on how to isolate a section of the photo and turn it into a black and white background which is not what I was after.
I have installed Photoshop CS6 on a new computer i7 with Windows 8. When I open a photo in Photoshop and try to crop it, there is an intermittent black background that comes in front on the whole photo at each click of the mouse and you can't really see what you are doing.
For my senior graduating class, i need to come up with a label for a sweatshirt. by putting the words "Senior Dudes" in this Bud Light label, If possible, make the background black, make the blue thats in the font white, an the red thats in the font maroon.
I'm making a sig and I want to have the firetext overlapping the background image. But I want to know how to rid the black in the background and around the fire without erasing the shadows in the fire and making it look like I did so. I want it to look smooth if you know what I mean. Another way of putting what i want differently if you dont understand is I basically want all the black behind the fire and background pic transparent, without making the fire look crappy in the process.
I have about 40 images with jewellery that I need to remove all that black color without removing jewelleries shades. I have tried sevearl ways of deleting the actual background using background eraser tool, lasso tool etc but I just cant get to have my piece of jewellery look nice. I would like to have nice and clean borders,
How do you make the background of the image black without using bucket fill or colour variations. I need to keep this image quality high but would really like the background pitch black.
My background in CS6 changes after upgrading to Windows 8. I have checked all of my settings but can't change the constant changing from solid Gray to checkerboard.
I have the latest drivers for my video card and this is a system dedicated to imaging. This never happened in Win7. You can see the difference in these two screen shots.
So I was using Photoshop (CS5) when I was told that our power would have to be momentarily turned off due to work being done in our kitchen. Anyway, I saved my project and closed photoshop and then the power was turned off (I did not properly shut down Windows).
When I got back onto Photoshop I tried opening the project I was working on to find that all of the layers were gone and it only showing a black background canvas. When I click on the project once in the open window, it shows a thumbnail of the image as it should be and how it was saved, but when I open it it only shows a black background.
I do have another copy from not too far back but I have lost a few hours of work which I'd obviously prefer not to redo.
When I open a picture in photoshop, any picture, I see the picture and all around it is a background color. It has nothing to do with the picture or any work being done on the picture. This has to do with the color that comes up on the screen regardless of the picture. It was black and I hit something and it is now blue. I want this to go back to black.
I tryed clicking on the link below, selecting black for a background color and clicking and nothing changes.
