Angel26

I have been working with CS for a few years. I have just got a new computer and this time with an LCD.
How do I get a 50% Grey background when i press F
Also before someone set my PC up but now I am daunted by all the instructions for calibrating and colour profiles etc. Old PC gave perfect results like a car on auto. What is the least I should do. I feel totally out of my depth.\:/ \:/

pkjain

Hi picketty and welcome to PSG.

I think you brought a new LCD monitor and want to calibrate monitor settings for Photoshop CS....if i am wright.

I don't want to give an explanation about it just download these and learn how to do it your self.

http://tinyurl.com/2td3wj

http://tinyurl.com/2smdlc

I hope these will help you,if not then others will definetly help you.

Angel26

thanks for that it would ahve probably taken me ages to find it and it seems to be written so I can understand. will plough trhrough it in the next 24 hours

ronmatt

at the risk of sounding critical ( not of you ) there isn't an LCD flatscreen monitor made for less than $1,300
and going to about $2,400 [ La Cie ] (These being low end prices) that are good for anything but surfing the net. The EIZO sells for $5,200 and is probably the cream of the crop. Samsung's 22" and 24" Synchmaster at around $500, isn't too bad if you can deal with the 'whiteness' ( if it were any brighter, planets would be revolving around it ). These LCD's that are packaged with new computers really aren't worth the effort to do anything with. Pay attention to photos at the low 1/4 tone to highlight. and at the mid 3/4 tone to shadow. The low end is contrasty and appears blown-out...the high end will loose all relevent detail in the shadows. The technology simply hasn't caught up to CRT yet in the 'affordable models' of LCD's. And the pricier models can't compare to a good $1,000 tube.

Angel26

Well i got talked into the Samsung and suffering related "snow blindness". thanks anyway...guess i will get used to it and find a setting that suits me.

Angel26

just another Q...how can i get the desktop background in photoshop to a mid grey. It is too light and blue at the moment

ronmatt

click on the desktop >properties > appearance > advanced > item > application background...then pick a color or choose
'other' and mix one... then click on 'apply'..done deal. then go out and get some Raybans.

Angel26

no money left over for Raybans!!!!! I cant find how to change the PHOTOSHOP desktop. No "advanced-applications that i can find.
Are you talking in the Control Panel...if not where??? I mean when you key F in Photoshop for a plain grey or black desktop.

ronmatt

place your curser in some empty spot on your desktop...right click select 'properties' or with Vista..'personalize' or go to the control panel and click on 'display'
This is the same simple procedure you'd use to change any and all visual effects, surely you've done that before.. :}

Angel26

i am talking about the background in the Photoshop window, not the general desk top....Yes I have "done that before" I am only "almost" an idiot and that is why I have to come here and ask Q's of helpful people like you. (P.S got a piggy bank for the Raybans, donations gratefully received) 8} 8}