Hello,
I recently updated Photoshop CC to 20.0.2 and updated Bridge CC (9.0.2) and Camera Raw to the most recent versions as well. Suddenly, I am noticing that areas that are clipped in the shadows have strange, pixelated shapes and sometimes colors. These are areas that are not important and that I don't mind being clipped. I never noticed this in the past. Other than lightening these areas, which I prefer to keep dark, is there anything I can do? Is this something new happening with PS? I see it in Raw files in Bridge as well, before editing anything, but not as obviously. It is much worse after editing, which I suppose is because I darkened already dark areas. I'm especially not sure why some areas are turning magenta. I am attaching crops from different photos, including a longer screen shot of an area as seen in Bridge. All photos have been edited. I need to send these to print in a school program ASAP and can't have magenta popping up in odd places. There is magenta along the person's neck and edge of face in the first photo, a streak in the girl's hair in the shadow in the second, and odd black shapes in the last.
I have a Mac laptop running Mojave 10.14.2 and Photoshop 20.0.2. It is over 2 years old, and has 16GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 218GB free out of 500GB. The last time I shut down was just before posting this thread. I have never run a cleanup program.
As always, thank you for your assistance,
Leslie