Windy1 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hi @Windy1, given that I can't see what you're talking about, it suggests a problem with your screen or calibration, not with the files (which is good news!). First, how long since you last calibrated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy1 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Oh wow - you can't? I calibrated about a month ago, however I did update my computer since then. It didn't even occur to me to calibrate since the update. Shame on me! I'm glad you can't see it. I'll take a look on another computer. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy1 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 For what it's worth, the problem is only happening in Photoshop and it's related apps. If I open the photo in Preview or view it in a mail program or on another computer in a non-PS app, the problem doesn't appear. As long as it doesn't print that way, I'm happy. Off to recalibrate! Thanks again, Leslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Right. Because only the Adobe apps are colour-managed. That is, only those programs recognise and utilise your monitor profile. That's another pointer towards a problem with the calibration profile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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