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Fred Flick Stone · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 1:19 pm

Spooge, or anyone who can help for that matter. I apologize for wasting a thread on this, but I am curious, as are the other guys here at Presto who heard your speech.
You mentioned that in photoshop, in the middle screen setting with a grey background,you can go in and change the color of that grey background. Not going to the third window option, but actually being able to change that grey color? Does anyone, or you Spooge know how to adjust this? Spooge did some sort of drop and drag thing. It would help a lot then you don't need to keep switching windows. Thank you and sorry for the wasted thread...

Fred Flick Stone · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 1:26 pm

Never mind, I figured it out. Thanks for the help if anyone is writing now though...

Loki · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 1:29 pm

TELL ME!

Fred Flick Stone · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 1:36 pm

Paint bucket tool, set your forground color to the desired color you want go to outside your picture window, hold down shift, and paint bucket the background. It only works in the second window setting. But damn, now you got your menus back, and a nice dark background...

Frost · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 1:42 pm

Hey! Cool tip! Goodbye sickening, anoyingly vibrant and distracting background! Very neat to keep the ambiance, colors and values more sensitive in your pics. Thanks Fred (and indirectly Spooge).

AliasMoze · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 1:44 pm

That's super useful, Fred. Thanks!

Loki · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 2:06 pm

Thanks Fred, thanks Spooge - a lifelong search just ended!

Spooge - how the fuck did you find out about that one? (Don't say it was in the manual!)

Fred Flick Stone · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 2:07 pm

It was all Spooge. I just copy the pros...

Shane Caudle · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 5:36 pm

Here is a great little trick I found in Photoshop 5.5, I don't know if it is a bug or a feature, I think it's a bug. It is great for making a line the size of your brush that goes from opaque to transparent. Great for making highlights! This only works with my Wacom Intuos, not my mouse.
Anyway, press and hold where you want the opaque end of the line to start, while pressing press the shift key and hold it down, now move your stylus where you want the the transparent end of the highlight to be while still pressing shift, and press it down, whola there you have a great highlight line.
I like it! If it is a bug I hope they don't take it out in the next version.

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CapnPyro · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 6:05 pm

Fred, theres an easier way to do it. Buy a Mac. haha, no really. heh.. theres no backgrounds in mac applications, like aol how theres a giant grey background for the pc, theres no background on the mac version, same deal for photoshop and all other apps.

shane, yeah i like doing that for a nice gradient effect.. i dont think its a bug, i hope not

-CapnPyro-
btw i in no way shape or form use aol as my isp, just wanted to clear that up

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Dean Welsh · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2000 10:11 pm

Dude he's talking about the mac version too.

and that's the ABSOLUTE Coolest Photoshop tip I've heard this year. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!

Freddio · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 4:52 am

yep I see what you mean shane. Cool could yu show me when this is needed though? Like an example of it in some graphic or painting?

sorry just a test

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Blind · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 8:04 am

Cool tip, Fred. Thanks >8)

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Wildkat · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 8:11 am

AAWww...

I can't do it.... are you guys all doing this with Macs?...... is there a way for pc users to do this too?

I'm selecting the paint bucket.... holding down the shift key and clicking in the grey workspace area..... and....... nothing....

Fred, what's the second window setting... maybe that's what I'm doing wrong?..... :\

.....help......

Frost · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 8:16 am

Meow Wildkat =)

It works on PC. It most likely depends on your photoshop version, and it only works on the image frame when you resize your window to someting larger than your image.

Wildkat · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 8:28 am

Thanks Frost!!!

I got it meow!!! It's not really the background thingy.... just the edges of window you're working on....

YAY.....

Have a great day!

*gets back to painting...*

SewerRat · member Member # Joined: 17 May 2000 Posts: 103

LOL, did you try clicking on the background of Photoshop?

Wildkat · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 12:24 pm

Yea, I did SewerRat...

I wouldn't mind changing the color of that.... if anyone knows how to let me know...

In Freds, initial post I thought he was talking about the grey background....if there's a way to change it, I'd like to do that too...

[This message has been edited by Wildkat (edited August 08, 2000).]

DuKEZ · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 2:07 pm

You can wildcat.. but it then also changes yer whole gui color too..

right click your desktop.. select properties.. goto appearance.. scroll up the item list to "3d objects" and pick a color.. and click apply see everything change to that color.. photoshop background included

so if your sick of that gray

Wildkat · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 2:58 pm

Thank you DuKEZ!!!
That's what I was lookin for!!!

Aloys Crunch · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2000 6:05 pm

=) damn I searched for this thing all my life! and itsnt even in the manual :/

Shane: yes, this is very useful if you work at the pixel level to make hand made anti aliasing, its a little tedious doing this at each seam but usefull.
actually it could deserve its own tutorial..