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Since I am getting some good responses from here, I would like to try another question. Is it possible, and if so how, to alter the grey background in Adobe Photoshop 7??? e.g. on your desktop you can alter the wallpaper, do you know what I mean??? Thanks.
you've touched a raw nerve bprice as 2years ago the G3 I was using at the time trashed the hard disk losing nearly 8GB worth of stuff 
I sold it bought a PC running Window 2000 & its more reliable and cheaper to run than any mac I'v ever used. (PS a 2 button mouse is a godsend 
Hi guys, all I was trying to achieve, was to find out if when I am in Photoshop, before I open an image, there is a grey desktop like affair. My question was can that be changed, or am I stuck with the plain grey desktop? By the sound of it I am, eh? Thanks anyway. Sorry I started something over the PC and MAC issue. I am using a PC, never used a MAC but they do look nice.....
Hi, I quickly looked at it, and at first could'nt see what I needed to do, sorry, been on nights this week, kinda messes with the head you know, anyway, just had another look, and yep, that helps. Whilst on the subject, now I can change the colour, but can I put an image there too?? Thanks for all your help.
Anthony, What are you doing ? I thought the whole basis of Photoshop was to allow you to accurately manipulate images. How on earth are you going to check for colour balance when you have a coloured (or heaven forbid an image) for your backgound ? Photoshop is grey because it is neutral without colour bias.
Anthony, Photoshop is grey because that is the standard application background colour in Windows.
Yes you can change the colour, No you cannot put an image on it.
I agree with Bob though, you are better off leaving it grey. I write software for the photographic industry and whenever we come up with a funky design the first thing we get told by the likes of Fuji are "but it has to be grey".
Sorry for the double post.
Just to clarify why, if you have a lot of say RED on the desktop which is visible while you are working on an image, your brain will compensate and the image will look too green so if you correct it by eye, you will probably get it wrong (this is subconscious), hence a grey background stops you doing this.
Well, that sorts me out then! Ha ha. Thanks for all the help, now that you have said it, I see the point of it now. I usually like a pale blue background on my Windows Applications, but I understand the grey now. Something like an 18% grey card in traditional photography? Well, I will leave it grey, many many thanks for all the help, sorry I rattled a few cages but I got there in the end.
Cheers.
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