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Rostrobowitsj
Rostrobowitsj
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June 18, 2026
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Photoshop 27.8 ALL COLORS ARE WASHED OUT

  • June 18, 2026
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Right after the june 18 2026 Photoshop update , the colours of every .PSD that I open are WASHED OUT!!!  If, in Photoshop-preferences I disengage the “Use Graphics Processor” colours look allright again….. My set up is an iMac Pro ( 2017 ), connected to an Eizo-monitor.

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      udcny
      Participant
      June 18, 2026

      Same issue so had to downgrade to PS 27.7.  Mac Studio (2022), Apple M1 Ultra, 64 GB Memory, Tahoe 26.5.1, Apple Studio Display (2022).  I tried PSD, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, same unusable state. Even files in Camera RAW and Lightroom that look fine are faded out opened into PS.

      (Have never used Colornavigator.)

      D Fosse
      Community Expert
      D FosseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 18, 2026

      A few Mac users have reported this. I’ve asked if they make LUT profiles in Colornavigator, but no one has answered the question. LUT profiles are not fully supported in MacOS and can cause problems.

       

      Please try making a new profile with these settings in Colornavigator:

       

       

      bellevue scott
      bellevue scott
      Inspiring
      June 18, 2026

      Why would this suddenly become a problem when it wasn’t a problem before?

      D Fosse
      Community Expert
      D FosseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2026

      ​@bellevue scott 

      Because operating systems and graphics code get updated and changed all the time.

       

      Look, I’m not saying this is definitely the cause, but it’s a very likely cause and worth a shot.

       

      The overriding issue here is the conversion into the monitor profile, which is executed in the GPU. That conversion is not correctly executed in the GPU here, but it is correctly executed when the GPU is taken out of the equation so that it shifted back to the CPU. So something is causing the GPU to choke, and a LUT profile can do that. I’ve seen a lot of cases here where MacOS doesn’t handle LUT profiles, but a matrix profile works well. All native Mac display profiles are matrix.

      Anshul_Saini
      Community Manager
      Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      June 18, 2026

      Hi ​@Rostrobowitsj,

       

      Thanks for reporting this. Could you please share:

      • Your full System Info, Photoshop > Help > System Info and Copy & paste it here

      • A screenshot showing the issue. Ideally, with the same file displayed in Photoshop with GPU enabled and disabled

      • If possible, a sample PSD file that demonstrates the problem.
       

      A few additional questions:

      • Does this happen with all PSD files? Or only specific files?

      • Does it affect JPEGs, PNGs, TIFFs, or other formats as well?

      • Are you using any custom monitor profiles or calibration software for the Eizo display?
       

      Once we have the System Info, screenshots, and a sample file, we can forward them to the product team for further investigation.
       

      Best,

      Anshul Saini

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