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erickellerman
Inspiring
June 1, 2012
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Weird Crop tool behaviour with 16-bit files

  • June 1, 2012
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Shadow areas of my 16-bit files show strange patterns if I use the Crop tool to rotate. I can also replicate the problem by doing the following:

Make a new empty 16-bit file in PS6 in RGB mode (File>New). Fill it with 100% black. Use the Crop tool and rotate to taste. Press Enter to accept the crop and zoom in to enjoy the black and grey noise patterning reminiscent of a man's suit. The Straighten tool will achieve the same result. Your suit pattern will vary according to the degree of rotation.

The problem goes away if you subsequently convert the file to 8-bit, or convert to any other mode (Greyscale, Lab, CMYK).

This patterning is easily visible at 100% view or less, and appears whether the View>Show>Pixel Grid option is on or off. It is decidedly NOT the pixel grid I am seeing.

This effect can be created with files from both my Canon and Hasselblad cameras.

I'm using a Mac Pro with OS10.6.8.

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Correct answer erickellerman

There is in implicational order at work: If 'Use Graphics Processor' is selected in Preferences>Performance, then not checking [ ] Delete Cropped Pixels produces the effect. If 'Use Graphics Processor' is not selected (after restarfting PS), then it doesn't matter whether 'Delete Cropped Pixels' is selected or not.


Bingo! If I download my .psd file, and then  open it in PS6 with 'Use Graphics Processor' unselected, guess what? Yes, NO patterning! So UGP is the cucial element.

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Noel Carboni
Noel Carboni
Legend
September 1, 2012

13.0.1 Update

I cannot reproduce this problem with the 13.0.1 code and ATI Catalyst 12.8.  I'm wanting to call it fixed in all facets.

Anyone else care to try?

-Noel

Message was edited by: PECourtejoie

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erickellermanAuthor
Inspiring
September 1, 2012

I'm a Mac user, so I am testing 13.0.1 under different circumstances than yours, Noel. I report no change. The suit patterns are still there.

Noel Carboni
Noel Carboni
Legend
September 1, 2012

Just to be clear, the patterns you saw were getting generated into the files you were saving.  Have you recreated them from what should be smooth data using only 13.0.1?

-Noel

Chris Cox
Chris Cox
Legend
June 1, 2012

Which version of Photoshop are you using?

And which options for the crop tool?

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erickellermanAuthor
Inspiring
June 1, 2012

Hello Chris

I'm using PS6. I invoke the Crop tool, Unconstrained, Delete Cropped Pixels unselected. Degree of rotation doesn't matter, though the pattern noise will vary with the degree of rotation.

I have now discovered that this weirdness ONLY happens with crop rotation of 16-bit files. If I open a 32-bit file and rotate, there is no patterning. If I convert this rotated crop to 16-bit, there is no change. But if I convert the file to 16-bit and THEN rotate, I get the noise again. 8-bit files do not show this behaviour. Saving rotated 16-bit files to TIFF and PSD preserves the patterning. Converting these files to jpeg (8-bit, obviously) removes the noise.

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erickellermanAuthor
Inspiring
June 4, 2012

Problem 'explained'!!! The video card is implicated.

Go to Preferences>Performance. If under Detected Graphics Processor, you have checked Use Graphics Processor, then the 16-bit file crop/rotation weirdness will occur as described above. If you leave it unchecked, then restart PS6, the gentlemen's suit patterns will no longer appear upon cropping/rotating.

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