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My project has turned black and white in Photoshop

Community Beginner ,
Feb 05, 2017 Feb 05, 2017

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i'm working in Ps, a painting project, and now my whole project has turned black and white. all of my layers. I'm fairly sure I pressed something accidentally but I don't know what or how to fix it. help??

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correct answers 2 Correct answers

Community Expert , Feb 05, 2017 Feb 05, 2017

Press Cmd or Ctrl 2 and let me know if that worked.  Hold down the Ctrl key and press 2 for example.

Cmd = Mac

Ctrl   = PC

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Community Beginner , Feb 05, 2017 Feb 05, 2017

I just figured it out. I had accidentally turned half of my layers invisible.... I don't know how I managed that by pressing one key but now i'm really embarrassed. thanks for your help though

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Jun 04, 2021 Jun 04, 2021

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Solved the issue for me. Thanks for the quick and thorough help!

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New Here ,
Dec 03, 2021 Dec 03, 2021

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You are brilliant!  Pressing Cmd + 2 worked.  I don't know what I hit but it didn't show up in my history.  Thank you!!!

 

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Jan 20, 2022 Jan 20, 2022

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For sure you saved my day today. Thank you 

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New Here ,
Jan 31, 2022 Jan 31, 2022

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Thank you! That was super helpful

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New Here ,
Mar 25, 2022 Mar 25, 2022

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I'm on a iMac Pro and this worked perfectly for me. Thank you.

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 05, 2022 Apr 05, 2022

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Thank you! Cmd+2 absolutely worked for me!

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New Here ,
May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022

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This was a long long long long time ago but I did the same thing and I did what you suggested. THANK YOU! I was freaking out a bit

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New Here ,
Nov 30, 2022 Nov 30, 2022

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Your answer just saved me. Thank you angel of the internet <3.

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New Here ,
Mar 18, 2020 Mar 18, 2020

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It worked! Thanks!

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New Here ,
May 23, 2020 May 23, 2020

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Thanks to both of you, Milisaa93350435 and Gener7. Even though it was a differnt problem than yours, it was Gener7's initail response that was exactly what I needed.  Accidently stroking key-commands you don't mean to can be a real bummer... Don't be embarresed, you saved my day! (: 

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New Here ,
Mar 24, 2021 Mar 24, 2021

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Comman 2 for MAC

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New Here ,
Feb 22, 2022 Feb 22, 2022

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Okay so I had the same problem and ctrl2 didn't work. Indeed it was in this menu that i noticed the issue, my document idkhow turned greyscale, and by clicking on rgb, simply it reapplied color. It open a menu saying "would u flatten the image before ?" I personnaly applied, "no" and it did'nt change anything on my work. If that could help 🙂

 

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Sep 22, 2022 Sep 22, 2022

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@gener7 you are a life saver

 

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Community Beginner ,
May 22, 2024 May 22, 2024

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Of all things, adobe has taken ctl 1 which for more than 20 years was the actual size command, so much that it became automatic with our fine motor skills, and now everytime you forget and try to see your image at actual size, surprise it turns your image to black and white and there appears to be no solution to correct except closing the program file without saving.  There is also no longer a macro for rotation.  I guess programmers are really getting hard up to justify their jobs. 

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Community Expert ,
May 22, 2024 May 22, 2024

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View > 100% still has Cmd/Ctrl 1 assigned to it in Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. You can still assign that shortcut to it.

 

Ctrl 2 is composite RGB with 3, 4, 5 being assigned to the Red, Blue, and Green Channels.  You may want to select Keyboard Defaults to get everything back. Also consider on a PC, utilities sometimes trap those keys.

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Aug 12, 2024 Aug 12, 2024

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In my case it was ctrl + Y (View > Proof Colors)

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