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mandi_miles
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October 9, 2012
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Photoshop displaying everything in gray

  • October 9, 2012
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I've checked Mode and grayscale isn't checked. I'm still in RGB. I'm on a mac using Photoshop CS5 and, if it helps, I was trying to do a screen shot using cmd+shift+4 and must have hit the wrong key somewhere...

    Correct answer Howard Pinsky

    Hi, Mandi_Miles.

    You may have switched Channels, with the Command + 3, 4 or 5 shortcut. Command + 2 should switch back to RGB, or you can check in your Channels panel. Make sure RGB is selected.

    I hope that helps!

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    jobe44582520
    Participant
    October 16, 2017

    how it turn back the background into default ? it turns white and i dont know why please help me

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      VipinMittal
      Participant
      December 26, 2017

      Go to Preferences -> Interface -> Appearance -> Color Theme

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        penhh
        Participant
        June 29, 2018

        Thank you!!!!

        Howard Pinsky
        Adobe Employee
        Howard PinskyCorrect answer
        Adobe Employee
        October 9, 2012

        Hi, Mandi_Miles.

        You may have switched Channels, with the Command + 3, 4 or 5 shortcut. Command + 2 should switch back to RGB, or you can check in your Channels panel. Make sure RGB is selected.

        I hope that helps!

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          BenSwets
          Participant
          February 18, 2021

          Some key I accidentally struck has altered my image. The command I gave is still in effect when I go all the way back in history. Somebody ought to publish a list of ways to hurt your image that do not appear in photoshop history. My history panel is recording all the commands that I know how to make. This is not a problem of failure of control+Z.  The turning off of a channel using control+5 is an example of something that will change an image but does not appear in history and cannot be undone using control+Z. I must have done something like that. What did I do? The image has a posterized or rasterized appearance. Lessons in those two processes teach steps that do appear in history. I must have accidentally done some other alteration of state. My only choice now seems to be to start over and rebuild my image from scratch.

           

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            Matthew37710602rxl8
            Participant
            May 29, 2024

            I figured this out! If you go under View-> then make sure Gamut Warning is not checked or try hitting ctrl+shift+y.

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