Workspace change driving me batty. How do I get rid of image behind image behind image when clicking between images in workspace?

[hwblondbom]

Hi the last time Photoshop did an update now when I open PS and am working on several images when I click between them then they show up one over the other over the other over the other in my workspace it is driving my eyes crazy.  I have been trying to figure out for weeks how to get rid of this and can not seem to figure it out.  Also When I Zoom in and out then it shows about 18 layers of that image infrot of another and another and another in the workspace background.  I want my one single image with a black or dark gray background back as my workspace I do not want to have to look at several pictures at once and when I zoom in and out I don't want to see ever size of that image I have looked at stuck in my workspace.   Can anyone help me out to fix this horrible eye sore issue?  It makes my eyes go dizzy and makes it hard to concentrate.

Thank you!

Heather

[Silkrooster]

Change the document layout to tabs. (Window>Arrange)  It will make it easier to find them. Also ctrl-tab on windows or cmd-tab on mac will switch between the documents.

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi

Try this:

1. Go to Preferences > Performance and uncheck Use Graphics Processor. Close and restart Photoshop.

Does that work? If so, go to step 2 if not go to step 3.

2. Go back to Preferences > Performance and recheck Use Graphics Processor and then under Advanced Settings - set drawing mode to Basic.

Does that work. If it does stop here. If not go to step 3.

3. Go to the manufacturers site for your GPU and download the latest driver. Then retry step 2.

Dave

[hwblondbom]

Thank you so much! The first step totally got rid of the problem.  I would never have found that answer by myself.  I had gone into preferences several times to try to figure it out but never into the performance section.   I appreciate your help SO much!!

[hwblondbom]

Davescm I meant my reply that said Thank you SO MUCH and 1st step worked to go to you.  So happy now it is working great!!

[Nancy OShea]

A screenshot might help us better understand the problems.  But Tabbed viewing is what I routinely use as suggested above by silkrooster.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Dave, Jane, I am pretty sure John sussed in the first post.  Floated windows would  look exactly as the OP described I'm thinking

[davescm]

Hi

You may be right Trevor. It was the line that said "Also When I Zoom in and out then it shows about 18 layers of that image infrot of another and another and another in the workspace background" that is symptomatic of GPU redraw issues.

Dave

[jane-e]

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

Dave, Jane, I am pretty sure John sussed in the first post. Floated windows would look exactly as the OP described I'm thinking.

It could be both issues, imho. Heather first says the issue is with multiple images, and later adds an “also” that zooming in and out shows 18 layers of (I think) the same image.

hwblondbom, can you clarify and let us know if Bruce’s (aka Silkrooster) and Dave’s ideas work? If not, we need a screen shot.

Jane

[hwblondbom]

Davescm's 1st step totally took care of the problem - 1. Go to Preferences > Performance and uncheck Use Graphics Processor. Close and restart Photoshop.

[hwblondbom]

This image you showed is not what I was seeing I wish I had screen shot it So I had an open image it did not have the grey tab all around it just a black score line but as you would zoom in every part of the zoom showed up in front of another image and another and another all with the black score around it so it looked like you had say a 4 x 6' over a 5 x 8' over a 6 x 9' over a 8 x 10' over an 8.5 x 11' etc... as you zoomed in and out and they did not go away.  Then say you were working with a Horizontal image finished it saved it and clicked next to a vertical image the vertical image was now over the horizontal image in the background no gray tab all around it just a black score line separating it and the differnet image behind it.  Then when you clicked to another Horizontal that horizontal was on top of the vertical on top of the 1st horizontal all just the photo with black score lines around it.   I hope that all makes sense and you can picture it kind of how I have been seeing it for weeks