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How to Change the artboard background color in Photoshop CC 2015

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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Community Beginner , Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

Just tried changing these settings:

Preferences -> Performance -> Graphics Processor Settings -> Advanced Settings... The change drawing mode to 'Normal' (mine was 'Basic'). Suddenly I'm able to change the background.

Hopes this works for all of you too.

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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Moving the discussion to Photoshop General Discussion

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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To change the color  of the area around the image, Right click on it and make a choice from the menu that appears.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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‌I also have trouble changing the art board background colors. Tried changing it but background stays white.

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Jun 20, 2015 Jun 20, 2015

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Is there a way to set a default value for the artboard color so I do not have to choose my favorite (dark gray) every time I create a new file?

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New Here ,
Oct 17, 2016 Oct 17, 2016

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Perfect, thanks!

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New Here ,
Aug 29, 2020 Aug 29, 2020

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Thank you so much, the solution was surprisngly simple and it took me a good 15 trying to figure it out! *facepalm*

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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Wondering this too. No matter what bg colour I select, everything stays white and I can't actually see the edges of the artboards...

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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I get the same result on my iMac late 2009. It seams to be an error with graphic cards that have less then 512MB VRAM. On my MacBook everything works fine. I hope Adobe will fix this.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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If this is the problem (got an MBP early 2009), then indeed I hope Adobe fixes this a.s.a.p.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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Just tried changing these settings:

Preferences -> Performance -> Graphics Processor Settings -> Advanced Settings... The change drawing mode to 'Normal' (mine was 'Basic'). Suddenly I'm able to change the background.

Hopes this works for all of you too.

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It works for me too. Thx

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This solved my issue. Thank you!!

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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It solved to me too!

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Jun 17, 2015 Jun 17, 2015

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Worked a treat. Thanks!

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Jun 24, 2015 Jun 24, 2015

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Yes, worked for me, too. Thank you SO much for posting that.

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New Here ,
Jul 07, 2015 Jul 07, 2015

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ITS MAGIC! thanks

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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That does not work for me. Any other ideas?

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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Apparently, you cannot change the background color if you're in CMYK. At least that's what my machine is doing.

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New Here ,
Jun 19, 2015 Jun 19, 2015

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THANK YOU. This was driving me nuts. This fixed my problem too, switching to RGB. Although I'm really really salty that that means I can't use multiple artboards in CMYK....seems a little silly to me....they're not only useful for web design projects....

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Jun 28, 2015 Jun 28, 2015

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Thank you so much for CMYK to RGB recommendation! Totally fixed--able to change pasteboard color now!!

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 21, 2015 Nov 21, 2015

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Well that sucks (Photoshop not you)...

Thanks, working in RGB now and got my "Borco Board" back. I read that most RIPs for commercial printing now recognize RGB and automatically convert it to CMYK, so creating artwork in RGB is really the most efficient way to go; preserves full gamut. I'll use CMYK setting in View to preview my work.

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New Here ,
Jan 15, 2017 Jan 15, 2017

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had the same problem, nothing worked. i always had a colored stripe on the artboard but not a colored whole background. then accidentally i pulled my fingers together on the touchpad, same when u are zooming, it colored all... maybe works for u too

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New Here ,
May 10, 2016 May 10, 2016

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mine too... WHY ON EARTH would Adobe do that?!

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Jun 16, 2015 Jun 16, 2015

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Finally, solved it thanx

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