photoshop background on new doc ?? and color questions

[sebus]

How do I change the color of a document background in PS CS ? in the image you see that it is grey and when I open a doc on my home pc, it's white and I would rather have it grey.
Also, I notice when I bring my work home and open PSD files I get a message about colors being wrong - don't remember exactly. How can I quickly match up what I have at work for color settings to what I have at home ?

http://www.pixelinsomnia.com/concept/back.jpg

[samoscratch]

well you can choose the gray you'd like to use and press alt-del to fill the background with it

if I remember correctly you can also choose the background color when you are creating a new document if that applies to you,

concerning the error, I can only guess that you may be using a different color bit depth or such

haven't used photoshop in quite a bit, so I apologize if any of this is incorrect

-samo

[sebus]

you misunderstood me, of course I know how to fill the background :) i'm talking about the area around the document, so when you resize it you get a white or grey color. At home I get white but at work it's grey and I like it better.

[samoscratch]

ic,

I believe that has to do with the windows theme you are using, do you have it on classic at home and default xp at work?

[unclesond]

Yup you change that in the windows appearance/theme section

The colour profiles. Maybe your defaulting to two different profiles. Open the advanced options when you create a new doc and see if they match.

The right one to use would depend on what you use photoshop for (Web/printing/photos, CMYK RGB etc). I use sRGB IEC, but here is a PDF on Adobe Colour Space (http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/download/ps7fp_color1.pdf)

[CanisMajor]

Yeah, I agree with unclesond.

I noticed you are using RGB 8 bit. Is that what you use at school or at home?

When I took advanced PS the school comp was a Mac and I had a PC at home. So there were issues with colors, but that was a monitor issue.
But your problem is probably a default setting that is different than the school one.

I usually use sRGB unless the project calls for CYMK.

Just make sure you are using the same at school and at home, like unclesond said.

I am guessing you know the schemes like Pantone such and such, etc.

[SimplyArun]

It's all pretty simple mate:
If you're creating stuff for onscreen viewing then use RGB
If it's gonna go to the presses for printing then stick with CMYK (make sure the resolution is set to atleast 300dpi)
I hope you know what I'm saying

I didn't quite get what you meant regarding the document background colours

[CanisMajor]

I think he is talking about the border that windows puts the image in. He is calling it the background, but it really isn't.

It is a windows thing. Kinda like we can have different themes for these forums.

[sebus]

simplyarun - i know the difference between rgb and cmyk, but thanks :) I was wondering why when I open the same file at home it asks about color space or something similar - I guess I just need to set it the same under PS CS at home and at work.

[sebus]

does the wood texture look purple on anyones monitor here:
http://cgpuppet.com/main.htm
at home i have color profile set to my DELL monitor and at work it's set to sRGB

[unclesond]

does the wood texture look purple on anyones monitor here:
http://cgpuppet.com/main.htm
at home i have color profile set to my DELL monitor and at work it's set to sRGB

Looks wood coloured to me, no purlpe in sight

[CanisMajor]

Same here, just wood.


Are both monitors the same as far as LCD vs CRT?