Dr. Awkward wrote:
> In reply to pecan <pecan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, who wrote:
>
>> Roy G wrote:
>>> "Alan Birchard" <no.e-mail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:2vati4heidp6245rsc4rb1jjplt02gjevv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Hi, I'm new and I'm not sure my posts are showing up, I've asked
twice
>>>> in alt.photoshop.windows and despite of a hundredd posts since,
nobody
>>>> has responded. Are my posts showing up?
>>>>
>>>> I just finished installing Photoshop CS3 and I can't figure out how
to
>>>> "undock" the palettes on the left, right, and top of the screen, and
>>>> also, how to change the palettes' background color from blinding,
>>>> glaring, eye-burning white to a soothing color of my choice.
>>>>
>>>> Please help, and thanks!
>>>> --
>>>> Alan Birchard
>>>
>>> I don't have cs3 only cs2.
>>>
>>> The Tools, History, Layers Palettes are mostly sort of beige.
>>>
>>> The Drop downs for File, Edit, Image, etc are White, but I could
hardly
>>> describe them as "Glaring White", and they are certainly not bright
enough
>>> or on the screen long enough to cause any eye strain.
>>>
>>> Could it be that you have your monitor set incorrectly?
>>>
>>> You claim to be new, so you may not yet understand the need for
Monitor
>>> Calibration and Profiling. This would reduce the White Colour
Temperature
>>> to 6500K, and that should make it more acceptable for your eyes.
>>>
>>> Roy G
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'm also very new to CS3 (1 week old) and I'm not sure if anyone will
>> see this post, but I don't have white glaring at me on my screen.
>> Except for this email screen, that is. But my PS background is a grey
>> colour, and if I open a new do***ent I can specify a different
>> background colour before I open the new do***ent. Am I nuts, or what?
> Hi Pecan, we are talking about the palettes where you see all of the
tool icons and brushes and
> everything. I see from other posts in this thread that they are actually
a very light gray but to me
> they look white. Even so there is no apparent way to change them. They
can be turned on and off with
> the tab key but they can not be colored differently, at least I can't
find out how to do that. A
> couple people claim to be able to do it but they refuse to tell how. I
wonder. Anyway another man
> even tried to look into the programming but to no avail. I would like to
be able to change them from
> light gray to a dark color that is easier on my eyes which are extremely
sensitive due to
> photophobia. So you are all caught up now :)
>
> Dana
Yes thanks.
:-)
And I'm relieved to know I can be seen!


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