Computer Graphics with Photoshop

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screen flicker

Mark Bolton

2004-01-20, 7:28 am

Hi all...I have PS7 and use it to adjust Tiffs which are either scanned in
or straight from camera. I am having an odd problem which seems to be
getting worse...the screen flickers, and the images seem to move around the
screen area. Sometimes the scroll bar moves up and down. It seems to be
totally irregular as to when it happens... This problem will settle down
after a while, but its incredibly annoying when you're in the middle of
something. Any ideas? cheers, Mark

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No Where Man

2004-01-20, 9:28 am

It sounds like one of three possible problems:
1. You indicated the scroll bar moves up and down - Have you run a virus
scan lately with updated virus definitions?
2. What refresh rate are you running? If it's below 75, bump it to
either 75 or 85
3. The continuous screen flicker leads me to believe the monitor is going
bad

Tacit

2004-01-20, 2:28 pm

>Hi all...I have PS7 and use it to adjust Tiffs which are either scanned

quote:

>in
>or straight from camera. I am having an odd problem which seems to be
>getting worse...the screen flickers, and the images seem to move around
>the screen area. Sometimes the scroll bar moves up and down.

I'm not 100% clear on what you're describing, but I know I had a problem in
Photoshop with an ATI graphics card where every now and then the image I was
working on in Photoshop would appear to jump around or become scrambled;
reinstalling the drivers for the graphics card solved the problem.

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2004-01-20, 4:28 pm

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:54:11 -0000, "Mark Bolton"
<mark.bolton@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

quote:

>Hi all...I have PS7 and use it to adjust Tiffs which are either scanned in
>or straight from camera. I am having an odd problem which seems to be
>getting worse...the screen flickers, and the images seem to move around the
>screen area. Sometimes the scroll bar moves up and down. It seems to be
>totally irregular as to when it happens... This problem will settle down
>after a while, but its incredibly annoying when you're in the middle of
>something. Any ideas? cheers, Mark

And... just to cover a low tech possibility, since the scroll bar
moves up and down there's a slight chance that your mouse wheel has
been clicked or is stuck. I've seen that happen when using MS Word.

Sanders

2004-01-20, 5:29 pm

One more question: Have you recently moved a
fluorescent desk lamp close to your monitor?
--sanders

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:54:11 -0000, "Mark Bolton"
<mark.bolton@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

quote:

>Hi all...I have PS7 and use it to adjust Tiffs which are either scanned in
>or straight from camera. I am having an odd problem which seems to be
>getting worse...the screen flickers, and the images seem to move around the
>screen area. Sometimes the scroll bar moves up and down. It seems to be
>totally irregular as to when it happens... This problem will settle down
>after a while, but its incredibly annoying when you're in the middle of
>something. Any ideas? cheers, Mark

--sanders
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theboardsanders@cooper.edu

Mark Bolton

2004-01-22, 5:28 am

Hi all, and thanks for your replies...I cant find any viruses on my machine,
and I would have thought the monitor wasnt too old (1 year). I havent got a
fluro lamp nearby (there is a laser printer on a shelf underneath?), and i
will check the mouse. My graphics card is 16MB.
the flickering is sometimes so intense that the picture size will flick
between 8%-16%-32% qnd then back to fit to view...very annoying. Ive also
noticed that when Im browsing in file browser, and no picture is up on
screen, even the file browser moves around! Hope someone can help...Mark
Bolton

"Sanders" <theboardsanders@cooper.edu> wrote in message
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quote:

> One more question: Have you recently moved a
> fluorescent desk lamp close to your monitor?
> --sanders
>
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:54:11 -0000, "Mark Bolton"
> <mark.bolton@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
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> --sanders
> e-mail?Please erase theboard
> theboardsanders@cooper.edu

Bill Hilton

2004-01-22, 10:28 am

If you can borrow another monitor try hooking that one up.

If you see the same problem it's probably the video card; if the problem goes
away it's probably a problem with the first monitor.

quote:

>From: "Mark Bolton" mark.bolton@blueyonder.co.uk

quote:

>Hi all, and thanks for your replies...I cant find any viruses on my machine,
>and I would have thought the monitor wasnt too old (1 year). I havent got a
>fluro lamp nearby (there is a laser printer on a shelf underneath?), and i
>will check the mouse. My graphics card is 16MB.
>the flickering is sometimes so intense that the picture size will flick
>between 8%-16%-32% qnd then back to fit to view...very annoying. Ive also
>noticed that when Im browsing in file browser, and no picture is up on
>screen, even the file browser moves around! Hope someone can help...Mark
>Bolton

MetaMorph

2004-01-22, 7:28 pm

This sounds to me like the monitor - TV's which exhibit a collapse of
the field the way you say - 8% - 16% etc is usually indicative of a EHT
field coil going OTT - on a TV - if this happens you switch off - as the
beam current is being applied over a small area and can cause more
problems... CAnt you try another monitor - seems the obvious 1st thing
to do!

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