I shot the image with a Nikkon 800E in RAW. I converted in Tiff in Camera Raw and worked in Photoshop 2015 in my usual way. Then I saved the full size photo in the archive, a smaller sized copy for a future print and prepared another copy for the Web that I posted in NPN, in the flora gallery. All this work was absolutely normal, as usual. I saved and opened the file many time from Bridge to Photoshop. A week later I wanted to prepare for stamp. The image was quite normal in Bridge and in Camera Raw but when opened in Photoshop appeared fully covered with black small points, similar to noise. The same happens with the full size Tiff photo; only the small copy for the Web and the RAW negative open without 'noise'. The only way I found for letting the 'noise' disappear is to reduce the size to web dimension (1200 pixel).
Someone has an answer for such problem?
Thanks
Giuseppe, from what you describe it sounds like the TIFF is corrupted. Can you post a screen shot of what you are seeing? That may help us figure out what's going on. I have had TIFF files get corrupted (they wouldn't open in PS) but I've not heard of what you are seeing.
Gigi, Honestly, I am at a loss. I have never seen this. Just to clarify: you say the TIFF preview in Bridge looks OK? Can you post a screen shot of the same file in Bridge so that we can compare?
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Posted by Marc Ward on February 25, 2016 at 7:44 PM
Gigi - this looks to me like an image that has the "Blend Mode" set to "Dissolve" in Photoshop. To check; go to your layers panel in PS. There is a drop down menu just to the left of your opacity setting. The default of the blend mode is set to "Normal". One setting below that is "Dissolve". Check that setting and make sure it is set to "Normal".
The Blend mode for a layer can also be easily changed with keystrokes. When your tool is set to the Move tool (the top black arrow tool in your tool menu) all you need to do is hold down the shift key and hit the + key and you will move through the different blend modes for the selected layer.
Hope this helps...
Posted by Keith Bauer on February 25, 2016 at 8:26 PM
This does look like an issue with a blending mode, but the posted image only has one layer set to a normal blending mode. Is the "original" tiff a multi layered file with an issue as Marc Ward described above? This jpeg is clearly flattened as jpegs don't support layers.
If that isn't it, I'm at a loss to explain the issue.
Thanks to Preston, Marc and Keith for the attention to my problem.
I've verified all the suggestions without visible changes. All levels were closed before saving with name. Now I am posting the screenshot of the same image in Bridge before opening in Photoshop, according with Preston request.
One thing more. I have experimented size reductions from the original about 7.000 pixel in steps of 1.000 pixel. Each step caused a 'noise' decrease and at 2.000 px seemed almost disappeared; fully at 1.200 pixel.
Thanks again.
Posted by Jim Zablotny on February 26, 2016 at 12:20 PM
About half way down, someone provided a response that may help you with your situation. You may need to reset your video card GPU for processing. Hope this helps. .......................Jim
I have read the very exhaustive link suggested by Jim Zablotny and I have found the solution: in PS preferences>performance my cache setting was set to 1 instead of 4. I restarted Photoshop CC, opened the photo and the grain issue was gone.
Many thanks to the very kind photographers that have paid attention and given help to my problem.
Posted by Jim Zablotny on February 27, 2016 at 10:59 AM
Hi Gigi,
Glad it worked. Your video card's processor and Photoshop were not sending data through in an optimal way. The Preferences section has some very intriguing options and is the best place to start when trying to solve problems in Photoshop. Now back to changing a tire on my wife's car................................Jim
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The Blend mode for a layer can also be easily changed with keystrokes. When your tool is set to the Move tool (the top black arrow tool in your tool menu) all you need to do is hold down the shift key and hit the + key and you will move through the different blend modes for the selected layer.
Hope this helps...
If that isn't it, I'm at a loss to explain the issue.
I've verified all the suggestions without visible changes. All levels were closed before saving with name. Now I am posting the screenshot of the same image in Bridge before opening in Photoshop, according with Preston request.
One thing more. I have experimented size reductions from the original about 7.000 pixel in steps of 1.000 pixel. Each step caused a 'noise' decrease and at 2.000 px seemed almost disappeared; fully at 1.200 pixel.
Thanks again.
Check out this link: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop_cc_latest_update_makes_images_pixelated_grainy_noisy
About half way down, someone provided a response that may help you with your situation. You may need to reset your video card GPU for processing. Hope this helps. .......................Jim
I have read the very exhaustive link suggested by Jim Zablotny and I have found the solution: in PS preferences>performance my cache setting was set to 1 instead of 4. I restarted Photoshop CC, opened the photo and the grain issue was gone.
Many thanks to the very kind photographers that have paid attention and given help to my problem.
Glad it worked. Your video card's processor and Photoshop were not sending data through in an optimal way. The Preferences section has some very intriguing options and is the best place to start when trying to solve problems in Photoshop. Now back to changing a tire on my wife's car
I read the adobe thread that Jim linked to, and I am glad the fix worked for you.
You might also take a look at this thread regarding optimizing PS-CC for best performance.
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I inspected the thread that you have recommended and I have found it very interesting and helpful.
Thanks.
Gigi