White Dots!!! AGH!!!

[Jo-B Sebastian]

Hi, im still REALLY REALLY new to Adobe and Whenever I use something like use the bucket tool or a brush or a filter there are these white dots that apear!!! Its ruining my pictures!!! Help!! Ive tried reinstalling and everything but nothing's working!!! Help!!!

[BLUDVLZ]

Jo-B

Check to make sure that you're using the latest drivers for your video card. Also make sure that you're running at 24- or 32-bit color.

Do the white dots change location if you move around the image, or are they stationary? When you save the file, do they still appear in the same place when the file is reopened? Can you edit/clone/paint them out or do the just stay there no matter what you try?

[Rastamon]

It sounds like you may have your settings in the "disolve" mode. This can result in the effect of little white dots, sort of like a shotgun effect. But maybe not.

[Jo-B Sebastian]

It moves around when I do things like use a brush or something... IU dunno wat to do... It wasnt like that before!!! :( I cant edit them on Photoshop, I have to save them and then paint over them in another editor... what do I do?

[YrbkMgr]

Click on your brush tool. Look at the options bar at the top. What does the MODE say?

[Jo-B Sebastian]

um... stroke thumbnail?

[Jo-B Sebastian]

how do I turn it off?

[Jo-B Sebastian]

But its not on Dissolve, its on Normal!!! The dots move when I do something, anything like using a brush or a filter etc... Its exactly as BLUDVLZ sed!!! Please help!!

[YrbkMgr]

Jo-B,

Here's the situation. There is a lot of help here but we cannot understand what you are saying so we are guessing. That means that you will probably have to dig your heels in and try describing the situation in terms that we can understand. After you use image editing programs for a while a certain "language" becomes second nature.

Being new, you are not, of course, expected to have a great language set, but if you want us to be able to help you, you *will* have to get a little more descriptive with the issue.

Peace,
Tony

[dave milbut]

The dots move when I do something, anything like using a brush or a filter
etc...




from chris:

Chris Cox - 01:17pm Feb 7, 2003 Pacific (#7 of 15)

If you zoom in and they go away, it's probably the video card.

If you zoom in and out and they change, it's probably bad RAM.

If the image looks fine, you save it, then reload it and it's corrupted - then it's probably the hard disk.

[Jo-B Sebastian]

oh heehee sorry... ill try be more descriptive... can I post a picture on here?

[Jo-B Sebastian]

but when I open a file I already saved and work on it, the dots dont appear... only when I make a new image and work on it do the dots appear...

[Jo-B Sebastian]

Here:
<http://www.boomspeed.com/sclubparty13/piccy.jpg>

[Jo-B Sebastian]

Here:
<http://www.boomspeed.com/sclubparty13/piccy.jpg>

[Jo-B Sebastian]

help me please!! :(

[Colin Walls]

Jo-B:
I have been following this thread and I can see that you have a genuine need for help, but I'm afraid you're not helping yourself. Please do 2 things:

1) Take us through, step-by-step what you do to end up with a doc containing these dots. [Preferably after resetting your PS prefs - see FAQ.]

2) Post a PSD file [not JPEG!] which exhibits the problem.

[Pierre Courtejoie]

Jo-B... you said the white points are moving... if you start with a white image, are they black points?

For me , your description looks like the way the selections are showned in Photoshop... could it be possible that it is just the "marching ants"?

[Jo-B Sebastian]

yes, if i start with a white image they are black... ok i'll start step by step.
firstly, i open ps .
then i ususally fill in the picture with a colour and thats when the spotes appear.
next i tried to cover them up with a brush.
3rd, they dont get covered up but they move whenever I use the brush or use a filter etc.
Then I save it and when I view it its still spotty...
next i open up that saved image again in Photoshop and then the spots just go awasy when I brush over them or paint bucket over them...
But one thing I noticed was that my brushes (the thimbnails) have dots on them aswell!! ??

heres an example.. in PSD format this time...

<http://www.boomspeed.com/sclubparty13/piccy.psd>

[Colin Walls]

How do you mean "brush over them or paint bucket over them"? "Brush" I understand, but the paint bucket only fills contiguous areas.

Also, do I understand right: If you create a new doc and immediately save/close it, you are OK when you open it again?

[Cheesefood]

The "dots" are actually holes in the layer. Very curious. If you make a selection and clear, then use the paint buckt to fill, what happens?