Photoshop 2021: I just updated to the new version. When I open it, it starts with a black blank screen and the menu names across the top. But it doesn’t open like the old version, with...

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Oct 21, 2020 18:13:12 #

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

I just updated to the new version. When I open it, it starts with a black blank screen and the menu names across the top. But it doesn’t open like the old version, with the workspace menu down the left side and the color stuff down the right side.

I’ve looked through the preferences under the edit menu and see no obvious way to make it show what I was used to before.

However, if I open a file, everything appears normal, as it did with the prior version. I suppose I should feel satisfied with this but I want to open Photoshop the way it did before.

Any idea how to resolve this or do I need to contact Adobe?

Oct 21, 2020 18:24:25 #

bleirer

Try top right, there is a menu of workspaces. Maybe you want essentials or photography?

Oct 21, 2020 18:45:31 #

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

bleirer wrote:

Try top right, there is a menu of workspaces. Maybe you want essentials or photography?

Essentials does what I want, but it doesn't "stick." I have to choose it each time I open PS.

Oct 21, 2020 21:44:38 #

bleirer

Bunch if info here. Windows/workspace/reset workspace should put it back to essentials for keeps. If not Windows/workspace/lock workspace should do it.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/workspace-basics.html

Oct 22, 2020 06:44:35 #

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

newsguygeorge, I sympathize with you ... change does not universally equal improvement. PS has a steep learning curve so why make it difficult for those like you who are in a historic comfort zone...? Why change? Keeping opening menus constant is our security blanket.

newsguygeorge, you did say, will the PS-2021 allow you to edit while driving in your new autonomous drive Tesla electric car? Alas, times are a changin' as Bob Dylan sang. I stand in the doorway even tho the song warned not to. If PS has a "ribbon menu" then that is the last straw. I burned my Office 2007 it was the "Year of the Ribbon," curse; long live old drop down menus. Tesla, still provides a steering wheel for us ol'-fashion guys. Keeping opening menus constant is our security blanket.

Oct 22, 2020 09:20:28 #

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

bleirer wrote:

Tried various combinations; still no joy. I can live with it, but I wish it were otherwise.

Oct 22, 2020 10:13:44 #

tcthome Loc: NJ

If you can't figure it out & can't get in touch with Adobe, try thelightroomqueen.com.

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Oct 22, 2020 11:36:58 #

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

newsguygeorge wrote:

Any idea how to resolve this or do I need to contact Adobe?

Yup. Contact Adobe. I had a similar problem a couple years ago and Adobe fixed it. Just open a chat session with them..

Oct 22, 2020 11:54:36 #

lhardister Loc: Brownsville, TN

newsguygeorge wrote:

I just updated to the new version. When I open it,... (show quote)

I had the same problem. My screen showed the clone tool to be open with sliders and options, etc displayed across the top of the screen but no vertical display of tool icons on the left side. I finally found, somehow, an option for displaying (or not) the tool icons. I cannot remember where/how I found it, but it had to do with searching around in the "tools" menu on the screen that is displayed like the "file", "edit", "layers", "filters', etc menus at the top of the screen. You have to find and click/enable an option to display the tools vertically on the left side as you prefer. I think you will find it quickly if you look under the tools menu--if not let me know and I will open PS, try to find it again, and try to be more specific with directions.

Best regards,

Oct 22, 2020 12:24:23 #

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

lhardister wrote:

I had the same problem. My screen showed the clone... (show quote)

Thanks. I've been digging around in those menus, too. I found tools, but nothing jumped out at me that would lock in my preferences. Like I said, I can live with it, at least for now, because it shows the way I want it when I open a file.

Oct 22, 2020 13:58:21 #

lhardister Loc: Brownsville, TN

I'm sorry, I should have told you to look under the "View" menu, not a non-existent "Tools" menu. Under screen mode in the view menu, you find the choices of "Full Screen", Standard Screen, etc. I found also a pop-up message that said "In full screen mode, panels are hidden; they can be accessed on the sides of the screen or revealed by pressing Tab. While in full screen mode you can return to Standard Screen by pressing "F" or Esc."

I think you want to go to Standard Screen; I think you are in full screen with mode panels hidden; if you simply press Esc, that should put you in standard screen with the Tools panel revealed vertically along the left side of the screen. Or, I suppose that simply selecting "Standard Screen" from the choices under "Screen Mode" would have the same effect.

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Oct 22, 2020 14:53:24 #

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

lhardister wrote:

I'm sorry, I should have told you to look under th... (show quote)

That works, thanks.

Oct 23, 2020 00:12:26 #

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

And Adobe support ended for Windows 7 in this newest version for both Lightroom Classic and PS CC 2021. When I went to Create cloud for my updates, they're marked "Not Compatible".

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