Man, this is really screwed. o___o

No idea what to do here, except for dump your preference file, or search to see if there are any driver updates that need to be done.

If all else fails, you could reinstall photoshop.. I know you really hate to do that, but it's better than having nothing to work with. I use CS6, and I have never come across this problem otherwise I might be able to help you better.

I have uninstalled it D: It was even a clean uninstall meaning I hunted down every single photoshop file and destroyed it!

How would I look to see if the driver needs to update?

Ugh, when you re-installed, it was still all fucked up? Do you think it could be your graphics card accelerator?

If there are any product updates for the version of photoshop you have, you should be able to find them here.
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates.html

Look for your version of photoshop, download it, and then once it's finished you can insstall the update. Try it, and if that doesn't work, try updating your graphics card driver.

Importantly, did you have one of those 'windows update' things recently, where it takes forever to shut down and is like 'Installing update 3 of 21 please do not shut off your computer'? That always fucks up my tablet driver when it happens.

Yeah it was still fucked up after the reinstall.

The tablet doesn't seem to be the issue as it doens't matter if I use a mouse or pen.

And I'm going to try and update photoshop and graphics card driver.

Also, try this. It seems related to your problem. http://www.iceflowstudios.com/2013/.....hop-dithering/

Now there's a hint, we need to find something that has 'dithering' turned off, and turn it back on.

http://sta.sh/0gqfctudm3x

here are my color settings, and how to find them. Except, where it says 'fewer options' will be 'more options' instead. You need to click that to get to the dithering.

Huh. Those are exactly my colour settings, too. Even dithering is on...

-screams- how frustrating. If installing updates and drivers doesn't fix your problem, let me know and I'll keep digging.

Sigh. As luck would have it none of those things worked!

GAH.

I really want to blame windows 8 for this becuase I can't really see any other reason... I really want to do a reset on my computer using a previous save file but I also really don't want to lose anything either...

Damn it! D:< What could it be? I blame windows 8 for a lot of problems. My friend has it though, and photoshop. I'll ask her if she's ever had this problem.

I'll give her the keyboard so she can answer you.

ok, it's nina here! can you give me a moment to open my own photoshop?

Huh. You know what. It HAS to be a windows 8 issue. I installed the same programme on my sister's computer and got the same issue.

Sigh.

what i do (the easy way) : preferably make a new layer. right click your paint bucket tool icon. it should open a little box with gradient tool and paint bucket tool. Press gradient tool.
now your cursor should look like a little cross. Now heres the important part - you can make a line with the cross to your image. the further apart the starting point and the ending point are from each other, the smoother the gradient will be. if you only draw a short line, the other side will have color 1 and other color 2 with only a little color change between them. You can choose the direction you want the gradient to go by the drawing direction.
You can chooose different colors by the gradient in the upper left corner. Next to it should be other types of gradients - a circle one, a diamond one, etc. I am lazy and if the gradient doesnt go the way I want, i just undo it and try again.
This is really brief but I hope it helps!! ;3;/ good luck!!

nina

See, the issue is that the gradients and shading were NOT acting this way before! I've literally used photoshop and other photoediting programmes for at least a good decade and never have I seen this issue!

For example, I have two different programmes: Paintshop Pro x5 and Photoshop CS6.

This link is of PSP X5 http://bit.ly/1zMqAuy
This link is of PS CS6 http://bit.ly/1zMqtPC

Both of those are the exact same gradient specifications. (the PS CS6 red lines are where I dragged the gradient line.

I'm wondering if it's some weird opacity tolerance issue with the programme itself.... but I can't find anything that seems to be wrong!

-Screams in rage and frustration- ARGH I DUNNO WHAT ELSE TO DO! TmT

I guess youa re gonna have to break down and contact the photoshop help desk on the adobe website. I'm really sorry you're going through this, i wish I could do more. How random that it just suddenly started this crap.


Sorry I couldn't help.

Sigh. Nobody knows anything it seems.

I do feel bad that you did put so much effort into helping me though so I want to sketch you something as that is something I can manage right now. Please send me a note with a character or what not so I can give you a little gift for being so kind!