Hiding the transparency grid

detailed art is sometimes obscured by the transparency pattern... how to cure in Photoshop

Yvonne from Mississippi, USA, using Photoshop 7.0 with Windows 2000 Pro. NT 5.0, writes in with:

[Quote:] I know there must be a way to get rid of the annoying transparency checker-board pattern. I find it very distracting...

Photoshop 911:

Hiding the checkerboard pattern in Photoshop 6 through CS

To hide the checkerboard, press Ctrl/K (Mac: Cmd/K) to display the Preferences dialog box.

Then, select Transparency / Gamut from the main pop-up menu

In the Transparency Settings section, select None from the Grid Size pop-up menu and click OK.

Presto: no more checkerboard. Do the reverse to get it back, or change its attributes.

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