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Why do I see a ghost image of the a file I had previously opened when I reopened AD?

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Without a screenshot I'm going to guess it's either excessive alcohol consumption or something to do with your graphics card/drivers/settings

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LOL. It was your signature that prompted me to create my own!

No - not alcohol consumption but that will change tomorrow when I go on holiday for a few days.

The image reminds me of the old CRT monitors before screensavers.

I've just had another look and it is now a different image but almost faded away.

 

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11 minutes ago, jackamus said:

I've just had another look and it is now a different image but almost faded away.

Sounds like a monitor issue. If you have MacOS capture a screenshot, is it visible there, too? Can you provide the screenshot?

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3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Sounds like a monitor issue. If you have MacOS capture a screenshot, is it visible there, too? Can you provide the screenshot?

This time it looks like my email page with horizontal bands,

Screenshot 2020-08-09 at 14.23.55.png

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Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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23 minutes ago, jackamus said:

It was your signature that prompted me to create my own!

<off-topic>
You might want to dispense with the extra ‘them’ (before ‘end’)...
</off-topic>

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3 minutes ago, Alfred said:

<off-topic>
You might want to dispense with the extra ‘them’ (before ‘end’)...
</off-topic>

I tried to stick strictly to the original words of Shakespeare.

If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed!

Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.

To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable.

Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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6 minutes ago, jackamus said:

I tried to stick strictly to the original words of Shakespeare.

Please see: https://poets.org/poem/hamlet-act-iii-scene-i-be-or-not-be

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19 minutes ago, jackamus said:

This time it looks like my email page with horizontal bands,

Screenshot 2020-08-09 at 14.23.55.png

I see nothing in that screenshot, which should indicate a problem with your monitor or its settings. (Unless it indicates a vision problem on my end, I suppose.)

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I had this problem on an iPhone I once owned. Not hardware related. iOS bug. Happened from time to time. 

But I see nothing on that screenshot.

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2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I see nothing in that screenshot, which should indicate a problem with your monitor or its settings. (Unless it indicates a vision problem on my end, I suppose.)

Ditto. (And ditto.)

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Does the ghost image remain on screen or fade away as you continue to use Designer?

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5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I see nothing in that screenshot, which should indicate a problem with your monitor or its settings. (Unless it indicates a vision problem on my end, I suppose.)

I didn't think that you would see it in a screen shot because it is feint.

If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed!

Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.

To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable.

Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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2 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Does the ghost image remain on screen or fade away as you continue to use Designer?

Every time I go back to a blank AD screen I see a different image but it gradually disappears.

If there is no obvious reason I can live with it.

If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed!

Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.

To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable.

Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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1 minute ago, jackamus said:

I didn't think that you would see it in a screen shot because it is feint.

If it is actually present in what the OS thinks is being displayed, it should be (I think) visible in the screenshot.

2 minutes ago, jackamus said:

Every time I go back to a blank AD screen I see a different image but it gradually disappears.

Another possibility, perhaps, is that's something your graphics card is doing, perhaps some residual data in its buffers? If so, changing your Designer preferences to use a different graphics rendering method might help diagnose this further.

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26 minutes ago, jackamus said:

I tried to stick strictly to the original words of Shakespeare.

@Alfred is correct.  But here is something you can use in place of your quote:

CED16062-C371-469F-ACF8-91C1BE52F4E4.gif.78f2724cc86e839a34b4c878c814642b.gif


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14 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

If it is actually present in what the OS thinks is being displayed, it should be (I think) visible in the screenshot.

Another possibility, perhaps, is that's something your graphics card is doing, perhaps some residual data in its buffers? If so, changing your Designer preferences to use a different graphics rendering method might help diagnose this further.

 

7 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

@Alfred is correct.  But here is something you can use in place of your quote:

CED16062-C371-469F-ACF8-91C1BE52F4E4.gif.78f2724cc86e839a34b4c878c814642b.gif

LOL Brick?

This thread is likely to get closed by the moderators like the last one did!

If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed!

Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.

To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable.

Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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Regarding changing designer preferences, what do you mean Walt?

If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed!

Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.

To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable.

Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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3 minutes ago, jackamus said:

 

LOL Brick?

This thread is likely to get closed by the moderators like the last one did!

Ah yes! I know what you mean now!  Once upon a time if you walked into a bank with a mask on the staff would push the alarm button. However today I guess that they would politely ask you first what it was you wanted - to make a deposit or a huge withdrawal?

If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed!

Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.

To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable.

Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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19 minutes ago, jackamus said:

Regarding changing designer preferences, what do you mean Walt?

Look in your Designer Preferences for things related to graphics rendering that might change what video settings Designer is using. I can't help further, as I'm on Windows and have no idea what the Preferences related to that might be in the Mac version.

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8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Look in your Designer Preferences for things related to graphics rendering that might change what video settings Designer is using. I can't help further, as I'm on Windows and have no idea what the Preferences related to that might be in the Mac version.

PK but the fact that it has only just been recently happening suggests something else.

If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed!

Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.

To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable.

Truth does not need to be protected only lies do.

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Search the Web for 
ghost image computer monitor
and you will find many articles and discussions about ghosting on LCD monitors. Wading through them you should find some that describe your problem.

For example
https://themonitormonitor.com/how-to-fix-monitor-ghosting/
but only you can decide whether any particular article describes your specific problem.

Persistent images are another problem as explained in a much older article at
https://www.cnet.com/news/addressing-common-problems-with-lcd-displays/

As for the political signatures, I do wonder why Serif allows them in the forums. They are a distraction and a disservice to participants, if it's not too political to say so.

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3 hours ago, jackamus said:

I tried to stick strictly to the original words of Shakespeare.

Would that be the First Quarto, Second Quarto or First Folio? 😁

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