[Mike Gondek]

That is good news, and cuts down the possibilities of what it could be.

Check your display control panel and make sure you are in 32-bit mode. If that is notit then see if this is happening in any other programs, and update your graphics card drivers.

[Mike Gondek]

did you try to disable
/Users/admin/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS/Plug-Ins/Import:Export/TWAIN

or did you reinstall photoshop?

Run applications >> utilities >> disk utility and try to fix permissions.

if that dont work try to move the twain plug in to the desktop to see if that atleast fixes your problem.

Are there any new plug ins which might be conflicting with twain?

There is only a multiprocessor update for CS, but check
https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Macintosh

Obviously do that if you need to. I like to run these updates cause they write over files, and often fix a corrupted part of an install without having to do a complete Photshop install.

[Mike Gondek]

Export your quicktime movie to frames for each file from your video application. The go to Photoshop.

File >> automate >> contact Sheet II.

Then change the settings to disbale filename captions and set the amount of space you want between items.

[Mike Gondek]

Do you have a scanner connected to this computer, if so try to update your scanner software or disconnect the scanner to see if this is part of the problem.

Reset your photoshop prefs by booting photoshop and then immediately hold down option command shift and then click yes to reset.

[Mike Gondek]

Sounds like you are using photoshop gradient fill/adjsutment layer.

Would help to know where your banding is happening (Screen or printed output), and the type of the files you are creating eg:(color mode, color settings).

Do a view >> proof colors. That will make you screen look banded on an rgb file, as you will be previewing the file in CMYK in the color profile you have set. The key command is command Y, which is a popular Adobe Illustrator command and I occasionally hit on accident in photoshop thinking I was in AI. Toggle that option to off if it is on.

Also try resetting your photoshop preferences.

[Mike Gondek]

I have not had any problems with gradiuents in CS3.

Is this in Photoshop or Illustrator? How are you they created adn what are the color values?

Check your color settings, you may just have a color profile with a small gamut range enabled.

[Mike Gondek]

file >> print
Choose setup underneath general on options at left
enable tile and set an overlap

[Mike Gondek]

If needed, study up on areas you may not be proficient in use often such as (print) spot color seperations, (web)dithering, (video)pixel aspect ratio.

The test is not that hard, but you need to be atleast an intermediate user to pass.

[Mike Gondek]

2 reasons you need more that 4 pieces of paper to tile your job.

1) Most printers do not print to the edge of teh paper, because the gripper has to grip the paper without ink/varnish adn that is what keeps your printer clean form loose toner/ink.

2) You need overlap (.125″ minimum), to register your prints against.

You will need 8 pieces of paper to do this. Now if you document was 8″ x 40″, you could then do it on 4 pieces of legal paper.

[Mike Gondek]

1) Set you type on the bottom of the circle
2) Swithc to the selection tool
3) Look at the top of the circle for a small line(AKA: center bracket). Position your cursor over the center bracket until your cursor turns into an upside down T. Grab the center bracket and pull it to the opposite side of the line.

Your text will now be flipped.