Views
568
Replies
8
Status
Closed
I have had a problem with Photoshop CS ever since I’ve installed it. Here’s the description (to the best of my knowledge):
Sometimes when I direct my mouse pointer out of the picture I’m working on, and I click (in the main toolbar, or the layer window, or any other toolbar or window), and I return the mouse pointer to my picture, it changes form the selected tool pointer to the default Microsoft Windows pointer. From then on, I can’t modify my picture by clicking on it anymore (paint, manual crop, smudge, etc.). Every other window in the program seems to react correctly to my mouse clicks. I can still change tools (even thought the pointer won’t change to reflect the tool switch), change layer options, and work with all File, Edit, Filters, etc. menus. The only way I found to get back control of my picture is to save it, close Photoshop CS, and restart it.
It is not a show stopper, but it happens fairly frequently (about every 20/30 minutes), and it’s just fairly frustrating. I guess I’ve just been used to work with bug free software when I buy from Adobe (I’ve been a Photoshop user since version 4.0, and I’ve never encountered any problem in any of the versions since then, save for CS).
My system specifications are as follows:
PC running Windows XP Home edition
Pentium 4 processor 2.0 GHz
GeForce 4 5200 128 MB
768 MB of RAM
111 GB of scratch disk
I have reinstalled Photoshop a couple of times, and tried to reproduce the problem with bigger and smaller files. It seems to happen with both small and big files (from 1 layer 1024*768 JPEG files, to 20+ layer, 5 MegaPixels files).
I was just wonderng if this problem has already been reported, and if maybe a patch or workaround has been issued. I could not find an answer on the Adobe website. (obviously, I would like to consider every possible option rather than reformatting my hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch)
Sometimes when I direct my mouse pointer out of the picture I’m working on, and I click (in the main toolbar, or the layer window, or any other toolbar or window), and I return the mouse pointer to my picture, it changes form the selected tool pointer to the default Microsoft Windows pointer. From then on, I can’t modify my picture by clicking on it anymore (paint, manual crop, smudge, etc.). Every other window in the program seems to react correctly to my mouse clicks. I can still change tools (even thought the pointer won’t change to reflect the tool switch), change layer options, and work with all File, Edit, Filters, etc. menus. The only way I found to get back control of my picture is to save it, close Photoshop CS, and restart it.
It is not a show stopper, but it happens fairly frequently (about every 20/30 minutes), and it’s just fairly frustrating. I guess I’ve just been used to work with bug free software when I buy from Adobe (I’ve been a Photoshop user since version 4.0, and I’ve never encountered any problem in any of the versions since then, save for CS).
My system specifications are as follows:
PC running Windows XP Home edition
Pentium 4 processor 2.0 GHz
GeForce 4 5200 128 MB
768 MB of RAM
111 GB of scratch disk
I have reinstalled Photoshop a couple of times, and tried to reproduce the problem with bigger and smaller files. It seems to happen with both small and big files (from 1 layer 1024*768 JPEG files, to 20+ layer, 5 MegaPixels files).
I was just wonderng if this problem has already been reported, and if maybe a patch or workaround has been issued. I could not find an answer on the Adobe website. (obviously, I would like to consider every possible option rather than reformatting my hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch)
Master Retouching Hair
Learn how to rescue details, remove flyaways, add volume, and enhance the definition of hair in any photo. We break down every tool and technique in Photoshop to get picture-perfect hair, every time.