Problem w/cropping tool

That sounds like the display adapter’s driver causing the problem. You should check the manufacturer’s web site for a driver update. BTW, I hope you’re actually using Win98SE, not Win98. If not, I would consider updating to SE, or perhaps WinXP.

Don

"Nathan Gutman" wrote in message

When I try to use the cropping tool and drag from upper left corner to lower right. as it goes through the different rectangle sizes it leaves faint lines of the those ghost rectangles.
This obstructs to a point the image and is annoying.
I have no clue how to troubleshoot that.
Is it Photoshop? The mouse? The monitor or something else? Running Win98 and PS5.
Thanks,
Nathan

When I try to use the cropping tool and drag from upper left corner to lower right. as it goes through the different rectangle sizes it leaves faint lines of the those ghost rectangles.

Four words: Bad video card driver.

Check the Web site of your video card manufactuer for updates.

This kind of thing is very, very common, especially with high-end video cards. It’s all about money; if two video card manufacturers are working on a new type of video card, the first one to get to market is going to win, period. The world of video cards is so cultish, so faddish, and so viciouly competitive that if I get to market with some snazzy new gadget the day before you do, then all the magazines and Web sites are going to write articles raving about how great I am, and everyone will rush out to buy my video card, and oyu’ll be left with nothing. Getting to market first can, quite literally, make the difference between getting or losing tens of *millions* of dollars.

So the video card manufacturers are very, very sloppy about quality control, especially when it comes to drivers. If i have a choice between releasing a card with buggy, crap drivers that I know don’t work, and getting $30,000,000, or waiting until the drivers are working properly and getting nothing, the choice is a no-brainer.

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Yes, I am actually using Win08SE and I will check for the display adapter.
On Fri, 28 May 2004 11:54:37 -0700, "Don" wrote:

That sounds like the display adapter’s driver causing the problem. You should check the manufacturer’s web site for a driver update. BTW, I hope you’re actually using Win98SE, not Win98. If not, I would consider updating to SE, or perhaps WinXP.

Don

"Nathan Gutman" wrote in message

When I try to use the cropping tool and drag from upper left corner to lower right. as it goes through the different rectangle sizes it leaves faint lines of the those ghost rectangles.
This obstructs to a point the image and is annoying.
I have no clue how to troubleshoot that.
Is it Photoshop? The mouse? The monitor or something else? Running Win98 and PS5.
Thanks,
Nathan

I fiddled with the hardware accelerator and seems to be now working OK now.
When I was still running Win95 I must have had some problems because it was set to about 25% of full.
We will see if anything else get messed up now.
Thank you all for the tip.
On 28 May 2004 19:14:05 GMT, (Tacit) wrote:

When I try to use the cropping tool and drag from upper left corner to lower right. as it goes through the different rectangle sizes it leaves faint lines of the those ghost rectangles.

Four words: Bad video card driver.

Check the Web site of your video card manufactuer for updates.
This kind of thing is very, very common, especially with high-end video cards. It’s all about money; if two video card manufacturers are working on a new type of video card, the first one to get to market is going to win, period. The world of video cards is so cultish, so faddish, and so viciouly competitive that if I get to market with some snazzy new gadget the day before you do, then all the magazines and Web sites are going to write articles raving about how great I am, and everyone will rush out to buy my video card, and oyu’ll be left with nothing. Getting to market first can, quite literally, make the difference between getting or losing tens of *millions* of dollars.
So the video card manufacturers are very, very sloppy about quality control, especially when it comes to drivers. If i have a choice between releasing a card with buggy, crap drivers that I know don’t work, and getting $30,000,000, or waiting until the drivers are working properly and getting nothing, the choice is a no-brainer.