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Posted on 01/09/11 5:08:44 PM |
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marlcliff
Knight of Intrigue Posts: 171 Reply  |
Lasso tool problem
HI not sure this is right post but, im having problems with the lasso tool, i can use it some times but other times it makes the whole document go black so i cant see what im using the lasso tool on. makes it kinda hard to do some of the tasks in the books 100% photoshop and how to cheat in photoshop.andbeingregistered blindtoo makesitevenharder so im not sure if its becuase i have the resolution up and zoomed in close. it seamsto beonly the lasso tool,andit usedto beokay till recently and it happens on my laptop not verypowerfull, and pc= duel core, 4gb ram over 600gb hdd nivada 9600 graphics card windows 7, i eveninstalled vista andit still does the same thing |
Posted on 02/09/11 08:24:04 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Lasso tool problem
This is a strange one. I've never come across the Lasso tool doing this before - and it's all the more unusual because it's just that tool, not any other selection tool. It sounds to me as if this is a PC rather than a Photoshop problem. Do you have any special assistive software installed that might be interfering with Photoshop? Does the screen go black only when you press a certain key combination, or does it happen at random? |
Posted on 02/09/11 11:28:18 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Lasso tool problem
In addition, for what it is worth..... I seem to recall the lasso tool doing the same thing on my other PC some times. It was a few years ago now and using CS(1) I think. I seem to recall it happened when making detailed selections and I think while zoomed-in, but don't recall zoom was the issue apart from trying to make a very detailed selection at the same time. I think I got around the problem in specific documents by restarting PS starting a fresh and maybe copying parts to the new document, but not a satisfactory solution at all. Moving on, I've not had problem since. I put it down to problem in CS, something strange in document or my very limited RAM at the time. It did not happen again after moved to CS2 and newer PC with more RAM. Also I moved to learning and using the Pen tool in favour of the Lasso tool in most cases for selections and other things, but just a personal choice. Seems others love or hate it, I think it is very powerful tool. I just tried to emulate the problem again on my latest PC, 6GB RAM and CS5, with many lasso points, but could not get it to recur. I also tried on my more stressed out laptop, but also did not recur. Doubt this the is the problem, but for good maintenance its worth while installing latest graphics card driver if you do not have already. You can check and download latest version from Nivada's website. If don't have latest driver, for example, some of the latest graphic features in PS will not work properly. Sorry this is not much help. If I think of anything else or can try to emulate again later, will let you know. Hope we can help get you a solution. |
Posted on 02/09/11 6:32:12 PM |
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marlcliff
Knight of Intrigue Posts: 171 Reply |
Re: Lasso tool problem
i Steve, nothing installed only a wacom touch and pen even without this installed it still does the same. and ive done a complet fresh install jota120 i think i will learn to use the pen tool iuse the lasso tool to creat brick patern. itsonly the past week or two it has been doing this even borrowed a friends photoshop cs5 still did the same ..... i have just reinstalled and only changd a few preferances. but didnt add a scratch disk partition and sat just using the lasso tool and screen didnt go black.hopefullthis wasnt a coincidance. thanks forthe help |
Posted on 03/09/11 10:06:10 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply |
Re: Lasso tool problem
With any luck, reinstalling will have solved the problem. |
Posted on 03/09/11 10:57:11 PM |
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marlcliff
Knight of Intrigue Posts: 171 Reply |
Re: Lasso tool problem
Hi Steve no,made no differance, but it seams to be on the background layer and ctr_j layer that are blank.but i made thewall pattern by creating the brick and then went through the steps to create the wall and tried without any problems to use the lasso tool, strange that it worked with a lot of layers, and masks. |
Posted on 07/09/11 11:37:29 AM |
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marlcliff
Knight of Intrigue Posts: 171 Reply |
Re: Lasso tool problem
I tried lasso tool with a transparent unlocked background and a grid and it worked perfect. no problems at all. thanks Steve |