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aoisenshi
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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 Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:03 pm Post subject: Can't do ANYTHING because of cursor problem! |
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I speak with little hyperbole. This is the strangest thing that's ever happened in my history of using computers. ONLY in Photoshop CS5, everywhere I put the cursor over (canvas, menus, toolbars, preference window, etc), it's not the normal black Mac cursor, or the cursor it's supposed to be in the canvas (like a circle for the brush tool). It's the black Mac cursor with a little black rectangle to the right of it. I normally get this cursor by holding option, but now holding option gets rid of it! This wouldn't be much of a problem, except I can't do anything in the canvas when the cursor is in this mode. The only thing I figured out to do is use the brush tool which I do by holding the option key to get rid of the odd cursor.
I desperately need help...
I couldn't find an image of what the nefarious cursor looks like, so I had to draw one, and since I can only use the brush tool, this is what I was able to do. |
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ron
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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Location: northern california
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PSCS5 has a problem with cursers sometimes if your display drivers are old. You can Google it.
I had a similar problem with my PC Windows 7. Got the update from NVidia, problem solved..good luck |
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aoisenshi
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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Hey, thanks...
Umm... Little confused right now.
I launched PS and then began googling NVidia photoshop cursor stuff. Then Photoshop was done launching and opened. I switched to PS to confirm the problem, and... IT'S MYSTERIOUSLY FIXED.
It wasn't working last night, and I didn't do anything regarding PS. Just worked with a client in Final Cut Pro. But now it's better.
I noticed that the cursor was set to the "standard" cursor (the brush when painting). I've always used the circle cursor when painting, so maybe my cursor prefs were deleted overnight.
Anyways, I'm happy. Thanks!  |
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Patrick
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Joined: 14 Feb 2003
Posts: 11945
Location: Harbinger, NC, U.S.A.
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Resistance
Joined: 10 Mar 2011
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I am having this issue, any fixes? |
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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I guess updating your video drivers is the core advice here, the OP fixed it, but had another Adobe product activated at the time and so we can't be sure that was the problem, but I would start with new drivers and work my way up to new problems 
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