This DAMN selection tool.... help please

Hi all,
sometimes square selection tool works only in ADD mode; i make a square selection, then there's a little "+" near mouse vidget, and i can only add selection. I need to restore default status, where selection is in "neutral" mode, and a click outside selected area works as de-selection tool. I dont know how i have activated this annoying status, and i cannot find any way to restore default status.
Help is wellcome ;)

Thank you,
Paolo

PaZ wrote:

Hi all,
sometimes square selection tool works only in ADD mode; i make a square selection, then there's a little "+" near mouse vidget, and i can only add selection. I need to restore default status, where selection is in "neutral" mode, and a click outside selected area works as de-selection tool. I dont know how i have activated this annoying status, and i cannot find any way to restore default status.
Help is wellcome ;)

Thank you,
Paolo

Are you holding down Shift? That will make it add.

If not, maybe trash preferences.

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PaZ wrote:

Hi all,
sometimes square selection tool works only in ADD mode; i make a square selection, then there's a little "+" near mouse vidget, and i can only add selection. I need to restore default status, where selection is in "neutral" mode, and a click outside selected area works as de-selection tool. I dont know how i have activated this annoying status, and i cannot find any way to restore default status.
Help is wellcome ;)

Thank you,
Paolo

OOps! Look at the icons on the Options Bar. I bet you have the one that looks like two merged rectangles clicked.

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http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Hi,
in fact i discovered that icon after some minutes i posted ! I'm a PS veteran, but there's always something to learn... ;) While i'm here, there's a strange issue i never understood; i usually work with brush size, not precise mode.
Well, for some reason (maybe some key combo) sometime mouse swithc itself in "precise" mode and there's nothing i can do (no, option tools are totally useless). After some time, it returns the same.
This happens from 6.0 and on several PC.

Thanks anyway,

Paolo

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PaZ wrote:

Hi all,
sometimes square selection tool works only in ADD mode; i make a square selection, then there's a little "+" near mouse vidget, and i can only

add

selection. I need to restore default status, where selection is in

"neutral"

mode, and a click outside selected area works as de-selection tool. I dont know how i have activated this annoying status, and i cannot find

any

way to restore default status.
Help is wellcome ;)

Thank you,
Paolo

OOps! Look at the icons on the Options Bar. I bet you have the one that looks like two merged rectangles clicked.

--
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:31:36 GMT, "PaZ" wrote:

Hi,
in fact i discovered that icon after some minutes i posted ! I'm a PS veteran, but there's always something to learn... ;) While i'm here, there's a strange issue i never understood; i usually work with brush size, not precise mode.
Well, for some reason (maybe some key combo) sometime mouse swithc itself in "precise" mode and there's nothing i can do (no, option tools are totally useless). After some time, it returns the same.
This happens from 6.0 and on several PC.

It happens because you've hit caps lock.

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I'll give it a try... never noticed this. Thanks,

Paolo

It happens because you've hit caps lock.