shift to paint a straight line not working..

I paint one point w/brush then on another area (in same layer) hold down shift and paint again to do a straight line but this is not working.. nothing gets drawn.. would appreciate any suggestions.. thank you...

Frances

works w/pencil, not brush.. why is this?
(same thing when I'm trying to erase..) thank you..

Frances Del Rio wrote:

I paint one point w/brush then on another area (in same layer) hold down shift and paint again to do a straight line but this is not working.. nothing gets drawn.. would appreciate any suggestions.. thank you...
Frances

actually w/eraser does not work at all, either w/brush or pencil.. (PS CS.. windows 2000..) thank you.. Frances

Frances Del Rio wrote:

works w/pencil, not brush.. why is this?
(same thing when I'm trying to erase..) thank you..

Frances Del Rio wrote:

I paint one point w/brush then on another area (in same layer) hold down shift and paint again to do a straight line but this is not working.. nothing gets drawn.. would appreciate any suggestions.. thank you...

Frances

Frances Del Rio wrote:

I paint one point w/brush then on another area (in same layer) hold down shift and paint again to do a straight line but this is not working.. nothing gets drawn.. would appreciate any suggestions.. thank you...
Frances

Did you try trashing preferences?

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edjh wrote:

Frances Del Rio wrote:

I paint one point w/brush then on another area (in same layer) hold down shift and paint again to do a straight line but this is not working.. nothing gets drawn.. would appreciate any suggestions.. thank you...

Frances

Did you try trashing preferences?

ahhh... why would that work? what a pain that would be.. have a lot of stuff set up.. (actions, etc..) how would getting rid of prefs fix that? thank you very much for your response.. Frances

Frances Del Rio wrote:

edjh wrote:

Frances Del Rio wrote:

I paint one point w/brush then on another area (in same layer) hold down shift and paint again to do a straight line but this is not working.. nothing gets drawn.. would appreciate any suggestions.. thank you...

Frances

Did you try trashing preferences?

ahhh... why would that work? what a pain that would be.. have a lot of stuff set up.. (actions, etc..) how would getting rid of prefs fix that? thank you very much for your response.. Frances

Save your actions and other Presets and it won't be a problem.

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

edjh wrote:

Frances Del Rio wrote:

edjh wrote:

Frances Del Rio wrote:

I paint one point w/brush then on another area (in same layer) hold down shift and paint again to do a straight line but this is not working.. nothing gets drawn.. would appreciate any suggestions.. thank you...

Frances

Did you try trashing preferences?

ahhh... why would that work? what a pain that would be.. have a lot of stuff set up.. (actions, etc..) how would getting rid of prefs fix that? thank you very much for your response.. Frances

Save your actions and other Presets and it won't be a problem.

ok, I deleted all my prefs (moved to Desktop, actually..) now: how do I get all my previous prefs back? can I just copy everyting inside the previous prefs folder back in? (for example, copied back Actions Palette.psp, but still my actions I set myself are not back... (Actions Palette.psp is a shortcut, why is it a shortcut, where is file shortcut points to?) AND:

why does deleting yr prefs fix this problem? (shift key was not working to draw straight lines, now it's working again..), but I need my prefs back.. this is not a good fix if I can't get my prefs back.. thank you again.. Frances