Polygonal Lasso Spontaniously Closing

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Danny_Matviya
Oct 11, 2008
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I’ve recently been working with a large, simple drawing in which I am trying to separate the different shapes into their own layers. I’ve been using the polygonal lasso tool, and my plan is to select the desired shapes and "right-click > layer via copy." However, twice already has the lasso selection closed by itself before I could complete the selection.

I am using Adobe Photoshop CS3 on a Dell Windows Vista platform.

Sincerely,
Danny
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Phosphor
Oct 11, 2008
Sounds like maybe your OS-level settings for the speed of an acceptable double-click are a little slower than they should be. Have a look at your mouse preferences and play around.
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Danny_Matviya
Dec 20, 2008
Hi, me again. Thanks for responding, Phos±four dots. I thought your answer was the correct one since I didn’t have the problem again after trying what you said.

But then the same thing happened again just recently. And this time, I know I wasn’t even pressing down on the mouse button at all. I was fortunately at a position where I had everything I wanted selected, so it didn’t pose a problem. It still boggled me, though.

Sincerely,
Danny
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Q_Photo
Dec 21, 2008
Better to do your selections a small area first and then keep adding more small sections at a time. That is faster in the long run. Works best for me.
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Phosphor
Dec 21, 2008
Try using the Pen instead of the Polygon Lasso.

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