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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

06/25/2011 11:36:55 PM · #1

Okay...I have just installed CS5. When using a brush of any kind I can see the circle when the brush is small. But as I increase the size of the brush it only shows me the top arc of the brush....is this something that can be turned off so I can see the entire circle?

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

06/25/2011 11:40:22 PM · #2

I've never seen that behavior, except to the extent that a brush larger than the image won't show the whole circle if the image is maximized. That can't be what you mean, so I have no idea.

R.

ETA: you have a number of brush options in preferences, but none of them seem to promote the behavior you have described.

Message edited by author 2011-06-25 23:43:35.

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/25/2011 11:43:26 PM · #3

Thanks Bear...may be my pc.

DCNUTTER

Canon EOS-7D

06/25/2011 11:43:47 PM · #4

I've never seen that behavior either. I see the whole circle of the brush in CS5 when using either my mouse or my Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch. That's odd...

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

06/26/2011 12:24:32 AM · #5

Here's another question for the CS5 gurus....I often have images open in CS and I will drag another image into CS. Now with CS5 it will try to add it as another layer in Free Transform mode to whichever image is open. How can I make it so it opens the new image as an independent image instead of trying to merge it onto another image?

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

06/26/2011 12:27:45 AM · #6

Originally posted by Judi:

I believe by holding down either shift or control when you drag, but not sure which...

R.

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/26/2011 12:34:59 AM · #7

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Judi:
Here's another question for the CS5 gurus....I often have images open in CS and I will drag another image into CS. Now with CS5 it will try to add it as another layer in Free Transform mode to whichever image is open. How can I make it so it opens the new image as an independent image instead of trying to merge it onto another image?

I believe by holding down either shift or control when you drag, but not sure which...

R.

Tried Alt, Control and Shift independently and none of them work....grrrr!!!

DCNUTTER

Canon EOS-7D

06/26/2011 01:16:19 AM · #8

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Judi:
Here's another question for the CS5 gurus....I often have images open in CS and I will drag another image into CS. Now with CS5 it will try to add it as another layer in Free Transform mode to whichever image is open. How can I make it so it opens the new image as an independent image instead of trying to merge it onto another image?

I believe by holding down either shift or control when you drag, but not sure which...

R.

Tried Alt, Control and Shift independently and none of them work....grrrr!!!

That frustrated me as well with CS5. It was a new feature added that allows you to drag and drop files from the new mini-bridge into a document as a layer. Hence the free transform option showing up.

To avoid this, when you drag a file from your desktop into Photoshop CS5 DO NOT drag and release it into the document window. You have to release it in the tab section above the workspace and it will open as a new tab.

Dave

adigitalromance

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

06/26/2011 02:15:29 AM · #9

Originally posted by Judi:

This sounds like a opengl/driver issue. Do you have opengl enabled in PS?

Also, what happens when you hit the caps lock key?

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

06/26/2011 02:38:56 AM · #10

DCNUTTER - I will give that a go. Yayyy it works...thankies.

adigitalromance - Caps Lock makes no diff....I know what caps lock normally does to a brush or other tool. What is opengl?

Message edited by author 2011-06-26 02:40:43.

jamesgoss

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

06/26/2011 02:59:41 AM · #11

OpenGL is a video acceleration technology. I don't think it's the case, but are your video drivers up to date?

EDIT

You can find your OpenGL preferences under preferences>> performance. It's under the GPU area. "enable OpenGL drawing"

Message edited by author 2011-06-26 03:11:37.

06/26/2011 03:17:45 AM · #12

nm

Message edited by author 2011-06-26 03:19:52.

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/26/2011 03:19:34 AM · #13

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Judi:
Here's another question for the CS5 gurus....I often have images open in CS and I will drag another image into CS. Now with CS5 it will try to add it as another layer in Free Transform mode to whichever image is open. How can I make it so it opens the new image as an independent image instead of trying to merge it onto another image?

I believe by holding down either shift or control when you drag, but not sure which...

R.

Tried Alt, Control and Shift independently and none of them work....grrrr!!!

Easy. Just drag it into the empty space where the title of the open documents are located (i.e. the grey strip below the main and tool option menu). When you drag something in that area it should show a blue bar, similar to when you reattach a free floating document or menu palette.

Thanks Yanko....that works. :) Can you help with the brush tip question?

DCNUTTER

Canon EOS-7D

06/26/2011 03:23:16 AM · #14

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Judi:
Here's another question for the CS5 gurus....I often have images open in CS and I will drag another image into CS. Now with CS5 it will try to add it as another layer in Free Transform mode to whichever image is open. How can I make it so it opens the new image as an independent image instead of trying to merge it onto another image?

I believe by holding down either shift or control when you drag, but not sure which...

R.

Tried Alt, Control and Shift independently and none of them work....grrrr!!!

Easy. Just drag it into the empty space where the title of the open documents are located (i.e. the grey strip below the main and tool option menu). When you drag something in that area it should show a blue bar, similar to when you reattach a free floating document or menu palette.

Thanks Yanko....that works. :) Can you help with the brush tip question?

That's exactly what I said.

06/26/2011 03:24:31 AM · #15

Originally posted by Judi:

That does sound like a RAM or graphics card issue. I think I've seen that happen before on my old system running a prior version of photoshop. Are any other programs running when you observe this behavior? Does giving Photoshop more RAM to use change anything?

06/26/2011 03:24:55 AM · #16

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Judi:
Here's another question for the CS5 gurus....I often have images open in CS and I will drag another image into CS. Now with CS5 it will try to add it as another layer in Free Transform mode to whichever image is open. How can I make it so it opens the new image as an independent image instead of trying to merge it onto another image?

I believe by holding down either shift or control when you drag, but not sure which...

R.

Tried Alt, Control and Shift independently and none of them work....grrrr!!!

Easy. Just drag it into the empty space where the title of the open documents are located (i.e. the grey strip below the main and tool option menu). When you drag something in that area it should show a blue bar, similar to when you reattach a free floating document or menu palette.

Thanks Yanko....that works. :) Can you help with the brush tip question?

That's exactly what I said.

Yeah I saw that and edited my post. Too slow!

06/26/2011 03:27:13 AM · #17

Originally posted by yanko:

I tried giving it more disk space but no change.

06/26/2011 03:27:52 AM · #18

I take it you have checked to make sure you aren't actually using an arc shaped brush?

06/26/2011 03:30:58 AM · #19

Take a look at this

06/26/2011 04:50:24 AM · #20

Originally posted by yanko:

Take a look at this

You are friggin awesome....it worked...THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!! Mwah!