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[Anzlezz]

I got some problems with my Photoshop CS3 that i wonder if others have too.

Little problem:
-when using the eraser or rectangular marquee tool somehow the guides inflicts with my mission and follow the guide or erase diffrently(or not at all) than i planned. No prob moving the guides but i think it should follow my command anyway.

Big problem:
-when i'm using the polygonal lasso tool the program blanks out somehow after the 2nd or 3rd click too often and i have to open some other prog or go to show desktop(?)minimize and if i'm lucky, photoshop runs fine but the area that is marked is not the part i intended it to be. Really annoying this is if its more than 3 corners i want to mark.
-A few times i also have experienced that if i drag a pic from one window to another(ex from booklet.psd to back.psd) then everything freezes when im clicking to maximize the window who got the drop, and the prog dont 'answer'. Everything not saved is then lost.

Got too much shit on my pc but all other programs work just fine except i cant run a torrent prog and view a dvd at the same time. Then everything will freeze and i have to force restart...

Any solutions?
Thanx
Anzlezz

[Kathlib the Prophet]

Little problem:
-when using the eraser or rectangular marquee tool somehow the guides inflicts with my mission and follow the guide or erase diffrently(or not at all) than i planned. No prob moving the guides but i think it should follow my command anyway.

If you have something selected with the marquee tool, other tools will only work within that boundary. Deselect the area if you want to use the tools on more of the image.

Big problem:
-when i'm using the polygonal lasso tool the program blanks out somehow after the 2nd or 3rd click too often and i have to open some other prog or go to show desktop(?)minimize and if i'm lucky, photoshop runs fine but the area that is marked is not the part i intended it to be. Really annoying this is if its more than 3 corners i want to mark.

This has happened to me before too. I think it's a RAM issue. I have 2 GBs of RAM, but it still happens, mostly when my computer has been on for a long time. Photoshop uses scratch disks (empty space on your hard drive) when there isn't much RAM, but if your hard drive is full, like mine, then that doesn't work so well and causes Photoshop to run slow and freeze for periods of time.

[Anzlezz]

Thanx, but didnt really understand my little problem solution. I mark the image(layer) i want to work with but if its overlaps any of the guides on the templates they interupt. When i'm going to select something with the marquee tool and drag it and slip the border close to the guide, the marquee border 'jumps' to follow that guide line instead of where i wanted it to end if it gets to close...same if i start to close to a guideline

[Kathlib the Prophet]

Thanx, but didnt really understand my little problem solution. I mark the image(layer) i want to work with but if its overlaps any of the guides on the templates they interupt. When i'm going to select something with the marquee tool and drag it and slip the border close to the guide, the marquee border 'jumps' to follow that guide line instead of where i wanted it to end if it gets to close...same if i start to close to a guideline

I didn't understand what you meant in your first post.

I mark the image(layer) i want to work with but if its overlaps any of the guides on the templates they interupt.

You can hide layers by clicking on the "eye" icon in your Layers Palette.

When i'm going to select something with the marquee tool and drag it and slip the border close to the guide, the marquee border 'jumps' to follow that guide line instead of where i wanted it to end if it gets to close...same if i start to close to a guideline

I don't use guidelines, so I've never encountered that problem. You could try turning them off, the settings are under the View menu.


Any of that help?

[Mr.Metal]

when using the eraser tool use Ctrl + H and I think it will hide the guides, once you finish erasing that part, click again Ctrl + H and the guides will be shown again. I know that is kinda frustrating, but guides help a lot

[Anzlezz]

Ok, thanks guys. As said this is not a big problem but i find it strange that the guides interupt.

[WLR]

The scratchdiscs sound like the issue. Do you have a split harddrive - then you can split it in your preferences tab. Also, clearing your history might help.