Photoshop :: Can't Use Any Tools, Only Showing The 'hand' Move Tool
Jul 23, 2008When I point over any opened image, I just see a hand, even if I have a tool selected.
Non of the images are Read Only.
When I point over any opened image, I just see a hand, even if I have a tool selected.
Non of the images are Read Only.
How do you change the characteristic of the cursor from Hand (Move Tool) back to just being a pointer? This condition only exists in the Develope Module when my cursor is placed over the top of the photo. When I move it off the photo it returns to a pointer. In the Library Module it is always a pointer like I like it to be.
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What I've tried so far:
-resetting the presets
-change the shortcut key (wasn't possible)
-reinstall
-googled
Running the CS6 trial on a Windows 7 Laptop (x64). I was in Photoshop (64), and noticed that when I held down the spacebar to pan the open image, the hand icon would show but the tool will not work. No matter how many times I click and drag, the image stays still. If I select the MANUALLY select the hand tool it works, but the spacebar shortcut key is non-functional. This issue persists across both the 32 & 64 bit versions of Photoshop.
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I have not grouped any layers together.
I'm using Mac OS 10.4.8 with PS 9.0.1
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way to use the hand tool (or spacebar) even if the entire image is visible, like you could do in previous versions. One might wonder why you would want to pan if you can already see the entire image. This comes up when one of your layers is bigger than the main image. If you try to Transform the layer, but the transform handles are off the edge of the screen, you need the hand tool. Otherwise you have to zoom out even further to get at the handles.
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I'm using photoshop cs6
My mac specification
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 ,Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB,Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5
it is a student master collection.
My hand tool quit working. I looked in the forums. I've closed all browsers, restarted, rebooted, and removed the prefs.psp file. Not sure what to do now?
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When using the move tool, I will move something and it will just snap back to where it originally was. When it snaps back, it might move a few pixels over in the direction I was dragging, but it is definitely not moving to where I want it to go. The only way to get things to move the way I want to is by Free Transform...but it's annoying, when you're trying to design a layout, to have to free transform every element you want to move, first.
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