Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Re: slow tool response

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Re: slow tool response

Hecate

2004-05-13, 5:28 pm

On Wed, 12 May 2004 16:29:26 +0100, "Martin Bishop"
<martin@aslwepoiusadk.net> wrote:

>I'm wondering if anyone experiences the same problem I am with photoshop CS.
>
>The cursor is very slow to respond when it's supposed to change from one
>thing to another. Say I'm using a brush tool, and I move the mouse into the
>toolbox, or up to the menu bar, it stays as a circle, and often doesn't
>change into the pointer until I click something. The same the other way
>round: I click a tool with the pointer, and move the mouse into the image,
>and it stays as a pointer. Sometimes it just vanishes when over the scroll
>bars. I can click and drag the scroll bars to move the image, but the cursor
>is gone the whole time I do it.
>
>My system is up to date, a P4 with 1GB ram and a scratch disk for PS, and it
>happens with normal sized files.
>
>Does anyone know what's going on??!!
>
Sounds like an image/screen writing problem which would your graphics
card. You don't mention what you're using. Have you got the latest
drivers for it?

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Chris Cox

2004-05-18, 7:28 pm

That's a relatively common problem with buggy video drivers - check the
video card manufacturer's site for updates.

Chris

In article <zmroc.3435$NK4.271449@stones.force9.net>, Martin Bishop
<martin@aslwepoiusadk.net> wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone experiences the same problem I am with photoshop CS.
>
> The cursor is very slow to respond when it's supposed to change from one
> thing to another. Say I'm using a brush tool, and I move the mouse into the
> toolbox, or up to the menu bar, it stays as a circle, and often doesn't
> change into the pointer until I click something. The same the other way
> round: I click a tool with the pointer, and move the mouse into the image,
> and it stays as a pointer. Sometimes it just vanishes when over the scroll
> bars. I can click and drag the scroll bars to move the image, but the cursor
> is gone the whole time I do it.
>
> My system is up to date, a P4 with 1GB ram and a scratch disk for PS, and it
> happens with normal sized files.
>
> Does anyone know what's going on??!!
>
> Martin