Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Problem w/cropping tool

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Problem w/cropping tool

Nathan Gutman

2004-05-28, 7:14 pm

When I try to use the cropping tool and drag from upper left corner to
lower right. as it goes through the different rectangle sizes it
leaves faint lines of the those ghost rectangles.
This obstructs to a point the image and is annoying.
I have no clue how to troubleshoot that.
Is it Photoshop? The mouse? The monitor or something else?
Running Win98 and PS5.
Thanks,
Nathan

Don

2004-05-28, 7:14 pm

That sounds like the display adapter's driver causing the problem. You
should check the manufacturer's web site for a driver update. BTW, I hope
you're actually using Win98SE, not Win98. If not, I would consider updating
to SE, or perhaps WinXP.

Don

"Nathan Gutman" <ngutman@cshore.com> wrote in message
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> When I try to use the cropping tool and drag from upper left corner to
> lower right. as it goes through the different rectangle sizes it
> leaves faint lines of the those ghost rectangles.
> This obstructs to a point the image and is annoying.
> I have no clue how to troubleshoot that.
> Is it Photoshop? The mouse? The monitor or something else?
> Running Win98 and PS5.
> Thanks,
> Nathan

Tacit

2004-05-28, 7:14 pm

>When I try to use the cropping tool and drag from upper left corner to
>lower right. as it goes through the different rectangle sizes it
>leaves faint lines of the those ghost rectangles.

Four words: Bad video card driver.

Check the Web site of your video card manufactuer for updates.

This kind of thing is very, very common, especially with high-end video cards.
It's all about money; if two video card manufacturers are working on a new type
of video card, the first one to get to market is going to win, period. The
world of video cards is so cultish, so faddish, and so viciouly competitive
that if I get to market with some snazzy new gadget the day before you do, then
all the magazines and Web sites are going to write articles raving about how
great I am, and everyone will rush out to buy my video card, and oyu'll be left
with nothing. Getting to market first can, quite literally, make the difference
between getting or losing tens of *millions* of dollars.

So the video card manufacturers are very, very sloppy about quality control,
especially when it comes to drivers. If i have a choice between releasing a
card with buggy, crap drivers that I know don't work, and getting $30,000,000,
or waiting until the drivers are working properly and getting nothing, the
choice is a no-brainer.

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Nathan Gutman

2004-05-29, 12:14 pm

Yes, I am actually using Win08SE and I will check for the display
adapter.
On Fri, 28 May 2004 11:54:37 -0700, "Don" <nospam@please.gov> wrote:

>That sounds like the display adapter's driver causing the problem. You
>should check the manufacturer's web site for a driver update. BTW, I hope
>you're actually using Win98SE, not Win98. If not, I would consider updating
>to SE, or perhaps WinXP.
>
>Don
>
>
>"Nathan Gutman" <ngutman@cshore.com> wrote in message
>news:cf1fb0pblnqn79dlbtem6voib99f04r1ru@4ax.com...
>

Nathan Gutman

2004-05-29, 12:14 pm

I fiddled with the hardware accelerator and seems to be now working OK
now.
When I was still running Win95 I must have had some problems because
it was set to about 25% of full.
We will see if anything else get messed up now.
Thank you all for the tip.
On 28 May 2004 19:14:05 GMT, tacitr@aol.com (Tacit) wrote:

>
>Four words: Bad video card driver.
>
>Check the Web site of your video card manufactuer for updates.
>
>This kind of thing is very, very common, especially with high-end video cards.
>It's all about money; if two video card manufacturers are working on a new type
>of video card, the first one to get to market is going to win, period. The
>world of video cards is so cultish, so faddish, and so viciouly competitive
>that if I get to market with some snazzy new gadget the day before you do, then
>all the magazines and Web sites are going to write articles raving about how
>great I am, and everyone will rush out to buy my video card, and oyu'll be left
>with nothing. Getting to market first can, quite literally, make the difference
>between getting or losing tens of *millions* of dollars.
>
>So the video card manufacturers are very, very sloppy about quality control,
>especially when it comes to drivers. If i have a choice between releasing a
>card with buggy, crap drivers that I know don't work, and getting $30,000,000,
>or waiting until the drivers are working properly and getting nothing, the
>choice is a no-brainer.