Photoshop problem - please help!

[mavis]

Just out of curiousity, I am wondering if anyone has this problem:

When I use any tool in Photoshop (Lasso, Brush, Eraser, etc) for more than about 15 seconds or so, all of my menus/toolbars go blank - they turn white - the tool continues to function, and as soon as I release the mouse button, everything is back to normal.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks / mavis

ps this happened on two completely different PCs, using both PS 6.0 and PS 7.0 on both machines

 

[sboulema]

nope dont have this problem

 

[Octopus]

maybe plug-ins cause this?

 

[Herkalees]

This is as close to helping as I can come...

I don't think I've ever held down the mouse button that long while using a Photoshop filter [I'm lazy ], I do have that problem in Flash 5. When I'm running the Trace Bitmap function, the toolbar and panels go away.

Very weird. (Sorry I didn't have an answer, but figured you'd feel better if you weren't the only one!)

Good luck

 

[Grandmaster]

No idea dude.

 

[egghead]

reset your copy of photoshop to defaults and see if that helps

sorry for the useless info

 

[LiquidMorph]

are you using any of those cute cursorxp full-animated mouse pointers?!

 

[Krux]

if u have a legit copy of photoshop (which u need to be rich to own 600 bucks what is that?!) u can get the update 7.1 fixes that issue.

 

[Darkwolven1]

Originally posted by Krux
if u have a legit copy of photoshop (which u need to be rich to own 600 bucks what is that?!) u can get the update 7.1 fixes that issue.

But why would ver. 6 and 7 both have this issue? That would be rather strange.

 

[Krux]

I didn't know it was an issue in 6.

 

[djwhite]

I didn't know it was an issue in 6.

Well, it is, cause this happens to me in Photoshop 6 too, but i've learnt to live with it, and work quicker

 

[Krux]

What kind of video card do you have?

 

[Ass Clown]

It is actually a stupid refresh problem with Nvidia. at least thats where i notice it. i never saw that problem untill i put a geforce 3 in my computer. i used to have a voodoo 5 and before that a voodoo 3. It does it on multiple programs, and yes, i bought photoshop, and yes i have the update, and no it wasn ot addressed correctly. may have something to do with refresh, but i dont know, just know your not the only one that is experiencing the retardedness

 

[Krux]

well if u do have an nvidia card new drivers came out a few days ago maybe try those? see what happens.

 

[djwhite]

Tried them (41.09), didn't fix it over here

 

[hudgie]

i use ps 6 on an xp home with an ATI card. i do use the filters for a long time, sometimes up to a minute, and ive never ahd that prob