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Indescribable selection tool weirdness
I’ve now experienced this a couple times, so it’s becoming a problem. Hoping someone can explain what’s happening and how to fix/avoid it.
While working in AE with the selection tool selected, instead of the arrow it’s giving me the crosshairs you get when using a shape tool to draw a rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, ect.
And when I click in the comp window I get what you see here:
I can drag the corners of the box that shows up to reveal more of the composition like you see here (ignore the mask you see around the edges; it’s from a layer selected in the timeline):
If I click on another tool, I get the correct tool cursor and AE operates normally, but if I return to the selection tool or use the V shortcut I get the crosshairs again. Shutting down and reopening AE doesn’t fix it. Clearing the cache didn’t work. This problem reared its head earlier this week, but I can’t remember how I got past it.
What is going on, and how can I make it stop?!
Tim Boknecht
Media Producer
Bravo Productions -
3 Replies
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It looks like you’re accidentally using the Region of Interest function. It is a button below your comp, right next to the Toggle Transparency button.
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OMG, THANK YOU, brother!
Nonproductivity ended. That was making me seriously crazy.
Tim Boknecht
Media Producer
Bravo Productions -
Great. Glad it’s solved. 🙂
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