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Not allowed to do anything in CS5 – cursor is circle with line through it.
I use Photoshop only a couple times a month – quite a novice, but last time it worked fine. Today i open it and my cursor is the circle with a line through it…can’t do anything. Any ideas?
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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What is on the layer you are trying to edit?
This usually happens if you are trying to edit a type layer or smart object before rasterizing the layer.
if it is type or a smart object, right mouse click (ctrl+click for mac) on the layer name in the layer pallette and chose rasterize Type/Layer.
Hope this helps 😀
Sye -
Thanks, but it was any and every file i opened…even new ones, so i reinstalled the software and all is well. Thanks though.
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
__________________________FCS3
2.66 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro
6GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
…and a few TeraBytes o’ storage
(then it’s on to PetaBytes, ExaBytes and MosquitoBytes!) -
Apps can get wonky if you’re not repairing permissions on a regular basis. You can also leave your computer on all night to automatically run scripts that will repair permissions. To run them yourself, use Disk Utility: https://kb.iu.edu/data/aoxn.html
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