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  • Stuck with Finger Pointer (no more Arrow)

    Posted by Martin Gaumond on December 9, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    Hi editors,
    I’m editing in avid MC6 and I have been having this small issue with the cursor. It is stuck in ­finger pointer mode. I am assuming it is for some sort of tool but I can not figure out which. Also, it prevents me from clicking on certain buttons.
    I tried resseting settings and creating a new user profile! No luck.
    Any help would be awesome!

    Misha Tenenbaum replied 12 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Glen Montgomery

    December 9, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    Have been battling this very same thing in the last couple days. In the research I have done it looks like it is a bug and the “solve” is to open the command palet and change button to button reassignment to active pallete. It actually does work but the is just a workaround for a crazy problem. I even mapped the selection tool to my keyboard and it didn’t even fix it, the toggle never worked if I was stuck in hand mode.

    Editor / Motion Graphics Artist, Denver CO
    https://coldpost.tv/

  • Martin Gaumond

    December 15, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    Thanks Glen!
    This helped somewhat. I have to restart avid every now and then aswell! Dumb Bug.

  • Misha Tenenbaum

    December 10, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    Worked for me! Thank you.

    Editor – Trainer
    Post Production Supervisor
    http://www.MishaPost.com

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