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Post Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:30 am   Reply with quote         


Hi all, I am new to Photoshop and wonder if any kind soul can point me the right direction. When selecting the eclipse, rectange or any shape, once inserted on the page the 'shape' becomes uneditable. I use to be able to edit shapes and don't know what I have to cause this state change.

I also have had an error message on starting up the program saying something like 'The scratch something or other is in same place as the Windows something or other and should be moved in order to enhance proformance'. It has only happened once so I can't recreate it to be more precise.

Thank you for reading this and have a great day.




splodge

Location: Yorkshire,

Post Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:36 am   Reply with quote         


Patre wrote:
Sometimes resetting the preferences is the remedy for a bucketload of PS ailments. Simply close Photoshop, then reopen it holding down the Shift-ctrl -alt keys. After the program opens you might want to go into the "edit" menu and change some settings under the menu tab- preferences. There will be no setting for the problem, you have mentioned, but you might have had other settings like grid line colors etc,. that you had previously set, and now want to restore.
Hope it helps..

try patre's solution for another prob', always a good starting point




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Post Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:17 am   Reply with quote         


ScionShade wrote:
splodge wrote:
Patre wrote:
Sometimes resetting the preferences is the remedy for a bucketload of PS ailments. Simply close Photoshop, then reopen it holding down the Shift-ctrl -alt keys. After the program opens you might want to go into the "edit" menu and change some settings under the menu tab- preferences. There will be no setting for the problem, you have mentioned, but you might have had other settings like grid line colors etc,. that you had previously set, and now want to restore.
Hope it helps..

try patre's solution for another prob', always a good starting point
I would listen to Splodge who is listening to Patre who is listening to...




patim

Location: Netherlands

Post Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:07 pm   Reply with quote         


If you use the rectangular or other marquee tool you can't edit. Put it on a new layer Fil it with any color. Make that layer invisible and go back to the first layer. Than ctrl-click on the bew layer with the shape on it and you can edit it.

You can also fill it with any color and than set the opacity to zero.




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Post Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:57 am   Reply with quote         


Many thanks to both of you for taking the time out of your busy day to help a stranger:-)




irishstu

Location: currently Taipei

Post Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:25 pm   Reply with quote         


That scratch disk error message will not stop Photoshop from working, BTW. It is simply there to advise you that the disk it uses to temporarily story files while it works on them is the same disk that Windows is on. This may slow your computer down a bit, but that's about all. Some people only have one disk, so there's no way round this. If you DO have more than one hard drive, then you can edit the settings as follows...

Click on
Edit>Preferences>Plug-ins & Scratch Disks
Where it says "Scratch DIsks", in the "First" field, click on the arrow and choose the disk you wish to use. ANY disk will work, but it is smarter to use one other than the one that Windows is on. For example, if you can choose C or D, I'd recommend "D" as Windows will most likely be on C. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it though.




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Post Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:01 am   Reply with quote         


Hey I am amazed that yet another person has tried to kindly help, thank you. Could I please ask another question? I have two Plug- In folders, one is here My Computer> Disk C and the other is in Photshop, which also opens a further folder inside it called effects. Could you please tell me which is the best place to place the plug-ins please. Kindest regards, Justlookin




irishstu

Location: currently Taipei

Post Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:25 am   Reply with quote         


Hi Justlookin.
Well, the norm would be for the plug-in folder to be within the photoshop folder.

Mine is:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Plug-Ins

(obviously, I have Photoshop 7.0. Not sure about you)

Again, it really doesn't matter WHERE it is as long as when (or if) you download plug-ins, you remember to save them to that particular folder. Personally, I don't even use them.




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Post Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:34 am   Reply with quote         


Hi again, thank you so such a prompt reply. That helps, it is where mine are but I wasn't sure that I was doing it right. Maybe one day when I have done enough tutorials I will be able to get rid of mine:-) Many thanks to all the kind people that have helped me. With all the malicious viruses that are sent around the internet, it restores a little bit of faith in humanity.




irishstu

Location: currently Taipei

Post Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:03 am   Reply with quote         


You're welcome, justlookin. There are a lot of nice people here who will always be willing to help. By the way, I have nothing against plug-ins.... just don't seem to ever get round to downloading any.

P.S. I hope you will enter a contest or two, even if it's just for practice.




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Post Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:20 am   Reply with quote         


Unfortunately I have nothing worth showing but I will keep an eye on this site and may be one day..... create something that I am proud to say is mine and not something that I copied in a tutorial. -x-




hacky

Location: Central Northern Jersey

Post Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:31 pm   Reply with quote         


ScionShade wrote:
ScionShade wrote:
splodge wrote:
Patre wrote:
Sometimes resetting the preferences is the remedy for a bucketload of PS ailments. Simply close Photoshop, then reopen it holding down the Shift-ctrl -alt keys. After the program opens you might want to go into the "edit" menu and change some settings under the menu tab- preferences. There will be no setting for the problem, you have mentioned, but you might have had other settings like grid line colors etc,. that you had previously set, and now want to restore.
Hope it helps..

try patre's solution for another prob', always a good starting point
I would listen to Splodge who is listening to Patre who is listening to...




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