I lost the tip posted here some time ago in how to change the rubber stamp cursor into a cross. Can any one please send that again? I promise to store it better this time. Really, I promise...
Frits W�thrich Cotty wrote: > Hi Rob, > > After the Tasmanian Devil - child that is my son had ripped open his > presents, I had some quiet time on my Mac, so saved your test image and > opened it in Photoshop 5.5. I usually use the Rubber Stamp tool so that > the receiving area is a circle (which adjusts in size depending on size > set in palette), and so when option-clicking on target area, the circle > changes to a small icon of the Rubber Stamp tool itself. If I hit caps > lock, then it's the cross-hairs type of cursor, which is what you are > seeing (or not!)... > > Either way, bad news for you I'm afraid. I had no trouble in seeing > either cursor method -in the grey area, the cursor is white, and in the > white (erased area) the cursor is black. Even better: if my normal > 'circle' receiving area is placed half way across both shades, then half > or it is white and half black, changing dynamically in real time to any > movement across those areas. > > I tried to get a screen shot of this - on a Mac you hit command+shift+3 > and you get a jpeg of whatever is on the screen at the time (useful for > records of error messages etc when troubleshooting) - but can't manage it > because when the command key is hit (in conjunction with the others) PS > changes the cursor and it disappears... > > I can't believe that there is no provision for this on the PC versions of > Photoshop. I'm doing the family ring-around today, and my sister's bloke > who is a web designer with a county council in North Wales uses PS on a > PC (naturally we rib each other senseless about it) - I will ask him > about this and give you the answer later... > > Until then, it's back to the orgy of Christmas wrapping paper > destruction. That and the incessant whine of GameBoy Advanced music > constantly emanating from unexplored reaches of the living room... > > Cheers mate! > > Cotty > > > >I have constructed an image sample which contains an abundance of shades > which > >make seeing cursors whilst using the "rubber stamp" tool near > impossible on > my > >system. I have erased an area across the image and I find it > near impossible > to > >recreate by "rubber stamp", if my cursor was visible it wouldn't > be too hard, > >see what you think? > > >The image (~70kB) can be found at: > > > >http://www.home.aone.net.au/audiobias/PS_clone_test_image.jpg - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
