Adobe Photoshop 6

[JohnHenry]

Can anyone please tell me how to unselect a Photoshop tool eg. (lasso) after I,ve finished using it.Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is causing me a problem.can,t think what I,ve done before. Cheers.

[NoSpringChicken]

I don't know if there's a better way but I normally click on another innocuous tool such as the Hand or Move tool. I don't know if it is possible to deselect all tools after using one. I'm sure somebody else will have the answer, though.

Ron

[john-henry]

Can anyone please tell me how to unselect a Photoshop tool eg. (lasso) after I,ve finished using it.Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is causing me a problem.can,t think what I,ve done before. Cheers.

Welcome to the forum JohnHenry, I think our names are going to cause a bit of confusion :-O

To deselect lasso tool etc just press Ctrl+D.

Regards

John

[NoSpringChicken]

Welcome to the forum JohnHenry, I think our names are going to cause a bit of confusion :-O

To deselect lasso tool etc just press Ctrl+D.

Regards

John
I might have misunderstood the original question. Ctrl+D will clear the selection from an image but I thought the OP wanted to know how to stop any tool remaining selected in the toolbox after it has been used. I'm probably wrong though.

Ron

[JohnHenry]

Many thanks to NoSpringChicken and john-henry (careful here)for your help which I,ve tried but still can,t move the tools from the pointer when I,ve used them. Makes me think it,s something I,ve done. I,ll keep trying. Thanks again John.

[NoSpringChicken]

Many thanks to NoSpringChicken and john-henry (careful here)for your help which I,ve tried but still can,t move the tools from the pointer when I,ve used them. Makes me think it,s something I,ve done. I,ll keep trying. Thanks again John.
If I choose the lasso tool and draw a selection the pointer remains as the lasso tool until I choose a different tool. Is that what you mean? If I press the shift lock key the pointer changes from the lasso symbol to a simple cross hair although the lasso tool is still selected.

Ron

[JohnHenry]

Hallo Ron (NoSpringChicken), Yes what you have described is what happens, however the pointer only changes to a small crosshair if I press ctrl.I would be obliged if you can add anything or am I being pernickity.havent used it for a long while until I joined this group so hope you understand.Thanks again John.

[john-henry]

Hi JohnH,
Have you got Caps Lock on, this will give you a cross-hair cursor instead of the usual one that goes with the tool selected.

regards

John

[JGobeil]

Select the black arrow (Path selection tool). This will give you a regular mouse pointer that does nothing but selection from the menus.

[JohnHenry]

Hallo john-henry,Ron, Jules.
Can I thankyou all for the help you have given me in solving, what to me was a difficult problem.Thanks alot,Cheers John