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October 23, 2018
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Lasso tool progress line missing on latest Photoshop CC Update

  • October 23, 2018
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Hi, after downloading and installing the latest Photoshop CC, all three lasso tools seem to have lost the progress line you'd get when drawing out a selection with them, so you can't see where you've selected until the selection path is closed and the marching ants appear. Nothing else has been changed/updated on my Mac, just Photoshop – any ideas on how to fix this would be much appreciated!

AS an update, the handles don't appear when trying to transform a layer either

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    robertoz26105853
    Participating Frequently
    February 23, 2019

    I found out I had the same problem w/ Photoshop CC 2019 on a 2011 iMac running OSX 10.12.6. The suggested workaround worked perfectly, thanks! 

    Inspiring
    November 14, 2018

    Someone showed me the solution to this issue yesterday! It's a simple fix.

    In the top menu of Photoshop CC 2019, navigate to Photoshop CC > Preferences > Performance... to open the performance preferences.

    Click the Advanced Settings... button under Graphics Processor Settings to open the advanced graphics processor settings.

    Change the Drawing Mode to Basic then click the OK button.

    Click the OK button on the Preferences dialog box to apply these changes then restart Photoshop.

    This should solve issues with the lasso path not appearing, missing borders/anchors while transforming layers/selections, and missing highlight/insertion point while editing text.

    Participant
    December 11, 2018

    I was having the same issue and thankfully your solution worked!!

    Inspiring
    November 14, 2018

    Same here. I see red marching ants for marquee tool as I'm making a selection, but the lasso reveal nothing while making a selection.

    It renders the Lasso completely unusable.

    Inspiring
    November 13, 2018

    Update on Nov. 14, 2018: I shared the solution to this issue below.

    I'm having the same issues with Photoshop CC 2019 (20.0.0) and they're driving me nuts. I've noticed that text does not visibly highlight when I select it so I guess the glitch has something to do with selection visibility in general.

    I may revert to an older version to get by, but I did find two workarounds for the issues you mentioned and they're not totally terrible:

    • Rather than using the Lasso tool, you can activate the Pen tool, change the tool mode to Path in the options bar, draw a path, and then click Make: Selection. Not great, but one benefit of this is being able to drag anchors to create smooth curves in a selection.
    • If you select View > Show > Layer Edges in the menu at the top of the screen, this will put a visible line around the edge of each active layer, which helps when you're transforming.