Polygonal lasso tool has become unreliable.

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July 7, 2021
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In the bast day, the polygonal lasso tool has become almost unusable. It often lags between points and then refused to close off. As I rely on it for almost everything I do it has become a majot nuisance. It did this briefly about a year ago on another computer but this is the first time it's done it on this one. The only thing that fixes it is to restart PhotoShop, but I cannot keep doing this every 5 minutes. Can anyone help me with this? I am running CS6 on Windows 10. Graphics acceleration is unchecked.

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c.pfaffenbichler

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What have you done for all-purpose trouble-shooting so far?

Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html

What have you done about Photoshop performance?

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-photoshop-cc-performance.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/scratch-disks-preferences.html

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andrewm64345323Author

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Thanks for replying. I have reset all the tools a few times and I have checked 'use graphics processor', changed the drawing mode to 'basic' and I even resinstalled PhotoShop. Nothing helps. The polygonal lasso tool works as it should for about half an hour after opening PhotoShop and then starts breaking as described again. However, it will close off properly if I hit enter instead of double-clicking the mouse though it is still slow.

I seem to recall it did this on my other laptop about a year ago and fixed itself (somehow) after a week or so. I'm hoping the same happens here because I can't seem to do anything.

c.pfaffenbichler

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If the issue persists you may want to consider using the Pen Tool instead of the Polygonal Lasso Tool.

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