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September 26, 2010
Question

scrubby zoom not accessible

  • September 26, 2010
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My scrubby zoom is greyed out on my CS5 on my windows XP PC.  How can I access it?

Flashmom

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    renana38060228
    Participant
    January 17, 2019

    Hello fellow! I had the same problem.

    To fix, you must go to Photoshop/Preferences/Performance and mark the option ˜Use Graphics Processor``.

    Them you must click on the Advanced Settings icon and mark all the inside sub-icons. Mark the advanced mode ass well.

    Thats it, enjoy the Scrubby Zoom again.

    Giallo
    Participating Frequently
    November 30, 2011

    Thanks for the tips, I bet they're useful for everyone's reading.

    I know about bugs and drivers, they come together often eheh.. in the past I've even experienced problems with OpenGL in PS, recently just having problems with the scrubby zoom and the animated eye dropper.

    Weird cause everything else was running nice and smooth, and looking at the Preferences the OpenGL was activated and working fine. Now I've also reinstalled PS and everything works fine again.

    And as you said we can't escape to the fact that loss of OpenGL functionality is possible in any case, I often Purge the Histories and the Clipboard to keep things running cleaner.

    Giallo
    Participating Frequently
    November 30, 2011

    I've the same problem here. PC Windows Vista, PS CS5 Extended. Everything works fast but I've the same problems as vogelman

    I think it's a bug

    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    November 30, 2011

    Your system has a problem, Giallo_1986.  Photoshop did not find that your video card / driver provides sufficient error-free functionality to allow it to enable OpenGL operation.

    The advice already given in this thread is right on:  Try newer/different display drivers, remove other apps that might interfere with OpenGL operation, or possibly upgrade your video card to a modern model.

    -Noel

    Giallo
    Participating Frequently
    November 30, 2011

    Wow Noel fast answer! I've updated the driver of my Nvidia Ge force and everything looks running smooth. The fact is that after a few hour of works the problem seems to reappear again. I've a very long experience with this software, everything is setted up correctly... chances that this problem is related to malfunctioning plugins?

    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    September 27, 2010

    To further Curt's note:  Check Edit - Preferences - Performance.

    Assuming you find that OpenGL is not and cannot be enabled, and the dialog says something like "No GPU Options Available in Photoshop Standard", and you have a reasonably modern video card in your system, you may be able to gain access to the Enable OpenGL Drawing setting by downloading and installing new video drivers from the web site of the manufacturer of your video card.

    If Photoshop refuses to allow the OpenGL setting after drivers are updated, you may need a new video card to take advantage of the most modern features, such as scrubby zoom, flick panning, and brush size/hardness preview gestures.

    What kind of video card do you have?

    -Noel

    September 27, 2010

    I have a laptop with a standard video card. I can install ps on a desktop

    XP PC that we have,which is pretty new and excellent graphics.

    Thanks for the help. I fI run into problems on the desktop, I will get back

    in touch.

    Flashmom

    September 27, 2010

    Do you have OpenGl enabled?  If not try that first.