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time25082335
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May 19, 2021
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an icon looking like a compass needle appears and rotates my canvas without me doing i. How to turn

  • May 19, 2021
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My photoshop was upgraded and now  when I work on my canvas an icon appears and it suddenly rotates or zooms in ans out or moves whitout my doing. I assume I need to turn off some funtion? this has happened before when an upgrade occurrs. Please advise. The icon looks like a compass needle

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    time25082335Author
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    May 26, 2021

    Yes, thank you.

    Now I have anither problem, None of my tools work. Only the hand tool appears and nothing happens!!!

    Please advise as soon as possible

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity Expert
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    May 26, 2021

    Is your spacebar stuck ?

    Dave

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      May 19, 2021

      That would seem to be the Rotate View Tool. 

      Hitting esc should reset the View. 

       

      »whitout my doing«

      Could you be inadvertently touching the trackpad or tablet? 

       

      Does unchecking Photoshop > Preferences > Tools > Enable Gestures make a difference? 

      Turning off »Use Graphics Processor« in the Performance Preferences (Photoshop > Preferences > Performance > Graphic Processor Settings) and restarting Photoshop might provide a brute work-around … 

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