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ianfarmer
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July 5, 2022
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Change color of Marquee Selection Tool

  • July 5, 2022
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My marquee selection tool was recently changed to a solid black line when making the selection before switching to the "dancing" dotted line once the selection is made (to be transparent, this change could've been made by me on accident when tinkering in preferences). The problem is that the solid black selection line is often hard to see on images I'm working on, and I was wondering if I could change it to a different color somehow like how you can in preferences with guides, slices, etc. I looked through preferences but I couldn't find it, perhaps I missed it in there. I'm using Photoshop 23.4.1 on a Macbook.

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    June 2, 2024

    Alas, you are not talking to the programmers, are you? 

    Feature Requests (Idea) and Bug Reports are registered at Adobe, otherwise this is essentially a user Forum, though thankfully some Adobe employees do occasionally chime in.

     

    And turning off GPU usage is not a »suggested solution« as it invalidates GPU dependent features, but a way of determining whether GPU drivers may be causing the issue. 

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 2, 2024

      I may have been misinformed about or misinterpreted the training material Adobe used for Firefly;  what are your sources on Adobe using Midjourney image sets? 

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      July 5, 2022

      Does turning off »Use Graphics Processor« in the Performance Preferences (Photoshop > Preferences > Performance > Graphic Processor Settings) and restarting Photoshop have any bearing on the issue? 

      Does turning on »Deactivate Native Canvas« (Photoshop > Preferences > Technology Previews) and restarting Photoshop have any bearing on the issue? 

       

      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

      nrz0
      nrz0
      Known Participant
      March 4, 2024

      I had this issue suddenly happen to me on both my computers (one is using an NVIDIA card and the other an AMD card).  Restarting did nothing.  Updating to the latest version (25.5.1) did nothing.  Unchecking "Deactivate Native Canvas" did nothing.  Unchecking individual items in the graphics "Advanced Settings" did nothing.

      Unchecking "Use Graphics Processor" did solve the problem, but I'm not sure why I should now have to take a performance hit to have a usable selection window.  As this problem is affecting both NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards, it seems like a bug that is independent of the graphcis driver.

        nrz0
        nrz0
        Known Participant
        March 4, 2024

        I'll also add that now with the graphics turned off, when I draw a new marquee it flashes/lags when creating the outline in lieu of a smoth outline creation.

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