Image Ready 7.0 tool issues

[davcolyer]

I've been using Adobe Image Ready 7.00 for some time, but today, the lasso tool changed from a circular item, which lassos the object I'm working on, but now it's changed to a polygon tool, which only seems to work in straight lines.Is there some way I can get the original tool back?  Plus the eraser tool has gone and been replaced by magic eraser which I can't do the same work with.

I'm in China at the moment and can't access my original CD, so can't re-install the software.

Thanks

dave Colyer

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[Szalam · Accepted solution]

Since Adobe hasn't shipped Image Ready for ten years (and, thus, there's no forum for it), I moved this thread to the Photoshop forum since Image Ready came with Photoshop.

For anyone interested, Image Ready version 7.0 came out over fifteen years ago - in February 2002.

I'm trying to remember that far back (I have been using Photoshop since just before that in 2001). If I remember correctly, the toolbar works similarly to how it works now. Is there a little triangle on the bottom corner of one of the tool buttons? If so, click on the button and hold and it'll fly out and give you options to pick between various tools.

[davcolyer]

Thanks for the quick reply. However, while I was fiddling about with it, I discovered that by pressing 'Ctrl' and 'Alt' and hovering the cursor over the tool, I was able to change it back.  Haven't tried your suggestion yet and will see if I can get it to work.  The same thing happened with my old version of Photoshop.

Thanks

Dave Colyer

[Barb Binder]

Here's a screen shot of the ImageReady toolbox from my Nov 2002 Photoshop class materials. Press and hold on the problem tools until the flyouts (pictured at right) appear. Then select the tool you want.

And here's how to access those tools:

[Szalam]

Thanks, BarbBinder​! Glad to see I remembered correctly. It's awesome that you still have that stuff handy!

[Barb Binder]

Awesome, or scary? I still have my 2.5 Photoshop books. Because, you know, people are always asking about how to work in Photoshop before layers came along.

[rayek.elfin]

Layers are for tots. MS Paint is the best. Too bad Microsoft is discontinuing it, though.

(The sarcasm is strong in this one 😉

[Barb Binder]

LOL

[davcolyer]

Many thanks for the quick and effective solution.About 10 minutes after posting my question, I stumbled across another way to deal with it, by holding down CTRL and ALT with my left hand and using the mouse with my right hand, on the tool in question.

I think the problem occurred when I must have been leaning on my keyboard-near the square panel, some people use instead of a mouse and somehow changed the tool.