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June 4, 2020
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Photoshop Cursor.

  • June 4, 2020
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My cursor has gone from a single cross to a single cross with a smaller cross in the bottom right hand side of it. I can't get rid of it. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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pixxxelschubser
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Community Expert
June 4, 2020

Look at the control bar. There are several icons for different modi eg New, Add, Substract ...

 

It seems you cursor is in mode Add

Click on New and your cursor should change to "Normal"

Hobson171Author
Participant
June 4, 2020

You've fixed it.

Many, many thanks.

You're a genius!

All those hours of frustration and swearing have now disappeared.

Thanks again.

pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 4, 2020

Hahaha.

😄

Thanks, but this is more a stamp than a sceenshot.

 

What tool do you want to use on your text layer?

Hobson171Author
Participant
June 4, 2020

I'm not an expert. Mainly stick to a few basics. Today I was attempting to put a speech bubble in a photo, which I managed to do, but at the end of it, my pointer/cursor looked as it does in the above diagram, i.e 2 crosses instead of 1. Also I noticed, if I select a photo, say for cropping, I now have to manually deselect it if I change my mind. Up until today it would deselect the photo the second I clicked on another part of the screen.

melissapiccone
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 4, 2020

What tool are you using? Caps lock for the cross?

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Hobson171Author
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June 4, 2020

 

Hobson171Author
Participant
June 4, 2020

This is the problem:

 

 

 

pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 4, 2020

This one

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 4, 2020

Please post a screenshot including the pertinent Panels to illustrate the issue. 

Because (as Melissa Piccone pointed out) so far we do not know which Tool you are using and not what the cursor actually looks like. 

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 4, 2020

Could you please post a screenshot including the pertinent Panels to illustrate the issue? 

What are the Photoshop > Preferences > Cursors settings?