M: PS 2020 missing Object Select Tool

[ShowLowAZ]

The latest release is 21.0.0. I got it by opening the Creative cloud app and clicking on "Check for updates." Some of the new features are there, the Object selection tool is not.

[davescm]

The current version is v21.0.3 not v20.0.8.

Dave

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi There,

Sorry to hear about the experience with Photoshop's latest update. Please have a look at this article to know about what's new: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html

Also, the Object Selection Tool should be listed with the other selection tools, you may try resetting the ttool bar and see if it helps. https://helpx.adobe.com/in/photoshop/kb/bringing-back-tools.html

Regards,
Sahil

[Trip_M]

Im upgraded to PS 21.0.0 and the new Object Select Tool is missing from the tool bar. I've gone to Edit>Toolbars and it's there but it doesn't diplay in my workspace. I've tried Restore Defaults and resettng my workspace with no success. What am I missing?

[Trip_M]

Well, now it's there! I feel foolish, but I'm a newbie and am just learning. 

[Duke the Nuke]

Did update and the new Object Selection Tool is not available. Went to Tool Bar and did a restore defaults and did a reboot but it is still not available.

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[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi there,

Welcome to the Adobe Community!

As the Object Selection Tool is not available in Photoshop, could you please try resetting the Toolbar and let us know if helps? https://helpx.adobe.com/in/photoshop/kb/bringing-back-tools.html

Regards,
Sahil

[hpteach]

I am having the same problem. Tried the same solutions as Duke_the_Nuke and the object selection tool is not available. Anywhere.

[hpteach]

And my refine edge tool is brutal. It is so bad it really does not work at all. What is going on??

[Cindy Collier Harris]

I downloaded the new 2020 Photoshop a couple of hours ago, and my Tools bar is still the old one.  I don't have the the new Object Selection tool, and who knows what else is missing.  Any word on this glitch??

[Chuck Uebele]

Try clicking on the 3 dots on the tool bar to bring up the tools dialog. Then you can reset it. It might be hidden do to old preferences. 

[148pieter]

\ I have now received the update to 2020 but when selecting I do not have the new option. greeting

[Guest]

Hi

I assume you mean the Object Selection Tool, try going to Edit > Toolbar and click on Restore Defaults

[148pieter1]

OPgelost Gr.Peter

[eliza89681725]

I don't have the Select Object Tool in the Toolbar (should be with the Quick Selection Tool & the Magic Wand Tool). I have read other posts about finding missing Tools with no luck.

• I just finished updating to Version: 20.0.7 20191017.r.87 2019/010/17: 1208010 x64
• I have reset the Toolbar to default.

Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit

Can anyone shed some light?

[Bojan Živković]

Have you visited Edit > Toolbar dialogue to reset or you did it in some other way? 

[eliza89681725]

Yes - Edit>Toolbar. Interestingly, Select Object does not appear in the Customize Toolbar dialogue window, either in the Toolbar list, or the Extra Tools list.

[Bojan Živković]

Try to click on Restore Defaults even if tool does not appear anywhere.

[eliza89681725]

After reading "What's New in Photoshop," I realized that I was missing all of the new features/tools. I ran through the update process, a second time, and now have the Select Object, etc., but now PS crashes every time I try to make a selection. I have submitted a crash report, but I'm hoping someone on the forum can help me figure this out today.
I'm showing a new version number now: Adobe Photoshop Version: 21.0.1 20191106.r.47 2019/11/06: 3152b481f18 x64.  Just to make sure that this is the right one, it depicts a child with a teddy bear, gazing out of the window, on the splash screen.  The hardware is up-to-date - I'm running PS on a new MSI laptop with 16GB of memory.  Very confused, at this point.

[davescm]

Try resetting your preferences. By default they are carried forward from the previous version and any corruption can cause issues in a new version.

Dave

[eliza89681725]

Thanks for the help. The new tools are now working, after updating, again and resetting preferences. I suspect that my 2.4 connection may have something to do with updating. That being said, the Select>Subject now causes the program to crash, but I can live without it, since the Select Object Tool is so much better.

[JeannineC]

Hi
I have tried all of the suggestions here. I see mention of resetting preferences to default also. I do not see a "reset to defaults" option under Edit>Preferences. Very frustrated as I have a job to finish on deadline and cannot get these tools to show. Thank you!

[davescm]

In current versions it is Preferences > General > Reset Preferences on Quit. Then click OK. Then close and restart Photoshop

Dave

[vo-images]

watch my video, hope it will help

https://youtu.be/nLPY_SzUfdo

[michaelg92294853]

Since the current update all the new features are not showing up in the tool bar such as the new one under the quick selection brush. Do I have to activate it somewhere? I'm on a Mac

Thanks

[jane-e]

Hi

If you mean that you are missing the Object Selection tool, which shares space with the Quick Selection tool, then go to Edit > Toolbar and Restore Defaults for the toolbar (or drag the Object Selection tool into the toolbar.)

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/bringing-back-tools.html

~ Jane