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Annoying crosshair border in CS6

Jun 18, 2012 6:53 AM

Just seeing CS6 for the first time and trying to warm up to it. There were several annoyances I have been able to revert back to normal, but  this one thing I can't seem to make go away.

 

The marquee crosshair used to be displayed with 1 pixel lines, now it has a 1px border around the entire crosshair when it is over a dark color. Is there a way to get rid of that border? It just feels a little cumbersome, and sort of annoys me. I would rather it not be there.

 

Thanks!

933 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: Wiinter, Aug 4, 2012 6:49 AM
 
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  • Noel Carboni
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    1. Noel Carboni,
    Jun 18, 2012 7:26 AM   in reply to Talphin
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    I know of no way to change that cursor.

     

    While we're splitting marquee pixels, do you find the marquee is drawn perfectly in line with the central black portion of the crosshair both vertically and horizontally?  I don't...

     

    MarqueeSelection..jpg

     

    -Noel

     
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  • Talphin
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    2. Talphin,
    Jun 18, 2012 7:28 AM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    No, it's lined up exactly to the black center as it always has. No problems there. My issue is simply with the fact that the border exists. It seems redundant, and just feels like it's getting in my way.

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    Jun 18, 2012 7:30 AM   in reply to Talphin
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    Thanks for that info.  The (mis)alignment is likely video driver-specific.

     

    We can only assume Adobe feels the additional contrast on the cursor will help people find it on a busy screen.

     

    -Noel

     
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    Jun 18, 2012 8:49 AM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    Noel, I see a tiny misalignment of the marquee cursor in relation to the dashed line only at magnifications greater than 100% view, and then only at fractional movements of the cross hair cursor, meaning that the misalignment disappears when you move the cursor by the smallest possible increments.

     

    Photoshop 13.0 Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    Jun 18, 2012 9:00 AM   in reply to station_two
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    Thanks for that info, station_two...  I guess I thought I was at 100% zoom with the above image but in fact I was not, and of course the marquee snaps to pixel edges!

     

    I do actually see perfect alignment with the center of the cursor crosshair at 100% zoom.

     

    CrossHairAlignment.jpg

     

    I feel more than a little stupid for being caught by that.  I'm very sorry for the noise!

     

    -Noel

     
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  • PECourtejoie
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    6. PECourtejoie,
    Jun 19, 2012 3:38 AM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    "I'm very sorry for the noise!"

    There's always the details tab in camera raw for that

     
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  • JJMack
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    Jun 19, 2012 4:27 AM   in reply to Talphin
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    I think this was done to make cusor more visible in the past some times they were very hard or imposible to see when gray like using the pen tool on a 50% gray area to draw a path. I think you will see that all the time now except on a white background. Now cursors will always contrast on what ever they are over for the contrast with thenselves.

     
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  • Wiinter
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    Jun 23, 2012 6:43 PM   in reply to Talphin
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    Ah, so glad you already posted this.  I couldn't find how to change the cursor back to do the plain black/invert style.  This is driving me crazy, and I feel it is limiting my agility when selecting pixel perfect areas at 100% - I used to be so quick & accurate.  Now I'm slow and encumbered.  It's likely run through the video driver now, which is why it no longer inverts the crosshair color...

     

    What do we do when something like this comes up?  Submit it as a bug?

     

    -W

     
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  • Curt Y
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    Jun 23, 2012 6:52 PM   in reply to Wiinter
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    I think the channel for requests is now is feedback.photoshop.com  at  http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family

     
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  • Wiinter
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    10. Wiinter,
    Aug 4, 2012 6:49 AM   in reply to Curt Y
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    BTW, I posted this issue on the feedback forum - please endorse and follow it!

     

    http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/white_border_aro und_crosshair_wrought_with_problems

     
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