8 Replies Latest reply: Jan 17, 2014 12:42 PM by matedobray RSS

    Photoshop CS6 erratic eyedropper cursor bug

    matedobray Community Member

      Late 2008 Unibody MacBook Pro, running OS X 10.7.4 Lion, and Photoshop CS6 13.0.

       

      In Photoshop CS6, I have noticed that when using my Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet, the eyedropper tool will very often (almost always) display erratic behaviour when using the brush tool and pressing Alt to switch to the eyedropper tool temporarily. The "source location" (the pixel which is being sampled), along with the color picker ring will rapidly "vibrate", making it difficult to choose a precise color. The eyedropper cursor will NOT vibrate, however, showing that the problem isn't with the pointing device.

       

      When switching directly to the eyedropper, the issue does not happen, it only happens when pressing Alt while using the Brush tool, as far as I can tell.

       

      It also does not seem to happen when using the MacBook Pro's built-in trackpad.

       

      Please see this screen recording, and read the description:

       

      http://youtu.be/WotRmbVFChE?hd=1

       

      Here is a thread about a similar issue, though I cannot tell if this is the same problem, as I have not had this issue with CS5 with the same exact setup:

       

      http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/erratic_tool_behavior_tool_jumps_fro m_cursor-oi5we

       

      Anyone with this issue, or any advice on how to fix it?