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I see all of these people on youtube doing tutorials on youtube for Adobe Photoshop CS6 where you have to press "Control + (key)".
But, whenever I press control it turns my mouse into a cursor with a box with lines on it, and i have no idea what to do.
If someone could please help me solve this, that would mean the world to me right now. Thank you!
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Are you trying to enlarge an image, if you are using a Mac, it's cmd + + to enlarge the image and cmd + - to reduce the size of the image.
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The thing is, I'm on a Mac with a different type of keyboard (our other one broke) and it doesn't have cmd.
Thank you, though! I appreciate it.
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Hi confused.
What operating system are you using?
What version of Photoshop?
Which tool do you have selected when you see this box cursor?
What are your cursor settings in Preferences?
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I'm using an Apple Mac.
I use Adobe Photoshop CS6.
And, it's with every tool.
also, I have only "normal brush tip" selected.
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Which tool or panel are you working with?
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It's happening with every tool.
Again, I don't have cmd on my keyboard because its a different type of keyboard then my computer.
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If you're using a Mac and you have a none Mac keyboard without the Command (Apple) key I should think that would make it rather difficult to use!
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Pressing the Control key on Windows temporarily changes whatever tool you're using to the Move tool, and the Windows Control key normally corresponds to the Command key on a Mac - although there are exceptions, where it corresponds to the Control key on a Mac.
So if you are getting the Move tool, this is perfectly normal. If you are about to press a shortcut, the changed tool doesn't prevent you from doing that. The Move tool looks like this:
Although I don't use a Mac, I do find it strange that there are Mac keyboards that don't have a Command key.
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Well, i'm not using a mac keyboard. It's a Dell keyboard.
But that cursor isnt the same cursor im talking about. it looks like this:
(Sorry i couldn't get an exact picture of it, but this is what it looks like.)
The move tool does look like that on my photoshop, but this isn't it.
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Alright. I solved the problem, guys. Thank you all for helping! I appreciate it!
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https://forums.adobe.com/people/l0nely+fl0wers wrote
Alright. I solved the problem, guys. Thank you all for helping! I appreciate it!
What was the problem? Telling us will help other people with the same problem.
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I was pressing the wrong button. Since I have a Dell keyboard with a Mac computer, it was the windows button on my keyboard, not Ctrl.