[ms_khw]

Hope someone can help. I'm using PS Cs2 and have 1gb of ram. No matter the size of my document/image, whether I'm using other applications or not when I use the magnetic or polygonal lasso tool, the image I'm working on (and any other image I have
open within PS, including PS itself) turns grey and blank then turns grey with the lines of where my canvas should be, but no image. Nothing is there except this grey screen but the tool is still visible and can be used. Sometimes the images return, but in most instances I have to shut PS down, losing all of my work. I have the latest updates from Adobe installed. I changed the memory & image cache to 8 and the maximum usage to 60%, but this hasn't made any difference. I have also noticed while working on an image with the lasso tools the time can be say 0.1s and the suddenly jump to 48.4 and in some cases as much as 99.9 Anyone have any ideas what might be the cause and what I can do to solve this??

[ferrija1]

Try holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift when you start PS, this will reset your prefs.

[ms_khw]

Thank you, so far so good! With regards to the timing, do I have reason to be concerned? It is something that I really don't understand. I was told that the first numbers had to be smaller then the last? If this is correct, then 48.4 is not good. A little confused here.

[ferrija1]

I don't get what you mean by time? In PS? In Windows?

[ms_khw]

In PS you are given an option of seeing the timing in info. After some reading online I think I understand timing it, but not entirely. The timing feature shows you how long it took to perform a function or edit say. But what's good and what's considered bad is where I'm still stuck. Because I heard the first numbers were suppose to be less then the last numbers. Oh and still no problems with things freezing up when I use the lasso!

[ferrija1]

Didn't even know about that.... Could you tell me where you turn it on or where it is?

[ms_khw]

You will find it under Info or by clicking the small arrow at the bottom of your canvas. Select Show and then timing.

[lister]

Timing just shows how long the tool is actively used.
eg: if you were to use the brush, it would be the length of time you applied colour to the canvas, which increases progressively as the tool is used, and is reset when a new tool is selected.
Just a simplified stopwatch.

[ms_khw]

Thank you so much listner. I now see that there is no reason to panic over the larger #.
msk

[ferrija1]

If your thread is solved, please mark your thread solved by selecting Mark Solved and clicking Perform Action in the Thread Tools at the top of your thread.

[ms_khw]

You must have missed something. I marked it solved right after posting my comment to listner.

[ferrija1]

I wasn't solved when I saw it.