mikedimples wrote:
I've never seen that happen. Are all of your "refine edge" settings on default?

Yeah I tried resetting all the tools, still gives me the same error. Arggg!

Michelle Ames wrote:
This has never happened to me either so I'm at a loss. Maybe someone with more experience with PS can answer this.

Lol, I always get these rare freak errors.

You  Bin wrote:

Lol, I always get these rare freak errors.

Haha. Maybe it has something to do with PC settings? Did this problem just start after you've been using PS normally?

tonygale wrote:
You can probably switch to quick mask, then erase or add to the selection.  Then switch it off. That ought to work

It does work that way, but I want avoid this problem in the first place.

It's driving me crazy!

Michelle Ames wrote:

Haha. Maybe it has something to do with PC settings? Did this problem just start after you've been using PS normally?

I hardly ever use the polygonal selection tools or the pen tool, so I can't really recall when the problem started. I'm going to try reinstalling photoshop, hopefully that works.

Paper Moon Editing wrote:
  Next time think about using a different term to use in the title. 

Selection getting wanky? : D

mikedimples wrote:
Somehow, I doubt it was accidental.

I don't think so either, cause I keep drawing the same shape over and over again, and it keep adding cubes!

You  Bin wrote:

Selection getting wanky? : D

+1

You  Bin wrote:

I hardly ever use the polygonal selection tools or the pen tool, so I can't really recall when the problem started. I'm going to try reinstalling photoshop, hopefully that works.

Hmm. I always use the polygon and pen tools so you should too! But only if they are working properly. For that I have no solution. And it seems so far no one else does either.

mikedimples wrote:
Somehow, I doubt it was accidental.

Hmm... maybe it was a good idea for the attention.  lol

Myshkin wrote:
how many images have you tried this with? is this on a pixel layer?

I tried it on a couple images and on new empty documents. I'm not sure what you mean by pixel layer. I tried it both on a image layer and on a empty layer.

The only time this doesn't happen is when I make the shape on a new document using Photoshop Default Size option.

Kevin_Connery wrote:
I've never heard of that kind of behavior, and I've seen a lot of oddities.

It's a bit of a long shot, but it's easy enough to try, so I'm going to suggest the usual 'reset the preferences'

A surprising number of Photoshop quirks can be resolved by resetting the preference file. This can be done by launching the application, and holding down Control+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS). That will bring up a dialog asking whether you want to clear the preferences: click Yes.

Note that reinstalling does NOT automatically clear your preferences, and is rarely an effective solution to Photoshop software issues.

The downside is that you do need to save your Actions and you may need to recreate some of your default settings, but the majority of odd behavior--if not as odd as what you're getting-clears up after that.

Thanks,

I just tried resetting the preferences, but it didn't work.

You  Bin wrote:

I tried it on a couple images and on new empty documents. I'm not sure what you mean by pixel layer. I tried it both on a image layer and on a empty layer.

The only time this doesn't happen is when I make the shape on a new document using Photoshop Default Size option.

the default is 8bit sRGB 72dpi. are you saying that if you opened a new document as 16bit rgb it will do this?

Myshkin wrote:

the default is 8bit sRGB 72dpi. are you saying that if you opened a new document as 16bit rgb it will do this?

I just tried it a couple of times on a 72dpi file vs a 240dpi file, it does seem to be the case.

On the 72 dpi file, the cubes doesn't appear automatically.

You  Bin wrote:
the default is 8bit sRGB 72dpi. are you saying that if you opened a new document as 16bit rgb it will do this?

I'm sure my default is on 8bit sRGB as well, but when I open RAW files it is always as 16bit Adobe RGB and I never have problems.

You  Bin wrote:
I just tried it a couple of times on a 72dpi file vs a 240dpi file, it does seem to be the case.

On the 72 dpi file, the cubes doesn't appear automatically.

ok so it's not 8bit vs 16bit? just dpi? it sounds like it's a file size issue, meaning a rendering issue?

EDIT: in that case check your performance settings, try the cache levels

Myshkin wrote:

ok so it's not 8bit vs 16bit? just dpi? it sounds like it's a file size issue, meaning a rendering issue?

So what should I do?

You  Bin wrote:

So what should I do?

I edited above. make sure you restart PS if you make any performance changes.

Myshkin wrote:
hmm can you clarify when exactly the cubes appear? obviously you were able to make a polygonal selection and take a screen cap of it. how do you get from that to the cubes appearing?

It happens when I complete the selection.

I tried changing the cache level and restarting, didn't work.

I experiment the error a bit again, it's the image size that affects whether or not it occurs not the dpi. The error doesn't occur in a small image. For example when I resize a regular photo file from 4272 x 2848 pixels to 900 x 600 pixels, the error is gone.

You  Bin wrote:

It happens when I complete the selection.

I tried changing the cache level and restarting, didn't work.

I experiment the error a bit again, it's the image size that affects whether or not it occurs not the dpi. The error doesn't occur in a small image. For example when I resize a regular photo file from 4272 x 2848 pixels to 900 x 600 pixels, the error is gone.

interesting. I'm not sure that a reinstall would even help that. I'm thinking scratch disc, RAM, cache. Something is messing up the redraw.

my next question is whether the selection is actually there or only appears to be. can you try something like deleting the contents of the selection and see if it deletes the cube selections or ignores them?

Myshkin wrote:

interesting. I'm not sure that a reinstall would even help that. I'm thinking scratch disc, RAM, cache. Something is messing up the redraw.

my next question is whether the selection is actually there or only appears to be. can you try something like deleting the contents of the selection and see if it deletes the cube selections or ignores them?

Selection is really there! No illusion trying to screw me over. If I cut an image using that selection, the cubes are there.

You  Bin wrote:

Selection is really there! No illusion trying to screw me over. If I cut an image using that selection, the cubes are there.

haha ok I'm out of ideas. maybe try some of the adobe forums, not sure how fast they are to respond.

D I D Photography wrote:
when you make the selection do the squares appear in the exact same spots or do they move around, how many duplicate layers do you have and if more then one are you on a layer that maybe has portions of the image removed? thus causing the empty space to automatically be selected?
i may be way out there with this one

I tried both with layers and flattened.

RRags wrote:
Perhaps there is a mask on that layer preventing those areas from being selected?  For shits and giggles, try copying the file to a new one (so this test isn't destructive), flatten the image, remove any mask on the flattened image, then run your selection again.

And I also tried that.

Dammit, maybe I'm just not meant to use the Polygonal Lasso Tool or the Pen Tool lol.

RRags wrote:
How about posting the psd so we can see if it happens on our photoshop installs?  Paint on top of the model or something so your work is safe.

+1

D I D Photography wrote:

+1

But it's not just on my photo files, it's also happening on empty new files. So it's definitely software, maybe some damn active plug-in. Arggg.