There is a clever work-around for the disappearing cursor, at least in Photoshop 6.
Problem: If the base image is at the RGB value 127,127,127, then the cursor (which is also the same RGB value) becomes invisible. This happens only at or near certain RGB values - at other background colors, the cursor can be seen because its gray color contrasts with the image, or because it changes to a white or black color which contrasts with the image. So given that a background image of a certain gray color makes the cursor "invisible", despite Photoshop's best efforts to make the cursor visible against all backgrounds, what is one to do? Solution: (1) change the image to a different color that allows the cursor to be seen, (2) make the rubber stamp changes, then (3) delete the color change made in step one, while retaining the image changes in step two. Method: Enable Non-Linear History Change Output Levels Make Rubber Stamp corrections Cancel the Change Output Levels operation First, go to the History palette, click on the little arrow to get to History Options, and check "Enable Non-Linear History". This sets the stage for what is to follow. Next, open the image in question. No need to select anything - you want to make this first change to the whole image. Go to Image > Adjust > Levels and change the Output Levels from zero to some other value that gets the area to be rubber stamped out of the offending 127,127,127 gray color. Say, change Output Levels from zero to 75. Then the cursor will be visible, because the colors of the whole picture will have changed. Go ahead and make the Rubber Stamp corrections desired. Ignore the fact that the whole image looks crappy - you'll get it looking right in a minute. Just make the Rubber Stamp changes and trust they will revert to the correct colors in a minute. After finishing the rubber stamping, go to the History Palette. Select the one line where the Output Levels was changed, and drag it to the little trash can at the lower right part of the palette. This eliminates only that one Output Levels change. Result: So now you are back at the original image, with the rubber stamp corrections made, and the Output Levels change (which allowed the cursor to become visible) has been deleted as if it never happened. The net result is that Output Levels of the image was changed to allow the cursor to be visible, then that Output Levels operation was canceled as if it never happened. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
