using tools

[Terrence Hoffman]

I have just started with Adobe Photoshop Elements and I need to know how to stop a tool from performing its function after I am done with it. I have not been able to locate procedure to deselect a tool.IE the eraser fuction will not go away unless I click on another tool and then I'm stuck with that one.

[Beth Haney]

You're not missing anything! There is no way to deselect a tool. Most of us just move back to something pretty innocuous, like the Rectangular Marquee tool - something that won't do any "damage" if it gets hit accidentally. It's a hard concept for some people to get used to, but - think about it - if you're not using a tool, you're using the menu anyway, so it makes no difference. :)

[Jodi Frye]

Yup, i'm a marquee parker.

[Chuck Snyder]

Jodi, I park on the brush tool myself - gotta live dangerously sometimes!

;-)

Chuck

[Beth Haney]

"Hi. My name is Beth, and I'm a Marquee parker."

I couldn't resist! Sorry everybody! :) I'm losing it!!!! I'll leave!

[Jodi Frye]

Beth, thank you for the 'out loud laugh'...hub wonders about this forum sometimes...

[Chuck Snyder]

Jodi - please - no last names here....

;-)

[Jodi Frye]

OOPs, forgot

Also, i probably should have said ' Addicted to Adobe '

[Jodi Frye]

Anyone have stock in Adobe ? Found a site that's going for $33 a share right now...sound good ?

[Chuck Snyder]

Jodi, should have bought a year ago - see the attached:

[url]http://www.quicken.com/investments/charts/?p=ADBE[/url]

[Jodi Frye]

hmmmm, very interesting. I was thinking more along the lines of maybe buying one just for fun and holding on to it. I suspect Adobe will always have the ideas to stay on top. Then again, they haven't hired me yet.

[Pete D]

Chuck,

Go back another 6-8 months on 'adobe's chart and see the "peak". But that
is all old news, today it is China.com and wave systems. WAVX

[Barbara Brundage]

buying one just for fun and holding on to it.




Check out oneshare.com. Dunno much about it, but I see their ads everywhere all the time: "Buy one share of your favorite company..." Probably costs as much as four or five through regular channels, but I've never investigated to find out for sure.

[Jodi Frye]

Barb, funny, that's the site i was looking at. There prices seem on target though it's the 'share fee' of $39 that is a killer. Well, it comes framed ( free ) ;)