Why is the lasso tool so slow?

Has anyone else noticed that the lasso tool is ridiculously SLOW?

Try resetting the tool. In PSE versions earlier than 11, click on the little arrow, top left, on the tool's option bar
In PSE v.11&12, look for a box with lines in it on the tool's option bar on the right.

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Who knows why photoshop polygonal lasso tool is slow scrolling to the left?

I have two versions of PS, CS5, and now CS6. The tool I use most often is the Polygonal Lasso Tool. I just got CS6, and discovered an old problem had surfaced, one I had years ago and I had long forgotten about. The photoshop polygonal lasso tool is painfully slow when scrolling to the left of an image enlarged enough to go off screen. Because this feature works fine in PS/SC5, I assumed it wouldn't be a problem in CS6. Unfortunately, the problem does exist in the new CS6. The problem forced me to reformat the computer, thinking okay, maybe, just maybe something somewhere got corrupted. And yes, it worked for about a half hour after the format; then it reverted back to this simply bad behavior of scrolling painfully slowly ONLY to the left. Even if I hold the Shift Key, which should double the speed, it is just so slow, it is unusable. All the while, it works just fine in PS/CS5. Have you folks experienced this problem? I spoke with a few Adobe support techs, and they don't know what the problem is. In fact, they're clueless about this problem; so I am hoping one you may know of a solution! Thanks!

Have you tried asking about this on the Photoshop forum? You're more likely to find a solution, or at least common sentiment, from the Photoshop folks over there.

Why after the last Photoshop CC Update the Lasso Tool not more have the Backspace step backward -Fun

Why after the last Photoshop CC Update the Lasso -Tools not more have the Backspace-last-point-step-backward -Funktion?? This is terrible!!
So i can not work more. Please change immediately with a next update!! Please..

Good day!
This is a user to user Forum, so you are not really addressing Adobe here, even though some Adobe employees thankfully have been dropping by.
Also I can not reproduce the issue you claim to have with 14.2 on Mac OS 10.8.5.
What is your OS?
Regards,
Pfaffenbichler

How do I turn off the extra cursor on the lasso tool?

I'm hoping somebody here knows a way to revert the icon for the lasso tool to its old self... or at least turn it into a simple cursor.
The lasso tool in this new Photoshop version suddenly forces you to see a double image: both the original lasso and a cursor above it that points to the actual connection point.
This setup is annoying as hell and no - I haven't gotten used to it.
The tool ends up so large that it's obscuring part of what I want to select... not to mention that my instinct wants to see the connection point on the tip of the lasso.
What was great abou the original lasso was the fact that the icon itself was so thin that it didn't obscure what I was trying to select.
Not just do I suddenly have an icon that's twice as large, the arrow is also thick and opaque - it's very much in my way and totally counter productive!
I can understand wanting to make things more unified... but this is not the way to do it.
At least give us the option to have the lasso show up as either an arrow or the old tool. You're allowing us to show the pen tips as cursors... why not include that choice for the lasso tool too?
A simple dropdown on the top when I select the tool would do the trick just fine. I might actually like having the lasso tool as a thin arrow instead of a lasso shape.
However -
As it is now, it's a bad design and makes for a clunky tool that has two origin tips AND obscures my selection area.

I tend to select things from left to right and every time I am moving in a downward right diagonal motion during lasso selection I am missing a clear view and I am tending to have a more sloppy selection. All this does is slow me down since I need to go back and hit those areas again. The big arrowhead just get's in the way. The original lasso tool with the thin line and small active point at it's lower left was far better for me.
I don't like turning the cursors to precise because I like to see the active tool icon where my cursor is and as the icon changes as I hold modifier keys down. If I am forced to get comfortable with using pricise cursors I guess I will, but man, I've never had to do this in my 15 years of photoshop use...
I would absolutely LOVE to find a way to get the old lasso icon -- without the arrowhead above it.
Is there any chance this option could be inlcuded in cursor preferences? I'd give much thanks, Adobe.

Using the Lasso Tool crashing Photoshop CC

Hi,
Looking for some help as to why Photoshop crashes at least once a day, sometimes more when using the basic Lasso Tool.
I'm using Photoshop CC, and it's completely up to date. I'm on Windows 8.1. I'm a freelance illustrator and use the lasso tool when doing all of my artwork. It crashes on any image I'm working, smaller stuff to larger files, from small amount of layers to over 200. I'll use the lasso, typically holding alt to use the polygonal option and I'll notice when clicking to close my shape, photoshop will completely stop working. I'll have to open the task manager and completely end the program. Crashes across the board from CMYK to RGB, in 8 bits.
Looking for some help / ideas. Please let me know if you need any other info, thanks.
Kevin

Hi Chris,
I've updated the system driver on the wacom, which was released in March. I also tried the mouse and also seems to be up to date. Here's a shot of the task manager when freezes. Does that help at all?
I've just had a freeze 2 minutes ago. I've been waiting for it to happen, hoping the wacom driver might change. Apparently not.

When using the lasso tools, how do i disengage from it, in order to adjust it?

When i am in the process of creating a selection, with the lasso tools, I would like to disengage from the tool, briefly to adjust my selection and then to return and continue to make the selection. If i press the space bar, it does disengage; but the hand tool becomes active at the same time. If i click on the options with the tool, to either add or subtract from the selection, as i drag the mouse to do this, i cause the tool to continue to outline, when i would like it to stop. It seems to remind me of when i used to use an old etcher sketcher magnetic drawing toy, from the late 1970's. ( if you are old enough to know what i mean that is)! Does anyone have a solution to this problem.

The magnetic lasso tool is very useful and is suited admirably for selecting tiles or shingles. It is important to set up the tool for the task at hand. In the tool's option bar I start out with Feather=1px, check anti alias, Width=2px, Contrast=3%.
If things don't go well, the first change that I make is to the contrast setting and give it another try. One can back-track by hitting delete on the keyboard, left click to lay down one or more anchor points, then go on to circumnavigate the area to be selected.
Now, after having made a complex selection, going to Layer>new>layer via copy puts the selection on its own layer, with surrounding transparency (checker-board pattern). One can use the eraser tool to tidy up, if required.
I offer this as my workflow. Not infrequently there are several ways to do things in this program.

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Actually I have two questions one, can the lasso tool be anti aliased? And is the Wacom creative stylus 2 supported on the app

iI'm thinking about buying the app, but I NEED to know if it's gonna work for me

ps touch has stylus support, but the only stylus I know that definitely works is the S-pen.
as for the lasso tool: it can be done indirectly.
make a selection using any selection tool, and then use the "feather" option to soften the edges of your selection.

Why does the pen tool remove previous line when I add new anchor points??

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In PSE 10 - the lasso tool begins then quits

Please help - the Lasso tool begins, goes a short distance and then quits. Both the tool loop and the dotted line stops. If I continue and then let up a dotted line returns but not over the area I outlined. Any suggestions? I just up graded my ram to a total of 8 gigs so I can't believe it's memory.
Ralph

Yep, that's the infamous "10 second bug", a known problem with the software.
The workaround is to first hold down your left mouse button on the area at the bottom that shows the image info:
Keep the mouse button held down for about 10 seconds -- until the Editor gets the "Not Responding" message. Then release the mouse button and the Lasso Tool will work OK.
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