[Nubius]

Aright, so I've been using Photoshop 6 for the longest time. I started on version 4, hated version 5 so stuck with 4, then 6 came out and I liked 6 and have been on it ever since. Photoshop 7 didn't impress me very much and it seemed like it was coming out right around when XP was first coming out and they started to go to that stupid hippy gel button look, plus I didnt like it's features....wasn't a big fan of of PS8 aka CS either as it didn't seem too different from 7.......

So anywho I decided to get and try out Photoshop 9...seems basically like the others thus far, but my main question here is how to select an image in a certain layer......meaning in photoshop 6 you'd hold down CONTROL then click on the image and bam it selects JUST the outline of whatever the image is, so in otherwords if it was just text it would simply select just the outline of the text..........so I go to do this in 9 and low and behold holding CTRL then clicking the layer does absolutely nothing.....now they've made CTRL do nothing but enable you to select multiple layers like normal files within WinXP......

So, how do I go about doing the layer selection from 6 since it no longer works by using CTRL+Click layer

[YourPrinter]

Yeah, I'm having that prob too, but theres ways to get around that.

[VIII]

Hmm, you can do that in CS1 ... why would they change it ?

[Nubius]

because they are freakin *******s that's why.

Now ctrl just selects multiple layers because they got rid of the stupid link that allows you to merge layers.

Anywho I figure it out but it sure takes a lot more time to do it than simply Ctrl+Click

You gotta select the marquee tool, then right click on your object then select Load Selection, then it brings up a little menu, hit OK and bam you just wasted 10 seconds of your life which normally would have only be 1 thanks to them removing that shortcut.

[aglobalthreat]

ps 7 has everything i need.. i dont see any reason to upgrade to anything higher.. i wonder if it would be allowed to start photoshop tennis matches in here??

[diabloII]

FAQ: Photoshop CS and CTRL Keys
Q: I installed Photoshop CS and my CTRL key is not working.
I use it all the time for the shortcuts.

A: There are two solutions:
1) Your copy of photoshop was legally acquired.
Update your keyboard drivers (especially for Logitech ones)

If this doesn't work:
It might be possible that you didn't install Photoshop properly
Uninstall and reinstall following the user guide's information.

2) You are using an illegal version of Photoshop with a crack.
Too bad! You'll need to acquire the program the normal way.
Remember that there are numerous rebates, especially for students or education.
Remember that we do NOT support theft of intellectual property, including software.

[Nubius]

dude my CTRL key works just fine, it's the fact that they've freakin changed the shortcut from loading a selection to now selecting multiple layers by holding CTRL then clicking whatever layers you want....same as in selecting windows files....

Photoshop 6 is thus far the best one...these newer ones suck balls