clone tool not showing results until mouse button released

[snorq]

Hi. Question about the CS5 clone tool. It was working fine and dandy up until 30 minutes ago. Around that time, I must have accidentally pressed some arcane key sequence that changed the tool's behavior.

Now, when I try to draw on a photo with the clone tool, nothing happens until I release the mouse button -- then, all the areas I covered with the cursor fill in with the appropriate cloned material. I still get the clone preview, and the cloning function still works as intended. But now I no longer get the real-time feedback as I draw.

Any suggestions on how to get the thing back to normal? Restarting PS didn't seem to help.

Thanks much.

 

[Steve]

Is the mode set to Normal on the top box?
Have you tried a cold re-boot of the computer?

 

[snorq]

Is the mode set to Normal on the top box?
Have you tried a cold re-boot of the computer?

The re-boot did it. Weird. Thanks.

 

[Steve]

The re-boot did it. Weird. Thanks.

Good, glad it worked out for you.

 

[PSStyleADay]

I don't think it had to do with the key strokes you pressed. I think you may have just been out of memory. Photoshop does that with a lot of tools (brush tool, clone tool, etc) when it is out of memory.