cookie cutter does not work

[jamesfrmphilly]

in the tutorial it says click and drag the shape onto the image.
when ever i click, all i get is the shape menu.
it will not drag a shape.
it just toggles back and forth turning the shape menu on and off.

[Wendy]

Right lets start again from the beginning ... are you doing this:

Click on the cookie cutter tool
Select your shape (at the top of the screen)
Click on your image ... hold and drag

It maybe that the shape menu is getting in the way ... so try clicking once on your image (The shape menu should vanish then) and then click and drag.

Have you looked at the Video tips section here? ... there is a video clip on the use of the cookie cutter and it maybe easier if you actually see someone using it.



Wendy

[jamesfrmphilly]

yes, i have looked at the video and two books.
i can not get it to work.

in the video, he clicks on the shape and drags it.
when i do that same thing, i get the shape menu and no drag.
when ever i click, i get the shape menu.

have you been able to drag a shape?

[Jodi Frye]

I think it's time to reset your preferences. Usually when stuff doesn't work this usually cures it.

hold down alt+ctrl+shift a split second after launching the editor portion of the program. A pop up window will ask if you want to fix the settings..or something like that ( they changed the text since previous versions ) just click yes or ok and the program will launch from there with the default settings. If you don't get the pop up, try again.....it's a quick three finger/clickin process.

[editor]

I'm guessing that you're right-clicking. That pops up the shapes menu. Instead use the left mouse button and it should work.

[MikeH]

Originally Posted by jamesfrmphilly

yes, i have looked at the video and two books.
i can not get it to work.

in the video, he clicks on the shape and drags it.
when i do that same thing, i get the shape menu and no drag.
when ever i click, i get the shape menu.

have you been able to drag a shape?

There is no need to reset your preferences, what you are trying to do isn't how it works!! Clicking on the shape opens the window - you have to select the cookie cutter from the menu and drag from there - you can't drag straight off the shape icon on the tool bar...

If you watch the video carefully, David clicks the small arrow to the right of the shape to open the menu and (evenually) selects the shape from the menu. David then clicks on the small arrow (not the shape) to close the menu. He has alreday selected the shape from the menu, that's why it may appear that he is dragging from the toolbar...

But what you can do is drag the current shape selected from the Cookie Cutter icon itself. So if you don't want to change the shape, just select the heart icon and then make your selection...

Mike

[Wendy]

I didn't think of that one ... comes of being a Mac user and not having a right click.


Wendy

[MikeH]

Wendy,

Whether you right or left click, it opens the menu, but per my earlier post, that's how it is...

Mike

[Wendy]

Mike,

I thought that he may be trying to do that ... and thats why I said in my original reply:

click on the image ... hold and drag.


Wendy

[jamesfrmphilly]

Originally Posted by Wendy

Mike,

I thought that he may be trying to do that ... and thats why I said in my original reply:

click on the image ... hold and drag.


Wendy

FYI - when you say "image" i think of the picture in my edit space that i am working with.
is that what you mean?