Help with "Select - Modify-Contract" needed Please

[Johnymajors]

Hi

Admitidly i have been a lurker on this forum for quite a while (i am quite a hermit generally) and normally find answer i need looking over the posts. But have come a cropper on this one as i cant find an answer probably im serching the wrong phasing for it.

I have PS CS5 and all has been working fine until a few days ago where i must have hit a button (or buttons) somewhere along the line and i now have the following issue.

When i use the "Select - Modify-Contract" function - (for simplication lets say on a square) - it alwasy used to contract around all four sides and end up with a smaller square. Now however it only contracts on the sides. So in effect only the bottom edge moves in i.e... i go from a square to a retangle and loose the bottom edge of the square by the set pixel count. (hope this waffling makes sense )

What has the numbnuts sitting behind this keyboard done?

Cheers -=John=-

[dv8_fx]

Ive never come across something like this in all my years with PS...... But then I'm on CS4.... Is there any difference between the Contract windows in CS5?

[Paul MR]

It works fine for me using CS5 on Windows 7.
I wonder if you have all the updates installed?
My Photoshop version is 12.0.4

[dv8_fx]

He did say it worked before..... maybe he has to reset/delete preferences.....

[Johnymajors]

Cheers for the replys and dv8_fx .... i owe you a big wet sloppy kiss .... Reset the prefrences and sorted this issue. Not sure how i naffed it up in the first place but dont personaly care either.

Big Thanks

[dv8_fx]

LOL..... you're welcome....