Vanishing Point or vanishing patience

[limey]

This is driving my crazy, I have been using vanishing point to copy a slab of granite onto a counter top to see what it would look like with my kitchen decor.
Everything was going along just fine and I got an island countertop covered using the right plane for it but when i tried to repeat the process for another section of counter I can't get it to work.

I make the grids just where I want them and include the island counter in the grid so I will have a source to copy from.? When I click on the Marquee tool for selecting a section of the source and then click and drag it to where I want it there is nothing in the selection.
I can see the rectangle of the Marquee moving as I drag but when I get to the target area and release it there is nothing there.
I tried also to use the Stamp tool just to see if it worked but the same thing happened, nothing would clone.

It's as though I'm selecting an empty layer but I have the Background selected which has the source area on it. I even made a copy of the background layer as the original layer was locked and I thought maybe that was the cause of the problem but using the copy of the background layer I still couldn't get it to select anything.
I'm sure there is going to be some simple explanation which is going to make me look like a dummy but I feel like a dummy already so......... [confused]

 

[Alistair]

Did you try restarting Photoshop? Might be a little temporary glitch. Also depends on if your verson is legit or not.

8)) - Al

 

[Shaun]

I had to reinstall PS the other day - and found the toolbox playing up like this.
Deleting the preference file and settings file and then restarting PS fixed it.

 

[limey]

Did you try restarting Photoshop?? Might be a little temporary glitch.? Also depends on if your verson is legit or not.?

8)) - Al

Al you were right, all I needed to do was restart my computer and it worked just fine, my PS is legit, thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks also for your suggestion Shaun

 

[Alistair]

No problem. I've found out that most of my comps problems are fixed through restarting. Actually, the last problem I had with this computer, I got tired so I opened up the case, unplugged and replugged the connections in the main hd, and it worked fine after that [confused] Dust inbetween the connections? \:/

 

[Sean]

Actually, the last problem I had with this computer, I got tired so I opened up the case, unplugged and replugged the connections in the main hd, and it worked fine after that Dust inbetween the connections?

Wow, I'm glad I haven't had to go that far yet. I've had many problems before, and I am usually able to fix them. What I do know is a good reformatting about once a year. Clean out the HD and put everything back on. It keeps my comp fresh and tiddy. No matter how hard I try, my comp eventually gets gummed up again.
It's always good to delete all temp files once in a while, scan for spyware and viruses every day, and defragment too.

 

[namvet]

It's always good to delete all temp files once in a while,

p?tr??k .. have you pointed your windows TEMP/TMP files away from your C:\ drive?? ... refer image below ..

 

[Shaun]

Dust inbetween the connections?

We had a server at work that kept playing up. Engineer took the front off and cleaned it out with a vacuum cleaner -
so much for static electricity precautions!
Then it worked fine again.

 

[namvet]

? Dust inbetween the connections?? ?

Alistair .. my 'computer room' has an open wood fire in it (which I use regularly during winter) ... so far (in 5 years) I haven't had a prob ... just lucky I guess

 

[Sean]

p?tr??k .. have you pointed your windows TEMP/TMP files away from your C:\ drive??

No. I didn't realize I could. "Enviornment Variables"?? Hmmmm, where is that option?
I've always just done a search for all .tmp files and deleted those.

 

[Gaussian]

No. I didn't realize I could. "Enviornment Variables"?? Hmmmm, where is that option?

control panel / system / advanced.

Now click the bottom/left button that reads Environment Variables.

Hope this helps p?tr??k

 

[Sean]

Ahhh, thanks, Gaussian.