Blinking drag

by **pbacot** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:44 pm

When I drag an object the screen image of it blinks rapidly and seeminly erratically. It's very annoying.
Is there a setting I can fix this with (system or PC?) I have tried high quality drags , but it looks the same. Don't have this sort of problem with other software, including older PC. Version 8.1.2.

by **David Scott** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:52 am

Same thing here Peter. It seems to get worse with bitmap objects too- especially things like jpeg images in drawings.
I tried opening PC7- it crashes shortly after launch every time (running OSX 10.6.3) but PC6 still runs and doesn't flicker when dragging.

David

by **phansford** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:09 am

I checked a file that has a sheet of color jpegs (photos). I don't get the blinking when I drag any of the jpegs..... but I am not sure I am replicating your actions.

I am running PC 8 on the iMac.

by **pbacot** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:10 am

Phansford, Draw a circle and move it by dragging it across the screen, holding the mouse down.

by **David Scott** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:14 am

pbacot wrote:Phansford, Draw a circle and move it by dragging it across the screen, holding the mouse down.

If you fill the circle in black and then drag it around, you should see a smooth grey circle as you drag. What you get is a strobe effect.

David

by **phansford** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:15 pm

pbacot and David....

Drew a circle...... grabbed and drag.... seems okay.

Filled the circle with black..... again ... seems okay

Neither time did the object blink. I get a slight shade at the trailing edge if a drag quickly.... but no blinking.

What size is your file?

The file I did the circle on is 384 KB (small 2 sheet porch addition)
The file with jpegs is 19.5 MB.

Other apps open - safari, mail, itunes, preview, pages, word.
I hope I am helping .......

by **pbacot** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:20 pm

Size, for example 128k.

BTW result is the same on mouse or track pad.

by **pbacot** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:24 pm

I got it.

Long crosshairs on= blinking object.

Long crosshairs off= fairly solid and smooth.

Unfortunately I'm a bit attached to the long crosshairs.\

Thanks for the help. Got me thinking about it in different ways.

by **phansford** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:20 pm

Peter....

Checked it with the long crosshairs and got the blinking.

I don't use them....so that explains why I wasn't a whole lot of help earlier. Can't tell you why I don't use :lol:

Patrick

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