Glitch in Photoshop CS4

I've been using PS CS4 Extended (version 11.0) on my Mac for quite some time and it's been fine... Also using Adobe Bridge CS4 as well.

 

One glitch in PS CS4 that popped up recently though is with use of the cropping tool. If I crop an image the file diminishes to a tiny size that's unusable. I updated my Mac OS to Mojave today and ran Disk Utility First Aid on the Mac, but the crop issue in Photoshop is still there. The crop tool is just not functional.

 

So has my quarter run out on Photoshop CS4 Extended? Is this the end of the line, or can someone suggest a fix?

 

If I do replace it, should I get Photoshop Elements 2019? I don't do any special effects so just need the basics- re-sizing files (digital & film scans), adjusting contrast and exposure, adjusting color, converting to b&w, cloning dust spots, printing from files— but not much beyond that.

 

Can I still use Bridge CS4 in conjunction with Photoshop Elements 2019 if I need to go that route?

 

Thanks in advance…

Oh also, I guess I need to make sure Photoshop Elements converts all RAW files, or if not, which ones it doesn't. I use Photoshop CS4 now for Canon RAW and Leica DNG files.

Have you accidentally left some very small values in the "height" and "width" boxes of the toolbar?

Looks like that's it John. For some reason '1px' was showing in the the width box for the crop tool. No idea how that happened. I've never done anything there before for the crop tool. I deleted the type and things are back to normal now.

 

Wow, quickest thread ever guess…. (moderator delete if you wish)

 

Thanks!

Ray - in general, how does Photoshop CS4 work with Mojave? I use Photoshop CS5 and am reluctant to update my OS to Mojave because, when I updated from Sierra to High Sierra, I could no longer print from Photoshop (I now save Photoshop edits as tiff files and print from Affinity). I would have expected even more Photoshop CS4 and CS5 problems with Mojave.

Glenn, I did all the Sierra upgrades and so far I don't see any difference with CS4 using Mojave, but I've only had it up since yesterday. One thing it does do that was also true with Sierra or High Sierra for the past several months is that when turning on the computer and opening photoshop sometimes files I had open in the previous session open on the screen for some unexplained reason.

 

As for printing, I can't answer to that because I haven't printed anything for at least a year. I'll try when I have time and post here. In the meantime maybe a search would turn up info on it.

Thanks Ray

Have you accidentally left some very small values in the "height" and "width" boxes of the toolbar?

 

I ran into your problem, and the answer turned out to be some accidental setting of values in the preferences along the lines suggested by Seaman.

 

I am still using PS 5 Extended and there have been a few problems since I upgraded my OS to High Sierra 13.2.6, so these older programs are not immortal....