Erratic pointer movement w/ Illustrator

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Erratic pointer movement w/ Illustrator

I work a lot with Photoshop and Illustrator and have noticed that my "pointer" is errantic when trying to select and/or move vector points in Illustrator. The only way to eliminate this problem is to go into System's "Accessibility" icon and change mouse button to "without inertia". I have the same problem with my iMac. I like the scrolling feature to be checked ON, mainly for reading web pages and such. The below pic is how my current setup is, to avoid the pointer yips. Would really like to scroll though.

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Illustrator CS5

Posted on Mar 24, 2014 8:39 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 24, 2014 10:09 AM in response to Franscram

This can be caused by a runaway process that chews up so much CPU that the mouse tracking is affected:

Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity

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Franscram Author

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Mar 24, 2014 10:47 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Illustrator's CPU load is very low.

Here is actually what is happening:

While selecting, then moving a vector point, the entire artboard screen moves slightly in the same direction that I'm moving the point. I am being careful not to slide any finger/s over the mouse while performing this action.

The inertia feature is nice to have on; I don't need to move pointer to bottom or side scrolls in order to quickly access closeup views of the artboard.

This situation happens on both my MacPro and iMac. My files are not large at all. I know its a matter of mouse settings, as my current resolution is to 'turn off' mouse inertia in Accessibility. The Mouse Settings have nothing but 'track' settings. I was hoping there is a fine tuning ability.

I don't recall this being an issue prior to CS5 upgrades

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