What is this and how to turn off?

[10smom]

Attached is an image of something that is affecting my photoshop image!

I do not know if it is a Mac deal or photoshop and I do not know how I got it to appear. I know one thing it does is rotate the picture and I cannot rotate back but if you save then not rotated but it affect how the images is being uploaded! also I cant get it off of the screen! How do I turn it on and off?

 

[gr8tfly]

It's Photoshop and OS-X and MultiTouch.

When you use the two-finger rotate gesture, PS puts up the compass icon. It should go away when you release the trackpad. I just played with it a bit, and it would exit the canvas rotate mode when I let off the trackpad. If not, try "esc".

In this mode, it's only the canvas which is rotated. It's not saved with the image.