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Inspiring
Jun 13, 2026 11:41 PM UTC
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P: if the brush is resized in between changing a slider and making the first brush stroke, the slider resets to zero

When creating a new brush mask in ACR, if the brush is resized in between changing a slider and making the first brush stroke, the slider resets to zero.  For example

- Press K to create a new brush mask
- Set the highlights slider to -100
- Right click on the mouse to resize brush
- The highlights slider resets to zero

If you don’t change the brush size, the mask works as intended.  This seems to have started happening since version 18.3.1 

Pinned Reply By Anshul_Saini

Greetings all, 

A new update for the Adobe Photography products has been released.  The Max update v19.0 contains an update regarding this issue. 

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by pressing  [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for being so patient. 

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Anshul_Saini
Community Manager
Community Manager
Nov 10, 2026 10:03 PM UTC

Greetings all, 

A new update for the Adobe Photography products has been released.  The Max update v19.0 contains an update regarding this issue. 

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by pressing  [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for being so patient. 

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Participant
Nov 8, 2026 2:58 PM UTC

I have the same problem for a few months now. Currently on 18.7.0.2743 on Windows 11 and it still shows the behavior.

I have “Reset sliders automatically” ON because that’s what I want, but resetting them on a right-click-resize is not an intended reset.

After I made the first stroke, right-click-resizing the brush does not reset any sliders anymore.

This is very tedious

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Participant
Sep 11, 2026 4:10 PM UTC

I can confirm that I am experiencing the exact same issue since version 18.3.1. I have the "Automatically reset sliders" option enabled, but in older versions, they would only reset when creating a new mask after pressing the "K" key. Now, it doesn't just affect the Highlights slider—all adjustment sliders reset to zero if I right-click to resize the brush before making the first stroke on a new mask. Please escalate this to the development team, as it severely disrupts the retouching workflow.

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