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andrewm35765582
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May 25, 2024 2:27 PM UTC
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P: bracket keys not changing brush size

On the latest version of Photoshop beta, 25.11, my bracket keys are no longer chnaging my brush tip size. 

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jaycee949
Participating Frequently
Jul 3, 2024 2:23 AM UTC

Milo, your steps were very clear and fixed the problem.

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jaycee949
Participating Frequently
Jul 3, 2024 2:15 AM UTC

Cory, you need to list the steps for fixing this problem. Your gray screenshot of the "Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus" does not match mine screen at all. I just updated my Beta tonight 7/2/2024 and the brackets do not work for changing brush size. Thank you for clarifying with easy written steps.

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Known Participant
Jul 2, 2024 7:40 PM UTC

See my solution to this [ and ] problem at https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-bugs/p-bracket-keys-not-changing-brush-size/idc-p/14713609#M16536 and, if it works for you, please upvote it to help others.  Cory's answer is totally correct as well, but mine shows a little clearer HOW to implement the fix.  Not caring about the credit, but I just want people to find a quicker solution to this than it took me.  🙂

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Participant
Jul 2, 2024 1:55 PM UTC

I just posted this same question, because I searched this site for others having this problem and it only pulled up 2023 and older issues.  It didn't show me this question until after I posted my questions.  Seems like maybe Adobe should fix their search stuff on here too, so they aren't getting asked the same question unnecessarily!

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Participant
Jul 2, 2024 1:51 PM UTC

I updated by Photoshop (Beta) for Windows 3 days ago (6.30.24) and since then, my short cut keys don't work.  I'm not able to change the size of my brushes using the [ and ] keys.  The program is also running painfully slow!  Any suggestions on how to fix this?  I Googled the issue before posting here and attempted every fix listed on Google.  None of them worked.

 

For the past year, adobe updates consistently seem to break more things than they fix.  =(  As a professional photographer I don't have time to constantly have to deal with this.  If they can't figure things out, I'm going to need to start looking for new editing software that is more dependable.  

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Participant
Jul 2, 2024 1:49 PM UTC

Hi, 

so both the "[" and "]" symbols stopped working in Photoshop Beta vers., I was using them for making my brushes bigger/smaller and out of the blue they stopped working. They're good in "normal" Photoshop so it's not a keyboard thing. I've tried to reinstal beta version, but it didn't help. Any ideas?

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Ged_Traynor
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Jul 2, 2024 2:26 PM UTC
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Jul 2, 2024 1:49 PM UTC

Ever since the new update I cannot resize the brush tool using the [ ] keys. It's completly throwing off my workflow. A lot of other designers have been complaining about the same issue. 

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flaviu.tanase
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Jul 2, 2024 9:58 AM UTC

Yes, this works! Iguess that there is a conflict between those two

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Participant
Jul 2, 2024 6:32 AM UTC

Thank you Cory; you're a life-saver!  I can't work without the bracket keys resizing my brush!

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Participant
Jul 2, 2024 5:13 AM UTC

The bracket keys work in liquify but not in brushes

 

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