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November 4, 2021

P: Brush Outline/Circle disappearing when working with masks

  • November 4, 2021
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There is already a discussion in the community "Brush Outline/Circle disappearing intermittently (NOT CAPS LOCK) ". But since I have figured out in detail how to reproduce the behavior and when it becomes present, I want to report the issue officialy that Adobe hopefully will fix this in one of the next upcoming patch releases.

 

OS Environment:

  • Win 10 Pro 64bit 21H1
  • Adobe Ps 23.0.2

 

The issue is only present in combination when using Masks on a layer!

  1. Create a new document (white, black or transparent layer)
  2. Add a Mask to the layer
  3. Select the layer OR the mask (independent on what you want to paint)
  4. Select the brush tool
  5. Try to start moving the mouse quickliy and pressing the left mouse button nearly at the same time and keep the mouse button pressed
  6. Try to repeat until the you get locked in the issue and the brush circle disappears and the mouse arrow becomes visible

 

When working with a mouse as input device, the chance to facing this issue is probably rare because this kind of operation, moving the mouse and clicking the button nearly at the same time is kindly unnatural.

But it looks different when using a pen tablet as input device, because now it becomes a more natural operation when hover the pen toward the tablet surface and then drop down onto the surface to start painting.

 

Kind regards

194 replies

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
June 2, 2023

@Jqqerry: My opinion is that if this bug is fixed someday, i doubt it will be listed beforehand (it will probably be fixed incidently while they're trying to fix something else 😊 )... Have you tried upgrading to the latest version ? I'm a bit tired of trying so I personally haven't yet...

Jqqerry
Inspiring
May 23, 2023

OMG... Even in 24.5, this is not in the Fixed issue history.......
I'm still using 24.0 and I'll wait another month or two....I hope to fix it before the 2024 version... I want to try some new features, too.

Matcha_Latte19
Participating Frequently
May 20, 2023

@Jqqerry Well said! I hope they'll listen to us because this bug is truly annoying. I also thought it was Nvidia or even a Windows update but seeing people also have the same issue with MacOS means it's on Adobe.

 

I tried many things I found online and none of them worked, other apps also do not have this cursor bug, and I was just about to say this, I didn't had this issue before, a few months ago everything was just fine, I'm not sure what's the issue. I like to use older ver. of Photoshop because it's more stable in my PC, currently I'm using CC19 which I never had this bug before, used to use CC21 as well and no issues with the cursor, just a bug with Coolorus so I had to switch, earlier this year I also tried a new ver. of Photoshop (22 & earlier ver. of 23) and no issues with the cursor, it just started recently and it's driving me insane, for me, ALL versions currently available of Photoshop have this issue now. Updated tablet drivers (XP-pen) and nothing, updated Nvidia, nothing. Windows (I'm on Windows 10) also updated recently but I had this issue before this newer update so I'm 100% sure it's not related. 

I have other apps I could be using to draw but I still like Photoshop better, the brush engine for me is the best one out there (alongside Procreate but I don't have an iPad to use it) so it's a pain to use the program with this bug.

Jqqerry
Inspiring
May 20, 2023

@jeromea13244388  @Matcha_Latte19 
I don't know the exact cause of this. What's clear is that it happens after some point and I've never experienced a bug like this, including the 2022 version last year, 2021, 2020, 2019 to 2015.

Is it a combination issue with Nvidia drivers?
But what's not so easy to conclude is that there are people who also experience this bug on Mac OS.
@Chad Rolfs @CShubert 
Adobe. Please share the progress on this. It's June soon.
Photoshop 24.0 was released around October last year, and the new version of each year is released around that time.
Which means we only have about four months before Photoshop 2024 is released.
And that means this too. We haven't been able to properly experience all releases after 24.0 intact because of this particular cursor bug, and we have to downgrade them half-forced.
Slow photoshop, blinking screens, or damaging files are also serious bugs.
I think this Kerrberg has that much seriousness.
I think the identity and characteristics of Photoshop consist of a "brush" cursor.
And if it doesn't show me what I'm doing properly, it's like a big feature isn't working properly already, and we're not experiencing it properly.

jeromea13244388
Inspiring
May 19, 2023

@Matcha_Latte19: the cursor bug is still here in 24.0 (I have it when I draw fast short strokes) but less so that in the later versions, I think.

Matcha_Latte19
Participating Frequently
May 18, 2023

@Jqqerry I sadly got the cursor bug on the 24.0 😞 guess I'll have to live with it until they fix it, but yeah... wonder when will that happen 

Jqqerry
Inspiring
May 18, 2023

@Matcha_Latte19 At least I don't get a bug in 24.0
I don't remember the exact version, @jeromea13244388  Said, There was also a problem with 24.0.
It's not even clear if there's a review of this. It's already past the middle of May...

Matcha_Latte19
Participating Frequently
May 17, 2023

Quick update: tested 23.5.5 and 24.0, so far the brush cursor did not flick/turn into an arrow  but I'll have to test it more to be 100% sure of it but it's better than the other ver. I tried, but now I have another bug on both ver. where the color picker lags and leaves a brush tip on the canvas.. ha.. it's laughable, I would use CSP but I still like Photoshop more, it's sad how many bugs are on it and how they almost never fix them.. 

Matcha_Latte19
Participating Frequently
May 17, 2023

Seems like this bug is not new since this thread is still being updated... quite a shame really. I mainly use Photoshop 2019 because it's the most stable one for me but then the cursor started flickering, then I tried several other ver of Photoshop, including the newer ones, I'll try it again with 2022 to see if it's happening as well but I have zero hopes... as an artist it's really a pain to draw with this bug, as I have CSP as well, I noticed this only happens with Photoshop so I'm not sure if this is an issue with my PC.. hope this will be fixed soon

Jqqerry
Inspiring
May 16, 2023

Will it be fixed this month......It's a bug that adversely affects you in real time...