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Nov 28, 2016 3:25 PM UTC
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P: Decoupling the presetted "usual" brush size from OS operating aids (macOS) [2016]

1. Photoshop 23.3.1 (and older!)

2. Mac OS 12.3.1 (and older!)

 

3. The Setting for brush size is put to "usual",

  • means the diameter of that temporary circle should be exactly the same as the brushstroke, independent of the selected hardness
  • Due to a large monitor, a slightly enlarged view of the mouse pointer can be helpful to some users.
    Thanks to the Mac OS operating aids, you can customise this individually.

 

4. Now the size of the brushstroke and the diameter of that surrounded circle in Photoshop doesn't match any more.

  • While the operating aids of Mac OS display a larger image of the mouse pointer in a fixed solution, the brushstroke in Photoshop is variable and proportional to the zoom factor of the picture.
  • Unfortunatelly the OS operation aid zoom for the mouse pointer influences the diameter of that circle, too.
  • In this case it ist not possible to adjust the position of the brushstroke exactly, that's a pitty.

 

5. The best would be, if you can set the Ps brushsize decoupled from the OS operating aids. (Maybe a checkbox at that section, which allows you to de-/activate a professional view)

 

Thanks for listening. Best Frank

160 replies

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 31, 2022 10:57 PM UTC

 

@Natalie Pometun wrote:

"The cursor boundary does not match the actual tool footprint"

 

Did you try this:

Apple menu > System Prefs > Accessibility > Display > Set the size to Normal.

 

Jane

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Participant
Oct 31, 2022 7:34 PM UTC

Thank you!

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mscureman
Inspiring
Aug 11, 2022 1:36 AM UTC

Under Brush Settings, check scattering is all the way down.  That's what solved it for me. 

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italosan
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jul 29, 2022 10:46 AM UTC

Hi, I'm glad your problem is solved. If you need help in the future, please contact us 🙂

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Participant
Jul 28, 2022 7:19 AM UTC

Brilliant. That fixed it. I'd forgotten that it started doing it after I'd changed those accessibility settings... Thanks!

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Participant
Jun 15, 2022 1:26 PM UTC

Halleyloo! This forum saved my sanity!! My brush wasn't set to normal under System Prefs > Accessibility > Display. I never would have found figured this out on my own. Thank you!

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Participant
May 5, 2022 2:23 AM UTC

FINALLY! Crazy that this setting exists as a default.

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PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2022 9:45 AM UTC

All affected users should VOTE on top!

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Participant
May 4, 2022 9:24 AM UTC

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

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Dramenon
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
Apr 27, 2022 3:25 PM UTC

Thank you for this valuable feedback, I am adding them to our notes on work under investigation. 

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