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November 28, 2016

P: Decoupling the presetted "usual" brush size from OS operating aids (macOS) [2016]

  • November 28, 2016
  • 33 replies
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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

33 replies

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 31, 2022

 

@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

Participant
October 31, 2022

Thank you!

mscureman
Inspiring
August 11, 2022

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

italosan
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 29, 2022

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

Participant
July 28, 2022

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

Participant
June 15, 2022

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!

Participant
May 5, 2022

FINALLY! Crazy that this setting exists as a default.

PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2022

All affected users should VOTE on top!

Participant
May 4, 2022

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

Dramenon
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 27, 2022

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