P: Make the brush cursor easier to see (too thin, not enough contrast with some colors)

Complaints go in one ear and out the other. It can't be such a software engineering feat that it takes years to fix. My wife uses Photos2015.  Even though her work has a subscription, she'll never use the newest version. Maybe we need to downgrade. With every upgrade my hopes for a fix are dashed. Photo retouching has become a royal pain.

@Dramenon This has been going on since at least 2018. It is now 2022. I am literally pulling out my hair trying to find the cursor. It's a good thing Apple allows a user to momentarily enlarge the cursor by quickly moving the mouse back and forth. But I am looking forward to the day Apple does not need to step in and fix Adobe's engineering problems (especially since it is not really a good fix).

Based on many such community pages, it seems to be the opinion of longtime Photoshop users like myself that Adobe
a. does not pay attention
b. does not care

Whatever the answer is, the problem persists. And I assure you, no matter how advanced Photoshop becomes, or how many new features you add...none of them affect my workflow as much as NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE (removed by moderator) CURSOR.

Please email Seeth (or whoever replaced him), and specifically tell them your users want this fixed. Now. Copy-paste this comment if it helps.

Why isn't this fixed yet? I swear it's getting worse. Though probably just because it's been years and now I'm older. I do know I waste a significant amount of time because I can't see where the brush is. It is super frustrating-especially if you're touching up black and white photos, but really it's not good for any image, I'd argue that it's one of the worst colors it could be. Hot pink for example is going to be in a fewer images than grey.

I know there's other threads about this one, but thought maybe starting a new one would be helpful.  That cursor is SO hard to see, especially on 4K + monitors, and ESPECIALLY on white or off-white surfaces.  Yes, you can shake the mouse, but that's not exactly efficient when you're in your groove and constantly losing that little sucker.  Yes, you can hit control or command and it turns into the arrow, but that's not the best option either.

I would vote for adding the ability to do two things in the cursor preferences window:  

#1 have the option to pick any color (like they have for the brush leash color).  Why can I change the leash color and not the cursor color in the same way?   Add the exact same functionality for the cursor itself.

#2 a separate option to have it be complimentary color to whaetever it's hovering/moving over, so you can see it as it's moving.

This should apply to ALL tools - brush, clone, paint bucket, lasso, crop, patch, etc. etc.

I would vote for adding the ability to do two things in the cursor preferences window:  

#1 have the option to make it any color (like they have for the brush leash color).  Why can I change the leash color and not the cursor color in the same way?  

#2 a separate option to have it be complimentary color to whaetever its floating over, so you can see it as it's moving.

This should apply to ALL tools - brush, clone, paint bucket, lasso, crop, patch, etc. etc.

If only it had been one year. It's literally been years. They say they're looking at it but nothing happens, except for the addition of questionable neural filters. 

1 year later and this havent been adressed. [removed by moderator] adobe

I meant clone tool cursor.

Adobe has been saying for years that they will look into this. Just updated Photoshop 2022, version 23.1.0 and nada. Same problem. How many years does it take to change the brush cursor problem?

Here is a photo of a models back with the paint cursor (no caps lock).

@Sonofmidgard said:
"Adobe does not care what you and I have to say."

"I cannot see the curser on the sweater. Can anyone?"

If you are on a Mac, "shake" your mouse pointer (move the cursor side-to-side quickly) when it disappears.

https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/mac-help/mchlp2920/12.0/mac/12.0

I have not personally found that to be true about Adobe staff. They do listen and they do care, which is why they have sections in this forum to post bugs and ideas. This idea has 82 upvotes right now and Adobe staff has said they are evaluating solutions across the platforms. Be sure to upvote if you haven't.

Jane