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Inspiring
January 3, 2020

P: Mouse cursor replacing brush outline when drawing on a layer with a mask enabled

  • January 3, 2020
  • 42 replies
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When making quick short strokes the brush outline cursor is replaced with the standard mouse pointer cursor, on a layer that has a mask enabled. This doesn't seem to be an issue when the layer's mask is disabled or when the brush is changed to crosshairs.

I primarily use photoshop to paint, and while I don't use layer masks every day, it is definitely an issue when I am working on a piece that is quite detailed.

42 replies

Legend
January 10, 2020
I'm not seeing this using a mac with a mouse. Are you using a Wacom tablet?
Inspiring
January 3, 2020
When using the brush tool, if I'm doing quick repetitive strokes, the brush outline will flicker to cursor for a split second. This happens every couple of strokes at worst. I've tried this on all of the macs in the office, so this appears to be a flaw with photoshop itself. If anyone could shed some light on this I would really appreciate it! Thanks in advance!

You can see a video of this behaviour below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAhzWR8iKuZkn9-656fS5j-ladR8vSeR/view?usp=sharing