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netvet007
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July 24, 2024

P: (Win/macOS) PS 25.11 Mixer brush swatch in brush options is no longer transparent

  • July 24, 2024
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I updated to PS version 25.11 today.  When I now use the mixer brush, the normally transparent swatch in the options bar is no longer transparent, even when the brush is set to clean.  It shows colors and patterns from the image which it never did before.  I uses the mixer brush to mix paint already on the canvas and not adding color during mixer brush use.  This is a new thing.  The brush appears to be working correctly but not sure why the box is showing color and pixels.  I am on an iMac 2019 running Sonoma 14.5.

When I open PS 2023, the problem does not occur.

 

 

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    fishbat
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    August 24, 2024

    It would be much appreciated if Adobe could work out a solution to this problem in the near future. There are many of us who rely on mixer brushes for our creations and it is very disappointing that our basic tool no longer works the way it should.

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    RosieL1204
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    August 24, 2024

    I have an entire group of students that work with the Mixer Brush daily and this is a HUGE problem !!!

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      RosieL1204
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      August 24, 2024

      I have the same problem; however, rather than clicking on the auto-clean and auto-fille brushes in the Mixer Brush HUD, I tried to assign a Shortcut Key. The Shortcut Keys are in place but do not work. I have to go back to build 25.1 for that to work. Additionally, holding down Alt/Option and then clicking on a color places the color as the background color rather than the foreground color.

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        funny_warrior16B8
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        August 20, 2024

        I have the same issue corrupted mixer brush paint icon as show in main posting about this bug....I also cannot turn paint color off or on using the prior shortcut i had used for last couple years...I set up a new short cut restarted tried everything else i could think of but NO shortcut will help me do this...very very inconvenient to turn paint off/on by clicking the box at the mixer brush settings top menu !  Hope this gets fixed soon...really slows down my work! thanks for your help Adobe@@

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          vane$$a
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          August 16, 2024

          I have this problem as well (Mac Sonoma OS), and it makes using mixer brushes in PS 2024 impossible. The problem began in Beta several iterations ago, and now it shows up in the latest iteration of 2024. I have reverted back to 2023 because mixer brushes are necessary for my work. Some other users I know have reported that Adobe experts were able to fix their individual PS2024 by making remote adjustments in library prefs files. It would be helpful if that information could be tracked down and shared with others of us. 

            Sameer K
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            Sameer KCommunity Manager
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            August 16, 2024

            Hi all! Thanks for sharing the details

             

            We've informed the team about this. Please upvote the thread from the top.

            Thanks!
            Sameer K

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              funny_warrior16B8
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              August 8, 2024

              Same problem..the color swatch icon doesnt show color  chosen..plus the shortcut to turn the paint off/on again doesnt work at all..driving me nuts..every stroke with mixer brush i have to go up to menu and physcially turn off/on paint plus cant even see what color i am painting with when paint is ON/loaded in the Icon window.....really hard to paint this way super slow and not accurate! please please fix this!! my OS on my new mac is all up to date as well!  in the shortcuts i still see N which is the shortcut ive used for months to conveniently control paint loaded or not...

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                fishbat
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                August 2, 2024

                The latest update is affecting both the performance of mixer brushes (less responsive and generally strange behaviour) and the paint colours do not appear in the colour box - it either displays these gridlines or a garish pink colour. I am reluctant to roll back to the previous version of Photoshop and wonder if there is a workaround or if Adobe is going to fix this problem?

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                  fishbat
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                  August 2, 2024

                  Version 25.11

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                    Gail375468132p6f
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                    July 31, 2024

                    I have exactly the same problem .. whats the fix ? 

                     

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                      funny_warrior16B8
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                      July 27, 2024

                      same problem...updated 2024 mac studio with PS 25.11...now mixer brush loaded color icon at top doesnt show color i chose from color picker...also i had a working shortcut to turn off and on the paint used in the mixer brush and now the shortcut wont respond at at...even restarted Photoshop...tried a different shortcut in Edit..Shortcuts under both mixer brush auto load choice and tried the Load brush choice...nothing working...very very very aggravating and hard to work!!! please update!!!

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                        monikav33090955
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                        July 26, 2024

                        I have the same problem, its driving me nuts 😞 

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