P: alt+right click drag resize opacity lock

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I hope there is.
As this would be very easy to fix.

Inspiring

Is anyone listening? I've been dealing with this problem for maybe a decade

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Disabling features should be very easy task.
I have actually started to think if I could write a plugin for this 😄
I don't have slightest knowledge about PS plugins, but have done some coding in other contexts... Usually you get simple thing done if they are doable in general. It just takes a huge amount of time and googling.

Inspiring

Registered here just to bring awareness to this problem. I have ranted about it with every other illustrator I know. Please, can someone at Adobe work on this already?

We're just asking for a simple CHECKBOX for god's sake.

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The more we rant, the more it will get possible that someone would notice it 🙂 At least I hope.

This would be so easy to fix.

Inspiring

I spent half a day with support trying to find a way to officially flag this problem. All I get, apart from useless suggestions for workarounds, is a link to a "request form", which leads me to this forum, where this issue has been raised 5 years ago.

The only reason I haven't switched to another software is that I have been working professionally with Photoshop for over 15 years and I am dependent on this workflow for speed and efficiency.

Adobe, however are making this move to another program easier with each new version, as they keep adding pointless new features, which slow me down until I get used to them.

There goes my morning rant, falling on deaf years again.

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This is terrible and can't understand how it can't be fixed. Disabling features shouldn't be terrible hard.

I spend an hour to fix the marks left by "99% Eraser" on last book cover I made.

dzigakaiser

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Already happened twice this morning. Loving it!

Creating worlds for screen and paper - also offering photo resources and HDRIs on www.dziga.com

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This simple thing is driving me crazy.

Everytime I draw something in Photoshop I have to painfully clean my drawings because I change the brush opacity accidentally from 100 percent to 99% or 97% etc.

I just send Book cover for my client and now I see those marks in my drawing caused because the eraser has been set to 97% or something instead of 100%. Frustrating.

COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US OPTION TO NOT CHANGE OPACITY WHEN RESIZING THE BRUSH !!

It should be very simple thing to give user a option to disable features.

c.pfaffenbichler

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This is a user Forum, so you are not really addressing Adobe here, even though some Adobe employees thankfully have been dropping by.

How exactly are you resizing the Tools? And how does that affect Opacity?

Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Brush Settings, Options Bar, …) visible?

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When Brushtool is active, press ALT+CTRL+Righth Click and
drag Left/Right to resize the Brush tip.
Drag Up/Down to change the Opacity.

When dragging Left/Right to change size, it is very easy to move Pen/Cursor a tiny amount to up, and then Opacity drops from 100% to 99% for example. I constantly have to check if my opacity is at 100%, and even thought I try to check that, I often find that I have painted/erased with brush thats opacity is not 100% and have all kind of "marks" on my drawings.