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MrAubert
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October 17, 2019
Question

Alt + Right click drag: lock/disable OPACITY change. (Feature request?)

  • October 17, 2019
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Hi, guys!

 

I use Photoshop mainly for illustration and concept art. I prefer to resize brush size with ALT + RIGHT CLICK DRAG, but if you drag up and down you change the opacity. I would like to lock this feature, so draging only changes size. The issue here is that I often end up changing the opacity without noticing it. Is there a way to disable opacity change on alt + right click drag method? If not, this would be a good feature to add, since it is faster to resize the brush this way, rather than by clicking the brackets.

 

Other people have requested this before on other forums:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/alt-right-click-drag-resize-opacity-lock

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/feature-request-option-to-disable-hardness-opacity-control-from-alt-right-click-brush-control-hot-key

 

Thanks in advance!! Best regards!!

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    intelligent_hand9457
    Participant
    August 29, 2025

    It has driven me crazy for years. Such a simple fix for tremendous amount of pain.

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      337782667vz7
      Participating Frequently
      December 16, 2024

      I want to PREVENT opacity changing when I resize my brush

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        William.Bennett
        Participating Frequently
        February 20, 2024

        Single biggest issue for me in PS, as a professional digital painter. This issue (almost) alone has nosedived my opinion of Adobe.

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          Quentin5C40
          Participant
          April 15, 2022

          Can't believe this option still doesn't exist in 2022. I also would want to disable the brush opacity vertical slider and there seems to be no way to do it. You just lose so much time resetting the opacity to 100% everytime

            khellstr
            khellstr
            Known Participant
            April 15, 2022

            Yep. You lose time resetting the opacity. 

            And even more time when you forgot to reset it fix all the errores made with 97% Brush or Eraser. 
            With painting it doesn't matter so much, but in "black&white" drawings that has single color background it is noticeable.  

            There is a feature request for this. So it would be great if you vote and comment, if you haven't allready 🙂 

             
            https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/photoshop-alt-right-click-drag-resize-opacity-lock/idc-p/12881615/page/2#M13647

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              Quentin5C40
              Participant
              April 15, 2022

              Thanks for the info, I will

                khellstr
                khellstr
                Known Participant
                February 27, 2021

                Please give us option to Lock opacity! 
                or disable it when chaning to brush size wiht alt-ctrl drag...  

                It shouldn't be that hard. 

                Just spend (again) a half hour cleaning my picture because eraser has been at 97-99%. It is really frustrating. And it would be so easy to fix. 

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                  RPorres
                  Participant
                  August 6, 2020

                  I came looking how to enable opacity change with ALT + RCLICK... You found a solution for this? 

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