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Brush size/hardness shortcut will not work in CC

Forum|Forum|12 years ago
March 14, 2014
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I constantly used command-option-drag to change the size and hardness of brushes, but now on CC it moves and duplicates my layer. Is there any way to change this back or is there a new shortcut besides using the brackets?

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luiso27304317

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I´ve recently found the CC (v. 14) shortcut for increasing/decreasing brush sizes:

(Shift + ,) for decreasing

(Shift + .) for increasing

Set this shortcuts to a Wacom´s Touch Ring and working pretty fine.

Hope anyone can find this useful!

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michaelb37597578

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I pretty sure if u have a Wacom tablet its new driver. Download a older driver and thats it.

See the post from CinDroyd

Thanks CinDroyd

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manojlovicmilan89

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You can change brush size by pressing CTRL+Right mouse click (or Pen) then drag left or right or change hardness in same way just drag up an down. Hope it helps!

Maybe brash that you using is not support hardness, try another one..

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thomasm98780928

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OK Got it figured out for now. Must turn of 'Use windows Ink' in the Wacom control panel. Previously this did not mess with the alt+right click+drag function in Photoshop.

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thomasm98780928

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Ignore that. Turning off Use Windows Ink also kills all pressure sensitivity, unless someone has a workaround.

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thomasm98780928

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OK, almost done talking to myself here. Found the solution:

1. create a notepad and type in:

# Use WinTab

UseSystemStylus 0

save it as a plain text file named PSUserConfig.txt

2. Open run command and type appdata and hit enter key

3. Go to location:

Roaming - Adobe - Adobe Photoshop CC2015 - Adobe Photoshop CC2015 Settings

4. Move the PSUserConfig.txt file to Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Settings folder

Thanks to@JJMack (elsewhere on this forum) for the instructions.

Leave "Use Windows Ink" enabled. This allows full pressure sensitivity AND alt+right click+drag function with a stylus. Hope this helped someone.

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thomasm98780928

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Broken again in CC 2018 on Windows 10 with a Cintiq 22HD. Updated all the drivers, but now alt+right click+drag turns on eyedropper in brush tool and activates 'history eraser' in erase tool. Has anyone figured out if they changed the shortcut or just got rid of this function?

davescm

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Looks like a Wacom issue

Here, the shortcut works perfectly with a mouse but not with the pen

Dave

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thomasm98780928

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Worked perfectly with my Cintiq in the previous version. It seems in CC 2018 it now ONLY works with the mouse.

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CrackedRib

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I found that on Win 10 if you hold down Alt key then press the right-click button on the pen while hovering, not touching the tablet it works. Left/Right = size, Up/Down = hardness.

StudioHoehn

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Most recent Wacom Tablet Driver MacOSX - Driver 6.3.23-3 (Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11, & 10.12) works again with ctrl + alt + pen! :-)

Drivers | Wacom

CinDroyd

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Sweet!

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natelake9423078

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★ This is not an Adobe issue. ★ Downgrade previous gen Wacom driver: MacOSX 6.3.21-8 to resolve PS CC brush resize and hardness with Ctrl + Alt.
Wacom Previous Drivers

CinDroyd

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Indigoverse

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"BRILLIANT!"

Thank you so much for this!
I just got myself a new Intuos Pro yesterday and the missing brush shortcut was driving me crazy.
Definitely a Wacom Driver issue.

I installed the previous driver as you suggested and "Viola!" I've got my brush shortcut back!

"Cheers!"
~Indi

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thegonzgonz

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FIXED!!! WACOM DRIVE ISSUE and WACOM HAS RELEASED NEW DRIVERS!!!

Ok so after experiencing the worst of the issues like most of you, WACOM released new drivers. Download, update, and enjoy how it was MEANT to be used!

NEW DRIVERS HERE: https://www.wacom.com/en-us/support/product-support/drivers

macOS

Driver 6.3.35-2 (macOS 10.11 - 10.14)

Release Notes

6/20/2019

89.8 MB

DOWNLOAD

Windows

Driver 6.3.35-3 (Windows 7, 8, & 10)

Release Notes

6/20/2019

58.7 MB

DOWNLOAD

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stasb83279143

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Hello Guys! i have same problem too.
i have updated OSX and have updated Wacom driver... And it's not working now.
before updating the wacom driver, all worked, but now i can change my brush size only with mouse - CTRL+OPT+MOUSE DRAG
Same action with wacom pen is not working (

Someone, Help, Please ! ))

CinDroyd

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Well guys, I sort of have a solution. It's not what I really want, but it's better than nothing. I had a screenshare with Adobe yesterday and determined that it is not a Photoshop problem, but a Wacom problem. So the new driver is causing this issue. It seems with the stylus it doesn't want to recognize pressing two keys at once as a valid option. You would think having their customer base consist of a large portion of Adobe professionals, Wacom would get this right. Sheesh.

In the meantime, go here: Drivers | Wacom and download the Previous Driver for Mac, not the most recent one. That should fix it until Wacom figures out their issues and releases a better, updated driver.

Good luck everyone!

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volswolf

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Thanks a lot buddy I'll do that as soon as I get home !

Have a great weekend !

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