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March 22, 2023
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Cursor Issue in Photoshop

  • March 22, 2023
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I've found that when I'm drawing in Photoshop at the end of a brushstoke the tool cursor momentarily appears as the mouse cursor. It's only for a slip second and appears as an annoying flicker with repeated strokes. I'm not sure if this is a Photoshop issue or perhaps an error with my Intuos Wacom Tablet. I've using the latest driver, version of Photoshop and Ventura 13.2.1. 

 

This issue is worse when working on a new .psd file for some odd reason. Any suggestions? 

Thank you in adavance. 

Correct answer Jqqerry

Oh finally...!
Of course, I feel sorry that you are experiencing this bug.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/cursor-disappears-when-use-brush-or-cloenstamp-things/m-p/13672763#M716482

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-brush-outline-circle-disappearing-when-working-with-masks/idc-p/13679982/page/5#M79434

 

I reported this on the bug tab but it was moved to the Discussions tab, and the thread posted by someone else was merged into an unrelated topic.

You should record and upload it like me. This is quite a bothersome bug.

In my experience, the version where this issue is definitely not happening was 24.0, but some users should have rolled back to 2022 or 2021.

 

I thought this was a single issue with Windows 10, Windows 11, and there were a lot of Windows 10 users reporting to other threads and Reddit as well.
However, it is very strange and unfortunate that even people who use Mac OS like you have this mouse cursor bug.

 

I hope Adobe staff will look into this well. At least your thread...

@CShubert  Could you ask the team to investigate this subject? 
https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/thvjkd/brush_keeps_turning_into_mouse_cursor_when_i/
Please take a look... This video is the best example of the problem we're having.

I've reported this since version 24.0, but it doesn't seem to have been categorized as a bug.
And if you look at what I've replied to another thread, it's been posted a lot in communities like Reddit.
And some people are also going through this in previous versions of Photoshop.
Every time you use a brush or clone stamp, the brush cursor changes to an arrow, and it's very, very uncomfortable that you have to draw it again with your hands off to release it.

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Participating Frequently
March 28, 2023

Hi,

 

I just wanted to follow up as I'm still encountering thids problem: I appears that as soon as I create a new layer, the jittery cursor issue happens for a minute or so, then the error stops. But it starts again whever I create another layer. It's very frustrating; doesn't any have any ideas or suggestions? 

Participating Frequently
March 22, 2023

Thank you for the response - the pointer size was not increased.  

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 22, 2023

HI @daveallsop go to Mac System Settings/ Accessibility/Display and make sure your "pointer" size is not increased.