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Jeppe Volander
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Oct 4, 2018 12:37 PM UTC
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How to Fix Disappeared Brush Outline in Photoshop?

Hey Guys,

 

I can't see the outline of my brush anymore, I tried everything.

 

- reset by brush tools

- reinstalled photoshop

- and toggle back and forth on caps lock

 

It only shows the crosshair.. I have no idea on what to do next..

can you help?

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Akash Sharma
Akash SharmaCorrect answer
Legend
Oct 4, 2018 12:42 PM UTC

Hi JeppeVolander,

Sorry that you're having trouble using the Brush tool in Photoshop. Please take a look at this discussion Photoshop: My brush cursor is showing a cross instead of a circle (turn off CAPS LOCK) | Photoshop Family Customer Commu… and let us know if that helps.

Thanks,

Akash

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Muqqarib Hassan
Inspiring
Oct 4, 2018 2:43 PM UTC

Hi,

So you go to the Preferences menu and choose Cursors, and sure enough, you’ve got Normal Brush Tip chosen as your preference, but for some strange reason, it’s not showing your brush size; it’s showing that stupid crosshair. Here’s the problem: Check your Caps Lock key. It’s turned on, and turning it on changes your Brush cursor from displaying brush size to displaying the crosshair. This is actually a feature to be used when you need to see the precise center of your brush. The problem is it’s assigned to the Caps Lock key, so every time you turn on Caps Lock when you’re working with type, you just temporarily switched your Brush cursor (or any cursor for that matter).

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Oct 4, 2018 3:30 PM UTC

The OP already mentioned they tried toggling on and off the caps lock

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susanm69154016
Participating Frequently
Dec 15, 2022 7:05 PM UTC

I have two keyboards. The laptop was on Caps lock and my Apple keyboard caps was set to off. I was getting the same issue Jacob mentioned. But I discovered the issue.

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Oct 4, 2018 12:42 PM UTC

Hi

Have you checked this option in preferenecs

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Participant
Mar 12, 2021 8:27 PM UTC

This worked for me when nothing else did - thank you!!

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Akash Sharma
Akash SharmaCorrect answer
Legend
Oct 4, 2018 12:42 PM UTC

Hi JeppeVolander,

Sorry that you're having trouble using the Brush tool in Photoshop. Please take a look at this discussion Photoshop: My brush cursor is showing a cross instead of a circle (turn off CAPS LOCK) | Photoshop Family Customer Commu… and let us know if that helps.

Thanks,

Akash

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Participant
Dec 13, 2024 5:44 PM UTC

TL;DR, Turn off capslock. Thanks!

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Participant
Jan 13, 2025 9:35 AM UTC

Genius, it work now, CAPS LOCK was the problem 🙂

Thx!

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