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MarcySB
Inspiring
December 1, 2023
Question

Need help with soft round brush

  • December 1, 2023
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I am using the newest version of Photoshop on a completely updated Windows 11 PC. I changed something but I don't know what. Now my soft round brush has a diffused looking perimeter edge and only draws about half the size inside. The hard round brush seems to be working fine. I tried a sampling of my other brushes and they all seem fine. It is only the basic soft round brush.

 

I checked brush settings, I reset the brush settings, I reset all the tools settings. Nothing has worked. I can't take a screenshot of the brush because when I try the actual brush disappears. I tried drawing it but I can't get that to look good enough to show the issue.

 

I'm hoping this makes sense to someone out there who can tell me how to reset that brush so it looks like it is supposed to, not like it was created with a diffusion pattern around it.

 

Please ask anything you need to help me figure this out. I appreciate all the help I can get.

 

Thanks,

Marcy

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    Shelly37317828ofqf
    Participant
    May 10, 2024

    Have you found a solution to this? I just had to update my Photoshop to the latest version and am DEVASTATED the soft brush is gone. I've been using that for close to 20 years as a designer and the other brushes don't come anywhere close to doing what the old brush did. Would love to know if you discovered a solution!

      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 11, 2024

      Hi Shelly.  Could you explain exactly what you are seeing, or not seeing as the case may be?

      I don't think anyone is missing fully hard to fully soft control.  It was more a case of confusing about what various cursor are showing.

       

      Are you using a tablet, or mouse.

      What are your brush settings, as well as what is happening in the Options bar?

       

      If you can show us a screen shot showing your full workspace, layers panel and brush settings panel as we as some brush strokes, that should help.

      J E L
      Community Expert
      J E LCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 1, 2023

      Hi @MarcySB, is it possible to take screenshots of just your brush settings like this? Have you tried the brush on different types of images and layers?

        Semaphoric
        Community Expert
        SemaphoricCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 1, 2023

        Also show the Option bar for the Brush. It sounds like the drawing mode might be set to Dissolve.

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          MarcySBAuthor
          Inspiring
          December 2, 2023

          That is the first thing I checked, both in the options bar and in the layers panel since I was not sure which might do this. Both were set to normal. I wish it had been that easy! Thanks.

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