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November 8, 2016
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Soft brushes gone hard

I migrated all my brushes from Photoshop 6 to CC. All of my soft brushes now have hard edges. They even show up in the brush picker panel with hard edges. I need my soft edges back.

Mohammad.Harb
Mohammad.HarbCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 8, 2016

that happesn when we use the Pencil Tool accidentally where the hardness will stay Hard on 0 - 100.

make sure that you are using the Brush Tool NOT the Pencil Tool

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Mohammad.Harb
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Mohammad.HarbCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 8, 2016

that happesn when we use the Pencil Tool accidentally where the hardness will stay Hard on 0 - 100.

make sure that you are using the Brush Tool NOT the Pencil Tool

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jhtitus
Participant
October 20, 2021

OMG I'm an idiot. Thank you for this answer from 5yrs ago to a problem I had today. 

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Participant
April 21, 2022

Same here, 6 years later! 😄 Thank you!

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mytaxsite
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November 8, 2016

Can you not change it to 0%?  See this picture:

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