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Brush and pencil tools Please Help !!!!

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December 12, 2017
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The Brush and pencil tools worked normally until a month ago.

Whenever I draw with the brush or pencil tool, it moves. Example, if I draw a single line with the brush or pencil tool, the line will move slightly to the right. it is as though you select the line and press the right arrow key every time a line is drawn. This is extremely frustrating and makes using these essential tools completely useless to me. Has anyone encountered such an issue or does anyone have a method to fix? please, whatever you know could go a long way.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling; restarting my computer none of these have worked. I have a very powerful computer so it's probably not a hardware issue. I downgraded to CS6 and the brush and pencil tools work just fine. when I draw a line, it is exactly where it is drawn. However, the lag makes CS6 almost unbearable.

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Correct answer neog50532474

I may have found a solution. Go into your display properties. Turn custom scaling off, and change scaling to one of the default settings ie: 100/125/150. Then apply and restart your pc...worked for me today

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I may have found a solution. Go into your display properties. Turn custom scaling off, and change scaling to one of the default settings ie: 100/125/150. Then apply and restart your pc...worked for me today

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Try making your smoothing lower, I don’t know if it will work but if the smoothing is high it’ll make the brush go weird.

kennethn17427178Author

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Yeah! I have tried that and it didn't work.

borisc1993

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I was wondering if u found the solution to this. I am also having this problem with the program and its bothering me.

DelphiZoa

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Are you drawing with a tablet? If so, is the tablet driver up-top-date? Is the issue present in other apps or just Animate? Also, what version of CC are you using and what is your operating system?

kennethn17427178Author

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I am drawing with a tablet and I believe the tablet is up to date as I use it in the latest versions of illustrator and photoshop with no issue. I tried it in all the versions of CC (2016, 17 and 18) and the problem persists. I am using windows 10

DelphiZoa

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If you try to draw or paint a line with your mouse or trackpad, does it also jump? If it doesn't I'm guessing it is some issue between the tablet-to-program communication, in which case, make sure the driver is for sure updated.

Also, a point of clarification: you said the tools worked normally until a month ago, and I assume that means they were working as expected in Creative Cloud. Did something change at that point? For example, is that when you upgraded to CC2018? I have heard of this issue occurring in past versions of Animate, but I'm not aware of it recently, so I'm just trying to nail down possible culprits. By the way, in the past, some people had success with unplugging their tablet and replugging it while in Animate (or Flash as it were) or with plugging into a different USB port. Obviously, though, that's not a permanent fix.

You might also peruse this discussion thread: brush line jumps away from cursor? It's old, but some of the solutions may still be valid, such as checking the text resolution percentage on your screen.

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