Alyssa, I hear you how frustrating it is. Please find my comments in this thread from earlier today and they should lead you to an easy solution to make the brackets work again. Definitely worked on PC and I'm guessing there's something mighty close on Mac.
I hear you how frustrating it is. Please find my comments in this thread from earlier today and they should lead you to an easy solution to make the brackets work again. Definitely worked for me on PC and I'm guessing there's something mighty close on Mac. If my answer helps you, please upvote it. Cory definitely got me started (thank you Cory!), but my answer tells you how to get to that screen he mentions and what to do when you get there.
I was using Photoshop v25.9.1 and was prompted to download and try Photoshop Beta v25.11. When I opened the program and tried to change the brush size using the keyboard shortcut, I saw I was unable to do so. I saved my work, closed the app, and opened Photoshop 25.9.1. I confirmed I was able to control the brush size using the keyboard shortcuts in that version. Just for good measure, I rebooted v25.11 and triple checked that it was in fact a bug and that I had not changed any settings which would have prevented that action.
I am using Windows 10 and Photoshop Beta 25.11. After I updated to 25.11 the brush size shortcut (left and right brackets) stopped working properly. The shortcut does not adjust the brush size anymore. It still works however in Photoshop 2024 25.9.1.
I have tried to reset the shortcut using "keyboard shortcuts". Although it shows the proper bracket shortcut assignment the brackets do not adjust the brush size, there is no change to the brush size.
This appears to be a bug in the Beta 25.11 release.
p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.
p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.
Ever since the new update I cannot resize the brush tool using the [ ] keys. It's completly throwing off my workflow. A lot of other designers have been complaining about the same issue.
so both the "[" and "]" symbols stopped working in Photoshop Beta vers., I was using them for making my brushes bigger/smaller and out of the blue they stopped working. They're good in "normal" Photoshop so it's not a keyboard thing. I've tried to reinstal beta version, but it didn't help. Any ideas?
I updated by Photoshop (Beta) for Windows 3 days ago (6.30.24) and since then, my short cut keys don't work. I'm not able to change the size of my brushes using the [ and ] keys. The program is also running painfully slow! Any suggestions on how to fix this? I Googled the issue before posting here and attempted every fix listed on Google. None of them worked.
For the past year, adobe updates consistently seem to break more things than they fix. =( As a professional photographer I don't have time to constantly have to deal with this. If they can't figure things out, I'm going to need to start looking for new editing software that is more dependable.
I just posted this same question, because I searched this site for others having this problem and it only pulled up 2023 and older issues. It didn't show me this question until after I posted my questions. Seems like maybe Adobe should fix their search stuff on here too, so they aren't getting asked the same question unnecessarily!
Cory, you need to list the steps for fixing this problem. Your gray screenshot of the "Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus" does not match mine screen at all. I just updated my Beta tonight 7/2/2024 and the brackets do not work for changing brush size. Thank you for clarifying with easy written steps.
try to use shortcut for brush/pencil size, it's not working, i have restart or try to open close other file still not work in beta 25.11 , but it works in photoshop 25.9.1
p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.
Same. I just ran the update and now the bracket doesn't work for resizing brushes either. Gotta go up top and manually adjust. This has to be an quick and easy fix, right???
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