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P: Make the brush cursor easier to see (too thin, not enough contrast with some colors)

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November 18, 2016
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In last updates I'm having problem seeing brush (paint and healing) cursor when working with colors similar to cursor grey (grey or brown midtones for expamle).

Sometimes cursor changes to white, but for very short time and very randomly.

So it's really hard to see where I'm just gonna paint or heal. It is really annoying and tiring.

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laurentc48856771

Known Participant

Hi, i am using PS CC on Imac 5K and i am having really hard time to see the healing brush cursor on grey background. Please see attached picture. The cursor is on the middle... I found an old discussion where it was suggested to add a temporary adjustment layer in order to modify the tone of the image but I cannot believe there isn't a better solution. I work mostly on (36mp Nikon d810 flat) pictures that have grey floor and have to remove dirt from it, I would like to speed up the retouching, not making it more complex adding layers. I have already looked in the cursor preferences.

Thank you,

Laurent

War Unicorn

Community Expert

Odd that the cursor doesn't turn more black/gray like it does on my system. (I'm using Windows 10 x64.)

Maybe it's a video driver issue? I know you Mac users don't have much control over this other than what Apple doles out, though.

Theresa J

Community Expert

I just tried this on my Mac and I can see the brush fine.

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jackm4630927

Participating Frequently

I have been literally been going blind trying to use the Spot Heeling Brush on gray backgrounds. I can't see the cursor! Is there some way of changing the cursor color… possibly to bright red? This problem is particularly pronounced when trying to remove artifacts affecting images of the sky in old black-and-white photos. I'm using Photoshop CS6.

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Steve Grisetti

Legend

Is this a question about Photoshop or Photoshop Elements?

You've posted to the Premiere Elements forum.

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jackm4630927

Participating Frequently

jackm4630927 wrote
I couldn't find a discussion group for Photoshop CS6, although the problem also likely affects Elements.

This forum covers all versions of the full Photoshop app all the way back when it was first released.

Are you asking about seeing the cursor outline against tones around the 50% grey value? I will say that the cursor is more apparent in this screen shot, than it looked in Photoshop.

As you know, cursors and paths automatically show as black up to 50% grey, and white beyond 50% grey, and with a one pixel thickness. I can imagine that can be a problem on high def displays. With paths one trick is to add a lay and fill it with black, and set the layer's opacity to 50%. This forces a white cursor that shows quite well — especially against busy backgrounds.

What I am not so clear about is that once you touch down with the healing brush you can see the extent of your brush strokes, so I might be missing the point. If you still need help, perhaps you can paste a screen shot here to demonstrate.

Place a 15 px spot healing brush cursor in the grey area identified by the white line - it will nearly disappear. Working on such images (this is part of a restored WWII photo) for hours at a time causes significant eye strain. A colored cursor (e.g. red) would be much appreciated.

benp15769543

Participant

I just upgraded to PS 2017. One issue is that I can't see the healing brush cursor well. It gets lost in the image I'm trying to correct. It's there, it's just hard to see. Is there a way to make the cursor (circle) darker/lighter/ a different color so that it shows up better in the image?

Peru Bob

Community Expert

I'm not at my editing computer now, but you might look in the preferences (Edit > Preferences from the menu).

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