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P: Problems with brush size shortcuts in the liquify tool

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August 16, 2013
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In Photoshop CC inside the Liquify tool holding down ctrl+alt+click and drag(on mac) no longer allows you to change the size of the brush.

Also in the liquify tool(no specific to CC) the fist time you use brackets ([,]) to change the brush size the size first moves in the wrong direction, then gets back to your original brush size, then goes in the direction you are trying to get to.

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Nathkore

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The only fix for this (alt+rclick trying to quickly resize the brush size using a wacom pen inside the liquify window does NOT work) - I have to have the wacom window handy to constantly turn OFF windows ink. That fixes the problem. Then when you return to Photoshop after done liquify, turn ON windows ink again.

Suprising the program behaves in such a broken way for such a new 2022 release.

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mastix

Inspiring

Yes same problem. Brush size does NOT work with keyboard shortcuts I have to use the anoying slider.

Why the heck are they not consistent with brush shortcuts. Why are they different in liquify than the rest of Photoshop. Weird

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AriaRosy

Participant

I found the solution! Apparently if you have more than one language on your keyboard ... you need to make sure that it's converted into English in order to be able to use the shortcuts, or else photoshop won't detect the new language's letters

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

The problem is still here... trying to resize brings a zoom panel. 😞

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

I talk about the brush size shortcut which is the topic of this thread.

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redflyrAuthor

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I think you're talking about something different from this thread. You should start a new thread as it'll be more likely that you'll find an answer. Good luck.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Why is this still not fixed?
The brush resize keys are still different in the Liquify filter (Shift + = for Brush + and ' for Brush -) from the canvas keystrokes ([ for Brush + and ] for Brush -) with an English / US keyboard.

Graphic tablets and new Apps like AstroPad aren't working that way. They know only one(!) keystroke for Brush + and one(!) keystroke for Brush -. And of course in other languages it becomes a horror to setup the brush keystrokes.

Why still going this (in my eyes stupid) way?

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J453

Legend

Hi Christophe, try Spencer's suggestion and make sure that "Use Graphics Processor" is enabled under Preferences>Performance... and restart Photoshop

You'll also want to make sure your driver is up to date:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/...

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redflyrAuthor

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I think it could also be related to your video card and whether or not you have "Use Graphics Processor" checked in Performance under Preferences. I just had to turn mine off due to using an older video card and saw a change in the way Liquify's interface functioned. I saw a return of the weird brackets based issue.

If you have a halfway decent video card(≥512mb) make sure that you are utilizing your GPU, this might solve your issue.

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redflyrAuthor

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What version of PS are you using? I remember this getting fixed with an update, I think it stopped working after they started the CC program, and changed some stuff around, and then fixed stuff up as they went a long.

Currently works for me in 14.2.2

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