P: (Win/macOS) PS 25.11 Mixer brush swatch in brush options is no longer transparent

[netvet007]

I updated to PS version 25.11 today.  When I now use the mixer brush, the normally transparent swatch in the options bar is no longer transparent, even when the brush is set to clean.  It shows colors and patterns from the image which it never did before.  I uses the mixer brush to mix paint already on the canvas and not adding color during mixer brush use.  This is a new thing.  The brush appears to be working correctly but not sure why the box is showing color and pixels.  I am on an iMac 2019 running Sonoma 14.5.

When I open PS 2023, the problem does not occur.

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[monikav33090955]

I have the same problem, its driving me nuts 😞 

[funny_warrior16B8]

same problem...updated 2024 mac studio with PS 25.11...now mixer brush loaded color icon at top doesnt show color i chose from color picker...also i had a working shortcut to turn off and on the paint used in the mixer brush and now the shortcut wont respond at at...even restarted Photoshop...tried a different shortcut in Edit..Shortcuts under both mixer brush auto load choice and tried the Load brush choice...nothing working...very very very aggravating and hard to work!!! please update!!!

[Gail375468132p6f]

I have exactly the same problem .. whats the fix ? 

[fishbat]

The latest update is affecting both the performance of mixer brushes (less responsive and generally strange behaviour) and the paint colours do not appear in the colour box - it either displays these gridlines or a garish pink colour. I am reluctant to roll back to the previous version of Photoshop and wonder if there is a workaround or if Adobe is going to fix this problem?

[fishbat]

Version 25.11

[fishbat]

Yes there are issues

if you use the mixer brush tool as the paint colours do not show up and the brushes do not respond as well as before. I have asked a question in this forum.

[fishbat]

Dear Sameer, I hope Adobe will look into the mixer brush problem without delay. Although you might not think it's a blocking issue, there are many digital artists that rely on the mixer brushes for our work!

[Bomber33]

@fishbat  Thankyou. Just a relative newbie so not using that part of Photoshop yet,Only editing photos at the moment.

Many thanks though for your reply

[funny_warrior16B8]

Same problem..the color swatch icon doesnt show color  chosen..plus the shortcut to turn the paint off/on again doesnt work at all..driving me nuts..every stroke with mixer brush i have to go up to menu and physcially turn off/on paint plus cant even see what color i am painting with when paint is ON/loaded in the Icon window.....really hard to paint this way super slow and not accurate! please please fix this!! my OS on my new mac is all up to date as well!  in the shortcuts i still see N which is the shortcut ive used for months to conveniently control paint loaded or not...

[Sameer K]

Hi all! Thanks for sharing the details

We've informed the team about this. Please upvote the thread from the top.

Thanks!
Sameer K

[vane$$a]

I have this problem as well (Mac Sonoma OS), and it makes using mixer brushes in PS 2024 impossible. The problem began in Beta several iterations ago, and now it shows up in the latest iteration of 2024. I have reverted back to 2023 because mixer brushes are necessary for my work. Some other users I know have reported that Adobe experts were able to fix their individual PS2024 by making remote adjustments in library prefs files. It would be helpful if that information could be tracked down and shared with others of us. 

[funny_warrior16B8]

I have the same issue corrupted mixer brush paint icon as show in main posting about this bug....I also cannot turn paint color off or on using the prior shortcut i had used for last couple years...I set up a new short cut restarted tried everything else i could think of but NO shortcut will help me do this...very very inconvenient to turn paint off/on by clicking the box at the mixer brush settings top menu !  Hope this gets fixed soon...really slows down my work! thanks for your help Adobe@@

[RosieL1204]

I have the same problem; however, rather than clicking on the auto-clean and auto-fille brushes in the Mixer Brush HUD, I tried to assign a Shortcut Key. The Shortcut Keys are in place but do not work. I have to go back to build 25.1 for that to work. Additionally, holding down Alt/Option and then clicking on a color places the color as the background color rather than the foreground color.

[RosieL1204]

I have an entire group of students that work with the Mixer Brush daily and this is a HUGE problem !!!

[fishbat]

It would be much appreciated if Adobe could work out a solution to this problem in the near future. There are many of us who rely on mixer brushes for our creations and it is very disappointing that our basic tool no longer works the way it should.

[sujan_peeka6599]

its not selecting any colours and that colour picker layer is not looking normal what should i do

[fishbat]

There is a growing number of us waiting for Adobe to do something about it

[mkita10]

Hi guys. I have an issue with mixt-brush. This tool do not want to work properly. When I am choosing just brush it works perfect with eydropper. But if I choose mixt-brush eydropper is inactive. The photoshop automatically choose just Stamp and that's all. Please see the video uploaded. Do you have any :light_bulb: ideas? Please help...:(

thank you in advance

[Earth Oliver]

that's working exactly as expected. The mixer brush doesn't sample colors.

[lexi_lambda]

I ran into this issue today. Downgrading to 25.9.1 is my workaround for now. This seems to be the same issue as the one reported here, which is the thread I found first: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/mixer-brush-is-not-useable-with-latest-updat...

[funny_warrior16B8]

Even after this weeks photoshop update I am still having the problem of the Mixer Brush...cant use any shortcut to turn paint off and on while working!!!!!! very very very annoying...also corrupt icon showing the color chosen with color picker...lines and garbage in it instead!!!  PLEASE fix this ADobE!!! you are the master app for ARTISTS...we need this function back...this latest updat this month(september ) has NOT fixed anything...it happened on the previous regular update !

[fishbat]

Completely agree with all the comments posted and would like to add to the plea: PLEASE fix this problem soon Adobe! Personally, I shall not update until I am absolutely sure that the mixer brushes work properly again. Thank you.

[peggphoto]

Hello, I am experiencing a bug with the mixer brush tool after upgrading to the latest version of photoshop (25.12.0). I cannot select "Clean brush" in the dropdown menu, and the graphic that appears in the box is glitched out. I need this tool for retouching work, and it worked perfectly fine up until the moment I updated the app. 2 screenshots are attached showing the box with the glitched out graphics. No matter what I do I cannot select "clean brush" from that menu

iMac 2019 27"

Mac OS Sonoma 14.6.1

Radeon Pro Vega 48 8 GB

32 GB RAM

3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

[mbhola]

Hey All, we merged a fix for this issue today! Sorry for the inconvenience.

[vane$$a]

Where/when can we access the "fix"? referenced in mbhola's post (adobe employee) below?