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perfectblue
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October 11, 2012
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Brush Opacity & Flow hotkeys keep switching

  • October 11, 2012
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Photoshop CS5

For whatever reason the hotkeys for controling brush opacity and flow switch randomly, and its a bit frustrtating in my work flow.

For the hotkey for Opacity will atlernate between 0-9 and shift + 0-9

The hokey for Flow will alternate between 0-9 and shift + 0-9 as well

One project I will be used to useing shift + 0-9 to adjust the flow, but in the next document it will alter opacity instead.

Anyone know what may be causing this?

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      Correct answer Jeff Arola

      Check to see if the airbrush mode is enabled in the tool options bar when the shortcuts switch.

      Having the airbrush mode enabled will cause the opacity and flow shortcuts to switch.

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      Scottie-DDS
      Participant
      July 1, 2024

      Thank you so much !!!

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      macKARMA_online
      Participating Frequently
      January 6, 2020

      this has been driving me crazy for quite some time... such a simple fix... thank you!!!

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        aglyons
        Participant
        January 25, 2019

        This has to be a bug. I can't for, any reason understand why anyone would think that this would make sense and should be a feature.

        I use a gamer keypad, a Razer Tartarus that I have macro keys set to adjust flow on a brush. Once airbrush mode is on those macros go out the window with my workflow. I don't adjust opacity, I only use flow as do many other retouchers.

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          fmateoscano
          Participant
          June 28, 2021

          hi aglyons! I've just bought my razer tartarus and wonder how to do a macro to set things like flow and opacity in photoshop. If you could give me a tip I would really appreciate! cheers!

           

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            32o32
            Participant
            February 6, 2018

            Thank you!

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            maryb72299966
            Participant
            February 6, 2018

            Thanks This has helped me so much. Clone tool was how i fixed my issue

            Max_Heimer
            Max_Heimer
            Participant
            January 7, 2017

            Hey just wondering, has anyone found a way to disable this, whether built in or through some third-party solution? I find it incredibly annoying and incredibly useless and I often have a few strokes down before I realize my opacity hasn't changed and it really messes up my workflow. Frankly I don't see the point of them switching. I'd still like to be able to use airbrush, but it'd be nice to have num=opacity and num+shift=flow permanently locked that way. Any ideas?

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              aronbothman
              Participant
              November 1, 2013

              To add to the previous post: if you are using a custom brush that has "Build Up" turned on in the Brush panel, this will also enable Airbrush Mode and switch the # and Shift+# keyboard shortcuts.  Hope this helps!

              Jeff Arola
              Community Expert
              Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
              Community Expert
              October 11, 2012

              Check to see if the airbrush mode is enabled in the tool options bar when the shortcuts switch.

              Having the airbrush mode enabled will cause the opacity and flow shortcuts to switch.

                GilmourB
                GilmourB
                Inspiring
                March 18, 2016

                That fixed it! Thank you!

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