Brush when using clone tool

[ericr30350000]

If I am using the clone tool, and change the brush settings, PS selects the smudge tool. If I click on the clone tool, the brush goes back to the previous setting?????

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Could you please post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels (Layers, Brushes, Options Bar, …) visible?

Has the Brush in question been created with »Include Tool Settings«?

When you cmd-alt-click the brush with the Clone Stamp Tool selected do the Tool settings get overridden?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

When »Show Additional Preset Info« is checked for the Brushes Panel those small icons indicate which tool the individual brushes are linked to (if any).

[dada-auri]

which was a change I hate. I would really like to be able to choose the brush I like for any tool, as it was before

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Then cmd-alt-click the brush.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

And please consider this:

It is just an option to save Brushes with Tool Settings, one need not do so if one does not like the feature.

And if one uses brushes created by others then it was their choice, not Adobe’s, to use the feature.

One work-around to eliminate the setting in bulk is saving an atn-file, opening it in Photoshop CC2017, saving it from there again and loading that on CC219.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Also there are existing Feature Requests on the issue; you may want to add your vote (if you haven’t already).

Toggle "Include Tool Settings" on Existing Brush Presets | Photoshop Family Customer Community

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[andreamaestri]

Also you can set up any brush shape in the brush settings

[ericr30350000]

I found the problem - I was clicking on what is a preset brush for the smudge tool. I thought it was just a brush setting.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

As mentioned above you can have the Brushes Panel indicate which Brushes are Tool-specific.