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MacOS_ Hold down Option key while the Brush tool is selected.

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Sep 21, 2024 Sep 21, 2024

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Using Sonoma OS. I want to be able to select the Brush tool, then hold down the option key and right click to set the brush size. Currently the feature does not work because holding down the option key while the brush tool is selected, changes the tool to the Eye droppper tool (same as holding i). How do I turn off this feature? I tried turning off Spring-loaded tool shortcuts but that does not affect the Option Key. 

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Community Expert , Sep 22, 2024 Sep 22, 2024

In Photoshop you don't need to hold down any modifier keys with the Brush Tool selected, just right click in the document area to bring up the brush picker.

 

Another way is to

Option+Control+Left click and drag left or right to change the brush size

 

or use the

Left Bracket key to Decrease the brush size

or

Right Bracket key to Increase the brush size

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Sep 21, 2024 Sep 21, 2024

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what app?

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Sep 22, 2024 Sep 22, 2024

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This is within Photoshop. 

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Sep 22, 2024 Sep 22, 2024

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Sep 22, 2024 Sep 22, 2024

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In Photoshop you don't need to hold down any modifier keys with the Brush Tool selected, just right click in the document area to bring up the brush picker.

 

Another way is to

Option+Control+Left click and drag left or right to change the brush size

 

or use the

Left Bracket key to Decrease the brush size

or

Right Bracket key to Increase the brush size

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Sep 22, 2024 Sep 22, 2024

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Another way is to

Option+Control+Left click and drag left or right to change the brush size

By @Jeff Arola

 

@Cesar346358511cin 

Note that the Control key on macOS is the same as the right mouse button. It's what we used to use when we had a one-button mouse and it continues to work.

Jane

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Sep 22, 2024 Sep 22, 2024

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Hi!

You will need to make that change in Photoshop, not your mac operating system. What version of Photoshop are you using?

 

On a Mac, you change the size of the brush by holding Option + Right Clicking (Mouse/Pen)+ Dragging the mouse Horizontally (left or right).

Let us know if that works?

Michelle

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Thank you all, I was looking for Control+Option+Left click and drag. All the other options mentioned also work but this is the one I was looking for. Much appreciated! 

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