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orchibald
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October 18, 2017
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NEW UPDATE WITH DESTRACTING PURPLE LINE

  • October 18, 2017
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I have now downloaded the new update for Photoshop and with every brush tool stroke I do there is a purple line lagging behind it is does not affect the outcome but I find it very distracting and would like to hear a way to fix that it has to so with the line smoothing feature which I like but unfortunately have to turn it off due to the visual edition to come along with it

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    Correct answer davescm

    Hi

    Preferences > Cursors > "Show brush leash while smoothing" (check it or uncheck it as required)

    Dave

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    DOakes
    Participant
    October 18, 2017

    I have the same issue. The only difference is that my purple bar is 3 inches long and is painting at the base of it, and not where the cursor is.

    Nothing I look at or reset is having any impact on this.

    davescm
    Community Expert
    davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 18, 2017

    Hi

    Preferences > Cursors > "Show brush leash while smoothing" (check it or uncheck it as required)

    Dave

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    DOakes
    Participant
    October 19, 2017

    What type of pen are you using. My Wacom intuos pen works correctly are you using Windows or Mac are you having the OS scale your mouse cursor or display.  Does you Pen software have any kind of mapping or calibration like used on screen devices like a cintiq or surface display?


    Thanks for the reply but I found out this morning what was causing it. I had 1 of my monitors in portrait mode, and as soon as I moved it back to landscape it started working correctly again. No other software did that bar Photoshop. So it's a bit of a confusing 1 for me, even turned it back to portrait to make sure it was that and yup that was the culprit.

    Very strange.

    Many thanks for the reply's though. 

    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    October 18, 2017

    Hi Orchibald,

    That purple line depicts smoothing of brush strokes you can remove that line by decreasing the smoothing from the options bar on top.

    Regards,

    Sahil

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    orchibaldAuthor
    Participant
    October 18, 2017

    thank you for taking your time and answering, but I do want line smoothing and am asking if there is a way to have it with out the purple line trailing it

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