Photoshop - Brush turns into a mouse cursor while drawing

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October 15, 2020
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Hi,

For some time now I have the bug visible at the video below when from time to time, randomly, my brush turn into a mouse cursor and then often (but not always) it loses pressure making it very annoying and sometimes impossible to draw, because it happens so often. How can I fix it, I tried everything I could find online? I work on Windows 10 (always up to date).

https://youtu.be/MOig_82T0YM

Correct answer jendart

Try going to File > Generate > and make sure Image Assets is unchecked. Also go to Preferences > Plugins and uncheck Enable Generator there as well. Worked for me!

https://feedback-readonly.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-mouse-cursor-replacing-brush-outline-when-drawing-on-a-layer-with-a-mask-enabled/5f5f462c4b561a3d4277d281

breadleyy

Participant

I'm late to the party. For those who have this issue by default, it's most likely your PC being too slow for Photoshop's poor optimization. Reverting to older versions is likely to fix your problem.

For those who have this issue upon creating a layer mask, click on the burger menu in the layer panel, go to Panel Option, Thumbnail Content and select Entire Document.

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Riccardo5FD4

Participant

For some reason it seems to happen when the layers window is NOT visible, so my recommendation is to keep it visible, lol.

johnfdooley

Participating Frequently

Fascinating! I'll give that a try next time.

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viz.mike

Known Participant

I got the same issue and Wacom Medium Pro, it's just making me nuts. Someone found a solution for this?

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jendartCorrect answer

Participant

Try going to File > Generate > and make sure Image Assets is unchecked. Also go to Preferences > Plugins and uncheck Enable Generator there as well. Worked for me!

https://feedback-readonly.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-mouse-cursor-replacing-brush-outline-when-drawing-on-a-layer-with-a-mask-enabled/5f5f462c4b561a3d4277d281

johnfdooley

Participating Frequently

So far this is working for me. In my case, Image Assets was already unchecked, so this had no efffect, but unchecking Enable Generator has improved the situation.

I am curious why this works and if this solution will affect other workflows.