Hello everyone, I am having an issue with photoshop brushes in 0% hardness still showing edges. But first, here is my current system info:
CPU: i7-6700k @ 4ghz
RAM: 32gb DDR4 2300
GPU: nVidia 3gb 1060
OS: Win10 64bit latest
Adobe PS: CC latest (17.0.1)
System before I saw the issue:
CPU: i5 something from 6 years ago
RAM 16gb
GPU nVidia 550Ti
OS: Win10 64bit
I don't believe I saw the issue on my new setup before now.
Okay, back to the problem, which is a new issue. I can see the edges of brushes at 0% hardness. Even when opening up images made before the issue, it shows up. Here are some examples of what I am talking about:
You can see the rings of where I clicked to add brush marks, and it never did this before. So, I went back to an old image and opened it up in an image viewer:
The issue doesn't appear, but when I opened it up in photoshop (like to edit), this is what I got:
Now you can see the edges of where I brushed. Not to mention that now the glow around the center dot has turned into a pixelated mess.
Has anyone encountered this issue before? Do you know how to fix it? This is really killing me. Thanks in advance for the help!
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I've been telling people that brushes are maybe not the best too for smooth gradients and to use Gaussian blur, but we have had so many people complain about this lately, that I've had a closer look, and there does seem to be an issue I don't remember being there before. I wouldn't stake my life on it though.
The top stroke below is a full soft 125 pixel brush, and there is a definite edge against the white background. I have set spacing all the way down to 1% btw. The second stroke has Scatter set to 100% but not for both axes and control set to Off. That has caused just enough jitter to soften the edge, but the brush size is obviously going to be bigger than the cursor. The stroke is not perfectly parallel either, which is understandable with scatter jitter. So I upped the Count to 2 for the last stroke to increase the stamp downs and hopefully straighten the line. As you can see, it has not made a lot of difference.
That's as good as I can get it, but it is better than it was.
BTW I use the Flaming Pear Space Bundle for that sort of effect. It's a bit dated now, but does an OK job and if you need to work quickly, it's useful. You get the three plug-ins below for just $59, which I thought was OK.
Glitterato - Flaming Pear Software
LunarCell - Flaming Pear Software
SolarCell - Flaming Pear Software
It does this sort of thing between the three of them
Hi Trevor
Got to thinking about this and if brushing with a soft round brush you do not want 1% spacing. It is almost like keeping the brush still and repeatedly clicking at the same point. Eventually you build up an edge. The sweet spot for a round brush seems to be around 25-30% spacing which may be why it is the default?
Dave
Just define a new brush preset.
Make a round selection and fill with black on a new layer.
Gaussian Blur using a high value to completely blur the circle.
With the brush tool and the layer with the blurred circle selected, define a new preset. Call it
'Daniel's Incredibly Soft Brush that has no hard edges' The name is crucial. It won't work if you use another name. 
You now have a soft brush you can stamp down with none of those 'edges'
Hi Daniel
In a way I am stumped as I can't replicate your problem here, particularly as you say the problem is new.
I would do the following to try and get to the root of the issue.
1. Check the brush and layer blending modes to make sure nothing is off there.
2. Reset the brushes.
3. Try turning off the GPU in Preferences - Performance. If that resolves it, turn it back on but then try the Advanced settings , Basic/Normal/Advanced to see if one works any better.
4. Reset your preferences
If any of those do resolve it - post back so anyone else with the same issue can try the same.
Dave
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