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lupusdraconis
lupusdraconis
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October 5, 2018
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Photoshop CC - First brushstroke after changing settings doesn't work

  • October 5, 2018
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I'm trying CC for the first time after using CS5 for years, and I'm experiencing a very frustrating problem with the brush that is present only in CC. When I change tools or brush settings and make a stroke with the brush or eraser, the first stroke does nothing. The second stroke works fine, but it's a very annoying and persistent issue I can't find any info on.

It's interrupting my workflow enough that it makes CC very unpleasant to use. CS5 works fine, and it doesn't seem to be a tablet issue. Anybody have any ideas what this might be?

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Mohammad.Harb
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Mohammad.HarbCommunity Expert
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October 5, 2018

make sure your graphic card driver is the most recent and up to date.

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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October 5, 2018

Which CC version which platform and OS version what is your machine configuration like?

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JJMack
lupusdraconis
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October 5, 2018

Most recent CC version. I just installed it yesterday from Creative Cloud, which is also up to date. I use an ASUS laptop with Nvidia video card running WIndows 8.1 and a Wacom Intuos tablet.

lupusdraconis
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October 5, 2018

lupusdraconis  wrote

Most recent CC version. I just installed it yesterday from Creative Cloud, which is also up to date. I use an ASUS laptop with Nvidia video card running WIndows 8.1 and a Wacom Intuos tablet.

I was going to ask if you were using a tablet.  Can you try using the mouse, and see if that makes a difference?  Unfortunately that won't help if the issue is related to pressure sensitivity.

Something that I can't remember the history of, is that Photoshop does not know you are using a tablet until the first time the pen touches the tablet.  This happens every time you start Photoshop, but should not be an issue again until Photoshop is closed and reopened. So in the screen shot below, I have just started Photoshop. The brush tool is selected, and Size set to Pen Pressure, but there is a warning Pling character to the left of Control, and the preview does not taper.

As soon as I make the first stroke, the warning does away and the preview shows a taper.  As I said above, this will be now be fine until I restart Photoshop.  Does this describe your issue, or is your problem arising each time you select the brush?

BTW  I am using an Intuos 4 with WinTab on Windows 10.

[EDIT]  One thought, as you are using Windows 8.1, you should try using WinTab if not already doing so.  The API was more of an issue with 8.1 than with 10

Tablet support for Photoshop on Windows 8


That sounds almost exactly like my issue, only it happens repeatedly within the same session. I'll try keeping the brush settings window open and seeing if that exclamation point keeps popping up.

I'll also try checking out WinTab. Thank you! I'll post whether or not this worked after some testing.

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