Issue:
In Recent photoshop Updates the setting ”Initial Direction” in "Shape Dynamics" in brush settings is BUGGED and does not consistently work as it should.
- Photoshop version: 24.0-25.2
- OS: MacOS 12.7.1
Steps to reproduce:
- Take or make a flat brush (you can create it by setting a round brush to 90 degree angle and 8% width in the ”brush tip shape” settings)
- Go into ”Shape Dynamics” and turn on ”Initial direction” in the second drop down menu options.
- Now use a tablet and pen and draw 10-15 strokes as if you are drawing straight lines in the same direction and you will see the problem.
Expected result:
If you draw with a Wacom pen or an equivalent tool, You SHOULD get a consistently flat wide brush strokes as you pull in the same direction as described above and do not change direction mid stroke etc.
You should NOT get thin strokes with the settings described above. This has been how these settings have worked for 10+ years in photoshop.
Actual result:
Every 5-8th stroke or so, the brush direction spazzes out and flips and changes. So you will get 5-8 correct strokes and then suddenly it begins shifting for absolutely zero reason. And you get thin strokes instead of flat wide ones. And yes this matters A LOT if you’re a painter and illustrator using brush settings and specific brush directional settings.
All of my Wacom settings are unchanged from before I noticed the issue, tried a brand new Wacom and current drivers and then finally tried photoshop 2021 where everything works as it should. Tried it with an older Wacom too with older drivers, and that also works as it should. I also tried photoshop 24.0 where it does NOT work as it should. And also tried 25.2 where it is still bugged.
So this apparently has been bugged for several updates.
But it is 100% an issue with Photoshop and nothing else as evident from my testing of using several drivers for the tablets and several versions of photoshop.
I even exported the exact same brush, and made a new brush with the same settings, and none of that makes a difference because it’s the actual setting itself that is bugged and not some irregularity with a specific brush or anything like that.
The attached image is an example of me painting straight lines downards in the same direction, ALL of the strokes SHOULD be like the FINAL stroke which is broad and flat, but as you can see almost all of the strokes in this case vary WILDLY despite the strokes following the SAME direction. Also I am a professional illustrator and have used Photoshop for 15+ years. This is a new bug from as far back as version 24.0 to my knowledge (last version I used before that would be the 2021 version where everything works as it should and always has).
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