Recently used brushes strip: Selecting a previous brush doesn't revert it to its previous tip size

[alexia_4902]

Having a huge issue here that slows down the work flow. I use the recent brushes strip within the brush panel to switch between different brushes quickly. Up until recently, when I switched from Brush A which I was using at say, 10 px, to the recent Brush B, which I was previously using at say, 50 px, selecting Brush B again would resize the brush tip automatically to 50 px (the size I was using it at before using A), which is what I want. 

Currently, the strip (misleadingly) still visually reflects the size that each recent brush was at before switching to a different one. However, now when I switch from A to B, it remains the same size. In the example, when I switch from A to B, B's new size is 10 px. Same as A. Because of this, whenever I switch between different recent brushes, I have to resize them manually Every. Single. Time.

This is extremely frustrating. A and B are different brushes; I'm using them for different purposes. There is a reason why I want B to be 50 px when I switch back to it. What is the point of the recent brushes strip if the size of a current brush carries over to the one I want to switch back to? What happened to this simple and extremely useful feature?

I already tried resetting the brush tool. I do not want to simply make a new brush preset with "capture brush size in preset" checked off. That would not fix my problem. I would STILL have to keep resizing that brush manually every time that I want it to be a size other than the preset one. 

[Trevor.Dennis]

Hi Alexia.  I have just tried this with current release and beta versions, and it is working as it should.  I can only think that something has broken in your situation, and much as I hate to go straight in with a reset Preferences suggestion, I can't think what else could cause the behaviour you are seeing.   You could maybe try resetting the tool rather than Preferences as a first try.

I take it you can see the size in the Recent presets strip as well as the Option bar?

[Trevor.Dennis]

I thought about this some more.  AFAICT if the preset has a size in the Brush panel then it will work the way you want it to.

If no size is shown, as in the presets I highlighted below, then if you resize them, select another brush, and select the first brush from Recent brushes, its gone back to it's original size.  Give that a try.  It's late here and I am out of time, but that's the way it seems to work.

[alexia_4902]

Hi Trevor, thank you for the response. I've tried to make a visual description of the issue. My drop down menu looks different than yours for some reason, but hopefully that isn't an issue.

As I've said, I tried resetting the tool already. Several times now to no effect. I reset all my preferences and then reimported my workspace.

Normally I don't use the options bar to switch between brushes or adjust them, it is far quicker for me to use the Brushes tab/panel. Within the Brushes panel and the brush tool options drop down, there are no corresponding size numbers to each brush. However, I do not want a brush to return to a default size whenever I switch to it. That would be just as counterproductive.

The red lines diagram refers to what happens to each brush when I select it from brush settings. Doing so does revert it to its default size. The blue lines diagram refers to what happens when I switch from brush to brush by using either the general list or the recents strip.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Did you try what I said about presets that have a size against them in the panel, as opposed to presets that dont?

Your screen shot looked to be showing the General group presets, and they don't sizes.  Try test with presets that do have sizes against them.

If you want to use those general presets in the way you describe, try re-saving them as new presets with Capture Size checked.   

Make a new group with all of your custom presets, and export it out to a .abr file to keep it for other versions.  

BTW, I just tested my workaround, and it works

[alexia_4902]

Hi Trevor,

As you can see, as per your suggestion, I made three new brush presets with size captured in their tool settings (once again, this does not fix any of my problems, but moving on for now...).

I've found out something very absurd. After I use a brush that I selected from Brushes, D in this example, and use it, it goes to the top of of my Recents bar as you would expect. If I continue selecting from Brushes, everything behaves normally.

However, when I go to Brush Settings to switch to E or F (etc.) after using D, E and F change to their preset sizes, but their settings are replaced with D'S. They look and behave completely unlike they are supposed to. This is also the case when I select them fromthe Recents bar.

I have a hunch that this is related to the problem of the Recents Strip in general not remembering the size of a brush during the last state it was used in.