why are the lines soft ?

[djmattyz]

when drawing with a hard brush, the edges appear soft

when i use the bucket fill tool i can see a 'halo' around the edges where it meets the soft line.

any ideas?  is this normal?

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi there,

That does not sound right. As hard brushes are appearing softer in Photoshop, could you please let us know the exact version of Photoshop and operating system you're working on?

Also, could you please try resetting the preferences of Photoshop and let us know if it helps with the issue?

Preferences in Photoshop

Note: Please make sure that you back up all your custom presets, brushes & actions before resetting the preferences.

Regards,
Sahil

[djmattyz]

Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.4

windows 10

im hesitant to reset things just yet, because i made some setup changes a while back to improve performance for art and i cant remember what they were, i dont think these settings would have caused this problem though

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi

The brush tool is anti aliased to avoid jagged lines so if you zoom right in you will see a slightly soft edge.

When using the Paint Bucket tool use it on a new empty layer, click "all layers", and increase the tolerance to avoid the gap due to the antialiasing

Dave

[djmattyz]

thanks, that worked a treat