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Why is my cursor flickering when I paint?

Community Beginner ,
Feb 16, 2023 Feb 16, 2023

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When I paint with my mouse or tablet it flickers between the brush icon and the mouse pointer like this. I've reset my preferences, reinstalled photoshop, and deleted FontFeatureCache and CT Font Cache file. Problem persists.

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Adobe Employee , Feb 16, 2023 Feb 16, 2023

Hi @nicholasa43564700 sorry to hear this.

 

Go to Preferences > Technology Previews... and check "Disable Native Canvas" - then restart Photoshop. Does the problem still occur? 

 

It may help if we could see your Photoshop System Info. Launch Photoshop, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.  

 

Thank you,

Cory

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Feb 16, 2023 Feb 16, 2023

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Hi @nicholasa43564700 sorry to hear this.

 

Go to Preferences > Technology Previews... and check "Disable Native Canvas" - then restart Photoshop. Does the problem still occur? 

 

It may help if we could see your Photoshop System Info. Launch Photoshop, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.  

 

Thank you,

Cory

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New Here ,
Jan 25, 2024 Jan 25, 2024

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Thank you! This was driving me crazy.

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New Here ,
Feb 28, 2024 Feb 28, 2024

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Just tried this, to fix it but now the artwork/cavas is blank/black

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Participant ,
Mar 14, 2024 Mar 14, 2024

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Doesn't work for me.  Just an m2 macbook pro and every few months I get this problem.  I just wonder why Adobe can't make a product that actually works consistently. 

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024

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Same here. I also restarted after the suggested changes in preferences. Flickering persists. Screenshot 2024-04-25 at 10.03.48.pngScreenshot 2024-04-25 at 10.03.25.png

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024

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This Bug is for version 25.4.0

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024

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Just updated to 25.7.0...Bug is still there

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New Here ,
Sep 02, 2024 Sep 02, 2024

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Did you find a way to fix it?

 

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 02, 2024 Sep 02, 2024

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I have a tablet from Wacom. Sometimes there was such a problem, but the following action helped me:

 

Close photoshop (if it is running). Create a notepad. Name it: "PSUserConfig". Write in notepad: "UseSystemStylus 0". Save it in the ".txt" format. Place this file in the following path: 

 

AppData / Roaming / Adobe Photoshop CC 2024 / Adobe Photoshop CC 2024 Settings

 

Sorry, but I do not know which path to this folder on Mac OS and whether this method will work for owners of this system, because I use Windows. But you can try!

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Sep 02, 2024 Sep 02, 2024

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This actually worked. Thank you so much!

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 16, 2023 Feb 16, 2023

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A bug similar to what you're experiencing is reported.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-brush-outline-circle-disappearing-when-wor...

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/wacom/comments/fxryv6/brush_or_other_brushlike_tool_changing_to_cursor/

 

I don't know what your photoshop version is but roll back to 24.0. From 24.1 onwards, such a bug occurs (the shape of the brush cursor changes to the window default arrow as it blinks).

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 16, 2023 Feb 16, 2023

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Ive been paintnig for a few hours and no flickers so far! Thank you.

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 28, 2023 Aug 28, 2023

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How did you fix it? 

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