P: alt+right click drag resize opacity lock

[unhek]

Would be great to have an option that will lock opacity when resizing my brush with alt+right click drag, There is one for brush hardness, but never found one for opacity!

[dixonl52149999]

This is hacky but here's what I use for Autohotkey to resize my brush and keep opacity at 100. The downside is opacity will ALWAYS go to 100 after sizing the brush using the shortcut. 

You can see that I'm overriding "d" key to resize my bush. So when I press "d" I have Auto Hot Key send alt and right click to photoshop instead.  Note that this works as long as you drag WITHOUT pressing the pen on the screen. Otherwise, I get an eyedropper.

You can change d out for whatever key you want to listen to. The part of the code that is actually setting opacity back to 100 after I change brush size are the Send{0 down} and Send{0 up}. 

#IfWinActive ahk_class Photoshop

$d::

Send {alt down}{Click,down,right}

KeyWait d

Send {alt up}{Click,up,right}

Send {0 down}
Send {0 up}
Send {0 down}
Send {0 up}
Send {0 down}
Send {0 up}

return

[victorg8387062]

I can't believe that after all these years this is the only viable solution.

Thank you very much for this "hack". Whatever drawbacks it might have, at least I don't have to worry about painting, or worse, erasing with 99% opacity. I wish I new about this years ago.

[brobbeh]

It's frankly just baffling that this is still not fixed in Photoshop.

[337782667vz7]

It's frankly just baffling that this is still not fixed in Photoshop.

[khellstr]

Yes it is. Maybe they are developping some AI which would keep it locked for the user. 

[tarronr18954737]

Please add this Adobe!  

[337782667vz7]

It's frankly just baffling that this is still not fixed in Photoshop.

[William.Bennett]

This is the single biggest issue for me in PS, as a professional digital painter. This issue (almost) alone has nosedived my opinion of Adobe.

I have to keep an eye PERMANENTLY, as in every few seconds, on the opacity box while I'm painting. Its no different to driving a car and having to check the fuel gauge every few heartbeats. 

Its insane.

[Jacob Folmer28020228m2te]

Please oh please add this feature adobe, it really would help us digital painters a ton

[337782667vz7]

It's frankly just baffling that this is still not fixed in Photoshop.2025

[ZH0308_C8656]

I want to PREVENT opacity changing when I resize my brush.

[TimNelson]

Thank you! That was driving me nuts and I could NOT find a fix! that cured it

[TimNelson]

I meant going into edit:preferences: tools: Vary round brush hardness based on HUD vertical.. 

[fausto_6462]

I just want to let you know i got around this using a free program called Autohotkey and running a script that automatically presses "0" when you release the alt key. This way every time you resize a brush using the drag method it resets the opacity to 100%. I'm using Photoshop 2022 on windows 11 so i'm not sure this works on MacOS

Here's the script, paste it into a .txt file and save it as a .ahk file. Google and download Autohotkey V1. I think you need windows ink enabled in your tablet settings but im not sure, i use a Wacom 4 tablet. Load Photoshop first then double click the script and it should work. When you are done remember to go to the system tray and close autohotkey. 

#IfWinActive ahk_exe Photoshop.exe

; When Alt is pressed, assume brush resize might begin
~Alt::
    resizingBrush := true
return

; When Alt is released, check if we were resizing
~Alt Up::
    if (resizingBrush)
    {
        resizingBrush := false
        Sleep, 50
        SendInput, 0
    }
return

#IfWinActive

[intelligent_hand9457]

It has driven me crazy for years. Such an easy fix for tremendous amounts of pain. It even made me take time to write this, which I never do. It's just baffling it's STILL not in photoshop in the year two thousand and twenty five.

[intelligent_hand9457]

Thank you for this by the way, works like a charm in the meantime. Just annoying to set this up everytime I'm on a new computer...

[FreeTime]

Это сделано для того, чтобы вы покупали новые планшеты! Это намеренное введение в фотошоп, чтобы мы не могли пользоваться корректно старыми планшетами! Ребята, эта проблема решится только через суд.. да и то думаю это будет сложно...  Просто эти ублюдки трясутся за каждый цент, поэтому сейчас есть куча альтернативных программ.. Если кратко эти мрази настолько жадные, что готовы ради нескольких тысяч нервировать 99% пользователей своего софта