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January 15, 2018
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Custom Brush not displaying at size it strokes

  • January 15, 2018
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Hi,

I'm having a minor yet annoying problem with PS CC 2018 that was not present in previous versions. I have used custom brushes for years as "signature brushes" to stamp my actual signature along with a copyright symbol and year. Each year, I create a new brush from the previous year, changing the year portion as necessary. Prior to CC 2018, when I would stamp the brush, I would set the size of the brush based upon the size of the image to make it appropriate. I usually do this by selecting the appropriate brush and typing in the size (such as 225 px). When I then stamp the brusk on a layer above the image, it domes out smaller than the brush displays as it is positioned over the image. For the work I've been doing lately, it looks about 10-15% smaller at a guess. By measurement, the brush strokes at the proper size, but the displayed brush is 10-15% larger than that.

Other than that, everything works fine. I have been trying to compensate for it visually as I work, but it is very disconcerting and has never worked like this in previous versions of the program back to 2004.

I believe that this is a straight-out bug, but I can't be sure. I have tried this not only with my migrated brushes from previous versions, but with a brush created in CC 2018 as well.

Anyone have any ideas? If not, how do I report this to Adobe Support?

Thanks in advance,

= Ed Rotberg =

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Correct answer Jeff Arola

See if going to System Preferences>Accessibility>Display and the setting the Cursor Size to Normal resolves the issue.

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Participant
January 15, 2018

Thanks for the quick response!!

Here ya go:

System Version: macOS 10.13.2 (17C88)

  Kernel Version: Darwin 17.3.0

  Boot Volume: Macintosh HD

  Boot Mode: Normal

  Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled

  System Integrity Protection: Enabled

  Time since boot: 5 days 26 minutes

Model Name: iMac

  Model Identifier: iMac14,2

  Processor Name: Intel Core i7

  Processor Speed: 3.5 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 4

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 8 MB

  Memory: 16 GB

  Boot ROM Version: IM142.0123.B00

  SMC Version (system): 2.15f7

= Ed =

Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 15, 2018

See if going to System Preferences>Accessibility>Display and the setting the Cursor Size to Normal resolves the issue.

Participant
January 15, 2018

Bingo! I don't even know how that got changed!! It would be nice if PS was able to give you a preference to override that setting for brushes. It doesn't seem to make much sense for that use. Still, I should have thought of that.

Thanks again Jeff!

= Ed =

Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 15, 2018

What operating system are you using?