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upants
Joined: 06 May 2011
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 Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 5:50 am Post subject: Brushes acting strangely |
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Desperation has led me to the forums, i'm hoping someone will be able to shed some light on what is going on.
Usually when drawing on photoshop I depend on my 'hard round' brush, but all of a sudden it stopped behaving the way it used to.
It used to behave much like the pencil tool but with a smoother finish (I use a tablet pen.) The line would become bigger or smaller with pressure, but wouldn't change in opacity, it was really good for inking.
Now the brush fades with pressure which means it doesn't create a crisp solid line that I want.
I tried fiddling with the brush settings i.e turning off fade in the transfer tab, but to no avail and when I changed settings they would revert back to the previous ones as soon as drew something.
Heeeeelp :-( (photoshop cs5) |
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renata
Joined: 26 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 6:44 am Post subject: |
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I had the opposite problem a while back, where I couldn't get pen pressure to work! Turns out I needed a driver for my tablet. But that's not the case for you...
When I was working through the Adobe CS5 classroom in a book, at the start of every chapter it asked me to reset Photoshop to default preferences.
Perhaps this would get rid of any preference you have inadvertently set (as well as all the preferences that you wanted to keep!).
If nobody comes up with a solution to your problem, you might want to give it a try. To reset Photoshop to default preferences, hold down Ctr+Alt+Shift (Win) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac) as you start Photoshop. It will ask you to confirm that you want to delete the Photoshop Settings file.
For me, I had to try a few times before I could get it to recognise that I'd clicked (maybe because my nice new computer was a bit too fast?).
Good luck, maybe somebody else will know exactly what the trouble and you won't need to consider this. |
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renata
Joined: 26 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Oh, you could try resetting just the brushes tool:
From the link: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776
| Quote: | For every tool in Photoshop's Tool Box, the user may choose to fully reset JUST that tool to its default settings. To do this, look up to the Options Bar. On the far left side you will see a button which displays an icon of the currently selected tool. This is the Tool Preset picker. Right-click on this button, and you will see two entries:
* Reset Tool
* Reset All Tools
The first thing to try when a tool is not acting like you expect it should is to apply the command "Reset Tool" from this menu. Often this will cure a problem, and by starting your Photoshop troubleshooting with this procedure you aren't resetting Photoshop's entire behavior and environment to factory default in a wholesale manner. Instead, you're just getting that particular tool back to its default settings, leaving the rest of Photoshop's settings alone. |
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upants
Joined: 06 May 2011
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 9:11 am Post subject: |
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You're a life saver!! Yeh resetting photoshop's default preferences sorted it out fine and now the brush is back to normal :-D
Thanks a bunch! |
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renata
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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I'm so glad! |
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thehermit
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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GJ reanata! In all seriousness GJ!
You are great !Award yourself a pat on the back, for being constantly helpful. 
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If life serves you lemons, make lemonade! |
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renata
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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:-) |
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Patrick
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