nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Since the latest upgrade in cc 19 I find that when I use a the brush tool it lags behind what I am doing making using the masking a lot harder as it is not precise. I also find that I can't write with it as I used to. I do not have the leash box ticked but full size brush tip ticked. Any one else have this problem..

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

I did, I can't remember precisely how I resolved it, but in the options of the brush tool I chose the legacy brush.

Linary Loc: UK

Try setting the brush smoothing to 0% - this should remove the lag. (The default is 10%)

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

nanaval - I suggest you contact Adobe Support by phone or text/chat. Several UHH members have posted reports that Adobe Support reps have been extremely helpful resolving problems affecting their software. Also, you do not mention what computer operating system you are using and whether that software has been updated recently.

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Thank you very much every one for your replies. I tried what Linary suggested as it was the easiest and it worked. Thank you very much Linary

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

I do not know what you mean by leash box! I never use any boxes when working with brushes, I prefer shortcuts as this is so much faster and convenient, when using the brush tool, hold down Alt and the right mouse button for a preview of the brush's tip size and hardness, drag up or down to increase, or decrease the hardness and drag left, or right for changing the size, also when using a non-circular brush, you may find the need to change the angle of the brush tip. To do this, click the Brush panel in the Options bar, then highlight the brush brush tip shape and drag the circle to change the angle of the brush. You can also flip it horizontally, or vertically with the check boxes. If you want to to some precise painting, click Caps Lock to switch the cursor to a crosshair. To cycle through the brushes, use, and. to cycle left and right through the brushes in the Preset Picker. As you probably know, the ] and [ bracket keys change your brush size, but you can also Shift+[ or], to change the hardness. When using your brush tool, press any number between 0 and 9 and the brush's opacity will set to it, 1 for 10%, 9 for 90%. Press Shift and a number to adjust flow! With the brush tool selected, hold down Alt and click to sample a color and then set it as your foreground color. These are just a small example of all that can be done with shortcuts when working with brushes or any other tool for that matter. It sure is a big time saver when compared to bringing up the pull down menu's all the time. Hope this will help just a bit!

Linary Loc: UK

Glad it worked. Now if anyone can describe a good use for brush smoothing, I would be very interested.

The leash is useful when making instructional videos (without the smoothing).

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Thank you speters for your interesting reply. The leash box in in the preferences in the edit drop down box under cursors, this shows a line between the brush and where you are working when you are smoothing..I was not looking for shortcuts but had a problem with the brush not working as precise as it used to.. Linary solved my problem as the smoothing was not at 0, my brush now works as it used to.