On The Fly Precise Brush Sizing

[4DragonsMedia]

So maybe everyone knows this but in every tutorial i've ever seen, they all talk about right-clicking the mouse and using the slider to size your brush as being the 'quick' method of accessing brush size if you are using a mouse.

The way that I do it is to press and hold the ALT key and then press and hold the RIGHT mouse button and drag the mouse left and right to re-size my brush. If you use Paint Shop Pro it works the same when you press and hold the ALT key and press and hold/drag the LEFT mouse button.

Cheers,


4D.

 

[Steve]

Wow that's cool, thanks.

 

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

So maybe everyone knows this but in every tutorial i've ever seen, they all talk about right-clicking the mouse and using the slider to size your brush as being the 'quick' method of accessing brush size if you are using a mouse.

That's right that's one of those very useful tricks.
I've been working this way for a very long time. "also works whit pen tablets"

 

[iDad]

on a mac all you have to do is push [ ] keys for increasing size or decreasing size on the fly

 

[4DragonsMedia]

on a mac all you have to do is push [ ] keys for increasing size or decreasing size on the fly

That also works on PC, but it is not as precise. Mine jumps like 25 pts for every push.

 

[iDad]

hm thats strange mine goes i think 1 pix

 

[iDad]

hmmm just tried it, at 10 px it drops by 1 above 10 lets say 25, it drops by 5 never noticed that before, I usually keep the brushes fairly small though

 

[SeniorS]

Is that only for PS5? Pressing ALT gives eyedrop tool for me and no brush size after mouse presing. What do i do wrong?

 

[TerryC]

What do i do wrong?

First off you woke up this morning.

Yes, this only works with the "CS" family, so Version 7 & 8 no worky. :mrgreen:

 

[SeniorS]

LoL...right, i should woke at noon.

Then must been something else, i have CS3. And Stamp tool + ALT is for stamping "example" and still not brush size too.

 

[TerryC]

LoL...right, i should woke at noon.

Then must been something else, i have CS3. And Stamp tool + ALT is for stamping "example" and still not brush size too.

So if you are in Brush mode, it changes to stamping mode? Hmmm thats strange. Then what I read on Adobe is totally wrong. Bah, that figures.

 

[SeniorS]

I mean when Stamp tool is active presing ALT don't give option to change brush size. Plus post before when using Brush and press/hold ALT cursor goes to eyedrop. Using CS3.

 

[JgraphNet]

That Alt+rightclick_n_hold+drag (Win) or Ctrl+Opt+Click_n_hold+drag (Mac) only works in CS4 and CS5 since it is an Open GL thing. You don't have that in versions before CS4.
So - if Open GL doesn't work or is deactivated (for some reason) it won't work in 4 and 5 either.

Brush Keyboard Shortcuts

 

[SeniorS]

Thank You! Now i get it.

 

[JgraphNet]

My pleasure, SeniorS !
The fastest and most convenient way of changing brush size on the fly in CS3 and previous versions is to use the bracket keys - if you're on an English keyboard layout and running an English language version of Photoshop.
If not, you have to re-assign the hotkeys as I show in the tutorial. Or - use the hotkeys you find in the panel that's assigned to your respective language version of PhS.

 

[SeniorS]

I use those bracket all the times (and for hardness too). Just was intrested in testing that way of changing.

 

[zanymaria]

Why it doesn't work for me.I do exactly that you said.............

 

[Hoogle]

i believe you can actualy adjust the steps it takes when using bracket keys in preferences but then I am never that precise to notice works fine for me

 

[JgraphNet]

i believe you can actualy adjust the steps it takes when using bracket keys in preferences but then I am never that precise to notice works fine for me

Nope - you can't. The steps are preset in the software and I don't think there's any way you can adjust it.

zanymaria: What is it that doesn't work. Bracket keys or that Open GL thing... ?

 

[w4ndee]

thanks... usefull information.. i can work faster now..