In Photoshop CS the airbrush tool doesn’t seem to work as it should. When attempting to use it on a layer with a mask it is either not available (crossed circle icon) when the mask is selected and trying to use it when the main layer is selected I get unpredicable results. the layer appears to get brighter (?) What is going on and how can I get the airbrush to work like it used to? (Assuming the airbrush tool burried in the history brush tool sub menu is the right airbrush tool)?…
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No, just a regular mask on a regular bitmap layer. Is there a new default in CS that makes a layer uneditable when you first create it? This makes no sense at all. (PS I’m upgrading from version 5 so I don’t know what may have been changed since).
I’ve tried again. Now the brush outline appears normal when going over the image but the paint has no effect using either black or white. This is in normal edit mode. Choosing quickmask mode at the bottom of the tool pallette results in the airbrush being unavailable again.
In PS5 when you select the layer mask , the color palette turns to black and white only to pick for the airbrush. This doesn’t happen here….
Update:
Neither the history brush or the airbrush work on ANY layers. The brush size outline appears but no effect. Only the "art history" brush works (if that kind of liquid blur effect is what the art history brush is supposed to do). OSX.2.6
Opening a brand new document I fill the only layer with a color using the paint bucket then try to paint over that regular layer with the airbrush and a different color and the effect is like a mask! (the color disappears where I paint!) WTF??? This is with all settings at default as was installed… CS upgrade version / Mac OSX.2.6 / Powerbook G4
I hate to say it — but you might want to buy the Manual! [ If you bought the CS "Suite", the Manuals are (disgracefully!) not included and have to be purchased separately.]
Well, I don’t count the printed User Guide as a manual either. To me it seems to be some sort of boring collection of reminders to look further in the Help files. 🙁
Im heading down to Borders tomorrow hoping to find a copy of Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book to thumb through and buy it if its anything like the previous editions.
The current CS Manual just says "See page x" after every three sentences until it eventually dumps you in "See Online Help" — which is not much help when you are sitting in a comfortable chair far away from the computer.
The Manuals which came with earlier editions were better, fatter and included (FREE) in the box!
Claude, Pay attention to the slew of FX the Brush is capable of and are checked by (misguided) default. (it’s good that they are there, but shouldn’t "by default")
It seems a trend then that manufacturers will no longer supply printed manuals for upgrade products. Macromedia does the same thing now. (Cut cost / increase profits). At least the Adobe upgrade policies haven’t changed. Macromedia are becoming VERY greedy (discontinuing upgrade paths for earlier versions and overpriced upgrades). To try to sell an application’s manual separately is really tacky. (This is the price for the car. Steering wheel sold separately).
About the brushes, there are indeed a bunch of new brushes in there since version 5. The healing brush seems interesting. My problem is that if they move anything even a half inch away from where it was I’m NOT gonna find it!
