CS4 – ERASE PENCIL and BRUSH SIZE not right

BD
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Bill_Daul
Nov 26, 2008
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Boy…to explain this…

I can have either PENCIL or BRUSH picked for ERASE. The nice circle appears as it did in CS3. It has a radius of x-units. I am on my layer…I click expecting everything inside the circumference to erase…well what is erased is x-units MINUS a few units. No matter what size BRUSH or PENCIL I use it doesn’t erase out to the circumference…makes it impossible to do fine erasing like I could with CS3/2/CS. OPACITY is set to 100%. HARDNESS is 100%. I see no other adjustments. HELP!

Thanks, –bill
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Phosphor
Nov 26, 2008
Do you have the Airbrush icon clicked by any chance?

Why not just use the Eraser tool?
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Phosphor
Nov 26, 2008
Also…have you reset the tools?
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PECourtejoie
Nov 26, 2008
Go to the preferences, and check the cursor setting, you can get the total area, or the 50% zone as previously.
BD
Bill_Daul
Nov 26, 2008
Under PREFERENCES CURSORS I only see three boxes
Painting Cursors
Other Cursors
Brush Preview

there are options like STANDARD / PRECISEand a few others under paining…no place for percentages????

Thanks…bill
BD
Bill_Daul
Nov 27, 2008
Ed,

I am using ERASE…and AIRBRUSH is off…dang! This is frustrating! The problem also exists for PENCIL cursor!
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PECourtejoie
Nov 27, 2008
Bill, I meant Normal (old way, shows the greyest areas, almost to 50% opacityof the brush) And Full Size (newer way, shows total area affected by the brush, even areas less covered)

You are not painting with a graphic tablet, right? You would have mentionned it, of course…

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