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1. Howard Pinsky,

Apr 16, 2012 12:18 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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There are many ways to resize your brush in Photoshop.

Mouse:

Right-click on your canvas to display the Brush Picker. Drag the Size slider.

Hold down Option+Control+Drag your mouse left/right (Mac), Alt+Right mouse button drag.

Keyboard:

[ = Decrease brush size.

] Increase brush size.

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2. Edward Alexander,

Apr 16, 2012 1:55 PM in reply to Howard Pinsky

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Not good enough though Howard. Both Lightroom & Aperture allow changing brush size directly with mouse which is way more intuitive and user friendly than Photoshop, if lightroom does why doesn't Photoshop.

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3. Noel Carboni,

Apr 16, 2012 2:02 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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Edward, what part of holding the Alt key down, right-clicking, then dragging ISN'T "directly with mouse"?

-Noel

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4. charles badland,

Apr 16, 2012 2:06 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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And dragging up/down to change brush hardness.

(In CS6 you can choose to have the up/down drag change opacity it you want.)

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5. Edward Alexander,

Apr 16, 2012 2:12 PM in reply to charles badland

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That is still NOT as good as it works in Lightroom, and BTW your solutions don't work on a mac with Magic Mouse. I want compatibility between LR4 and PS6, not much to ask.

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6. Howard Pinsky,

Apr 16, 2012 2:14 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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It's a bit more difficult with Photoshop, as the scroll wheel can be used for zooming as well (General Preferences). In Lightroom, the scroll wheel doesn't really have much purpose, other than to adjust the brush size when the Adjustment Brush is active.

With your Magic Mouse, hold down Option+Control and drag left/right.

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7. Noel Carboni,

Apr 16, 2012 2:19 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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Ask the LIghtroom people to change their setup. Photoshop was first.

And no one but you chose your computer and mouse.

-Noel

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8. Edward Alexander,

Apr 16, 2012 2:32 PM in reply to Howard Pinsky

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Thanks Howard, I tried that but it just zooms in and out.

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9. Edward Alexander,

Apr 16, 2012 2:34 PM in reply to Noel Carboni

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Very helpful Noel.

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10. Howard Pinsky,

Apr 16, 2012 2:34 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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Do you have a Brush Tool active when attempting the shortcut? Make sure you're pressing the mouse button down as well.

Hold Option+Control(Not Command), then Click+drag your mouse left or right.

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11. charles badland,

Apr 16, 2012 2:56 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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Thanks Howard, I tried that but it just zooms in and out.

Don't scroll with MM.

Drag it. (click down and move the mouse left/right while holding down cntrl+opt)

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12. Noel Carboni,

Apr 16, 2012 3:03 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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Edward Alexander wrote:

Very helpful Noel.

It is what it is and you can't be serious to think it's going to change. Time to just accept it.

-Noel

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13. Edward Alexander,

Apr 16, 2012 3:07 PM in reply to Howard Pinsky

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Thanks very much Howard, that worked. Still prefer the wat LR4 works but it's way better than pressing the bracket keys. Thanks a lot, much appreciated.

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14. NSXDavid,

May 1, 2012 4:51 PM in reply to Edward Alexander

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For the record....

The reason ctrl+opt+drag is inferior to mouse wheel is because it causes you to move your mouse pointer. Not just the mouse, but also the pointer. For those of us who, when we draw, are making lots of minor adjustments in size as we draw, this is not an insignificant issue. With the current implementation, you drag to resize which is fine (though odd) but when you let go the cursor suddenly snaps to the new location away from where you were pointing when you just wanted to adjust the brush size.

The obvious way to fix this is just to allow for different options in the preferences. Some will want mouse wheel to zoom (when no other key is held), others would prefer it the other way around.

David

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