Photoshop: small brush cursor crosshairs block view while drawing

[Flytrap Press]

Does anyone know how to remove the crosshairs from displaying while using small Photoshop brushes? The crosshairs block the view of detailed work and make painting very difficult. The only work-around I've found is to zoom in close, but this gets time consuming and slows my production down considerably.

[kglad]

[moved from Adobe Creative Cloud to Photoshop General Discussion]

[Barb Binder]

Well, there are brush display controls in Preferences, but when you have a tiny brush, none of these will accomplish what you are looking for:

The only work-around I've found is to zoom in close, but this gets time consuming and slows my production down considerably.

Let's look closer at your existing workaround—how are you zooming in? (Maybe we can help you do it more efficiently.) A larger, HiDPI display might also be beneficial.

[melissapiccone]

I agree with Barb - use scrubby zoom and use the spacebar and command / control keys to zoom in and out... super fast.

[Flytrap Press]

I use the command + or - to zoom on the keyboard, it's just that I would not need to zoom at all if the cursor didn't block my work.

I don't want to be zooming at all! I want to just paint like you can in Sketchbook Pro or Painter, but I don't want to have to switch programs to paint. It would just be so easy if Photoshop gave the option of removing the crosshairs in the preferences. I can't believe they don't care enough about this problem to fix it.

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Well, here's your chance to let them know how you feel about the cursor options.

File a feature request here:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family?topic-list[settings][type]=idea

[Trevor.Dennis]

Referring to Barbara's image of Preferences > Cursors, does John have 'Show Cross hair in cursor tip' checked.  For what it is worth, that's how I work.