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Problem with soft brushes


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Stuartsaves

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I've been having a problem with my brush tool, set to zero hardness. Instead of being a steady gradient, it appears as a series of rings (see picture below).

I've made sure that it isn't any of the layer or tool blending modes, that I'm in RGB and not indexed colour or anything, and I've checked every setting I can think of and nothing helps. Any help fixing it would be appreciated.

brush problem.jpg
 
Also, a soft eraser erases in the same way, and the rings that are produced are larger than the actual brush, if either of those things help....
 
I've tried restarting and it doesn't help.

I've killed a video card in the past, and so far my computer isn't showing any signs of a failing card, so I don't think it's that. However, just to be thorough, is there any way I can check if its a video card issue?
 
Everything was working fine one day and not the next.

So no crashes, no unexpected shutdowns, no program or OS updates, no new programs installed or removed, etc., etc..

I agree with dv8_fx but don't just restart, cold boot the computer.
Completely shut it down and turn it back on.
Then install or reinstall the most current video driver for your card.

If that doesn't do it try resetting your preferences file.
Start Photoshop and immediately hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows)
or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS X).

Then, click Yes to the message, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"
If you don't get the message you didn't do it right, try again.
 
I've tried re-installing my video drivers and that didn't work. I've completely shut my computer off and turned it back on and that didn't do anything.

I've got two versions of Photoshop installed, and I just checked and it's not working in either version, so it isn't a setting I've clicked accidentally, as far as I know
 
If one of the versions is CS4 or CS5 go to Edit|Preferences|Performance is Enable OpenGL Drawing enabled?
Is it grayed out?

That card supports OpenGL, if it's grayed out it may still be a driver problem, if it's not grayed out but unchecked, check it.
 
I agree, but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what computer issue would affect one part of one program and nothing else. Aside from horrible looking gradients there doesn't seem to be any other problems in anything else in photoshop or on my computer
 
Yes, but I am holding out that it is some silly little thing I've clicked on or reset accidentally, so don't be afraid to suggest something simple
 
Is there a way that I can test my computer to see what the problem is? It might be my video card, is there a program I can run to test it? I ran a stress test on it and it passed, so what else can I do to track down the problem?

I'm noticing other problems which are making me think it isn't photoshop that's the problem. None of the graphics programs I have are working properly right now, and they're all having the same types of problems.
 
I was thinking two things.... a video card problem or a monitor problem.... or in what happened to me a few years ago - Hard drive problem.... Just before my HD konked out, I was experiencing display problems most especially with hi resolution graphics - PS, Bryce and Poser...

BETTER DO A BACK-UP JUST IN CASE......
 
Stuartsaves said:
I'm noticing other problems which are making me think it isn't Photoshop that's the problem. None of the graphics programs I have are working properly right now, and they're all having the same types of problems.
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That's not good.
dv8_fx is 110% right on the money, the next thing you should do is a backup.
It's may be a card problem but if it's the drive ......... :eek:

After that check the nvidia site if you think it's the card.
nvidia utilities - Google Search

Let us know how you make out
 
There is a way to find out if it is the card, but it is fairly extreme, so be warned.

Google: furmark

I can't post links, sorry.
 
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