Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual
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Standard
Precise
Normal Brush Tip
Full Size Brush Tip
Show Crosshair In Brush Tip
Show Only Crosshair While Painting
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
2. Deselect Use Shift Key For Tool Switch.
Change tool pointers
Each default pointer has a different hotspot, where an effect or action in the image begins. With most tools, you can switch to precise cursors,
which appear as cross hairs centered around the hotspot.
In most cases, the pointer for a tool is the same as the icon for that tool; you see that pointer when you select the tool. The default pointer for the
marquee tools is the cross-hair pointer ; for the text tool, the default pointer is the I-beam ; and for the painting tools the default pointer is the
Brush Size icon.
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Cursors (Windows) or choose Photoshop > Preferences > Cursors (Mac OS).
2. Choose tool pointer settings under Painting Cursors or Other Cursors:
Displays pointers as tool icons.
Displays pointers as cross hairs.
The pointer outline corresponds to approximately 50% of the area that the tool will affect. This option shows the pixels
that would be most visibly affected.
The pointer outline corresponds to nearly 100% of the area that the tool will affect, or nearly all the pixels that would
be affected.
Displays cross hairs in the center of the brush shape.
Improves performance with large brushes.
3. Click OK.
The Painting Cursors options control the pointers for the following tools:
Eraser, Pencil, Paintbrush, Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, Quick Selection, Smudge, Blur, Sharpen, Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools
The Other Cursors options control the pointers for the following tools:
Marquee, Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop, Slice, Patch, Eyedropper, Pen, Gradient, Line, Paint Bucket, Magnetic Lasso, Magnetic
Pen, Freeform Pen, Measure, and Color Sampler tools
To toggle between standard and precise cursors in some tool pointers, press Caps Lock.
Visually resize or change hardness of painting cursors
You can resize or change the hardness of a painting cursor by dragging in the image. As you drag, the painting cursor previews your changes.
(Previews require OpenGL. See
To resize a cursor, press Alt + right-click (Windows) or Control + Option (Mac OS), and drag left or right. To change hardness, drag up or
down.
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