Can't save brush edits

[Adriano_C]

I've been having to use a workaround to save edits made on brushes. Most of the time Photo won't save the changes I make to brushes unless I either duplicate them after the edit or if I click on a different brush WHILE I have the edit window open.

[Chris B]

Hey Adriano_C,

Are these the brushes that get shipped with the app, new brushes you've made or imported brushes? 

It seems to be behaving for me.

[Adriano_C]

It happens both with imported brushes and with brushes I've created.

[Chris B]

So if you edit the brush, increase its size and click Close—that brush doesn't have the new size?

I've asked around to see if anyone has had any other reports because I'm unable to reproduce this at the moment. 

[Adriano_C]

If I do that it does keep the size as long as I'm using that brush. If I change to another brush then go back to that first brush, my change has been reverted to the original size.

[Adriano_C]

Here, I've made a screen capture.

2021-02-25_07-01-16.mkv

[Chris B]

Hi Adriano_C,

Thanks for the recording. When you make the Size Jitter change, the UI updates but the preview in the Brushes Panel does not but it should.

I've tried with a few imported .abr brushes and they retain the changed. I wonder if it's that set of brushes having the issue. Saying that, a brush you've created should also work as it does for me.

[Adriano_C]

The issue happens with brushes I've created too. But it's erratic, sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.

[carl123]

On 2/25/2021 at 9:55 AM, Adriano_C said:

If I do that it does keep the size as long as I'm using that brush. If I change to another brush then go back to that first brush, my change has been reverted to the original size.

As far as I know that is normal

You can't save those sort of changes to existing brushes

All you can do is make changes to a brush then duplicate it to create a new brush which contains those changes

If you look at your video you will see that immediately you change the Size Jitter the active brush is deselected in the brushes panel, indicating it is no longer the active brush

[Adriano_C]

If that is so, am I alone in thinking that this is a very inconvenient design choice? There should be at least a "save changes" button.

[Michail]

On 2/25/2021 at 10:55 AM, Adriano_C said:

If I do that it does keep the size as long as I'm using that brush. If I change to another brush then go back to that first brush, my change has been reverted to the original size.

It depends on the way you change the brush attributes. For example, if you change the size in the context bar  or by clicking on the "More" button , it does not work. But if you double-click on the brush in the Brushes panel or click on the "Edit brush" button , it works. I don't think this is intentional.

[Chris B]

Sorry I completely missed you were clicking More on the context toolbar... I am sorry.

This is by design. More on the context toolbar isn't a permanent edit - it's a quick way to temporarily tweak a brush. For permanent edits, you have to right-click the brush > Edit Brush.

You will notice that if you click More, the box just says Brush - Selection whereas if you click Edit Brush the box says Brush - Editing.