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I use the selection brush to outline multiple subjects in 90% of my edits. There is one thing that I would like to be able to do, change the color of the brush outline. When the brush is less than 24 Pixels it changes to a white circle. However, when I have a white background along with a white subject, or near white the brush disappears from sight. It is still working but it is very hard to see, even zooming in.

Now is there a way to change the color of the selection brush? Granted it does not happen often but white is a very popular background and then having a white shirt on my subject, I hope you get the idea. I shoot dancers during competitions etc.  I really cannot control the venue nor the costuming. TIA. 

Carl Shackford

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I tried this but my selection brush also has a faint black inner edge, I'm on mac though.

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On Windows, the Selection Brush cursor is visible for me on a white background no matter what the size of the brush is – see attached video where, at one point near the end, the cursor switches to a cross-hair because it would otherwise be too small to see.
I see the same sort of thing at different zoom levels too.

If you are seeing something different to what’s in my video then showing us a video from your machine might help you to explain what you can see because we don’t seem to be seeing what you can see.

Note: The Selection Brush cursor will look different with different brushes selected; maybe that’s part of the problem but I can’t tell because I can’t see what you can see. If you attach a video, make sure we can see the Brushes Panel and the brush you have selected in it.

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GarryP,

I did a short test using your video as a base, thank you, and my selection brush outline did change. When in white it was black then inverted to white on other colors. Now I am going to pay attention during an new edit as I use 3 to 4 plugins at various times. I am also testing V2 Beta and will pay attention there as well. I suspect it may be happening after using a plugin and then editing a selection or building new one. It's always something, if only to keep it interesting.

Carl Shackford

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 OS=Windows 11 Pro  22H2 build 22621.4317 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz   3.20 GHz, 24GB RAM, NVIDIA G1030

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Just an example of how the brush is visible while Traversing a gradient.

 

 

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