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Brush Cursor Customization

Robert Hansford
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The ability to customize tool cursors and their behaviors would be awesome!  

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  1. 1. I consider the ability to customize tool cursors and their behaviors to be ...

    • ...a very good idea; perhaps an overlooked and essential feature.
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    • ...a good idea. It could improve quality of life, but I could live without it.
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    • ...a bad idea. The current cursor options are best left unchanged for a variety of reasons.
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Robert Hansford

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Today I was attempting to get better acquainted with the desktop versions of the beta software. I've been playing around in Designer 2.1 a lot today. I'm using a drawing tablet and notice some irriation begin to develop within me. Once a brush size has been increased to a certain point. There is a giant ring indicating the estimated area which the next stroke or tap will cover. I actually hate this. I really only want to see my crosshair or even just a small circular cursor -one that doesn't change size - no matter how big my brush gets. I just want to see where my pen will touchdown. Seeing a big circle flopping around as I'm painting, especially with brushes that increase in size due to pressure, is really annoying.

Any thoughts?

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Komatös

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3 hours ago, Robert Hansford said:

Any thoughts?

In the settings -> User Interface you will find the option to show the crosshairs permanently. I did not know how to find on Mac, but should similar to Windows.

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walt.farrell

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Press CapsLock, and you will have just the cross-hair cursor.

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Robert Hansford

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3 hours ago, Komatös said:

In the settings -> User Interface you will find the option to show the crosshairs permanently. I did not know how to find on Mac, but should similar to Windows.

Walt's suggestion is what I was looking for Thank you!

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Robert Hansford

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I want to get rid of that circle; either that or make it a fixed size. I don't mind it when it's nice and small. In fact, I prefer the small circle to the crosshairs. That being said, I'd take the crosshairs over the circle that matches circumfrence of the resized brush nibs.

 

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walt.farrell

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46 minutes ago, Robert Hansford said:

It's just Caps Lock?

Yes, but it seems to be Photo 2 only (which I hadn't realized) and it looks like you're using Designer 2 (which you hadn't said).

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