Inpainting brush tool: cursor instead of circle after change of brush size (new extra click)

[manu schwendener]

Hi

I'm 99,9% sure that this is new, and I preferred how it was before.

Affinity Photo, working on the background layer = my only layer.

I'm using the inpainging brush tool, it shows as an empty circle while I decide which part of the picture to inpaint. So far so good.

When I change the size of the brush, in earlier versions, the size of the circle changed – this is how it should be.

In 2.6.0 (2861) after I change the size of the brush, the cursor shows as the little arrow, and I need an extra click to show me the empty circle.

As it can take several tries to get the brush size right, I'd really appreciate if the extra click could be fixed.


MacOS Sequoia 15.1


Edit: same for the other brushes, like Burn brush


 

[Old Bruce]

14 minutes ago, manu schwendener said:

When I change the size of the brush, in earlier versions, the size of the circle changed – this is how it should be.

In 2.6.0 (2861) after I change the size of the brush, the cursor shows as the little arrow, and I need an extra click to show me the empty circle.

I am not seeing this here on my Mac OS 12.7.6

Plus this should be in the Beta Bugs section if it shows up only in 2.6.0

[manu schwendener]

Yeah, was meant for the Beta Bugs, sorry - can an admin move it?

> I am not seeing this

Which confirms that it's not what I should be seeing, either, thank you.

[MEB]

Hi @manu schwendener,
I have reproduced this issue in both v2.5.5 and 2.6.0.2861 Beta (macOS) using any brush-based tool when changing any brush parameters (width, opacity, flow, hardness). Same behaviour on Windows. This already happened with V1 too (which additionally has another issue).

Unless you close the width slider by clicking the arrow near the width field or somewhere else on the interface, the cursor will remain unchanged (the black arrow). Even though the circle isn't displayed immediately after you change its size, you can still drag over the image, and the cursor will update at that point. However, I understand it would be useful if the cursor displayed the circle immediately to help indicate the brush size.

I am checking if this has already been logged, and I will file a report if it hasn't. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Meanwhile you can avoid this using the shortcuts for increase/decrease brush size. In my case the default shortcut keys "[" and "]" require pressing alt in addition to the "[" key so I've changed them to F5 and F6, maybe this helps a bit.

[manu schwendener]

Thank you, MEB  🙂

[manu schwendener]

> This already happened with V1 too

But something must have changed quite recently, or it wouldn't have tripped me.

[Yoricco]

I have exactly the same problem with most brush tools. The brush cursor only appears after I left click the mouse button but when I move the cursor it changes back to a mouse cursor. it also happens with the colour picker tool and with the colour picker from the white balance adjustment panel.

See example screen recording below: click, move, click, move , etc.

Thanks,

 

 

[manu schwendener]

> any brush-based tool

Yes. Not fixed in 260 (3106). 

[manu schwendener]

Still not fixed, 263 (3322).

Edited June 1 by manu schwendener