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On the Mac, you can change mouse size/hardness by pressing a key and dragging the mouse. On the PC you have to press a key and both mouse buttons while dragging the mouse. This is clumsy, but it works unless you are using a tablet and stylus.

I've played around and can find no way to adjust brush size/hardness on the PC when using a stylus. How is this done?

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The answer may depend on the stylus and tablet that you're using, what buttons each has, and how programmable they are.

And, if course, you don't have to change size and hardness by dragging. Size has a purely keyboard shortcut, and both have Context Menu controls :)

But it's nice to be able to use the other method.

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3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

The answer may depend on the stylus and tablet that you're using, what buttons each has, and how programmable they are.

And, if course, you don't have to change size and hardness by dragging. Size has a purely keyboard shortcut, and both have Context Menu controls :)

But it's nice to be able to use the other method.

I'm using an inexpensive Wacom Intous, so not a lot of bells and whistles. There is one switch on the stylus - a rocker so you can't access both functions at once. 

Walt, IMHO changing size/hardness from the stylus is more than nice. When I'm editing masks changing brush size/hardness without moving away from my image to do so saves a lot of time and error. 

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32 minutes ago, casterle said:

I'm using an inexpensive Wacom Intous, so not a lot of bells and whistles. There is one switch on the stylus - a rocker so you can't access both functions at once. 

Walt, IMHO changing size/hardness from the stylus is more than nice. When I'm editing masks changing brush size/hardness without moving away from my image to do so saves a lot of time and error. 

Compared to other tablets, Wacom tablets are not inexpensive. I use an older Intuos 3 small. It has 4 buttons and one long "slider" button on the left side. I have one of the buttons programmed as the ALT button. On my pen, which also has the rocker button, I have the bottom rocker button set as Right-Click. I can change the brush size and hardness using the ALT button on the tablet along with the Right-Click on the pen, then dragging the pen the same as a mouse.

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11 minutes ago, Ron P. said:

Compared to other tablets, Wacom tablets are not inexpensive. I use an older Intuos 3 small. It has 4 buttons and one long "slider" button on the left side. I have one of the buttons programmed as the ALT button. On my pen, which also has the rocker button, I have the bottom rocker button set as Right-Click. I can change the brush size and hardness using the ALT button on the tablet along with the Right-Click on the pen, then dragging the pen the same as a mouse.

Thanks, I didn't try that combination.

I only paid $70 for the tablet and it works great. It has 4 'Express' buttons along the top, but nothing else on the tablet. I did try using the keyboard Alt and assigning Right-Click to the stylus with no success. 

But, just a few minutes ago I found something that does work and it doesn't require you to press the rocker on the stylus. I assigned Alt + R-Click + L-Click to one of the tablet  buttons. If I press this I can adjust size/width without pressing any other buttons. 

This combination can be applied to one of the stylus rockers and works that way just as well. For now I prefer the button on the tablet because I'm just getting familiar with the stylus and don't have very good control yet :).

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Have tried just using the keyboard Control + Option/Alt And dragging vertically for the Hardness and horizontally for the Size? 

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Posted
6 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Have tried just using the keyboard Control + Option/Alt And dragging vertically for the Hardness and horizontally for the Size? 

Mac only. No idea why.

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Posted
9 hours ago, GabrielM said:

That works on both Mac and Windows. :)

Not for me. When I press Ctrl-Alt-drag I get a color selector. What does work on Windows is Alt-Both Mouse Buttons.

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Posted

Omg why is it such a rocket science to change the size/opacity of the brush??? it is the most needed shortcut for drawing why can't i just make it as simple as possible ALT+LMB drag or anything else. ALT+LMB+RMB you try to push 20 buttons on your stylus. I don't want play 5th symphony on the keyboard to change the size of the brush. I fell in love with your software and don't want to go back to Adobe. Just because of that shortcut witch saves 40% of time.

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On 3/7/2019 at 10:52 AM, Gabe said:

That works on both Mac and Windows. :)

Nope, in Designer for Windows it is left + right (mouse) click + alt. Hell.

In Photoshop you can also right click and get this menu. You can even save you choice as a new custom brush directly from it. 

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Capture One Pro also has great option via right click:

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Posted

All i need is a s hortcut i can change my self to just combination of 2 buttons with the stylus drag or\and a floating\custom context bar like in IPad version or sketchbook. 

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On 3/15/2020 at 1:03 AM, Jowday said:

Nope, in Designer for Windows it is left + right (mouse) click + alt. Hell.

Perhaps something wrong on your end. Those shortcuts work regardless of the order you press them 

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How can something be possibly wrong on my end? it is a Software build in Keyboard short cut i have no influence over. IT is how it works now ALT+LMB+RMB - nightmare. NOT promised CTR+ALT+LMB.

Zoom in and out with Space+CTR+LMB works well, but for some reason it is click order sensitive. if i Click CTRL before Space it won't work. 

And your Help stating the same.image.png.a39c9e4ecac5409fb22c4c25563dc6a2.png

Please make a shortcut with Just one Mouse button. As you know stylus have limited amount of buttons. Or let user change it. 

 

Posted
10 hours ago, Gabe said:

Perhaps something wrong on your end. Those shortcuts work regardless of the order you press them 

I meant... pressing both mouse buttons and a key... is slow, clumsy and cumbersome. Never two buttons at the same time!

Besides it causes more muscle strain pressing two buttons down.

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