AP: Restrict painting to brush size

[casterle]

I've noticed that no matter how soft I make a brush, it manages to drop pixels outside it's displayed 'circle'. Worse, the larger the brush the wider the 'broadcast' area. 

I'm touching up a very fine mask, and this is driving me crazy. Can anyone help?

[lepr]

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[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, casterle said:

no matter how soft I make a brush, .... I'm touching up a very fine mask

For fine detail work wouldn't you want a hard brush?

[casterle]

1 hour ago, >|< said:

The circle is halfway into the feathering of the brush.

At 100% hardness, there is no feathering so the circle radius is 100% of the brush radius. At 0% hardness, the entire brush is feathered, so the circle radius is 50% of the brush radius. At 50% hardness, the feathering starts at 50% of the brush radius, so the circle radius is 75% of the brush radius.

Ha! That never occurred to me! Thank you.

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

For fine detail work wouldn't you want a hard brush?

I do in places, but they're near places where a softer brush was needed. I was sprinkling pixels where I didn't want them. Now that >|< has explained how the circle works I understand what was happening and can compensate.