photoshop brush icon/crosshair

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 23 Oct 2007, 12:39

Photoshop seems to randomly change the icon used for the brush on the canvas between a circle and a crosshair. Maybe im unknowingly pressing a button on the keyboard. How do I change it to a circle? Its really difficult to work finely if you cant see the outline of the brush.

PFS · Post by **PFS** » 23 Oct 2007, 13:08

CAPS Lock is on. Took me awhile to figure it out the first time i did it.

PFS*

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 23 Oct 2007, 13:11

Marry me! Hahaha! Thanks a lot man!

po10cy · Post by **po10cy** » 23 Oct 2007, 13:29

HAHHAHAHA unbelievable i didnt even know it was that simple hahaha

PFS · Post by **PFS** » 23 Oct 2007, 13:35

capanno wrote:Marry me! Hahaha! Thanks a lot man!

he he. i'll give it a skip this time. No Probs. Should have seen me going ape to figure it out when i did it. Actually funny now that i think about it.

Enjoy "hassle-free" photoshop.

PFS*

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 23 Oct 2007, 15:13

I always think it is your settings in the "Cursor" section of your preferences...

GreyWolf · Post by **GreyWolf** » 23 Oct 2007, 16:46

capanno wrote:Photoshop seems to randomly change the icon used for the brush on the canvas between a circle and a crosshair. Maybe im unknowingly pressing a button on the keyboard. How do I change it to a circle? Its really difficult to work finely if you cant see the outline of the brush.

you keep pressing your caps-lock. when its on, cursor turn to cross hair.

edit:darn too late...

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 23 Oct 2007, 18:33

Thanks anyway.

RiaX · Post by **RiaX** » 05 Feb 2008, 23:27

erm i want to know is it possible for me to pick up a certain text in photoshop like how you use the dropper to pick up colour ?

i didnt want to make a new thread just for this

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 06 Feb 2008, 00:58

nope... if I understand you correctly...

you mean if you take a certain pic with text in it, you simply click on part of it and it selects the whole text only?

RiaX · Post by **RiaX** » 06 Feb 2008, 17:47

ja i got a picture with text but i want to change the text but i dont know what font it is and what not... so is there a way i can pick up that information from the picture in photoshop? so i can type in something else and make it look similar

can it be dont with fonts your computer has?

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 06 Feb 2008, 18:36

Are you trying to get photoshop to tell you what font is being used on a flat jpg or so?

RiaX · Post by **RiaX** » 07 Feb 2008, 16:16

yeah that

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 07 Feb 2008, 16:19

nope, sorry...

only when it is still a PSD file can you find out what font it is...

(well at least from what I know... don't think any meta information is saved to the JPG that can tell you this)

po10cy · Post by **po10cy** » 07 Feb 2008, 16:23

ya you cant if its a flat jpg...psd ya no probs.

RiaX · Post by **RiaX** » 07 Feb 2008, 16:33

damn

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 07 Feb 2008, 18:50

maybe post us a pic of the text...

if you lucky one of us might recognize it...

capanno · Post by **capanno** » 07 Feb 2008, 21:03

lol. You are asking from photoshop something that is in the league of face recognition technology.

po10cy, if its a psd and the font is not installed on the pc, then it shouldn't load in the first place. It will replace it with a default font won't it? Haven't done this in a while.

Off-The-Chart · Post by **Off-The-Chart** » 08 Feb 2008, 05:32

nah if it still a PSD, it will leave the text at the font it is until you want to edit that particular text... substitution will happen when you want to edit that text and you do not have the font installed...

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