I recently sat with several people working on digital photography for final prints. In CS5, the brush is being used for quite a variety of tasks. The teacher would tap a key, then drag the brush to change either size or hardness. The approach was quite a bit faster than either hitting bracket keys or opening brush panel to modify hardness.
As I keep CS5 and Wacom manuals on the laptop, I did a Q&D search. Neither manual told me in simple language either what key or button to push. Situation normal...
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Manual p 21
Resize or change hardness of painting cursors by dragging
You can resize or change the hardness of a painting cursor by dragging in the image. As you drag, the painting cursor previews your changes.
To resize a cursor, press Alt + right-click (Windows) or Control + Option (Mac OS), and drag left or right. To change hardness, drag up or down.
Wacom Graphire4 Users Manual p. 12
Hint
Use a right-click to bring up application-specific or icon-specific menus.
Simpleton’s Pleasure
Put your pen on an image where you want to obscure blown highlights. Hold Alt (Windows) and right click (Wacom Pen) ~ viola, depending on which way you drag, you change brush size or hardness.
You know, it took about an hour to figure this out. I think that time can be quickly saved on the first image where I have a lot of dodge and burn to do. After that, it's all gravy!
Enjoy...
As I keep CS5 and Wacom manuals on the laptop, I did a Q&D search. Neither manual told me in simple language either what key or button to push. Situation normal...
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Manual p 21
Resize or change hardness of painting cursors by dragging
You can resize or change the hardness of a painting cursor by dragging in the image. As you drag, the painting cursor previews your changes.
To resize a cursor, press Alt + right-click (Windows) or Control + Option (Mac OS), and drag left or right. To change hardness, drag up or down.
Wacom Graphire4 Users Manual p. 12
Hint
Use a right-click to bring up application-specific or icon-specific menus.
Simpleton’s Pleasure
Put your pen on an image where you want to obscure blown highlights. Hold Alt (Windows) and right click (Wacom Pen) ~ viola, depending on which way you drag, you change brush size or hardness.
You know, it took about an hour to figure this out. I think that time can be quickly saved on the first image where I have a lot of dodge and burn to do. After that, it's all gravy!
Enjoy...
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