How To Change Your Brush Size In Photoshop - 3 Fast Ways

[@legendary.super.shannon9699]

Oh man, thank you for this! I've been using the brackets for this for *years,* until just now I was working & got annoyed by having to reach up & press the bracket buttons for the *90 **_millionth_* time I thought to myself _"there has to be a faster way to do this.."_ & wallah! Here we are! The _ctrl+alt right-click drag_ method saves so much motion & effort! It reminds me of back when i discovered how useful the pen tool is, & is another great shortcut to add to my arsenal! 🙏🏼✌🏼🧔🏼

[@YourBuddyRio]

Thanks you. This was helpful :)

[@joeloprim]

Amazing!!!! Thank you so much Brendan

[@Joonudschi]

Thank you so much!😊

[@WaRn00b85]

Awesome tips man! Appreciated!

[@GuilhermeSantos-zo6hd]

New mac user here... u've just saved me!!!!

[@Jukpo96]

Thanks so much!

[@AgenciaMinimal]

Thanks helps me in Mac Studio, Wacon intuos pro S - Pen - KEYBOARD - MODIFIER: select Keys: control and option both :)

[@balitam]

Hi! Can I change any way the Mac shortcut to the Pc shortcut because I used to it and it is more simple than mac. Thank you!

[@mrwilson3190]

Is the ctrl key really needed with the last option? For me it works well with just alt+right click and drag.

[@BrendanWilliamsTutorials]

If it works for you then I suppose not! I have not done it on windows so what I suggested here is what I gathered seemed to work for everyone on PC even with older versions of PS.

[@jeffrydemeyer5433]

And for me in the 2024 beta it doesn't...

[@tarellapablo6937]

You're a genius

[@markkempton4579]

Thank you! Still new-ish to PS compared to LR. The third option is new to me and should save a lot of time!

[@BrendanWilliamsTutorials]

The third one is a huge time saver :)

[@createdigrif]

thank

[@kylizlemynizz]

is there a way to change the shortcut?

[@MOVRT]

Thanks you

[@flaviofuchs3292]

Dear Brendan, thank you for your clip. I was used to change the brush size on pc by holding ctrl + alt, hold the mouse button and drag left to decrease and right to increase. THIS DOESNT WORK ON THE CURRENT VERSION..? can you or anybody else help, it`s driving me crazy!! (WIN 10 64 Bit, Photoshop current version (FEB. 2024)

[@2DAnimax]

thanks.

[@howardmathews5572]

LMAO super surprised you mentioned the first one. A big DUH slapped my face outta nowhere

[@BrendanWilliamsTutorials]

Some people who watch are literally brand new to the program. Never hurts to mention all options, even obvious ones.

[@howardmathews5572]

@@BrendanWilliamsTutorials I assume people who are looking for keyboard shortcuts know the most basic stuff, but that also makes sense - it surely never hurts to cover all levels

[@Julian-B]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the inital delay/lag when clicking RMB + alt when changing the brush size? CS6 worked super smooth, but CC messed something up. The preview of the brush size has a delay of 0.5-1second, which is super annoying. Does anybody know a solution to this? I googled so many times already.

[@bryan19966]

Thank you for showing the pc version

[@m.b.mordala5910]

been using photoshop for 25 years without knowing about the shortcut.......I'm an idiot. Thanks:-)

[@simeontodorov8657]

How can one disable the opacity option where you move vertically? This is literally ruining me..

[@jaimemorenoruizdesign]

Control + Alt + Right click and dragging is not working on my Windows. It just drags the layer image or duplicates them. What am I doing wrong?

[@maeldan1208]

U only need to press alt +Right click and dragging

[@86won]

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[@BubbleGendut]

Is there a way to assign a brush shortcut to give a fixed size of any brush, say 300 pixels? I have a lot of purchased brushes that are 5000 pixels and it’s a pain to have keep resizing them and a big task to re-save as new preset. Thanks!

[@humandroid53]

Create a new brush preset

[@BubbleGendut]

@@humandroid53 too many brushes to waste time doing that. My solution was just create an action that sets brush size & another to reset brush tool

[@shlomoeshet8525]

Thanks Brendan. Did you mean Cmd on Mac?

[@BrendanWilliamsTutorials]

Nope, option + control! Its beside the function key, two keys to the left from the Command key

[@ivancolinart]

@@BrendanWilliamsTutorials Thanks boss!

[@uribeyiniva87]

Hi could you do a video on how to reduce wrinkles please 🙏🙂

[@Thiago_Luthi]

Para você que assim como eu foi usuário de Windows por muito tempo e agora está se aventurando no sistema macOS a sacada è a seguinte : Se você usava mesa digitalizadora assim como eu para editar seus trabalhos Faça o comando: control + option encoste o bico da caneta na mesa e faça o movimento lateral para aumentar e diminuir o tamanho do pincel 😅

[@vamboo8918]

BTW that red thing on brush don't show up if you have no GPU computer,

[@msnoob1901]

mine doesnt show the red thingy so i cant tell how big or light it is. it just white and show me the size of the brush

[@designertofullstack]

Perhaps update how your cursor is shown in Photoshop preferences? Settings > Preferences > Cursors There are options for Standard, Precise, Normal Brush Tip, and Full Size Brush Tip.

[@Nekotico]

for normal ppl, the shortcut is : CTRL+ALT+CLICK & DRAG, yw

[@nickmack7282]

ahh, the good old pc computer

[@durbinschultz4166]

why is mine just sampling colors??

[@designertofullstack]

Sampling colors are typically accessed when the brush tool is active, and you click Option (Mac).

[@Normal_difficulty69]

0:33 they change the opacity instead of brush size

[@flaviofuchs3292]

Maybe it's a bug. Cut it worked like this until a few months ago..😑

[@BrendanWilliamsTutorials]

Still works the same for me in PS 2024, so not sure...

[@seanraymwangi8287]

Thank you

[@marecdigital4891]

Thank you sir!