Brush adjustment tool missing in ACR

I have PS CS6 with the latest updates, using a Mac computer with OS 10.7 also with the latest updates. When in ACR, the adjustment brush does not appear on the screen unless I click the bracket keys which increase or decrease the size of the brush. If I paint a segment and the let go of the brush key, the brush disappears again. I have to keep repeating this if I am painting multiple parts of the photo. I have thrown away and reset the preferences for both Photoshop and Bridge, as well as repairing disk permissions on my Mac. Any suggestions?

Yeah, visit the Camera Raw Forum.
http://forums.adobe.com/community/cameraraw

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Lightroom bug: activation state of brush adjustment lost

Since the introduction of Lightroom 2 through 2.4 there has been a bug in the operation of the local brush adjustment. It's as follows.
Start or edit a local brush adjustment so that the little activation bullet (radio like button) appears. Toggle before/after by typing . When returning the after view (after/before/after) the local brush bullet is no longer active, thus forcing me to reselect it. The behavior is especially irritating when I'm zoomed in so the active brush indicator not view (scrolled off). I am then required to zoom out so I can find it and click to reactivate it, then zoom in to continue my editing. I see no reason why the active brush should not remain active between toggling between after/before/after with "\". I prefer to do my before/after viewing with the full frame rather than one of the split pane views because I want to see as much of the image as possible. I've reported this issue directly to Adobe a few times with no response or fix.
p.s. while I'm at it (I'll repost in feature requests). The location of the brush adjustment indicator corresponds to where the mouse down first occurred. I should be able to move the indicator to where it's more convenient after placing it, regardless of where the brush strokes occur. For some images I have a number of local adjustments in the same region. They become crowded, making it hard to distinguish one brush indicator from another.

Hi
Good point, but does not work on all density settings, noda.

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See this video tutorial:

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