Brush size - why is it so restricted?

I have a 24 megapixel RAW image shot on my 5D MkII open in Aperture. I want to use the burn brush, but the maximum brush size is only 200px. Can I make it larger? It's useless as it stands.

Well, it's useless if the brush size cannot be increased from 200px. That being said, even 1000 is small for a 24mp image.
If I'm using a 200px brush, then I end up overlapping strokes to cover an area that is larger than 200px square. Then I get streaks and irregular coverage - that makes it useless.
If I uncheck Detect Edges, then my max brush size is still 200. How are you getting 1000?   EDIT: I was just able to make it 1000 - thanks for the tip!
Thanks again

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