Brush tip icons in CS4 and painting w brush tip icons

Question

Why in CS4 Photoshop do none of the brush tip  icons paint to the edges of the icon dashed line. They all paint 4 to 5  (etc.) pixels behind the brush tip line. CS2 & 3 painted dead on the  brush dotted line if one desired. Am I missing how to do this??? in  CS4? I am not painting with the soft brush, but the HARD brush. I expect the brush tip icon to show me exactly what area I will paint. Am I wrong???

Answer 1

Chris, I have looked everywhere in CS4 preferences to adjust the
"bounds" setting for a brush, but cannot find it. I see the sliders for
MASTER DIAMETERS of a brush and the HARDNESS of a brush.
I can't remember ever having to set bounds in previous editions of
PS, or I could be wrong.
To be clear on what is happening, if I create a brush that is 110 pixels
wide w hardness of 100, shouldn't CS4 paint a solid 110 pixel circle,
exactly within the LIVE brush icon from dotted edge to dotted edge
of the brush icon? My brushes paint behind the dotted lines.
This makes me guess where the brush paint lands on the canvas
within the dotted brush icon.
Sorry if I am wordy. Just a wierd experience w the brushes in CS4.