Square Brush Tool

I made this point heavily during the LR3 beta phase, and recieved quite a bit of backing - and yet Adobe seem unwilling to implement the equest.
A brush tool that can work with square or rectangular shape/ pattern & not just a circle.
Have you tried working on a window which has square corners with a round brush?
I am not a Photoshop fan, and layers is certainly not my cup of tea, so having a single package that covers all my needs is a must.
For as many nice features as there are in LR4 beta, that missing square brush tool is just a real let down!

>and yet Adobe seem unwilling to implement the equest.
I think the more likley reason for its absence is the availablity of time and resources. With each new version the development team have to sift through a large number of feature requests, ideas, etc. Some of the features included this time round have been extremely popular requests, even before the brush tool ever got into the public domain. Obviously, these features been given a higher priority than those that haven't made it in yet. That's not to say that the absentees won't be implmented at some future date.

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I don't believe there is a square brush among the sets that ship with Photoshop, but there are plenty to download, and it is super easy to make one.
Just drag with the rectangular Marquee tool, fill with black on a new layer, and go Edit > Define brush preset
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Editing multiple keyframes the way you want is not possible (all the other tools like drawing squares etc. will only appear on the last frame, even if mutiple edit is selected).
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Hello everyone.
I own a copy of Photoshop CS6.
Switching from Photoshop CS to CS6, I have found this version to be extremely slow and I can not find a reason why it is like this. It is impossible for me to work on it.
Problem: Slow performance, when using the brush tool there is a long delay - lag. The brush takes more than 8 seconds to catch up with my strokes.
Software:
Adobe Photoshop CS6 x64
OS:
Windows 7 x64 SP1
CPU:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
GPU:
Radeon 6790 OC @ 920Mhz
RAM:
A-Data DDR3 1333Mhz CAS9 4GB (x2)
SSD:
A-Data 510 128GB SATA3
HDD:
Samsung SATA 1TB
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- Disabled the "Use Graphic Processor" square. nothing changed.
- Disabled the "Use open CL" square in advanced Graphic Processor Settings. Nothing changed.
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ForeKeith wrote:
AMD replied to my email just today and said that my graphic card should be compatible and should perform great with the current drivers.
Wow, they went out on a limb and said that? AMD clearly is denying any problems just as any corporate entity appears to do nowadays. Didn't someone once say "shoot all the laywers"?
It's pretty clear the Catalyst 12.4 release is a bust with Photoshop. Lots of people have seen that. And I just checked - AMD hasn't released Catalyst 12.5 yet.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx
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Is it:
Nearly instantaneous?
One second behind?
Many seconds behind?
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Edit >> Keyboard Shortcuts >> Tools
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http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-77ffa.html
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These two sources should explain all the basics about photoshop brushes:
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/photoshops-brush-tool-basic-guide/
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/painting-tools.html
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Quit Photoshop. You can close the program like this:
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On a PC: Restart Photoshop; immediately press and hold down Ctrl+Shift+Alt. When prompted, release the modifier keys and confirm, that yes, you do want to replace the Photoshop settings.

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First, verify that you have painted something. At the bottom is an option that says "Show Selected Mask Overlay", enable this. It will show the area you have painted so far.
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Hi CoGordo4,
Make certain you have "New Art Has Basic Appearance" checked in the Appearance Panel menu.
Also realize that the "Basic" brush, isn't really a brush at all. It simply removes all brush appearances from a stroke.

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