Eric Fournier , Feb 14, 2007; 10:25 a.m.
I am about 20 days into my trial of CS2 and the circle the shows the size of
the brush tool has dissapeared. I have checked in the icon section of
preferences and the appropriate box is checked. In fact I tried all of the
options, but to no avail. Any suggestions would be helpful!
Thanks
Eric
Matt K , Feb 14, 2007; 10:35 a.m.
This is on a Mac, right? CS3 (not CS2), I assume?
It's a known bug that Adobe will have fixed by the final release.
The brush circle will appear if you are using a really small size brush.
The only workaround I know is to run under Rosetta. Do a Get Info on the app and check the
"open using rosetta" box.
Roger Kallet , Feb 14, 2007; 10:50 a.m.
Try the Caps Lock on your keyboard. This allows you to toggle back and forth between the
brush circle and the cross-hair symbol.
Eric Fournier , Feb 14, 2007; 11:09 a.m.
Sorry, I should have been more specific. This is CS2 on a PC. I will try the caps lock when I get home.
Trying to hold off on purchasing full photoshop until at least the CS3 Post Announce free upgrade will be available.
Eric
Frank Dzambic , Feb 14, 2007; 12:30 p.m.
Are you using a really small brush, perhaps on a greyish area? That would make it hard to see even if it's there. Try hitting the " ] " key (square bracket) a few times or many times so the brush size gets bigger and you can see it.
Eric Fournier , Feb 14, 2007; 01:07 p.m.
Frank,
Nope..as I tried to remedy the problem prior to my post I used various brushes and brush sizes to no avail.
Eric
Kenneth Seidman , Feb 14, 2007; 01:39 p.m.
Go to the brush palette and pick any brush, choose a larger size temporarily. When you exit the palette you will have your brush back as a circle. In the future beware of the caps lock key as mentioned above.
Mendel Leisk 
, Feb 14, 2007; 03:23 p.m.
This cap lock toggle of brush dia display, and Photoshop's refusal to convert a 16 bit tiff to jpeg (by converting to 8 bit first, behind the scenes), are a couple of "features" Adobe should toast.
Eric Fournier , Feb 14, 2007; 08:43 p.m.
Frank,
Thanks, it was the caps lock. Not even sure why it was on, but I'm back in business. At least for 8 more days.
Eric
brian cook , Feb 18, 2007; 10:33 p.m.
Eric,
Where you in the Marine Corps, 5812?
