Adobe Photoshop issue where brush icon can be difficult to see persists nearly a year after acknowledgement

Adobe Photoshop is one of the most popular image editing tools in the world. The large number of features it offers makes it the favorite option of millions of users.

However, users of the software are also experiencing some issues that directly interfere with the editing process. An example of the above is the visibility/transparency of the brush icon.

The aforementioned problem is not new, and has been present for more than two years. However, even to this day, related complaints keep coming up, and the company has done nothing to resolve it.

As mentioned at the beginning, the first related reports are more than two years old. More specifically, there are posts about the problem from December 2019.

In last updates I’m having problem seeing brush (paint and healing) cursor when working with colors similar to cursor grey (grey or brown midtones for expamle).

Sometimes cursor changes to white, but for very short time and very randomly.

So it’s really hard to see where I’m just gonna paint or heal. It is really annoying and tiring.
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Apparently, for many users, it is very difficult to see the brush icon used for editing. This can be even more noticeable in some specific situations.

Any word on this problem getting fixed? Any brush using a “Normal Brush Tip” in the PS Preferences, is virtually impossible to see on a 50% gray. That’s a lot of neutral colored backgrounds, metals, etc. that professionals are trying to clean up. You guys fixed the pen tool with the latest PS 19.0. Thanks. Can’t you help us with the brushes? We can’t see what we’re doing. Thanks.
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Having said the above, there was no official acknowledgment from the company until May 2021. At that time, it was revealed that Adobe was evaluating options to improve the visibility of the Photoshop brush icon.

We are aware of cases that a brush icon can be difficult to see.

Making it stand out more strongly would be very useful and we are evaluating solutions for all the platforms we support.
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However, very recent reports make it clear that the issue continues to occur to this day. So, for some reason, it seems that Adobe has forgotten about the situation, since there is no more official word about it.

For now, Photoshop users can just wait and see if Adobe offers related updates. If new developments emerge in the coming days, we will update this article to keep you informed.

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