CS4 - ERASE PENCIL and BRUSH SIZE not right

[Bill...@adobeforums.com]

Boy...to explain this...

I can have either PENCIL or BRUSH picked for ERASE. The nice circle appears as it did in CS3. It has a radius of x-units. I am on my layer...I click expecting everything inside the circumference to erase...well what is erased is x-units MINUS a few units. No matter what size BRUSH or PENCIL I use it doesn't erase out to the circumference...makes it impossible to do fine erasing like I could with CS3/2/CS. OPACITY is set to 100%. HARDNESS is 100%. I see no other adjustments. HELP!

Thanks, --bill

[Ed Hannigan]

Do you have the Airbrush icon clicked by any chance?

Why not just use the Eraser tool?

[Ed Hannigan]

Also...have you reset the tools?

[PECour...@adobeforums.com]

Go to the preferences, and check the cursor setting, you can get the total area, or the 50% zone as previously.

[Bill...@adobeforums.com]

Under PREFERENCES CURSORS I only see three boxes
Painting Cursors
Other Cursors
Brush Preview

there are options like STANDARD / PRECISEand a few others under paining...no place for percentages????

Thanks...bill

[Bill...@adobeforums.com]

Ed,

I am using ERASE...and AIRBRUSH is off...dang! This is frustrating! The problem also exists for PENCIL cursor!

[PECour...@adobeforums.com]

Bill, I meant Normal (old way, shows the greyest areas, almost to 50% opacityof the brush)
And Full Size (newer way, shows total area affected by the brush, even areas less covered)

You are not painting with a graphic tablet, right? You would have mentionned it, of course...