Strange behavior of brush in Photoshop 10.0.1 CS3 Extended

[richard_...@adobeforums.com]

I've all of a sudden encountered a problem with the brushes in Photoshop CS3. When I want to paint with a brush I click the mouse to start laying down paint, but all I get is a spot at that point, nothing happens as I drag the mouse until I release the mouse button- then a path is made from where I first clicked the mouse to where I released the button. How do I get to the point where I can just lay down paint normally with the brush?

Dick Skover

[Buko]

tell us more about your computer and when this started happening.

[richard_...@adobeforums.com]

I'm running a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo Mac,2 GB SDRAM, and OS X 10.4.11.
This first started happening this morning- I've never had a problem like this before. After I sent the email, I went back to the application and the brush was working fine again. About an hour later I went back again and I had the same problem. I then thought it might be my mouse- I am using the mouse that comes with the Wacom tablet. At that point I tried my logitech mouse and the problem disappeared- went back to my Wacom mouse and the problem was gone for it also. Any idea what's happening?

Richard Skover

[Chris_...@adobeforums.com]

Hi Richard - I've been having this problem too for the last few weeks. Photoshop seems to only register the first and last position of the brushstroke, and tries to draw a line between them. Only solution I can find so far is to quit & relaunch Photoshop then all is well.

OSX10.4.11, dual proc G5/3Gb RAM using a Wacom tablet.