The Size slider naturally adjusts the size of the brush stroke. The default setting for Size is 100 (Mac) and 50 (Windows).
The Hardness slider controls the feathering of the brush edge - the amount is displayed on-screen between the size of the outer and inner rings of the brush or the eraser cursor. The default setting for Hardness is 50 (Mac) and 80 (Windows). Drag the slider to the left (towards 0) to increase feathering or to the right to decrease the effect. When a hard edge is required without any feathering, select a value of 100 (%). This is the maximum hardness that can be applied.
You can switch quickly between the Brush and Erase tools by using the keyboard shortcuts B and E respectively. The Brush and Erase settings may be linked and synchronized so that one stroke erases the other using the same Size and Hardness values.
1. Select the Brush by clicking on the Draw Mask icon in the Layers tool or from the Cursor toolbar.
2. Starting from Capture One 21 (14.0.0), hold down the corresponding modifier key(s) and click-drag to adjust the Size and Hardness parameters of the Brush easier and faster.
- Size
- Ctrl + Opt + left-click and drag horizontally (left/right) on Mac
- Alt + right-click and drag horizontally (left/right) on Windows
- Hardness
- Ctrl + Opt + left-click and then drag vertically (up/down) on Mac
- Alt + right-click and drag vertically (up/down) on Windows
In Capture One 21 (14.0.0) and earlier versions, you can also adjust the Size and Hardness parameters in the Brush Settings panel. Click on the Brush Settings icon in the Layers tool or press Ctrl/Right-click anywhere in the Viewer for quick access. The Brush Settings panel opens.
- Size. Drag the slider to the right to increase while viewing the effect on the Brush/Eraser cursor in the Viewer. Alternatively, press [ or ] key to decrease or increase the brush size respectively, or enter text directly in the value box, or select and use the arrow keys or Shift-arrow keys to values by fixed values.
- Hardness. Drag the slider to the right to increase hardness while viewing the effect on the Brush/Eraser cursor in the Viewer. Alternatively, press Shift+[ or Shift+] keys to decrease or increase respectively.
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Hi Liliia,
I have a question about the brush.
Is there any way to change the look of the pointer? I find it really uncomfortable to use when you make it smaller and it passes from the circle that shows you the actual size to that arbitrary plus symbol with the lines at the four sides. It would be much better if no matter the size you would get the correspondent circle like in photoshop.
thanks for your help
Hi Luca,
Currently, when you make a brush very small, it transforms from a circle into a plus.
Thank you for the suggestion provided, it was forwarded to the Product Management team.
Follow our updates and release notes to see what changes are implemented.
Hello Lily, just a question. I did not understand well... is there a way to change the size of the brush without using the sliders? Thank you!!!
[ and ] (usually).
Also take a look in the Keyboard Shortcut editor for possible further options.
Hi Luis,
Thank you for the comment.
As SFA mentioned above, you can use the keyboard shortcuts [ and ] to decrease and increase the brush size respectively.
Also, you can assign other shortcuts to these functions by going to the main menu Edit -> Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. Create a copy of the default shortcut set first as described here, then select your custom keyboard shortcut set and type "brush size" to edit the corresponding keyboard shortcuts per your choice.
Hi Lily,
I'm writing you because i don't feel at ease to be sharp when masking using brush. The problem is the size of the pointer circle does not reflect the effective size of drawn mask.
If you set hardness to 100% and you just make one click/pressure on the brush tool you will see it will not covers all the pointer circle. I don't know why it works like this and I'm thinking it's just a bug.
I'm using Capture One 20 Sony 13.1.1.24
Thank you !
Germain Maurice,
If set at full hardness, full opacity and full flow and viewed at 100% to make things easier to see, your regular Draw mask brush does not produce a mask spot that is the same size as the cursor circle display?
I'm surprised.
Mine does match the size. What can be different in our settings?
Hi SFA,
Yes, all of brush settings are set to 100% and viewed at 100%. The mask spot still not is the same size the cursor circle.
OK. In that case you are seeing something different to me.
Are you using a Wacom or something similar? (I am not.)
This is not really the best place to discuss and obtain support.
Use the "Submit a request" link at the top of the page to obtain personalised support for the C1 support team.
Ok, i understand, i'll submit a request.
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