Brush outline colour- photoshop :(

[enigma]

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the outline of a brush, or if they're any scripts out there i can use to do it?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/secret_sweetie/brush.jpg

In photoshop the default brush outline colour is grey, I want to paint on a grey background and use a white brush, but the brush outline blends into the grey background and I can't see where my brush is on the canvas until I actually make a mark on it...it can get pretty annoying..

Any help would be much appreciated

[glikster]

are you married to using that type of cursor? The standard cursor looks like a paintbrush and is black.

[Red_Rook]

i love the brush size cursor your using, its way better then the black one glikster was talking about in my opinion. However mine is always the negative of the colour im hovering over, or tries to build up as much contrast as possible, so if im over lets say a light grey my cursor circle will be black, and if im over a black surface it will be white. I checked in my settings but i couldnt find anything to change that, what version are you using?

[glikster]

i love the brush size cursor your using, its way better then the black one glikster was talking about in my opinion.
I use that one, too...usually with the cross-hairs in the middle.... I just tried it and mine also changes to black when it's over grey....


What's up with yours, dude?

[0kelvin]

Yeah, the cursor will always be the inverse of whatever colour it's over. Unfortunately the inverse of 50% gray is 50% gray, making the cursor invisible. I usually just try to avoid 50% gray, either darkening or lightening it slightly before trying to paint on it.



0kelvin

[Snarfevs]

Do you have the luxury of being able to separate your background from your painting layer? If so, consider working on a different coloured background, then change to 50% grey. Make sure that the colour you choose is reasonably dull - blue-grey and umber work well in most cases.