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2018-08-13 13:39:27
I've tried to set the brush hardness and it seems to have no effect. Diameter changes just fine. Opacity also affects it. But hardness doesn't. What am I doing wrong?
2018-08-14 17:58:56
I cannot reproduce this but I can give you the steps I do for changing the hardness of the brush so you can see if you do something different. Also note that not all brush-types have support for hardness. Then you'll find hardness deactivated.
1) Select the eraser tool (Makes sure it is the eraser tool and not the magic eraser tool)
2) Select your brush
3) Select the layer you want to work on
4) Ctrl+click on the canvas and change the diameter and / or hardness of the brush
5) Click and drag to erase.
Opacity should not be 0 off course.
1) Select the eraser tool (Makes sure it is the eraser tool and not the magic eraser tool)
2) Select your brush
3) Select the layer you want to work on
4) Ctrl+click on the canvas and change the diameter and / or hardness of the brush
5) Click and drag to erase.
Opacity should not be 0 off course.
2018-08-14 18:37:47
This is what it looks like for me... I guess I'll uninstall and reinstall Pixelmator and see what happens.
2018-08-14 18:42:54
Uninstalling and reinstalling fixed it. Should have tried that first. 
2018-08-15 04:32:26
Glad it worked out! The team will note the reinstall and take it with them while working on the next release of Pixelmator.