# Photoshop brush softness/hardness stopped working?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-brush-softness-hardness-stopped-working/270147>\
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**Created:** [September 5, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-brush-softness-hardness-stopped-working/270147 "2008-09-05T16:14:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![kdayle815](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@kdayle815](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kdayle815)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-brush-softness-hardness-stopped-working/270147/1 "2008-09-05T16:14:30Z")

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It’s the most bizarre thing! The softness/hardness of my brushes has stopped working entirely…I don’t get what’s going on. I even tried re-installing photoshop (CS3). You can still move the slider to adjust the “hardness”…but it has absolutely no effect on the brush, it remains at 100%!

Has this happened to anyone else?? I checked my CS2 and it’s still working fine. I’m completely stumped and frustrated. I also tried reloading my brushes…still none of them will soften.