7 Easy Ways To Troubleshoot The Brush Tool In Photoshop

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If the brush tool suddenly stops working, it can really slow down your editing process. Luckily, you can troubleshoot and fix the problem in just a few seconds using any of these 7 troubleshooting methods outlined in this tutorial. If your brush tool isn't working because:
- The brush tool cursor has disappeared
- Your brush tool isn't visible
- The brush tool won't paint your selected color
- Your layer isn't editable
- You can only select white, grey, or black
Or other possibilities, then this tutorial will have you covered. Now you can learn how to fix the brush tool in less than a minute the next time it stops working.
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@soknarith5722 10 месяцев назад

I watch your video only 5 second and I solve my problem. It mean a lots to me. Thank you so much Brendan

@wolfmanj3 11 месяцев назад

Thank you!!! Great Job. You got a new Subscriber. This is what all tutorials should be like. Straight to the point, clear, concise and with great instructions! This should be template for all RU-vid problem solving videos! Thank you once again!

@celia4698 Год назад

Thank you for addressing brush issues... Twice now I have had to reset the brush tool... when I was teaching this subject several years ago I never had this problem, so I'm very glad I found you.

@YonnBurgos 3 года назад

Wow man! I'm glad I found your tutorial! Thank you very much! It helped me to get my brush work back again :)

@bre8383 3 года назад

YESSS thank youu it was driving me crazy!

@BrendanWilliamsTutorials 3 года назад

Glad I could help!

@OjanMusic Год назад

In my case you just had to quit and re-open photoshop. You missed that one, bro ;)

@zebeddy 5 месяцев назад

Bloody genius. I'm new to PS and have spent a day trying to work out why my brush suddenly stopped working. Looked ay dozen of videos you yours finally gave me the answer clearly and concisely. Thank you :)

@indyaudrey1361 3 года назад

Thank you for your clear explanations. I have a problem with my brush when using the layer mask. It erases at an angle. I would really like some help with this if you can. Thank you so much.

@ckiimyirhnski1056 9 месяцев назад

Dude you SAVED my SANITY what with that reset tool recommendation of yours, I was going insane trying to figure out how to make my regular old hard round brush work the way I intended it to again. God bless you son

@san520823 9 месяцев назад

Brendan great tutorial on brushes... i was hoping to find a solution of my problem with brushes. I can't get the stroke thumbnail in the options bar to appear after having chosen the brush. Any suggestions? thanks

@griffguitarist8074 20 дней назад

Was watching your tutorial on creating light, had a brush issue so searched it up which brought me to here. 2 things learnt from the same person in a row is an immediate subscribe!

@Karna.Tjahyana_ID 3 года назад

Thanks for the tutorials, really helpful. 👍

@BrendanWilliamsTutorials 3 года назад

No problem!

@tomaandrei3488 3 года назад

My man here just saved me so much time, thx

@SD-yo7gs 21 день назад

I'm not able to figure out why when painting inside a selected areas often end up with faded areas near the edge of the selection. It seems the painted edges somehow fades out foer sme reason.. When I try to fill in the selected area, the paint is not dense. I can't seem to fill it in. Another issue, sometimes when painting inside a selected area, the paint oversprays outside the selection. I run into these issues often.

@humzahahmad2818 Год назад

I appreciate the help in this video!

@sofiaotz6183 3 года назад

So helpfuuuull thank you!!!!

@luci_datum 2 года назад

My issue seems to be that, as I draw, every tool defaults to the mouse arrow and refuses to function. Zoom and brush were the first ones I noticed. I found no trigger and no fix other than saving the canvas, exiting and repoening the file. Cant seem to find anyone talking about this

@qormi1000 2 года назад

Well explained. Thank you Brendan.

@touchofsound88 Год назад

Thank you, great job, keep it up bro.

@backiyamurugesan6730 Год назад

Thank you so much. Now cleared. Working properly

@kirajou Год назад

That was super helpful! Thank you very much!

@rizzfiesta123 Год назад

Thanks. Resetting helped

@rapanui5230 3 года назад

So simple ... Many thanks!!

@pestiforous3418 Год назад

Hi Brenden I watched your video but I didnt see a solution to my brush issue. Maybe you can help? My heeling brush tool puts a copy of the image I'm working on top of the image and when the cursor is on the image and my mouse button depressed it just moves the image around the screen. If I do the Alt plus click it just locks the cursor on the image. It changes the original image while its underneath the copy. this of course gives me know idea of what the effect is until I close the tool and look at the original image. No one I have talked to can duplicate the issue. Tool resets and preference resets do nothing to fix this issue. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

@Tweet01j 3 года назад

Thanks so much. I spent 2 hrs trying to figure out why my brush was not working with my layer masks and all I had to do was reset the Brush tool. SMDH!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

@duncanleonard6266 Год назад

Solved the problem very quickly. Thank you Brendan!

@user-mp5yz8yi9d 2 года назад

Thank you very much...a thousand thanks.. I searched for this information for a long time and finally found it.. I am very very grateful to you

@raphaela7881 2 года назад

You are a freaking life saver!!! Thank you so much! My issue was not having the mode in normal

@algylongworth 2 года назад

Thank you for the tutorials. Unfortunatly I have tried all of your sugestions including reseting all tools. Since they upgraded to 2022 my brush will not work at all. Any idea why?

@IllusionSmile1 3 года назад

Hi Brandon, thank you for the tips, but I am still facing problems with using the brush in Quick mode for changing the background. When I select a solid colour very often you can see where the brush painted over the initially selected background area by Photoshop, because the background becomes lighter there. The application of the brush over that area is visible then. How do I solve this?

@zackpotter9670 2 года назад

Bro same

@wildnaiem6423 2 года назад

its helped me, thanks!

@user-el6ou9tv2p Год назад

so helpful thank u very much

@mdsakibullah4527 Год назад

Thank you so much for this video...

@Jazzadrin Год назад

Thank you for the video. The solutions didn't work per se, but learning about using a different layer to paint on was a good alternative. Thanks!

@nategrady Год назад

This has been driving me nuts learning PS, you explained everything exactly how I needed to hear it thank you! Great video still 2 years later

@AtoZinfo407 2 года назад

thankeyou so much bro good job keep it up

@DanielaBunu 2 года назад

Hi Brendan, thank you for this tutorial. I am very good with photoshop, but suddenly today I had unknown problems with the brush tool and it drives me crazy… Alone for the Reset Tool option was worth it to watch the video till the end. Thank you! 🙏🏼

@anne-sophiecafmeyer1749 2 года назад

THANK YOU!!!!! You've helped me a lot!

@DavidJoseph-co5zq 6 месяцев назад

Thanks bro it really helped

@NathanHacker Год назад

Thank you reset tool helped!

@richardcroft8046 Год назад

At 3:10 the black brush appears to be a rough-edged solid black surrounded by airbrushed black. I'm experiencing that and can't figure out why (just downloaded PS 24). Colors seem to be fine. Any idea what's up?

@kipcombat1195 2 года назад

Thank you!! this helped a lot.

@unusualmaster5275 2 года назад

Ty so much!

@DisplayingWays 9 месяцев назад

I’m using a gradient map layer to change a color shirt and I use the mixer brush to color it in- my problem “ could not use the mixer tool because the content of the layer is not directly editable” what am I doing wrong?

@SadmanHossain24 7 месяцев назад

Good job!!🙂🙂

@mohammedmangad4278 3 года назад

Thank you bro. It solved my problem.

@littletgaming3687 3 года назад

when i click on the paint brush and try to paint on the image the entire image highlights in the color that i selected for the foreground how do i change it so im actually painting the image

@larryholdercoolsolutionsllc 2 года назад

Thank you so much. It’s been driving me crazy.

@PonchoTrooper Год назад

Thanks a lot! I was about to open a whole new project and see if the brush reset itself just like that, you saved me some time!

@cindyhamilton3081 2 года назад

It worked .. Thank you!! Been dealing with this issue for a week now!!

@Pixels_in_My_Pocket 3 года назад

can you tell me why brush heads up display is not opening when i am clicking the shift+alt+right click , i am using windows , and when i am changing the brush hardness , size using the shortcut key it cannot show the red preview even though the preview color is setup in preferences thanks for advance

@radocopy 3 года назад

Ever found what the problem was_

@laurarainville2954 2 года назад

I've been googling for thirty minutes and you just answered my question is five seconds! Thank you.

@zak6749 Год назад

if i click and hold my brush on the canvas, it just moves in upward left direction, i am facing same issue while using quick selection tool, may be i messed up the settings but even after doing reset tool its not resolved.

@farideahmad6059 2 года назад

thank you. you are the best

@basmamagdy9314 3 года назад

thank you so much 🥰

@dhruvpandey3642 2 года назад

Thanks buddy 👍

@sketch-viewswithkarenlittl9505 2 года назад

After using Photoshop for a while, when I select a tool, I cannot change the brush tip to a newly selected brush tip. It seems like the "previous" tip is cached in memory. No matter how many times I select a tool, when I go to use it, the tip reverts to the one I wanted replaced. I see "solutions" for older versions of PS, but not the most recent. To solve, I have to close PS. When I restart it, I have no problem until time passes and the problem reappears.

@vikramdas7136 2 года назад

Thanks mate.. Thanks a lot.. tomorrow is my submission and I was so stressed due to the issue.. you saved the day 🥰🙏🏻

@hebasalah875 3 года назад

thnx alot it worked ,hope u do more ✌

@beasttransformation6030 2 года назад

thanks bro for helping

@987nadine 2 года назад

thank you so much

@purnamstudiobali Год назад

Thanks...its just help me out...

@tanhimdhrubo8128 2 года назад

Thank you 💕

@chinthakawijebahu8388 3 года назад

Helped me a lot

@iraklyormotsadze Год назад

Thanks man

@poopojaws1216 Месяц назад

THANK YOU !😊

@TheOttomanEdits 3 года назад

You earnt a new sub mate

@uniquesuccessstory7861 2 года назад

tnks bro

@michaelculhane3058 2 года назад

You the MAN!

@izumi627 Год назад

The reset tools definitely helped ... Thnks

@MarkReategui 3 года назад

My brush cursor looks like the path selection tool/regular Windows cursor and is not working at all. Anyone know a fix for this? Windows 10, Photoshop 2021 using Wacom Intuos. I'm not having this issue in macOS so I think it may be a windows related bug, or a Photoshop bug/issue in windows. My only workaround is saving my work, quitting, and reopening photoshop, super frustrating because it happens very frequently, like every few seconds when I am brushing stuff.

@leniehulse1621 3 года назад

Thank you! Thank you!!

@BrendanWilliamsTutorials 3 года назад

You are welcome!

@alstroemeria1031 Год назад

Thank you Brendon. Your very last tip worked for my issue.

@good2btheking 3 года назад

I love you. Thanks

@BrendanWilliamsTutorials 3 года назад

love you too

@Checkmate_Two_Zero 2 года назад

Thanks for the tip bro! I've been trying to troubleshoot my cursor for already an hour now! I didn't realize that I have my Caps Lock on ^_^ Sheeesh. Thanks man!

@brianbetz7753 Год назад

I was going nuts! Resetting did the trick...thanks a million!

@farouk1790 Год назад

Thank you bro

@jamnighttv9942 Год назад

The reset worked a treat for me. Thanks.

@troylaxamana1650 Год назад

thank you so much life saver ❤

@galipotefilms4970 2 года назад

Thanks 🙏

@rodrigosimas1980 2 года назад

Thanks a lot for this video! Take my like and sub!!

@relearningarchitecture 5 месяцев назад

you saved my day. THANKYOU...

@aneelkarim2121 Год назад

Hi Brandon many thanks for all the tips wish I can train with you in person

@Pentoleskrim 2 года назад

tq u somuch broooo im respect for you

@yogeshsaxena4205 3 года назад

very informative.

@tatianafurdui3805 2 года назад

You saved my day man!!!! Thanks a whole Bunch!!!!! That caps lock thou 😂😂🙈

@abdelrahmanjamal9327 3 года назад

thank u sooooooo much

@chuckmoorehead875 2 года назад

You answered my question on the very first example. Great Video.

@BrendanWilliamsTutorials 2 года назад

Glad to hear it!

@onesimesanhiri27 3 месяца назад

Thank you

@ritaophelia 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much. I had the caps on

@wiktoriazapiec2958 4 месяца назад

I thought I had messed something up in photoshop, I got help very quickly. Thank you so much !!

@sureshchavan9520 3 года назад

You are nice Tutor.

@rbayu7363 Год назад

Hi, I have a problem with my brush stroke.. For example, I have 1 brush that strokes strong and smooth line that i've used it for a years. But now it only strokes like 50% opacity and if i press it harder it only got bigger instead if 100% stroke. This problem affected all my brushes and it really frustating. I've tried to solve it from internet tips. Still didn't work. My photoshop is PS2020 on W10

@joey-jonlester.8762 3 года назад

:THANK-you, solutions! {Awesome-video!}

@BrendanWilliamsTutorials 3 года назад

You're welcome!

@hyper_live 2 года назад

damn, this is exactly what i needed! i was changing the background brush colour instead of foreground.

@joshlinemathew8174 3 года назад

Thank you so much the video is really helpful

@BrendanWilliamsTutorials 3 года назад

glad it helped!

@diegor1veros 3 года назад

Im taking photoshop classes and I had the first issue. You save my life

@qualinseler Год назад

The last tip helped!

@gueinlee6388 2 года назад

I bought a new laptop with fairly gud specs i7 4th gen, 16gb ram ,256ssd, 512hdd, 6mb cache but my brush is super slow. Like i tried keeping the usable ram to 90% with no opened chrome or any other apps but its still slow its not normal. Plus the select n mask brush tool is also so slow. It makes things impossible to work with. Can someone help me in this .

@MateoNamus Год назад

For some reason, my brush is only showing settings such as wet, load, flow, etc but not the opacity setting. I've tried resetting my brush, but it still is not working. How do I make the opacity setting show up again?