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Brush panel greyed out
ShadySue:
I'm starting a Lynda tutorial on 'painting' in Photoshop.
First you have to install a lot of stuff the tutor provided. It has taken me ages, but I'm now at the last stage where I'm checking on his provided textures which I should be able to make available from the brushes panel.
However, my brushes panel is totally greyed out. Of course it isn't greyed out in the tutorial video. I've Googled 'Photoshop CS5 brush panel greyed out' (and 'grayed out'), and can't find anything relevant except someone asked about it in CS4 in 2009 and no-one answered.
Any clues, please? TIA
meldayus:
I'm by no means an expert, but the first thing that occurs to me is, do you have a photo or blank document open? It's always those sort of things which catch me out.... :-[
ShadySue:
I didn't have, as there wasn't a photo open in the tutorial video (I had to install his presets then open PS), but I opened a photo just there to see what would happen, and it's still all greyed out.
meldayus:
Ohh, well that's about the extent of my PS knowledge! ::) I'm sure someone else will be along soon to help who knows what they're talking about!
ShadySue:
Sort of resolved, but I don't know why!
I clicked on one of his supplied brushes in the tool presets and suddenly it all ungreyed.
I played that part of the tutorial a few times and it wasn't mentioned and wasn't particularly obvious that it was necessary.
This is going to be fun. The video showing you how to load his supplied stuff was seven minutes long and it took me two hours to get it done!
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