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    Brush Checklist

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    Hong Anh Vu
    The document provides a checklist of standard procedures for resolving issues with brushes not painting as expected in Painter. Common problems include brushes not working on layers due to settings like "Preserve Transparency" being enabled, painting on invisible layers, or layers blocking the view. The checklist also addresses brushes painting with the wrong color or pattern due to color or clone settings. Following the checklist of potential causes can help troubleshoot and fix brush painting problems.

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    Brush Checklist

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    The document provides a checklist of standard procedures for resolving issues with brushes not painting as expected in Painter. Common problems include brushes not working on layers due to settings like "Preserve Transparency" being enabled, painting on invisible layers, or layers blocking the view. The checklist also addresses brushes painting with the wrong color or pattern due to color or clone settings. Following the checklist of potential causes can help troubleshoot and fix brush painting problems.

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    The document provides a checklist of standard procedures for resolving issues with brushes not painting as expected in Painter. Common problems include brushes not working on layers due to settings like "Preserve Transparency" being enabled, painting on invisible layers, or layers blocking the view. The checklist also addresses brushes painting with the wrong color or pattern due to color or clone settings. Following the checklist of potential causes can help troubleshoot and fix brush painting problems.

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    Brush Checklist

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    Hong Anh Vu
    The document provides a checklist of standard procedures for resolving issues with brushes not painting as expected in Painter. Common problems include brushes not working on layers due to settings like "Preserve Transparency" being enabled, painting on invisible layers, or layers blocking the view. The checklist also addresses brushes painting with the wrong color or pattern due to color or clone settings. Following the checklist of potential causes can help troubleshoot and fix brush painting problems.

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    Painter utilizes several means to get brushes to behave in various ways.

    As a result, you
    can find yourself in a situation in which a brush that worked before suddenly refuses to
    paint—or doesn’t apply the desired color.

    Use the following checklist as a “SOP” (Standard Operating Procedure) to resolve the
    problem.

    • Painting on layers—brushes don’t work: Check the Layers palette.


    “Preserve Transparency” is enabled. Disable it.
    • Painting on layers—brushes don’t work: Check the Layers palette. Are
    you erroneously painting on a layer whose Visibility has been closed (the
    “eye” icon on the left of each layer)? Toggle Visibility on and/or select the
    layer you want to paint on.
    • Painting on layers—brushes don’t work: Are you painting underneath a
    layer that is blocking the view of your brush strokes? Check the layers
    palette. Are you targeting the layer you want to paint on? Are there layers
    above it that are possibly blocking your view. Turn the blocking layers above
    your targeted layer off.
    • Painting on layers—blending/smearing brushes don’t interact with
    underlying color or paint with white: Check the Layers palette. “Pick Up
    Underlying Color” is disabled. Enable it.
    • Painting on layers—brush doesn’t paint or interact with underlying
    color; “Pick Up Underlying Color” is enabled: On the Canvas layer, test
    the brush on existing color. If it works, it is a brush that uses a method that
    does not work on layers (there are a few). Consider copying the imagery to
    the layer or working on the Canvas layer instead.
    • Painting on layers or Canvas—brush doesn’t paint: Check the Opacity
    setting of the brush in the Property Bar. If it is set to 0%, turn it up.
    • Painting on layers or Canvas—brushes don’t paint: You may have a
    small unnoticed active selection. In this situation, brushes will not paint
    outside the selection. In the Select menu, check and see if “None” is
    highlighted. If it is, select it. This will delete the selection and brushes will
    work again.
    • Painting on layers or Canvas—brushes paint with the incorrect color.
    Check the Colors palette. Is the Additional Color Square highlighted? If so,
    click on the Main Color Square.
    • Painting on layers or Canvas—brushes paint with the incorrect colors
    or a pattern. Check the Colors palette. Is the Hue Ring and Saturation/Value
    triangle grayed out? Clone Color is enabled and the color is coming from a
    clone source (the current pattern if other images are not opened). In the
    Color palette, click on the Clone Color button (rubber stamp icon) to re-target
    the Hue Ring and Saturation/Value triangle.
    • Painting on layers or Canvas—brush doesn’t paint as expected: The
    brush may have been adjusted in several different ways. In the Brush
    Selector Bar Options menu (the triangle at the right), select “Restore Default
    Variant”. This will restore the brush variant’s default settings.

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