Paintbrush doesnt work and none of the solutions on the internet work

[dahofoc341]

GIMP Version: 2.10
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: New User

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I try to use the paintbrush and nothing happens. Every other tool works perfectly the only problem is the paintbrush tool. It does absolutely nothing when I click. I don't get any error message and at the bottom of the screen it tells me I can "click to paint" but I click and nothing happens. I use the eraser and I can erase just fine. The image mode is RGB the paint mode is normal no matter what brush I use nothing happens. I reinstalled the program and absolutely nothing. I only have one layer and I can erase on it just fine. I have the whole image selected. But still nothing happens? It worked just fine yesterday but at some point it stopped for no reason. Can someone help me please? I can't use gimp anymore.

[Pocholo]

Check if the Opacity of the brush is on 0.

[mahvin]

And if more than one layers are involved, make sure the layer is selected and not obstructed by another layer on top.

[Erisian]

Make sure the layer is not locked and - a common mistake - that there are no selections active.

[ofnuts]

If the other paint tools (bucket-fill, gradient...) work, then for the paintbrush check the mode (should be "normal"), the opacity (should be 100%), the Dynamics (should be "Dynamics off") and the force (shouldn't be "0"). Also check that you are not using the "Clipboard" brush.

Otherwise post a screenshot of the tool options

[dahofoc341]

Check if the Opacity of the brush is on 0.

The opacity is at 100. Is that good?

[dahofoc341]

And if more than one layers are involved, make sure the layer is selected and not obstructed by another layer on top.

I said in my post that there is only one layer.

[dahofoc341]

Make sure the layer is not locked and - a common mistake - that there are no selections active.

The layers not locked and I made sure that there where no selections whatsoever. Still doesn't work.

[dahofoc341]

If the other paint tools (bucket-fill, gradient...) work, then for the paintbrush check the mode (should be "normal"), the opacity (should be 100%), the Dynamics (should be "Dynamics off") and the force (shouldn't be "0"). Also check that you are not using the "Clipboard" brush.

Otherwise post a screenshot of the tool options

The opacity is at 100. I said in my post that the mode is normal. The force is at 50 but no matter what I change it to it doesn't work. I said in my post that no matter what brush I use it doesn't work.

[dahofoc341]

Heres a screenshot

[dahofoc341]

For anyone making a reply please make sure to read the post first so I don't have to repeat myself.

[rich2005]

Check if the Opacity of the brush is on 0.

The opacity is at 100. Is that good?

not according to your screenshot

opacity-zero.jpg (37.33 KiB) Viewed 2169 times

Not surprising the brush does not show.

[Pocholo]

Check if the Opacity of the brush is on 0.

The opacity is at 100. Is that good?

not according to your screenshot

opacity-zero.jpg

Not surprising the brush does not show.

Hey rich2005, that is what I told him in the post#2, the brush opacity is in the 0 position. But I guess he didn't read it.

[mahvin]

Yes, I should have done a better job of reading your post, however, it appears you need to set your
paintbrush "normal" layer mode to something higher than 0.