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Stupid question most likely, but, I cannot seem to select a color for
a brush I am using.....I had a "brain blank" or something.....I've tried doing it in a new layer and everything....

I tried selecting the color on my paint tool, etc. and then selecting my brush, yet, it just comes out in the "grayscale" that it was created as.....

thanks for the patience here....sometimes this is so frustrating......i guess I don't use it enough.....actually, I wish there was a book of tutorials that you go thru to learn each thing, in a progressively more complex manner....

I have an idea for a 'signature" but am totally clueless as to how I can go about executing it ! lol ....oh well....one day.

~diane

Even though your brush may only contain blacks, whites, and grays, it may still not be a "grayscale" (colorable) brush. The brush image needs to be converted to grayscale mode ("Image->Mode->Grayscale") and flattened ("Image->Flatten") against a white background before saving. A brush saved that is in RGB mode will not be "colorable" -- even if the colors are all shades of gray.

Right-click on the brush you want to use in the Brushes dialog and choose the Open Brush As Image command. Make sure your background color is white and flatten the image. Next convert the image to Grayscale and then save your brush (with a .gbr extension). Refresh your brushes using the button in the Brushes dialog.

geeeez......nothing is ever easy is it ?

okay, thank you so much, I will attempt to do that and see what happens ...yikes....

I also find it hard to "find" these brushes in the icons-menu ...they are so small, and it's a pain to click that little "enlarge" button.......I wish there was a larger toggle on/off palette/menu thing to work with downloaded brushes and such.

well, thanks again, and off I go.....I know I'll be back soon with more questions lol


you're all wonderful here, so helpful
~diane

Some of those things are pesky but they work and after awhile they become second nature to you and you don't have to think them through every time.

This is somewhat off/on topic.

Yes, gbr grayscale brushes are flattened, but if I make an animated grayscale brush, the layers don't have the alpha channel removed and they are still grayscale. It has had me wonder why that is so several times.

I have all my layers,channels,paths,brushes,gradients, and patterns set to extra large all the time.

There is a "cheat" however, you can select colour from gradinent in the brush options and use FG-BG with both set the same colour:

For example, using the built-in brushes:


-Rob A>

OH !! RobA, I love that approach !! I will try that and see if it works for me, it's so much easier I will let you know if I succeed in this little trick lol
thank you
~d

Excellent Rob thanks for that little tip.