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July 10, 2026
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brush blending modes not working

  • July 10, 2026
  • 6 replies
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Brushes suddenly stop working properly with blending modes. No matter what mode is selected its always paint flat color.

    6 replies

    Srishti Bali
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    July 10, 2026

    Hi ​@pio59768117 

     

    I'm sorry to hear about your experience. To add to the information requested above, could you please share your system information (Help> System Info> Copy-paste the whole report here) along with a sample recording of the issue?

    This will help us better understand the problem, investigate it further, and report the issue to the product team.

    Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe
    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 10, 2026

    @pio59768117 

     

    A couple of folks have posted in this thread that they are not having the issue. To help us try to better assist, can you post a screenshot that includes:

    • Tools panel with Brush tool selected
    • Options bar for the Brush tool
    • Layers panel

    Jane 

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 10, 2026

    Sorry for my earlier remark. It wasn’t clear to me that you were overlapping your brush strokes. I have no problem with this in Photoshop 2026 on my Mac.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Participant
    July 10, 2026

    Ok, Checked with my firends on their PC workstations and accounts. It’s the same bug for Photoshop 2026. Blending options for bruses not working!

    (No problems @PS 2025 and PS Beta).

    So yeah. Thanks Adobe! You should charge even more from us for even more bugs like this!

    Ged_Traynor
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 10, 2026

    I’ve tested on my PC with Photoshop version 27.8 and the blend modes are working as expected with the brush tool

     

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 10, 2026

    You are painting on white, so most (if not all) blending modes won’t do anything because there is nothing to blend with.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Participant
    July 10, 2026

    No matter on what layer I’m painting. It should blend each next brush move over previous one while painting, and it’s not working. 

    It was working fine. Till now. It stops with no reason.

    And all works properly in PS 2025 and in PS Beta.

    Ged_Traynor
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 10, 2026

    @pio59768117 try resetting the tools

     

    Participant
    July 10, 2026

    No, doesn’t help.

    Ged_Traynor
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 10, 2026

    Try manually resetting the Photoshop preferences