Problem with Painterly (Elements 15)

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February 20, 2017
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I am having a really frustrating time with Elements 15 - I love it when I can make it work !

I am in guided / fun edits / painterly.

I select the paint brush / the picture goes opaque / I select either the hide or show button (doesn't matter which)/ hover over the picture but the area selected doesn't change.

I have no idea what I am doing wrong - or if I have inadvertently turned something on or off, but that's as far as I can get.

I have done it in the past without any problems - can anyone help me please?

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sally2017Author

Participant

Thanks - I'll let you know how I get on

Sally

Sandeep Singh

Participating Frequently

Hi Sally,

Please check if you are using following workflow while working on Painterly.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/guided-mode-fun.html#painterly

Regards,
Sandeep

sally2017Author

Participant

Thanks for your help but resetting the preferences did the trick!!!

Sally

sally2017Author

Participant

I appreciate you getting back to me, but it is the "automatically" bit that is not happening. I can gather up the brush area, but when I hover over the picture, I can't "drop" it to automatically pain the main subject of the photo.

Sally

"Click the Paint Brush button to automatically paint the main subject of the photo with an artistic surface. A special set of brushes is available to paint the main subject of the image."