Paint tool/brushes keeps turning into eraser

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August 5, 2022
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Hello!
Lately, all my brushes (roto brush, paint, clone stamp) have been drawing white instead of the thing/color I wanted it to be. I recently found out it kept automatically turning it into an eraser since I was trying to paint on a png layer with a specific color and in effects it said eraser. It was weird since I didn't click eraser, and even if I clicked eraser it wouldn't change. I tried resetting and everything, but it's still stuck... This doesn't allow me to use paint or roto brush, does anyone have an idea on why this happens? 😞
(I use After Effects CC 2020, if that helps?)

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nishu_kush

Community Manager

Hi lu_111riu,

Thanks for writing in.

As Mylenium mentioned, please share screenshots that show the problem. Also, a screenshot of the Paint Panel would be helpful.

We're here to help, just need more info.

Thanks,

Nishu

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lu_111riuAuthor

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Hello! Sorry, I didn't see this, I wasn't sure how to put all the things I described into a screenshot, so hopefully, this helps? If you need anything else, please let me know.

Mylenium

Legend

Show us screenshots. No point describing invisible elephants.

Mylenium

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lu_111riuAuthor

Participant

Hello! I wasn't sure how to put all the things I described into a screenshot, so hopefully, this helps, if you need anything else, please let me know.

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lu_111riuAuthor

Participant

You are painting on a footage layer, but you have not revealed the modified properties of the paint layer. Press "uu" so we can see start and end, color, size, and other Paint Brush settings. If you open the Paint workspace, we will also see what is happening in the Main comp so we can tell what's happening. Something like this:

For all I know from your screenshot, everything is perfectly normal.

Hello, it does the same thing on a png. I pressed uu and it shows me this, does this help?

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