Why don't I see the buttons to set stroke and fill color when using pen tool?

[mizugori]

I am new to Adobe After Effects. I saw a video and am trying to duplicate an animation effect they did. However, shortly into the video they select the pen tool, and then a little to the right in the toolbar, you can clearly see options for what I believe are "fill" (or color) and "stroke" before the rotobezier checkbox. (Yes I know, it's in Spanish, apologies.)

However, in my toolbar when I click the pen, I don't get these same buttons/tools/whatever:

I have tried messing around in menus, looking all over the place, but I cannot seem to figure this out - can anyone help me get those two options into my toolbar?

[angie_taylor · Accepted solution]

You probably have a layer selected in the timeline. When a layer is selected the pen tool defaults to mask mode. Deselect all layers before choosing the pen tool and see if that works.

hope this helps,

Angie Taylor | http://www.creativecabin.co.uk

[mizugori]

Thank you!!!!!

[angie_taylor]

No problem, happy to help 🙂

[Asmitha5DEA]

Thank you 😊

[Groupe Solution]

TYVM!

[Casey5E3A]

Thank you.

Also how do I deselect a layer?

[Aladdin Jegham]

F2 to deselect a layer

[DMDI]

A big thank you for answering what should never have been a thing need questioning. #adobethings 

[Omar Raki]

thanks for your help 

[Hannah26469934z20f]

thank you! life saver

[Jr55640]

Thank you so much!

It worked

[Timmy35770006lper]

Thank you!

[smedelightworks]

And if the problem persists after no layer is selected?

[FAZ Conceptz]

Thank you aunty ❤️