"Create Paintbrush" won't work correctly

[AMoonrising]

Essentially I want to make a custom brush using the Create Paintbrush option. I select what I want and hit the button to create the brush. Animate will try to create a brush with a completely different object I haven't selected during a session. I've tried closing and reopening the app, as well as unselecting it and retrying. This feature has only worked twice out of how many times I've tried.

[_keyframer]

That is weird. I've used this feature often with no issues. Any chance of providing a screenshot of the brush selection you are trying to create? Or even a screen capture video of this happening?

[AMoonrising]

https://youtu.be/HLnrW9o0NzM

[Nicktendo28]

Check this vid

https://youtu.be/-kuoImrABtU

[AMoonrising]

I know how to create a brush. It's not me needing a tutorial about "select what you want and hit create paintbrush huh dur." Again, the program is trying to create it with something other than what I have selected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLnrW9o0NzM&feature=youtu.be

[n. tilcheff]

Hi mate,

I watched your video.

How about to try and isolate the shapes you want to turn into a brush onto a separate layer and lock everything else?

Maybe the fact that you have some disjointed dots is also confusing it.

Try to explore custom brushes with something more 'conventional' like a rectangle to start with.

[AMoonrising]

I tried on a new document and it let me make a few brushes just fine. It was fine with a few dots and such. It might just be messing up because of the file size, since I usually do it when I'm making backgrounds?

[_keyframer]

Hmmmm you are doing everything right but why it's selecting the non selected object is totally unexpected. i can not reproduce here on a MacBook Pro. Try what n. tilcheff suggested and let us know if that changes things. Sorry this is happening. Maybe test inside a new document?