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callumb14124030
callumb14124030
Participant
November 22, 2016
Question

paintbrush tool not working

  • November 22, 2016
  • 3 replies
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I cant seem to use my paintbrush tool. until starting illustrator today it was fine. now one the tool is selected when i hover over the image i wish to paint on i get a grey and black no entry symbol come up. does any one know what might have happened or can give me advice? thank you

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defaultugdo3bsdwra6
Participant
March 31, 2021

Hello, my paintbrush tool is not working. I have read through all the comments and different sites. And my 2021 illustrator page does not look like anybody else's. I do not know how to fix this. 

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 31, 2021

You opened a JPEG.

Try and create a new file. Then place the JPEG in it.

 

Please use your system's tool to make screenshots. Yours is barely legible.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 22, 2016

Are there brushes in the brushes panel?

If not, you will need to add at least one.

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Hugo21885688mqem
Participant
November 22, 2021

its work

 

Ray Yorkshire
Ray Yorkshire
Participating Frequently
November 22, 2016

The layer is locked ?

check the layers panel

callumb14124030
callumb14124030Author
Participant
November 22, 2016

nope - got frustrated so i closed it all, shut down my pc and restarted and it sorted itself. a worrying glitch none the less.

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