Airbrush Tool simply not working. Photoshop CC 2017

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November 1, 2017
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I have raked the forums and help and nothing seems to answer this for me. The Airbrush tool simply will not working, I click the airbrush icon, Hold down left mouse button over an artwork without moving mouse and... nothing. No airbrush, no buildup. Have reset all preferences and settings and problem still occurs, reset all tools, problem still occurs. Any ideas? Gonna try reinstalling photoshop and seeing if that fixes this. I really hope at least somebody actually can help me on this god-forsaken tundra of a support system. lol.

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NOA56

Participant

My problem was that I had the mode on "multiply". In mode "normal" it worked well.

SamanthaWoo

Participant

1.choose brush

2.converted legacy tool presets

3.voila!

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Steve Fermor

Inspiring

Many thanks Samantha, that's worked fine

I just need to find the fade option on this. Do you know where it is?

SamanthaWoo

Participant

no sure about that , sorry can't help

Kind regards,

Samantha

mmw3825

Participant

I don't like the new airbrush took. It is very limited... this really sucks...

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Please state what you mean exactly instead of meaningless complaints.

As far as I can tell the »old« brush functionalities have not been removed, the »new« Airbrush is just one option.

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Steve Fermor

Inspiring

Airbrushing used to be a doddle in Photoshop, but over the years it has become harder to use, and is now barely functional at all. The pre set airbrushes right down the list of brush types are of little use. All that is needed is a very soft brush and use the fade control, so you set the airbrush stroke length to last for a given number of pixels – and that seems to have vanished. Have the chaps at Adobe ever used an airbrush? What we have now has too abrupt a finishing edge with the fade option.

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jugenjury

Inspiring

I just figured out what my issue was. If you have one of the "Catch-up" boxes checked for Smoothing, it won't build up. Make sure they are unchecked. Apparently that's because it's waiting for a specific time during a stroke to smooth and update before proceeding with any more brush additions. Those are located in the drop down menu next to the Smoothing that looks like a gear.