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Can't paint at full opacity in layer mask in CS6 64 bit windows 7

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October 31, 2012
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A problem has developed in my photoshop CS 6 64 bit on windows 7. I can't paint at full opacity in a layer mask. It is like an 75 % opacity brush. I have gone back to the default brushes soit is not the particular bursh. My brush settings are all at 100%, mask density is 100% , the blend mode is normal,-can't think of where else to look for the solution.The brush works just fine when I am not in a layer mask.

I updated the graphic card driver and also the wacom intuos driver. It has to be somewhere in photoshop CS6 as when I go into my older version photoshop, cs5, the mask opacity works works at 100 % opacity

Any ideas of what to do next.

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Correct answer willowtreestudio

i don't know how i fixed this-somehow in playing i got the color of the white on the mask and it was slipping to a greyer color-i have no idea how.I had checked my black/whites and they were 255 and 0. Very odd-thanks for getting me to look into the color- would be interested to know how the setting could slip like that-as i said it painted at 100% white when i painted on a blank layer and i tested that color with the info and i was at 255, 255,255

creativeheart308

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This solved my issue! Thanks

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michellew43630970

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You saved me!

tadamdesign

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I was having the same issue with this today! Was driving me NUTS!!!! After trying all the suggestions above, and still having no luck, I discovered that as I had an area marked out using the marquee tool, the brush and clone stamp were playing up. Once I de-selected the marquee'd area, it all worked perfectly. No idea why it had this effect.

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mostafas3id

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check brush spacing

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Lennypete

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I've struggled for DAYS with this!! Brush spacing!! ty~

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HandsomeDragon

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4 years too late but I figured it out. I was having a similar problem, and after an hour of looking, it turns out that my Brush Opacity was set to about 75% exactly. I didn't know the brush had an opacity. You can check the opacity at the top bar of your page when you have your brush selected.

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charles badland

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How are you choosing the Black for the brush? Make sure it is R-0, G - 0, and B - 0, and not 100% K.

Try hitting the D key to default to Foreground / Background colors and load with the foreground black.

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willowtreestudioAuthorCorrect answer

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i don't know how i fixed this-somehow in playing i got the color of the white on the mask and it was slipping to a greyer color-i have no idea how.I had checked my black/whites and they were 255 and 0. Very odd-thanks for getting me to look into the color- would be interested to know how the setting could slip like that-as i said it painted at 100% white when i painted on a blank layer and i tested that color with the info and i was at 255, 255,255

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Quattromortonos

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I am having a similar problem that I need help with. I just loaded CS6 for the first time ever last week and have been tinkering around with photo editing. I am trying to use an action I downloaded to whiten the whites of the eyes and teeth. When I run the action I cannot paint with the soft white brush. I hit backslash and it shows no work completed, just a red background. I have everything selected at 100% opacity (brush and action layer).

A couple days ago I was able to use the brush tool to darken the background by loading an action and paiting on. Now I can't do that anymore.

I can use my brush for other tasks. I am so confused. I would greatly appreciate any insight.

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