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Cannot Edit Anything In PS

Explorer ,
Sep 06, 2022 Sep 06, 2022

I loaded up a .PNG into PS. As I readied myself for the task, I accidentally pressed the 'F' key. I pushed it several times until the program was back to normal. Except now, I cannot draw, fill, erase...nada. All I have is the prohibition symbol (circle with a diagonal line through it). I tried resetting the tools, the Essentials workspace, etc.

 

What's the magic key to fixing this?

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Community Expert ,
Sep 06, 2022 Sep 06, 2022

F is just for display and toggles through different states of display. 

As for the inability to edit the picture, I would look to the layers palette. The layer may be locked or it may be a smart layer or similar.

 

A screenshot would be helpful, for us to see, what state your program is in.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 06, 2022 Sep 06, 2022

When all else fails, reset the preferences.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 06, 2022 Sep 06, 2022

"circle with a diagonal line through it"

 

This means you can not edit or use active tool. If you click on canvas-image what error message appears? There can be numerous reasons that you can not use some tools including that none of the layers is selected in the Layers panel or because you are in Indexed color mode, or perhaps as mentioned you are trying to edith directly Smart Object layer. Screenshot of entire window with Layers panel visible should help us to understand problem.

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Explorer ,
Sep 07, 2022 Sep 07, 2022

When I turned the machine on this a.m. the problem had solved itself. I think I saw some little blue Smurfs lurking nearby,

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Community Expert ,
Sep 07, 2022 Sep 07, 2022

Hi @Ricebug ,

 

Oftentimes it'sthe obvious things right?

We've seen this happen when a layer is not selected.

You restarting the app would have a layer selected again

In case it happens again

Best

mj

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New Here ,
May 25, 2025 May 25, 2025
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When I converted the PNG file into a JPEG, phtotoshop worked as usual. This was the case for all images I uploaded as PNG. I'm not sure why this happened, I was just happy I could edit the photos.

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