Soft Brushes are not appearing in Photoshop Cs6 !

[TuhinBagh]

This image will decribe everything !!

[Guest]

Click on the "gear" in upper right corner.  It will give you a list of other brush palletts.

[charles badland]

Or you have the Pencil Tool selected.

[TuhinBagh]

😐 No dude i had double checked it..!! its in brush tool only..!!

[charles badland]

Indexed Color (.gif) or Bitmap mode?

This image will decribe everything !!

Actually, posting a screen grab of the whole document window will be more helpful than just a Preset pane.

[TuhinBagh]

There you go Sir..!!
Just a Plain New document  (Ctrl N) ! But no soft brushes,
this i had experienced first time in my life..!

[charles badland]

Well, you've got me. It's not Indexed or Bitmap.

Try resetting your Preferences:

Quit Photoshop.

Hold down the Shift-Alt-Control keys (Shift-Opt-Command for mac) AS you launch Photoshop (you will get a small dialog to reset your preferences - click OK. If you don't see the dialog, you did not do it right)

Hopefully that will fix it.

[TuhinBagh]

😕  Nop Sir, reset all the settings even re-installed PS didn't worked.
Os fresh install was only way out,  but it is pain in âss to install all application and make the machine usable,

I'm damm sure there was a easy way out of this problem, but...

If Adobe's developer folks are seeing this post, i suggest a update fix for this !

[charles badland]

Can you create ANY transparent or semi-transparent pixels? Like: Is your text anti-aliased? Or can you make a feathered selection on a blank layer and fill with a color?

[TuhinBagh]

I remember,

yeah i had used anti-alias in text and scan line pattern and i even created a vignette using feathered selection on my last project,

just last day all worked fine, i think this is some sort of bug!!

[charles badland]

If it's a bug, you're the only one seeing it.

reset all the settings

So you trashed the preference folder? as per my instructions? (re-installing PS does not reset the preferences)

And your screen shot hides the document title.. what is your Color Mode?

[TuhinBagh · Accepted solution]

i just simply freshly re-instaled my os (operating system) !!

[charles badland]

So, it was solved by an OS reinstall?

Great.

[Michele22470221yqze]

Yup!  That's what it was!  Color Mode.  I saved an image in "indexed color" and as soon as I switched it to RGB..VOILA!!  There are my soft brushes.  I watched them change immediately.  Of course, I'm not running CS6 but CS5 Extended.  Still worked.  Thanks for the info!!

[tjm27117982]

this was my issue - i had no idea this is what i had clicked on.

[burukusu1]

This is hapening to me as well on my work and personal system.  2 different installs.  Work uses E-learning Suite.  The only similarity between the systems is the Intuos5 Pad.  Any other work arounds for this?  Really not wanting to reinstall both systems...

[cyril_selasi]

Has any of you been able to find a way to sort this out. I really cannot reinstall Windows... Started experiencing this yesterday, i have tried everything i know and the suggestions here but the problem still exists.

[Guest]

Here's The Proper Solution , It Doesn't Need To Re-Install The OS

Here It Is :

STEP 1 : Open Photoshop

STEP 2 : Click On The Brush Icon

STEP 3 : Click On This Arrow

STEP 4 : SELECT THE SETTINGS ICON

STEP 5 : Now Select Reset Brushes

STEP 5 : When You Select Reset Brushes Option , You Will Get A Popup Like This , And Then Select Ok

STEP 6 : When You Select Ok , It Will Create A ABR File In Your Photoshop CS6 Folder, And The Path This ABR File Will Be Saved Is Program Files > Adobe > Adobe Photoshop CS6 > Presets > Brushes.

That's It : )

[xeebee]

This did not work for me. It still stays with hard brushes only, which pretty much sucks. For now I'll try finding other ways to fix this.

EDIT: I found a way to fix this without having to reinstall OS. Simply press Shift + B over and over until it reverts back! (:

[Rod_Neil]

I am experiencing weirdness with the brush tool. I have it set on SOFT but it behaves like it is set on DIFFUSION leaving the usual speckled look. This is so aggravating. I just re-installed Adobe Photoshop, re-booted, and am still having the same problem.

ADOBE PLEASE FIX THIS FAST !!!! How about a monthly adjustment since you are charging for a buggy product?

[BlakeRedwolf]

This is ridiculous, i have a project that needs to been sent to a factory within the hour and i cannot finish without a soft brush! Adobe hot fix ASAP PLEASE!!! This is insane... I'm going to try converting to legacy brush's, if that doesn't work i'm out of idea's. I just installed the newest release Photoshop CC 2018 - Installed on 1/10/2018. So far, i am not happy at all with this release...

[dseadon]

I think you have the pencil tool selected.