What am I doing wrong? Cannot save as brush?

[shillise]

Hi all

I am trying to make a watermark for photos on my website.

However, when I try save my image as a brush preset, I get the error "Could not complete the define brush preset command because the selected area is empty"

I have made the background transparent, the heart white coloured with opacity, and the text is 'knocked out' of the heart.

Here's a picture of what I have done so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Chris Cox · Accepted solution]

You're targeting a type layer, that has no actual pixels on it.

Merge the layers, make sure you have a black shape on a white background - then define as a brush.

[ahmadk11136644]

Thanks MAn

[PAUZAK]

hi. [abuse removed] the 2nd answer works though.

[Kakoo5D82]

Or you can use a color that is different from white when using an image or shape? It worked for me ironically and here's another way if you want the image/shape to remain white:

Once your brush is made with another color (as shown in the video below), you can also use the color overlay to make it white when you are done drawing