Cannot get 100% opacity!

[AngieSjostrand]

Hey! I am getting pretty annoyed with my Photoshop tools. I have never had any problems with them before, but they seem to have max opacity at around 15% these days. It does not matter which pencil I am using, pencil/airbrush makes no difference and playing around with the settings does not do anything either... I have tried to restart my program, my computer and drawing pad but none of it seems to solve my problem. It has been weeks, or maybe even months, since I could draw with 100% opacity and this is a problem for me.

How can I fix it? Does anybody know?

I am using Photoshop Elements 12, Intuos Drawing Pad and MateBook x Pro!

[Guest]

Moving to the Photoshop Elements forum from Photoshop

[AngieSjostrand]

Ok!

[99jon]

A simple reset will often do the trick. Go to this link and select the pencil tool:

Fix Tool

[AngieSjostrand]

I have already tried out the "Reset all tools" (and did it again now) but it doesn't work...

[99jon]

Sorry it made no difference. Maybe somone using a graphics tablet will have an idea.

[AngieSjostrand]

I hope so! It takes time to make a 3000x3000 pixel drawing when you have to draw every line 10 times 😞

[Phinny]

Is your blending mode set to normal?

[AngieSjostrand]

Where can I find The blending mode? 🙂 

[Phinny]

Select pencil tool.  Blending mode is under the size and opacity sliders in the tool settings bar.

[AngieSjostrand]

The problem turned out to be something with the brush settings (it didnt work before) but it seems to work as it should again.

Thanks for The help everyone!