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Hi everyone,
I am currently trying to add and edit specific shapes to my images. However, adding color and a stroke to the shape does not appear to be working. I have added an image to illustrate this: when I try to add a red circle, the circle remains white (and note that the circle does become red in the thumbnail in layers). I tried specifying the color both in the toolbox menu at the bottom of the screen and by clicking the thumbnail in layers twice, and neither did the trick. I have no specific layers switched added.Also, the function stroke appears to be disabled.
I was wrong if I'm doing anything wrong, or perhaps if some of my settings are wrong? I am currently working in the 30-days trail of Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor of 2019.
Looks like you have Styles>Visibility>Hide enabled.
Go to Window>Styles>Visibility and click on Show
You can add a stroke by going to Layer>Layer>Style>Style>Settings or Windows>Styles>Strokes.
Then you can adjust the stroke by clicking on the small fx in the layers panel.
Also make sure the Opacity in the Stroke settings is not set to Zero.
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I'm moving your post to the Photoshop Elements forum.
Meantime note that you are trying to add your stroke and fill to a Shape layer, which will not work.
Create a new blank layer and you will be able to fill and stroke your selection.
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Hi,
Thanks for the help! However, I already do this (I think?). The video shows what I'm trying to do.
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Try this:
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Thanks for the help. Though this is not what I'm trying to do, as I would like this to work with other shapes as well, such as arrows.
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No problem doing it with an arrow, for example.
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Some other things to check.
Make sure the Layer Blending Mode is set to Normal.
Drag the fx to the right of the Shape layer in the layers panel to the Trash icon.
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Looks like you have Styles>Visibility>Hide enabled.
Go to Window>Styles>Visibility and click on Show
You can add a stroke by going to Layer>Layer>Style>Style>Settings or Windows>Styles>Strokes.
Then you can adjust the stroke by clicking on the small fx in the layers panel.
Also make sure the Opacity in the Stroke settings is not set to Zero.
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Moving fx next to the layer to the trash bin did the trick. Thank you for the elaborate explanation - I can get it to work now
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unclick button that red arrow points to and click the one with the green arrow
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That's a screenshot from photoshop, not photoshop elements, which does not have, or can it do, what the arrow is pointing to.
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