Brush tool Smoothing option grayed out in Photoshop

[Nicole71]

I was wondering why I can't use my photoshop smoothing

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[Sahil.Chawla · Accepted solution]

Hi Nicole,

As smoothing is grayed out, could you try resetting the brush tool and let us know if it helps? https://helpx.adobe.com/in/photoshop/kb/basic-troubleshooting.html#tool

Regards,
Sahil

[Nicole71]

Thank you, very helpful!!

[alexsisao]

Another possible solution is:
Open the brush settings panel (F5) and enable smoothing.