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Preset brush still has a light gray backgound

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August 13, 2017
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hi all,

i've read the forums and tried all the suggestions and none seem to work.

i create my preset brush, i have the traditional black/white background foreground, and when i create a new document, cap locks off, choose the brush, use the brush on a brand new document and i still get a gray background. this is driving me crazy! ive googled it and i cannot seem to get the answer.

i use Adobe Cloud, so everything is up to date for photoshop, but i cant figure this out,

please help. what the hell am i doing wrong? the best part is ive made presets before and didnt have this issue or i might have dont remember.

thanks again

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Correct answer lucillen46641511

Would you care to elaborate to possibly help others with the same issue? Running off in a huff because we accused you of something you are adamant you didn't do is not helpful. Others might possibly have the same issue.

The only way to get gray in the brush to have added it when you created the brush. Now, if there something else going on that we could not discern from your screenshots, then that's a different story. Perhaps sharing will help others with similar issues.

im not running off in a huff, i know what i did and i just dont like u insinuating i did something i didnt do. if i did something wrong i have no problem admitting it.

i got it to work. heres the screenshots step by step what i did

the brush that i created is the 3 together, for some reason it worked correctly, NO MORE GRAY... dont know what was wrong.

melissapiccone

Community Expert

You are getting gray because you saved it with your brush. Simple as that. Your brush should be just the black parts, nothing else. Remake it.

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist

lucillen46641511Author

Inspiring

sorry melissa that makes no sense. how did i save the gray with my brush??? i created the 'brush' with a white background and a transparent and i still get the light gray

melissapiccone

Community Expert

I can see it... make a new white layer and place it below the rest - the gray is there. Make your brush with black and white, no transparency so you can see what you are doing.

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

You say you have defined a new brush preset, but not what it consists of. Unless the brush is 100% black, it will show as grey.

What does the preset look like against a transparent background before you define it?

[EDIT]

I was being stupid when I asked about the transparent background. I stamped down a full black brush at 50% opacity. What I should have done is stamp down shades of dark grey close to black, at 100% opacity. So defining the left column as a brush preset, and painting with it, gives the results in the right hand column.

Or this (with 25% spacing).

lucillen46641511Author

Inspiring

ok i really must be missing what you are saying, screenshot below of what i created for a brush, it includes the words "CREATIVART@CREATIV-ART.COM and MY LOGO.

i did it on a transparent background and i still get the gray as u can see below. I DO NOT want that gray

as u can see (hopefully) when i use the brush that i created i get a light gray background. you know what never mind ill just deal with it. thanks anyway