Brush tool is not working.

For some reason, my brush tool randomly stops working, even the preview thumbnail won't show a brush stroke. Also, my eraser has been acting up, first only adding black, then erasing layer and I can't set it to white. I have PS Elements 10.

For some reason, my brush tool randomly stops working, even the preview thumbnail won't show a brush stroke
- I think that you have a non-zero fade value in the brush settings dialog box. This causes the brush stroke to fade away after some strokes. Click the brush settings button in the option bar of brush tool and make the fade value as zero.Er
Also, my eraser has been acting up, first only adding black, then erasing layer and I can't set it to white
-Eraser tool eraser the color to transparency if you are on a non-background layer. Otherwise if you are on a background layer it paints with the background color. Press shortcut "D" to set the default background color to white and now use eraser tool. It will erase layer if  you are on a non-background layer and it will paint with white if you are on a background layer.
Please tell if this helps.

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