Define brush preset problem?

I'm trying to turn a logo into a brush but the "define brush presets is greyed out", what am i missing here? I've created brushes before but can't get this one to work, not sure why. Any suggestions?

DC3photography wrote:
I'm trying to turn a logo into a brush but the " is greyed out", what am i missing here? I've created brushes before but can't get this one to work, not sure why. Any suggestions?
You must select the logo first (or an area round it).

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