Presets smart brush

When i try to use the smart brush in Photoshop 11,the preset box comes up basically empty ,can some one help me on this?
thanks--Tom

Reset the smart brush tool. To do that, look for a box with lines in it on the tool's option bar, then reset.
If that does not fix it, suggest that you reset preferences via Edit>preferences>General. Look for this:
Reset, then close PSE and launch again.

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Smart Brush Presets Missing

My installation of Elements 11 does not have any Presets available for the Smart Brush. How do I repair this? I am using Win7.
Thx

Go to %programdata%\adobe\photoshop elements\11.0\Locale\<locale>\
Delete "Mediadatabase.db3" file
Relaunch. It will take a few minutes before it is usable
If this fixes, you are good to go.
Else, you will probably have to uninstall and Install again.
But After uninstall and before Install, you would probably have to clean the installation folders mentioned below:
<Drive installed on> \ Program Files or Program Files(x86) \Adobe\ --> Delete the Photoshop Elements 11.0 Folder
%programdata%\adobe\photoshop elements\ --> Delete the 11.0 Folder
%appdata%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements --> Delete the 11.0 Folder
Now Install PSE. This should work.

How do i use blue skies in smart brushes

as i asked above, i have tried using the blue skies that i have found in smart brush as i like the idea of making a washed out sky blue'er , im not sure if im doing it right, thanks for any advice given.

Hi,
It would be more helpfull if you upload the photo here.
rest what you can do is,
Select Blue skies from smart brush preset, ake sure you have Smart brush and not detailed smart brush selected. Now start painting it over the washed out sky area. This willl make it a blue sky as you make a selection. It works like a quick selection tool and will select the sky area automatically as youdrag.
See how it chages your image!!
-Cheers,
Swarnima

When using the smart brush tool, my image gets distorted. Is there anyway to fix this?

When using the smart brush tool, my image gets distorted. Is there anyway to fix this?

What preset have you selected?
Can you post a screenshot showing the distortion.
Cheers,
Neale
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Using smart brush details elsewhere in your picture

Years ago when using other photo manipulation products I can recall adding clouds to sky & then because the picture had water in it, I flipped the new sky image, made it partially transparent & had the new sky reflect in the water.
I was wondering if that now its so easy to say add a sunset by using the smart brush tool that the new layer which was created as a mask & adjustment layer as well could also be used as the basis if adding the reflection into the water. Is this possible & if so how is it done?
And while I'm thinking about clouds can I save different clouds without the balance of the picture, (transparent background) for latter reuse in other pictures?

Hi,
For the first problem, you can always make a sunset reflection in the Sea(water)
what you need to do is:
Apply the Sunset preset on the sky first. Select the Sky and alone and create a layer via copy of the sky. Now merge the sunset adjustment layer and the sky layer .and invert it vertically to cover the sea.Decrease the opacity of the layer to create a sunset reflection in the Sea. Add Liqufy filter to give some waves to the reflection.
For the second thing, if you want to save some clouds for future use, you just need to cut out the clouds from the existing images and save them to a new image with transparent background. Make sure you save them as a Png, psd, Tiff or Giff. These formats will preserve the transparency, while saving the image as Jpeg will fill the transparent pixels with white color. After you have theclouds saved, when you need to add them to any image, you just need to open the cloud image along with the other image and drag the cloud image to the target image.
You will have the cloud onto your new image.
Cheers
Swarnima

PSE9, Mac OS X, Smart brush and Effects not working

I have PSE6 for Mac OS X, and I have d/l the trial version of PSE9, to see if it's worth the upgrade. In PSE9 when I bring up the Smart Brush tool, there are no presets or options, just an empty box, and there is a message saying I can't use the tool because I haven't selected any options. I have tried resetting the tool, and all tools, but those actions don't help. In addition, the Effects box is empty. Anyone know how to access the options, or is this a bug with the Mac version?
I note that both these issues have been brought up before in this forum, but so far no-one has provided any answers.
Richard

Hi Richard
The tool should work without Elements+ but some users have experienced problems with missing functions and drop down menu on the options bar both on Windows and Mac.
I’m sorry a fresh install does not appear to work as it has cured some peoples problems.
I know it’s no consolation but the tool is not that smart. It simply adds whistles and bells to the quick selection tool by automating adjustment layers/blending modes. It’s then possible to make further tweaks to the adjustment layer. PSE6 is capable of doing the same.
I hardly ever use the smart brush tool personally, but the Layer Mask and Content Aware healing brush was sufficient for me to buy PSE9.

In Photoshop Elements 11 attempting to blend two photos ( layering one on another) when I click on a brush, I get a smart brush which doesn't do what the instruction say it should do. Instead I can get the eraser to do what I need to do. Why the confusion

In Photoshop Elements 11 attempting to blend two photos (layering one on another) I click on brush and get a smart brush which doesn't do what the instructions say it will do. I can get the eraser to do what I want. Why the confusion???

I click on brush and get a smart brush which doesn't do what the instructions say it will do.
The Brush tool (Keyboard B) has several different brushes in the same slot. Right click on the brush icon and you will see them, or press B sequentially.
The Smart Brush tool (Keyboard F) has two items in the slot.
Since you did not provide reference to "the instructions", it is difficult to remedy the "confusion." that exists.
I suspect that the recipe calls for a mask, and painting with a black brush to mask out certain areas.
It would help if you post the instructions and what your goal is with more specificity.

Enhance specific areas with Smart Brush | Learn Photoshop Elements 10 | Adobe TV

Easily add some “wow” to specific photo areas using Smart Brush, which lets you paint on 1 of 100 effects and patterns. Smart Brush includes 30 new options in Photoshop Elements 10.
http://adobe.ly/xFwJn9

Actually the picture I wanted to work with need cropping and some red eye removed but I was not able to get even that far

When I try to use the Smart Brush I keep getting this message "Could not use the Smart Brush tool because it is not a valid Photoshop document"

When I try to use the Smart Brush I keep getting this message "Could not use the Smart Brush tool because it is not a valid Photoshop document". Can someone please help me fix this? It's never done this before until now...

First go to the editor preferences>general and click this button, then restart the editor and try again. If that doesn't do it, more info, like your version of PSE and your operating system:

Whiten Teeth Problem with Perfect Portrait Tool or Smart Brush Tool

The "whiten teeth" tool does not work ... while using either the "Perfect Portrait With Guided Edit" mode or the "Smart Brush - Quick Fix" mode. When I select the toothbrush and drag the curser across the teeth (as the on-line instructor did on the Adobe TV video), I get the following message "Could not use the Smart Brush Tool because no adjustment was selected". Is something wrong with my Photoshop software? I'm using a MacBook Pro (OS 10.7.1) and Photoshop Elements 9 (updated Oct 1, 2011). I "unistalled" Photoshop Elements 9 and reinstalled it and I'm still having the same issue.

You could also try using the dodge tool (keep pressing the letter O on your keyboard) until you see the blue dodge tool. No selection is necessary; you simply brush. A lot of people find this much easier but don’t overdo it.
Enlarge your image to about 200% and use the square bracket keys to increase or decrease the cursor size to fit the area to be whitened. Set exposure in the options bar to about 50% or lower. Gently brush over the teeth area until you get them as you like.

Smart Brush Fluorescent Chalk does not work and aborts Elements 10

In Elements 10, when I try to use the Smart Brush feature called "Fluorescent Chalk", the program shuts down entirely, every time, regardless of photo subject. I have rebooted my computer, rebooted Elements 10 and done everything reasonably possible to get this to work. I am using Windows 7 on a fairly new PC with no other programs open at the time. 3GHZ processor, i7 type. It seems that all other functions of Smart Brush work okay. How do I get this feature to work?

Actually after looking into this furthur it seems that Flurescent Chalk is really not supposed to be under the Smart Brush tools.
I just installed some actions under the effects panel in pse 10 on windows and they all showed up under the Smart Brush tool listing when you select Show All.
That doesn't seem right and previous pse versions on windows didn't do that.
Has anybody else noticed that?

Running windows 7 with plenty of memory.when i use the smart brush program is fine but when i start to use detail smart brush program shuts down,PLEASE ADVISE

running windows 7 with plenty of memory.when i use the smart brush program is fine but when i start to use detail smart brush program shuts down,PLEASE ADVISE what corrective actions need done
thank you

You should post that on the Boot Camp forum, that is where all the Boot Camp and Windows guys hang out.
Good luck.

Has smart brush sizing made it into Photoshop CS5

With the introduction of CS4, the version of ACR changed the size of the adjustment brushes as you zoomed in and out of an image. Thus if I want to paint a fine area I could zoom to 400% but the brush would not be a huge circle, it would be proportionally smaller. Inconsistently, this behaviour was not carried into CS4. Does anyone know if it has now been implemented in CS5? It was such a great enhancement as I always have to reduce my brush size when I zoom in. Many thanks, Ian

Dear Chris,
That is interesting, but I wonder why the same logic does not apply to Adobe Camera Raw, where smart brush sizing works, and works astoundingly well. They must have considered the use case where someone is looking at a very high level of magnification and correctly assumed that they did not want a 4inch house painting brush. I figured that they just did not have time to include it in the CS4 release and was sure it would appear in CS5. Being a Wacom Cintiq user, it would have been so good to be able to zoom in and out using the slider on the left of the screen and have the brush alwasy be a sensible size when I arrived at the magnification.
Thank you for your reply,
Ian

PSE 7 Smart Brush Problem

WHEN I CHOOSE ONE OF THE OPTIONS ON THE SMART BRUSH TOOL -- BLUE SKY, FOR EXAMPLE -- AND DRAG THE CURSOR FROM ONE CORNER OF THE SKY TO THE LOWER OPPOSITE CORNER OF THE SKY, THE DOTTED LINE BEGINS TO FLASH AND BREAK INTO SEPARATE RECTANGLES IN ROW AFTER ROW OVER THE WHOLE PHOTO. I'VE TRIED USING THE MINUS BRUSH BUT WHILE I CAN DO AWAY WITH SOME OF THE RECTANGLES, OTHER SHAPES SHOW UP ELSEWHERE ON THE PHOTO.
THIS HAPPENS WITH WHATEVER OPTION I AM USING AND HAS MADE THE SMART BRUSH TOOL UNUSUABLE.
ANY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON? THANKS, IN ADVANCE.

Hi,
what all settings of the tools and features we set for ourselves, are all remembered. These sometimes get corrupted and hence we need to delete the settings and change the settings back to the default ones. For this, what we do is:
1) Launch Wecome Screen
2) Press Ctrl +Alt+Shift
3) Keeping these keys pressed, click on Editor.
4) Keep those keys pressed till a prompt pops up which asks you to delete the preferences.
5) Release the keys and Click on Yes on the dialog.
Let the PSE editor launch.Now open you image again and try using Smart brush again. See if it happens again.
About sharing the file, can you resize it to a smaller portable size? Go to Image > Resize > Image size...
Check Constraint proportions and Resample image options and enter width/ hieght smaller to decrease the size. This will automatically set other dimensions to proportions.
Save the file with a diferent name so as to keep the original file intact. Now try sending it to me.
thanks,
Swarnima

PSE crashes when using the Detail Smart Brush plenty of memory and speed -please advise

PSE crashes when using the Detail Smart Brush plenty of memory and speed -please advise

I have a similar thing happening here, but on my aging iMac8,1 (3.06, 6 gigs of ram, plenty of internal and external scratch space) No wacom here, a Logitech mouse though, running via USB overdrive.
With me it's undos that are typically causing the hang, and as such, I notice it happening and don't keep clicking around. It hangs for anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes or so and then I can continue working. Once, it was happening on a document I had open for a while, once it was occurring on a file I opened, made an errant click, and hit undo. This was a 46.6 MB CMYK tif. I also had it occur while drawing a simple selection with the polygonal lasso - each time it would hang on the third click. That time, it would unhang, but then the selection would be all messed up and not display what was being selected.
Each time it happens, I see photoshop pinned at 99-100% in iStat. Doesn't seem to be related to running out of memory, as there is usually a good amount free when it's happening. I tried using the internal drive as the swap, and that didn't seem to matter.
I've been forced to go back to CS5 for the time being, but would love to see this solved. Is there any further info I could provide?

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