Why are my drawing tools not working?

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toonophillic
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Why are my drawing tools not working?

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Hi, I have TVP Animation 10 (10.0.11-32 bits) and I opened up tvpaint today and discovered my drawing tools (pen, brush, ect) arn't working. Whenever I go to draw, nothing shows up.

Everything else seems to work fine (animation plays, there's no lag, even the eraser still works!) but nothing shows when I draw. I'm wondering if I could have accidentally turned on a certain setting by accident?

If anyone could help me out I'd really appreciate it!
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Re: Why are my drawing tools not working?

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Most likely you have your stencil activated; the last of the little dots on the right of the layer head, or to say it in another way, the last dot to the right of the green/red Activation button every layer has.
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Re: Why are my drawing tools not working?

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Thanks for the advice ,but I already checked the stencil, its already turned off...
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Re: Why are my drawing tools not working?

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OK, if I draw and nothing shows up, I check these:
1. Press F2 = colour mode.
2. Disable stencils.
3. Disable selections.
4. Check opacity.
5. Check tool size.
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