Re: [Gimp-user] Paint tools locked up in Gimp 2.9

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:01 PM, dallypost wrote:
> I am doing a rather involved layer blending project. I decided to go with gimp
> 2.9.5 to take advantage of the extra color depth. I completed the project and
> saved as an XCF file. Later I reopened and tried to paint on the layer masks to
> do a bit of fine tuning. Brush, Pencil, Airbrush and Bucket fill are having no
> effect on layer masks or the layers themselves. I checked to make sure that I
> did not have an active but hidden selection, that pixels were not locked, that
> transparency was not protected.
>
> I tried opening a new image and discovered that the paint tools are also locked
> up for that image as well. I am at a complete loss. Any ideas?

The first two things I would do is:

1. Check brush tools' settings like blend mode and opacity.
2. Check foreground color.

Alex