: Photoshop CS6: Pen/Custom Shape Fill & Stroke Color Options are Locked? I'm new to Photoshop, and am teaching myself. In playing with the pen and custom shape tool I've noticed that the Fill

@Yeniel278

There is a workaround that was working for me...

After you do your pen custom shape with your pen, select "Path" from your options -instead of "Shape"- and then "Shape" on the button to your right -as one of the "Make" options. I didn't touch "Selection" or "Mask"...

Then change to your Direct Selection Tool (A) and you can change Fill and Stroke now...

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@Nimeshi706

Going off Scott's comment, I'm going to write out how to reset preferences (based on the video) just in case someone just wants to read over this and do it rather than watching the 8 minute video.

Method 1: Moving the Preferences Files

First off, make sure you are closed out of Photoshop.

Next, if you're on Mac, navigate to:

~/Users/[Username]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CSx Settings

Or On Windows 7:

Users[Username]AppDataRoamingAdobeAdobe Photoshop CSxAdobe Photoshop CSx Settings

Next, move both Adobe Photoshop CSx Prefs.psp and Adobe Photoshop x64 CSxPrefs.psp to somewhere else (i.e the desktop).

Now simply start Photoshop and your preferences should be reset.

Method 2: Keyboard shortcut

Hold down the following keys:

Mac: Command + Option + Shift

Windows: CTRL + ALT + Shift

And then launch Photoshop, a dialog will come up asking you to confirm whether to delete the preferences or not.

Please note that the keyboard shortcut method is a little more destructive and will delete some other preferences that Method 1 will not get rid of. So method 1 is recommended unless there are no settings/preferences you'd like to hold on to.

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