David Lucy

Now I really do feel dumb! You are absolutely correct in that I have been using the adjustments icon and layer adjustment instead of the adjustment panel. Totally stupid. Now it works! My apologies and thanks for your forbearance, time and patience. Rgds David

The screen dumps are exactly as I used to get it, but not now. I have tried your suggested cure but it has not worked. It still defaults directly to the manual adjustment window. I know it sounds dumb but I cannot quite recall why I invoked the reset in the first place, I know I unticked the ' hardware acceleration' box in the ' preferences / performance ' section in order to overcome the programme continually crashing.

No it is not

Hi Walt For example when selecting say White balance from adjustments panel it previously provided a few options such as cold or warm etc. Which could be applied to the image if suitable. These are no longer appearing. No point in a screen shot as they are not there to show. Had some of my own presets as well but they have also gone. Suppose I may be able to recover them from a previous image if I need to. David Lucy

I have just realised that after a reset the very useful general options suggestions in the adjustment panel have disappeared, how do I recover them?

Walt I did not choose a brush as was working with the paint brush / white to recover details but it responded with the signature. I have now tried randomly to select a brush type from the panel and the paint brush seems to be working. All other brush tools are still defaulting to the signature. Old Bruce Attached screen shot showing brush panels

Walt, Screenshot below. It does not matter which brush tool I activate it defaults automatically to the signature, whether it be paint brush, erase brush, blur brush or any tool showing as a brush. The signature was contained within the brushes panel but I have since deleted it but as you see to no avail. It is very strange. David

Tried that, makes no difference, the signature is still there

I created a photo signature recorded in the brushes panel and now whatever tool brush I use the signature pops up. I have tried deleting it from the brushes panel and even going to factory rest but to no avail, the signature still appears whether I use the paint brush, erase brush, blur brush or any other brush. How do I cure this?

Photo version 1.9 crashes at will on Windows 10. states affinity photo (not responding), screen becomes an opaque white and freezes. Am forced to close down and start again. Worked perfectly until updated yo version 1.9 + David