Rose Wells

It's definitely a bug, it wasn't a wrong setting. The Devs already have a similar bug logged, so hopefully it will be resolved in the next update.

Thanks for looking into this. I don't think I would have used X to switch the colours in the control panel, I'm not familiar with that shortcut. Unless I did it by accident, or if switching them another way also triggers it.

Thanks for looking into that, and identifying the issue for me. It's definitely not something I would have picked up! I have tried your fix, and it seems to be working. In fact, while using the fill bucket and undoing it several times, I actually inadvertently fixed the problem area, completely by accident. Now we know that it is a bug, hopefully someone is able to figure out how to fix it.

Hi, thanks for that. I have tried this file and it's working ok. Now I look at my file, maybe it's the white brush not working properly? Basically, the black and white brush are both doing the same thing, which is the problem. PRD_SM_monarch-butterflies_woodland-farmyard_wall-decal_bed-cushion_shelf-animals_small.afphoto

Yes, I am on the mask layer. I can use the white paintbrush to erase, but I can't use the black paintbrush to reinstate bits like I usually would.

The erase tool does the same thing as the white paint brush. I'm wanting to add black to the mask. Is there a way to do that with the erase tool?

I am using Affinity Photo 1.10.5, on Mac OS 10.14.6 I have a mask layer which I painted on with white. I then wanted to correct something, and pain with black, but I cannot get this to work. I have looked in the forums. My blend mode is set to normal, and protect alpha is unchecked. I have also checked I'm on the correct layer and using the correct brush. I have also restarted the computer, and the issue is still occurring, so I have concluded it must be a bug.