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Hi @Stitches Another workaround would be to apply a decoration outline colour combined with FX, then duplicate that layer and change the colour and width of the FX of the underlying layer. Hubert

Hi, I suppose you know you're using the "Background Erase brush" tool which act somewhat different than the "Erase brush" tool. Hubert

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In Photo Go to Edit > Preferences then choose Keyboard shortcuts Second drop down select e.g. paint brush tool and set your own shortcuts I used : Decrease Brush Size : < Increase Brush Size : Shift + > These are easy to work with.

Just watch the video in this thread

[Edit] Initially a white brush will only work on an inverted mask layer or to restore existing masking.

Hi @ApvdG Try this: Add a White Balance Adjustment layer and mask out the unwanted parts Open the Channels panel Right Click on "White Balance Adjustment Alpha" and select "Create Spare Channel" Add a Levels Adjustment layer Now right click on the spare channel and select "Load To Levels Adjustment Alpha" Hubert

@rudyp16 Did you finally succeed?

HI @MARCI BELL Dozens of video lessons available here :

Here's a short video Spiralmask.mp4

Invert that B&W layer Right click on it and select Rasterise to Mask To make it a clipping mask : - drag it over the image layer thumbnail until you see a small vertical bleu bar, and release - or right click and select Mask to below

Go to Layer > Invert

When you add a mask it becomes immediately active = blue background color. Then use a black or white or grey brush to conceal or reveal parts of the parent layer. To refine the mask itself, ALT click on the mask thumbnail. When you're done refining the mask, click on the parent layer.

Did you read this article about learning understanding DPI ? https://affinityspotlight.com/article/understanding-dpi/ Hubert

Just ALT + click on the masks thumbnail.

@1earJim With your subject residing on a dark / black background, I think you would be better of using channels as a work around. Maybe, if possible, you could post the original jpg, tiff.. so we can give it a try... Hubert

In Photo, right click on the group and select "Merge Visible".

The file appears to be truncated (shorter than expected) !!

Very nice. Thank you @LyricsGirl

Together with the healing bush > In the fly out

You can create a shortcut ...

This may help ... !

put a copy of the background above the pencil drawing, and set the blend mode to Vivid Light

Sure, here's the .afphoto document and the pencil drawing effect macro I used in the document. Pencil Drawing Effect.afmacros rain_effect_03.afphoto

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