TarliArt Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I was running the latest Affinity - 1.7.3 and Windows 7. Working on a painting and suddenly I couldn't paint in it. I created a new file, and couldn't paint there either. I reset brushes and restarted my computer, and couldn't paint. I had to reinstall 1.7.1 in order to paint again. Very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarliArt Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 And the bug is happening again after installing the old version. I used the Select lasso and then the move tool to select the head of my sketch and rotate it slightly. After that I can't use the brushes to paint or draw. I can use the erase tool, so I know my stylus is okay. This is extremely frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarliArt Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 It doesn't work with Mouse either, and I've opened a new Canvas and it still does not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Make sure you don't still have a pixel selection active. If you do, you can only paint inside it. Ctrl+D will make sure you don't have one, or Select > Deselect from the menu. Chris B 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarliArt Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Thank you for the response! I did try making sure nothing was selected. I also started a new canvas and was unable to paint in that. I restarted the program, and still was unable to paint. The eraser does work. This only seems to affect the paintbrush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarliArt Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 So, I uninstalled and reinstalled again.. so far it's okay. I'll add to this if it does it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted November 6, 2019 Staff Share Posted November 6, 2019 Hey TarliArt, As Walt said, the likely causes of no paint appearing on the canvas is either a tiny pixel selection or any of the following: Protect Alpha is enabled Flow is set to 0% on the context toolbar Opacity is set to 0% on the context toolbar Layer opacity is set to 0% on the Layers Panel Accumulation is set to 0% in the Brush editor You have a small pixel selection somewhere. Cmd+D (Mac) or Ctrl+D (Win) to deselect it (as mentioned above) Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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