davidmacvicar Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Coming from photoshop here..... In this image I added a saturation layer, completely desaturated and I want to paint it back in on the computer hardware. When I press "Q" the mask is just fully red. I cannot actually see my paint marks to be more accurate? How the hell do I see this!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 You can paint on the adjustment layer directly. Here I have rougghly painted the grass and foreground with a black brush Hope that helps Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmacvicar Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Ok...thanks...but I want to be able to bring up that overall red mask and see where I finely missed, or need to paint back in (as saturation can be hard to see in some cases)....is that not possible in Affinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I don't see how Q helps here, the vibrancy layer itself is a mask. If your colours are set to black and white then use black to conceal, white to reveal, X toggles between the two. Can't you just zoom in to inspect the effect and modify with black/white as appropriate? Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmacvicar Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Just now, David in Яuislip said: I don't see how Q helps here, the vibrancy layer itself is a mask. If your colours are set to black and white then use black to conceal, white to reveal, X toggles between the two. Can't you just zoom in to inspect the effect and modify with black/white as appropriate? Ive used this same kind of thing I am requesting in photoshop with great success. You zoom in, you clearly see a red overlay mask against the image underneath, so you can paint with pixel precision. I am shocked its not a feature of Affinity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Ok, sorry I couldn't help. There'll be an expert along in a minute Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, davidmacvicar said: I am shocked its not a feature of Affinity Slightly rhetorical question but, why do you assume that every feature/facility of PS must also be in Affinity Photo? I apologise I'm not able to offer help to you, I'm very much an amateur and limited user of the software but, because of that "status" I often wonder why PS users seem to expect that APh will be, almost, a clone of PS. Jeff Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 30, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 30, 2020 Hi davidmacvicar, Welcome to Affinity Forums The rubylith overlay only works with Quick Mask mode and Refine Selection dialog. Currently it's not possible to use it for regular masks/adjustments/live filters. We already have a few customers requesting this. I advise you to add your voice to any of these threads in the Features Requests section or create a new one if you can't find any. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmacvicar Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, emmrecs01 said: Slightly rhetorical question but, why do you assume that every feature/facility of PS must also be in Affinity Photo? I apologise I'm not able to offer help to you, I'm very much an amateur and limited user of the software but, because of that "status" I often wonder why PS users seem to expect that APh will be, almost, a clone of PS. Jeff This is a baseline, standard feature of masking. Given that Affinity has the ability to mask, you would think this would come with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, MEB said: The rubylith overlay only works with Quick Mask mode. TIL the word ‘rubylith’. Thanks, Miguel! Dan C 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 TIL ‘TIL’. Thanks, Alfred! Dan C and Alfred 2 Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaffeeundsalz Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Why don't you just load the layer mask to a selection with Cmd-clicking the layer and then use the Quick Mask feature by pressing Q? A selection can easily be turned back into a layer mask afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 30, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 30, 2020 Maybe because you end up having to create a new mask each time you need to re-edit the mask and delete the old one since you have not edited the mask directly but a selection generated from it. It's not that practical if you do work with masks frequently. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaffeeundsalz Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I get that this involves an extra step, but it's the easiest workaround I can think of as long as a) the OP needs quick mask mode with red overlay and b) Affinity Photo only offers this for selections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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