Nita Reed Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The paint brush tool was working fine...then it wasn't. I was using black just fine. Then, went to use white...and nothing. I've scoured the forum and the web...and nothing. I reset brushes in preferences. I reset user default settings. Still not working right. But, it IS painting white. A little bit. Please, see attached image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 So, I decided to delete the mask and start over. Black works. White doesn't. White TRIED to work (see attached image). There are small gold splotches where it TRIED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Check to see if you inadvertently selected the Color Replacement tool, which is on the same flyout as the Paintbrush tool. IF you do not have Use Shift Key to cycle tool groups checked in Preferences>Tools, then each time you use the keyboard shortcut to select the paintbrush tool it will cycle through all the brushes on that tool group. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ron P. said: Check to see if you inadvertently selected the Color Replacement tool, which is on the same flyout as the Paintbrush tool. IF you do not have Use Shift Key to cycle tool groups checked in Preferences>Tools, then each time you use the keyboard shortcut to select the paintbrush tool it will cycle through all the brushes on that tool group. It's the paint brush tool. I rarely use keyboard shortcuts...and never to select tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 13, 2020 Hi @Nita Reed, Sorry to hear you're having trouble! Could you please provide a screenshot showing the Affinity app with your document open, the Paint Brush Tool selected & the Layers Studio in view? Many thanks in advance Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 I had to recreate it... See attached. You can, also, see where I tried to paint the "white"...and it painted...white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 14, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 14, 2020 13 hours ago, Nita Reed said: You can, also, see where I tried to paint the "white"...and it painted...white Thanks for your screenshot - it would appear the Paint Brush Tool is working as expected, are you still unable to paint on certain layers? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I think the OP may be trying to paint white on the mask layer At the moment they have both the pixel layer (called image(1)) and the mask layer selected. To paint in white just on the mask layer, click the mask layer's thumbnail so that only the mask layer is highlighted Dan C 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 21 hours ago, carl123 said: I think the OP may be trying to paint white on the mask layer At the moment they have both the pixel layer (called image(1)) and the mask layer selected. To paint in white just on the mask layer, click the mask layer's thumbnail so that only the mask layer is highlighted did that...still nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 21 hours ago, Dan C said: Thanks for your screenshot - it would appear the Paint Brush Tool is working as expected, are you still unable to paint on certain layers? it painted "white" on the mask...it did not return the mask that was removed with black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 The Layers panel in your screenshot shows the blend mode set to ‘Screen’. Try changing it to ‘Normal’. 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...
Nita Reed Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Alfred said: The Layers panel in your screenshot shows the blend mode set to ‘Screen’. Try changing it to ‘Normal’. The overlay (ring) needs to be set to screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 40 minutes ago, Nita Reed said: The overlay (ring) needs to be set to screen. Black becomes transparent (i.e. disappears) when the blend mode is set to ‘Screen’. If you change the blend mode to ‘Multiply’ you’ll find that the white disappears instead. 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...
Nita Reed Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Alfred said: Black becomes transparent (i.e. disappears) when the blend mode is set to ‘Screen’. If you change the blend mode to ‘Multiply’ you’ll find that the white disappears instead. The ring has a black background... The overlay is not my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Nita Reed said: The ring has a black background... The overlay is not my problem. There’s obviously something I’m misunderstanding about the process, Nita! I’ll leave it to others to continue this discussion. 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...
Nita Reed Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Alfred said: There’s obviously something I’m misunderstanding about the process, Nita! I’ll leave it to others to continue this discussion. Thanks anyway! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 16, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 16, 2020 Can you provide a copy of the .afphoto document please? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Actually you haven’t painted white onto the mask, you’ve painted white onto the pixel layer... On image (1), why not invert the layer Layer > Invert, then use Filters > Colours > Erase white paper, then layer > invert again to get a transparent layer with the blue hoop on. Then create a new mask and paint black onto the mask to hide parts of the hoop. So in this example that’s exactly what I’ve written above. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Actually you haven’t painted white onto the mask, you’ve painted white onto the pixel layer... Pay attention in class, Dex! LOL. On 8/14/2020 at 9:20 AM, carl123 said: I think the OP may be trying to paint white on the mask layer At the moment they have both the pixel layer (called image(1)) and the mask layer selected. To paint in white just on the mask layer, click the mask layer's thumbnail so that only the mask layer is highlighted 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...
firstdefence Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 lol I know Alfred I just wanted to demonstrate and prove carls theory which I fink I done quite well if I say so me self. lol! Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 8/14/2020 at 9:20 AM, carl123 said: I think the OP may be trying to paint white on the mask layer At the moment they have both the pixel layer (called image(1)) and the mask layer selected. To paint in white just on the mask layer, click the mask layer's thumbnail so that only the mask layer is highlighted Notice that the mask is already all white, so painting white on it will have no effect. If the intent is to hide some of the glowing ring, then black should be painted on the mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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