Anna W Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Hi, I'm using the brush tool in Affinity Photo on Mac with a Wacom tablet. As I'm painting, I will suddenly find that my brush strokes are being drawn underneath previous strokes. I have to make a new layer to paint over old strokes. Is this a bug, or have I stumbled upon a setting that I don't know how to toggle off? For context, I have attached an image. On the same layer, I have tried to draw new blue strokes on top of the old grey strokes. However, the new blue strokes are being drawn underneath the old ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I can do that with the brush blend mode set to Lighten Try clicking More and checking the setting 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...
Dan C Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Hi @Anna W, Welcome to the forums In the top right of the application, you should see 3 icons which look like a small circle and square - these options control where your new objects are drawn/placed. Please make sure that none of these options are selected, as it sounds like the following is enabled - I hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna W Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Hi Dan! Thanks for your reply. I have ensured that the insert behind selection tool is turned off, and the problem persists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Thanks for confirming that Anna and I'm sorry to hear this! Could you please provide a copy of your .afphoto file, with History Saved? You can enable History being saved with the file by selecting File>Save History With Document, then use File>Save to save the document and upload this here. Many thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendaLi Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I have this exact same problem! And none if those options mentioned are selected. Still having the same issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 38 minutes ago, BrendaLi said: I have this exact same problem! And none if those options mentioned are selected. Still having the same issue. A screenshot of the entire application window, including the Context Toolbar and the Layers panel (with the layer you're painting on selected), would help. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendaLi Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thanks! Attached is a video. The new strokes sometimes go behind. Sometimes go inside the stroke like it’s masked. Sometimes the strokes don’t draw at all. Not in my control. IMG_2082.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thanks, @BrendaLi, but that doesn't give me enough. (It might, for someone else, though). For me, the simple screenshot would have been better. A video might work, if recorded by your computer not by pointing a phone or camera at the computer. So, when you're having the problem, please just capture a screenshot (from the computer, not your phone), and post that. Also, please click the More button on the Context Toolbar and provide a screenshot of that, too. If you're not familiar with taking screenshots: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=screenshot+macos or use your preferred search engine and look for screenshot macos For info on creating a screen recording: Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 You seems to use the replace colour brush (there's an option for Tolerance). Don't you want to use the regular brush instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendaLi Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thanks @Wosven Ya I want to use the regular brush. Will check if I used the replace color brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendaLi Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 thanks @walt.farrell, I didn’t know how to screen record haha. Glad you showed me how. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 hour ago, walt.farrell said: If you're not familiar with taking screenshots: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=screenshot+macos or use your preferred search engine and look for screenshot macos Alternatively, go here: Take a screenshot on your Mac Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Alfred said: Alternatively, go here: Take a screenshot on your Mac The instructions for How to capture a window or menu make it harder than it actually is to do this. You do not need to tap the spacebar while tapping the other three keys (Shift, CMD, & 4). You can just tap those three & then tap the spacebar. Edited to add: you do not need to keep holding down any of those 4 keys, either. Just press the Shift, CMD, & 4 keys at the same time & release them to enter the 'capture mode.' Then you can either press the spacebar to enter the menu/window capture mode or click & drag to capture just whatever is included in the rectangle you drag out. Pressing the Escape key immediately exits capture mode without capturing anything. Edited February 12, 2022 by R C-R Alfred 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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