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Gradient tool - work like photoshop for masking/painting?


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I'm a 20+ year Photoshop user. I'm trying to work in Affinity Photo and mask out sections of an image, to blend it into the background etc.

Normally in Photoshop I would add a mask, then use the gradient tool to draw out smooth fades to remove any elements I didn't want. I would click and drag a radial or linear gradient, let go of the mouse, see what it did, then click and drag again to paint out another area in the mask.

In Affinity, I make a mask, apply a gradient, and when I click to make another one, it resets the gradient I already made, and makes a new one. This is highly frustrating!

How can I use the gradient tool in a destructive way, rather than non-destructive? Is there another tool I should use? Do I have to hit some key combination to rasterize the gradient between strokes?

Please help me. This is a make it or break it for me with Affinity.

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