Inpainting tool straight lines?

[nicoppc]

Hi!

In the Beta, using the inline paiting results oft in a strange behaviour: The the painting "jumps" to another part of the screen. See screenshot.

Regards

[Gabe]

Hi @nicoppc,

Can you consistently replicate this? Are you using a tablet/mouse? 

[nicoppc]

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Can you consistently replicate this?

No. it happens a few times per day.

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Are you using a tablet/mouse? 

Mouse.

[AlainP]

I made some tests and inpainting works weird when using the Shift key to get a straight line. It always draw a line from the last location inPainting brush had stop in its previous use to the new "point of origin", and then it works ok.  

Using the mouse or my Wacom tablet makes no difference.

Actually it has the same behaviour in the release version. 

[nicoppc]

Hi!

I was not aware about the shift key drawing straight line. I did not use shift..

Regards

[Gabe]

Any chance you could catch this in a screen recording? I can't seem to replicate it here. 

[Mark Ingram]

1 hour ago, nicoppc said:

Hi!

I was not aware about the shift key drawing straight line. I did not use shift..

Regards

Do you have any keyboard shortcut software installed?

[AlainP]

Here is a screen recording.

[Gabe]

It looks like Shift is held down. Check the On-Screen keyboard and see if it's actually pressed or not  

[AlainP]

1 hour ago, Gabe said:

It looks like Shift is held down. Check the On-Screen keyboard and see if it's actually pressed or not  

Yes, I keep shift pressed to get a straight line. Without Shift it works fine. The onscreen keyboard is disabled.
When I press Shift the brush stroke always draw a line from the last location is was stopped on the preceding use to the new start position and then draws the line correctly.
After years of use, I didn't even know that the shift key could be used with the inpainting tool, so that is not a real problem for me. But I'm sure it shouldn't work that way.

[MEB]

Hi Alain,
You can only press shift after click-dragging a bit on canvas, not before (similar to the Brush Tool).

[AlainP]

Pressing Shift key after I started moving the Inpainting Brush works, but only vertical and horizontal. For any other angle line it's impossible to do like the Paint Brush, click the starting location and Shift Click at the ending destination to get a straight line at any angle. That would be nice though if it worked the same way. But, I really can do without. Thanks.

[MEB]

Hi Alain,
Yes, the Shift modifier only constrains the movement of the Inpainting Brush Tool to the horizontal and vertical axis. There's no way to draw arbitrary straight lines as we can with the Paint Brush Tool. I mentioned it as a reference because in his regard (the "issue" the OP described) it acts/works like the Inpaint Brush Tool when you press shift before painting on canvas.

I agree with you, the ability to draw a straight brush stroke (any direction) with the Inpainting Brush Tool as well would be useful in quite a few circumstances. I will pass your feedback to the dev team to see if we can make it behave/support the same features as the Paint Brush Tool.

[carl123]

On 12/14/2020 at 6:12 PM, AlainP said:

For any other angle line it's impossible to do like the Paint Brush, click the starting location and Shift Click at the ending destination to get a straight line at any angle.

 

Works fine for me. I can inPaint at any angle

 

On 12/14/2020 at 6:12 PM, AlainP said:

Pressing Shift key after I started moving the Inpainting Brush works, but only vertical and horizontal. 

Don't do that

Click and release where you want inPainting to start
Press and hold shift key
Click and release where you want inpainting to end (any angle)

[AlainP]

47 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Click and release where you want inPainting to start
Press and hold shift key
Click and release where you want inpainting to end (any angle)

I did a few tests and yes your technique works "most" of the time, but it looks like a workaround to something that shouldn't work like that. 

After the first click, Inpainting does his job right away after releasing the mouse button. Then Shift-Click on the second point draws an "Inpainting line", but the first point we clicked receives twice the "Inpainting treatment". On some images this is not a problem but for most photographs it does not work fine. 

But as I mentionned earlier, I can do without this straight line capability. Thanks for helping.

[carl123]

10 minutes ago, AlainP said:

but the first point we clicked receives twice the "Inpainting treatment". On some images this is not a problem but for most photographs it does not work fine. 

 

Turn opacity down to zero before first click then back to 100%

[MEB]

1 hour ago, carl123 said:

Click and release where you want inPainting to start
Press and hold shift key
Click and release where you want inpainting to end (any angle)

As soon as you click and release with the Inpainting Tool, the apps starts processing the point you clicked.

[Move Along People]

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[MEB]

Hi haakoo,
Why ctrl drag? You can do that pressing just shift (after dragging a little). The problem is Affinity will start processing after your first drag. So in your example the Inpainting tool is being processed twice.

[Move Along People]

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[MEB]

Hi haakoo,
Not sure where you are getting that info from. As far as i know that's not supported (or documented) and doesn't seem to work reliably, if at all. I will check on Windows. Maybe i'm missing something or something is lacking in the macOS version.

[Move Along People]

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[AlainP]

Well.... I won't have enough fingers in my left hand pretty soon....set Opacity to 0 left-click then turn opacity back to 100%, now draw holding shift or Ctrl-Drag, release the left button.... and the magic happens !

Thanks for trying to find solutions, but I'll keep using this tool as I always did.