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My workflow consists of making a duplicate of the background layer and making corrections such as blemish removal, cloning, etc.   Once I have finished my corrections on the duplicated background layer, I will then flatten.    Once flattened, the background layer turns to a Pixel layer.   I usually apply the lock on that layer at this point.     Then, I will duplicate this Pixel layer.    Above the pixel layer, I will apply a fill layer with a gradient applied.     Once the fill layer is suitable with the gradient applied, I will move duplicated Pixel layer above the fill layer.   I will then apply a mask (white) to this Pixel layer that is above the fill layer.    At this point, there are many times that I am unable to paint with a black brush on this white mask.    

My workaround has been delete the duplicated Pixel layer and fill layer, export as PSD layer.  I then can open the saved PSD layer, and perform the above steps and usually am able to paint with black.    

A lot of the times, after applying the fill layer, my brushes will be in grayscale color.   Not sure why this would cause a problem after I change to RGB with black and white color swatches.    

Any suggestions?  It gets frustrating when I have multiple images that need to be blacked out.  

Thanks in advance!!

 

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2 minutes ago, KimRH said:

Once flattened, the background layer turns to a Pixel layer. 

That seems a bit odd, as the original background layer should have been a (Pixel) layer already. That leads me to suspect there's something about your workflow I don't understand, so perhaps you might explain how you started the process? (I don't know that it will be relevant to your actual problem, but it would be good to have a more complete picture.)

It would also be good to have some screenshots (including the Layers panel), and possibly a sample .afphoto document that illustrates the problem.

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Hey Walt!!   Sorry on my part, the background layer is already a Pixel layer but is labeled Background when I open into Affinity Photo.   I definitely think it is something about my workflow that causes the problem but my workflow is relatively the same for most images.     I will be working on several images over the next few days so I will try to screenshot what I am seeing.   Thanks!!

 

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Hi @KimRH,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
When you say you are unable to paint with black, what do you mean exactly? The brush does nothing, seem to paint in other colour? If you are painting black on a mask nested to a pixel layer you are hidden parts of that pixel layers thus showing what's below it - in this case the Fill layer which may have other colors - the gradient you applied.
If the brush does nothing at all, please select one of the brushes of the basic category and try again. It's possible the blend mode for the brush you are currently using doesn't produce any visible result.

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Yes, I have the brush as a basic brush.   Round, soft brush at 25% hardness, 100% opacity and 100% flow.    I choose my brush, choose the color black, and paint on the mask with black to thus reveal the fill layer below it.    I've not tried painting with other colors.   

 

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I want to paint with black on the mask layer to reveal the black fill layer below.   The fill layer has a gradient applied.      

 

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OH MY GOODNESS MEB!!  LOVE it.     You've saved my well being!!     Hope you have a great Thanksgiving.   Thanks for your help!  Not sure how it got changed to Lighten but I will definitely look out for that in the future.    Yes...it worked!!

 

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