Erase Brush Tool WILL NOT work, no matter what I try

[Ambros]

I have a pixel layer selected.

If I use (for example) the brush tool. I can draw etc

But the erase brush tool does nothing. Opacity is 100%, Flow is 100%, hardness is 100%

Layer is not locked.

So bloody exasperating just wasted 10 minutes trying to get it to work.. How can it be that unintuitive !??

 

If I use the select tool and draw a box, and then hit delate.. similarly it does nothing

I have removed all layers except this layer

[Ambros]

OK I re-booted Affinity Photo and it now works fine. 

[Andy05]

32 minutes ago, Ambros said:

OK I re-booted Affinity Photo and it now works fine. 

I have similar issues every now and then, if I activate my graphic tablet. Sometimes just picking a different brush and then pick the original brush again can help to avoid this kind of "hickups". Might help in your case, too, if it'd happen again.

 

[Ambros]

Thanks @Andy05 I'll try that if it happens again

[Andy Wangstad]

I have that problem as well. Thanks for the tip - I'll give it a try.

By reboot, I assume quitting the app and reopening, not rebooting my Mac. 

[Andy Wangstad]

Did not work. Erase brush still non-functional. Any other ideas?

[Dan C]

Sorry to hear you're having trouble @Andy Wangstad, can you please provide a screenshot of the Affinity app with the Eraser Brush selected and your Layers Studio visible for me?

Many thanks in advance!

[CRWillow]

Did any one figure this out? I still have this problem off and on. Last night I had to restart three times, gave up and went to bed and it still doesn't work today. The brush has a circle outline and you can see  the image through it.

Edition    Windows 10 Home
Version    22H2
OS build    19045.2965
Experience    Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19041.1000.0
Processor    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics       3.60 GHz
Installed RAM    8.00 GB (5.91 GB usable)
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch    Pen support

 

 

[NotMyFault]

On which layer do you want to delete? Maybe you have just the wrong layer active?

the screenshots shows some illogic information:

• layer „copy“ thumbnail is empty, but active / selected
• layer „background“ is inactive
• Canvas shows something despite empty layer thumbnail -> maybe file is corrupted. 
   

the best way to check brushes incl. erase brush are working:

1. create a new document
2. add one pixel layer
3. select brush tool
4. select basic round brush of 32px width
5.  Choose color like black (not white)
6. brush a stroke

if this works, then the reason is in your other document.

• copy one pixel layer of your issue document, and use new from clipboard
• test the brush again
• if it works, copy all you layers and paste them into the working document
• test brush again

if nothing helps: upload the file here, so we can inspect.

[walt.farrell]

32 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

layer „background“ is inactive

By "inactive" do you mean hidden?

That seemed odd to me, too, given that the canvas shows content even though the thumbnail for "copy" is empty but sometimes thumbnails don't show.

[CRWillow]

Yes, the blank thumbnail is a pain too. Nearly every time I merge, rasterize, or copy a layer it goes blank in the thumbnail. The actual canvas image is there as you see but no thumbnail. Some times it comes back before I shut down, other times when I restart in the morning, it's very temperamental.

Thanks Not My Fault, I'll try that the next time it gets fussy.