Mask not 100% opaque. Why?

[nickbatz]

If you look at the area of the mask I'm in the process of painting in solid black - ostensibly - you can see that it's not 100% black. (Look at the big circle - you can see that it's slightly foggy compared to areas I've gone over multiple times.)

Any idea why? Is the glitch in my brain or in Affinity Photo?

This is zoomed way in, and I pasted the brush settings onto the screenshot so you can see them.

The only thing I can think of is that I had previously reduced the opacity of the top layer in order to see what was going on beneath it. But it's 100% here.

TIA

 

[nickbatz]

Both the top layer and the mask are selected in this screenshot, but just selecting the mask layer doesn't change the behavior.

Also, the brush I'm using seems to be a solid one.

[carl123]

10 minutes ago, nickbatz said:

and I pasted the brush settings onto the screenshot so you can see them

No you didn't

You only pasted 3 of the brush settings, check the others and you will, likely, find the problem

[NotMyFault]

It is not uncommon that brushes itself go crazy. Just create a fresh new basic brush, and try again.

and in case you have issues with brushes:

1. hide all layers
2. create one fresh pixel layer
3. try out the brush, both painting full black / white, and using the erase brush.
4. On desktop, use info panel to inspect the result. You need to achieve all 0 or all 255 (RGB mode of info panel). If you have only 254 or less, or 1 or more, solve this issue first.
5. If you cant work it out in the existing document: try the same in a fresh new document.

The key is to reduce complexity when trying to get brush & brush settings correct. As and „busy“ document may contain lots of additional issues (layer opacity, blend modes, protect alpha, …)

[nickbatz]

Thanks NotMyFault. Will check the brushes.

[perdidohate]

Sorry, i suppose to have the same problem and i've tryed what NotMyFault said but nothing seem to works. 

Every time i use the basi brush to try to cover something i need to pass on it 5 or 6 times. There is a solution?

 

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, perdidohate said:

Every time i use the basi brush to try to cover something i need to pass on it 5 or 6 times. There is a solution?

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

What does the Color panel show for the color you're trying to paint with?

[JimmyJack]

2 hours ago, perdidohate said:

Every time i use the basi brush to try to cover something i need to pass on it 5 or 6 times. There is a solution?

Looks to me like you might have Wet Edges selected in the brush context tool bar.
The checkbox can be found off your screen, to the right, in the context menu continuation dropdown. Click on the ">>"  icon.

[perdidohate]

That's the right answer! Thank you very much

I've a small monitor and never think about more options dots

 

[perdidohate]

42 minutes ago, JimmyJack said:

Looks to me like you might have Wet Edges selected in the brush context tool bar.
The checkbox can be found off your screen, to the right, in the context menu continuation dropdown. Click on the ">>"  icon.

That's the right answer! Thank you very much

I've a small monitor and never think about more options dots

 

and sorry for the double post

Edited September 11, 2022 by perdidohate