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A. Photo: Fade with Blend Modes


Lisbon

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Let's say I fill (Edit > Fill) an image with white set to Colour blend mode. I get a grayscale version of my image.

On another occasion I try do the same but I make a mistake. I forget to change the blend mode from Normal to Colour.
To correct my mistake I open the fade command (Layer > Fade Fill) and change the blend mode to Colour.

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But, instead of grayscale, the image remains white.

How do i use blend modes with the fade command?
I really like this feature but it seems to be different from PS.
Any help would be appreciated.

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It is almost as though the Fade Fill is being re-applied to the newly made white colour instead of the original pixels. There seems to be similar problems with different blend modes when Fade Fill is used after a Filter is applied.

If the blend mode is set to Normal and 0% is chosen to be be applied I seem to get rid of the White fill so I can start again with the fill. I guess this is a bug with different blend modes used with Fade Fill.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 
Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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Also in macOS it appears not to work correctly. Different than expected in the Fade window the blend mode gets displayed as 'Normal' although it was initially assigned with 'Colour':

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If initially assigned with 'Normal' then Fade works with 'Luminosity' but not with 'Colour':

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If 'Luminosity' was corrected for Fade then it appears correctly as mode if Fade gets reopened though its fade value appears not to matter any more:

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Edited by thomaso
text precised

macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1

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19 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I guess this is a bug with different blend modes used with Fade Fill.

That's what I'm afraid of.

15 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Also in macOS it appears not to work correctly.

Maybe we are doing everything right, but the command is not working properly.

Thank you both for your feedback.
Really appreciated.

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11 minutes ago, Lisbon said:

Maybe we are doing everything right, but the command is not working properly.

I would call that a fairly good definition of the term Bug.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 
Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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