Joshikulus Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) Hey Everybody I'm working in Publisher V2 in the Photo Persona on macOS Monterey. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a mistake on my part. When I try to edit the mask with the Brush tool it seems like I haven't turned the opacity on the brush all the way up. And then even when I paint over it multiple times I can't get the value to be completely black. I have selected the Mask Layer, opacity is up, flow is up. I thought maybe one of the adjustments layers is affecting the Mask, but hiding the adjustment layers doesn't solve the problem. Anybody can explain to me what is happening here? never had that problem before. The parts that I circled is the "maximum blackness" that I can paint the mask. Thanks for the help Josh Edited November 24, 2022 by Joshikulus forgot to add tags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Do you mean to have wet edges enabled? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshikulus Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 @firstdefence Thank you! That was a good hint! I actually did have it on, but it only solved one part of the problem. Now I don't have to paint over it multiple times to get the actual value, but I still can't seem to paint actual black in the mask. There's always leftover. As if I painted with 90% black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 58 minutes ago, Joshikulus said: There's always leftover. As if I painted with 90% black. What brush did you choose from the Brushes panel? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshikulus Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 16 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: What brush did you choose from the Brushes panel? Just the normal round brush from the "basics" folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Have you looked at the More settings? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Could you upload the file for us to look at? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 24, 2022 Staff Share Posted November 24, 2022 Hi @Joshikulus, Welcome to affinity Forums I believe you are working with a CMYK document and painting with a dirty black. Switch the colour mode to CMYK and make sure the K is set to !00% and the other sliders to 0%. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffy Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I was having the same problem, then I realized my brush was set to Overlay blend mode instead of Normal. Now all is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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