SymbioticDesign Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 I haven't been able to figure it out. https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Tools/tools_blurBrush.html?title=Blur Brush Tool My brush settings: 360 pixel Opacity 100% Flow 100% Hardness 94% Nothing ever happens. I never actually got it working in Photo version 1, either. There are work arounds, but this would be so convenient if it worked. I've tried doing it in a selection, as well. So, obviously I am messing up somewhere. Any ideas? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, SymbioticDesign said: Nothing ever happens. I never actually got it working in Photo version 1, either. Are you working with a Pixel layer or an Image layer or another type of non-pixel layer? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 I have vague memories that suggest: 1. Try turning off Hardware Acceleration or (Mac) Metal. 2. Try adjusting Flow lower. 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 17.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymbioticDesign Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 I'm on a pixel layer that is inside an elipse, but I have been trying it on regular old pixel layers, as well. Just loaded a jpg and tried it with a 360 pixel brush (almost this entire document size), opacity is 100%, Flow is 88%, hardness is 95%. No stabilizer. Length is 35. Symmetry, Mirror and lock are off. Yeah, I'm on a mac, I'll have to check on that metal setting. Lower flow, though, eh? OK. Brought it down to 35% Flow, nothing yet. Going to look for Metal... Should I check 'Only use integrated GPU' (it wasn't checked before)? I can't get Metal off the drop down, but it seems ghosted. I'll have to restart and not ready for that, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymbioticDesign Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 OK, so it appears impossible for me to take a screenshot, but that dialogue box has... Metal in a drop down. Underneath that there is a checkmark option: Only use integrated GPU (requires restart). Below that at the bottom, there is a checkmarked Hardware Acceleration: Enable Metal compute Acceleration, Apple M2 Mac ...(which I have). If I uncheck it, the Metal dropdown above that [and above Retina Rendering; Automatic (Best)] becomes unghosted and I can select stuff... but I have an M2 Mac, so not unchecking it. I still have to reboot after checkmarking 'Only use integrated GPU'... Not going to reboot for a bit, I have some projects loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, SymbioticDesign said: I'm on a pixel layer that is inside an elipse, but I have been trying it on regular old pixel layers, as well. Just loaded a jpg and tried it with a 360 pixel brush (almost this entire document size), opacity is 100%, Flow is 88%, hardness is 95%. No stabilizer. Length is 35. Symmetry, Mirror and lock are off. What actual Brush are you using? I get the best results with a basic brush. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymbioticDesign Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 That's probably it. I had no idea there wasn't a default brush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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