How do I deselect my current FX brush in the Pixel Persona?

[Wayne Burrows]

Hello,

I’m working in Designer and I just applied a mask to erase some things within my project, but the brush that is coming up for me to use is a brush that I used the last time I was working in Designer. I am not looking to use any of my brushes at the moment, I just want to erase pieces of a layer. How do I go back to the default brush (deselecting the current brush) so that I can just do some simple erasing?

Thanx!

WB

[Old Bruce]

As far as I know this is the way it works. I don't think we can assign a Default Brush to Masks.

We can assign a specific brush to a particular tool, so you could use for example the Brush tool to have a default but that would most likely cause more problems.

We could use the Erase tool and set a default brush for it but we cannot do anything but erase with it, no swapping white for black to fix your mask if you paint over more than you want.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Wayne Burrows said:

I am not looking to use any of my brushes at the moment, I just want to erase pieces of a layer. How do I go back to the default brush (deselecting the current brush) so that I can just do some simple erasing?

You need to pick a brush. There is not really a default brush.

[Wayne Burrows]

32 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

There is not really a default brush.

So that begs the question...

Let's rewind all the way back to the very beginning when a person is just starting off with the software. If an end user has never used a brush before and they were looking to use a mask to cover up/erase some things within a layer for the very first time... What brush does Affinity initially prescribe to the end user in that scenario? Does Designer just go with whatever brush that it likes the best?? 🤣

I just figured that there was a way to deselect previously used brushes so that the end user would be able to set the size of their brush/circle and use that designated-sized circle to proceed with. It makes no sense that a person would have to scroll through a bunch of brushes until he/she comes across a solid, no FX, small area brush to work with. (because that is exactly what I am doing right now)

I'm kind of bewildered as to why there isn't a default 'circle-shaped' brush to revert back to when needed. Wow.

I guess I'll have to make my own Eraser Brush... 😕

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, Wayne Burrows said:

I guess I'll have to make my own Eraser Brush... 😕

Use any of the hard-edged Basic brushes in the Pixel Persona. That is, any of the ones labeled Round, not Round Soft.

[Wayne Burrows]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

Use any of the hard-edged Basic brushes in the Pixel Persona. That is, any of the ones labeled Round, not Round Soft.

Okay, I'll give that a whirl. 👍