Affinity Photo - Color Picker Changes The Image Color

[Mainecoon364]

Although when I click somewhere on the image with Color picker on Affinity Designer nothing happens

 

On Affinity Photo It changes the image color to the color of the place I clicked.

 

Why? How can I stop this?

[walt.farrell]

You are probably working on an Image layer in one case (when it changes), and a Pixel layer in the other (when it doesn't). 

If you're using the Color Picker Tool, there's an option in the Context Toolbar that controls whether you apply the Fill or not. 

A screenshot would help provide us with more info, and without it this is a bit of a guess.

[Mainecoon364]

If I select auto apply It does this.

 

If I do not select auto apply It does not pick a color at all.

 

???

[walt.farrell]

What kind of layer do you have (screenshot of Layers panel, please).

Probably Image, based on the .afphoto file you provided in your other topic. And that's why, with auto-apply on, the color changes (as I mentioned before).

The color picker does pick a color, whether you have auto-apply chosen or not. But the color is not set in the foreground/background color wells (in the Color panel). Rather, it goes into the color-sampler well, and if you want to apply that color to foreground/background (or stroke/fill) you need to tap on that well, as described in the Help.

Help: https://affinity.help/photo2ipad/en-US.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_clrpicker.html 

 

[Mainecoon364]

Here is the layer panel screenshot;

 

???

[walt.farrell]

Thanks. As I said, you have an Image layer, and therefore you must set Auto-apply off if you want to use the color picker. Or, you must Rasterize that layer, or you must make sure it is not Selected.

After you pick the color, you must click on the Color Picker well in the Color panel to set/apply the color (as documented in the Help).

[Mainecoon364]

It works. 

 

Thank you very much for the answer.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.