IvanGogh Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 I was able to switch the color picker to only pick from current layer, but when I switch back to the paint brush tool, it ignores it and picks from all layers instead. Any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Which Affinity app? For APh retry and make sure that the respective layer is selected, when using the Paint Brush Tool and <Alt-Left Clicking>. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 11 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Which Affinity app? For APh retry and make sure that the respective layer is selected, when using the Paint Brush Tool and <Alt-Left Clicking>. Using APh. Double-checked and everything's set up correctly and I'm on the right layer. Still picks colors as it sampling from all layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Which color picker? The alt+drag/click while in the brushtool is always global and will pick from anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 Just now, Return said: Which color picker? The alt+drag/click while in the brushtool is always global and will pick from anywhere. That's the one I'm trying to use. Is it not possible to set it up so it can pick from current layer only? That'd be really bad since a lot of my workflow relies on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 See the difference in the colorpickertool and the al+drag/click picker. 2023-07-14 23-17-01.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: That's the one I'm trying to use. Is it not possible to set it up so it can pick from current layer only? That'd be really bad since a lot of my workflow relies on that. Then try to hide the other layers temporary, in order to pick up the color you need from just the layer you need! Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 19 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Then try to hide the other layers temporary, in order to pick up the color you need from just the layer you need! I use it to pick colors from a multiply layer directly, so I can't just hide every other layer in order to pick the original color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: I use it to pick colors from a multiply layer directly, so I can't just hide every other layer in order to pick the original color Maybe you show some full app screenshot with layer & color panels etc., or some screencast how things look like actually there for you. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 Just now, v_kyr said: Maybe you show some full app screenshot with layer & color panels etc., or some screencast how things look like actually there for you. I'm not sure if that'd help. If there's no way of quickly picking a color from the current layer, then there's not much that can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 screencast_multi.mp4 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 38 minutes ago, v_kyr said: screencast_multi.mp4 I understand what you mean. But it's quite impractical in my case, since the multiply layer is above several other layers, turning them off each time I have to pick a color from it (which I do very often) would be extremely time-consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: I understand what you mean. I don't think so ... 10 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: But it's quite impractical in my case, since the multiply layer is above several other layers, turning them off each time I have to pick a color from it (which I do very often) would be extremely time-consuming. ... since if you would have looked more closely, you would have seen that I used two layers, top as multiply, and no one is hidden when I picked up the colors with the Paint Brush Tool and <Alt-Left Clicking> here. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, v_kyr said: I don't think so ... ... since if you would have looked more closely, you would have seen that I used two layers, top as multiply, and no one is hidden when I picked up the colors with the Paint Brush Tool and <Alt-Left Clicking> here. I mean, yeah I see that. Maybe I'm not understanding then. What am I supposed to have noticed? Are you able to pick specifically the colors from the multiply layer with alt-click? It'd probably be easier to tell if both layers didn't have the same image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: Are you able to pick specifically the colors from the multiply layer with alt-click? Yes! screencast_two.mp4 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 21 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Yes! screencast_two.mp4 2.69 MB · 0 downloads That's the thing though. It's picking the color globally. If it were only for the current layer, it should have either been the same shade of green or transparent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: it should have either been the same shade of green or transparent. It is the same shade of green as showed there, since the top layer is in multiply layer mode with 100% visability (opacity). So it picks the shown colors as shown there. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 16 hours ago, v_kyr said: It is the same shade of green as showed there, since the top layer is in multiply layer mode with 100% visability (opacity). So it picks the shown colors as shown there. Yes, and it should've picked the exact same shade of green regardless of where in the green rectangle you clicked. I don't think we're understanding each other here. It seems the feature just doesn't exist for APh, which is a real shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 43 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: Yes, and it should've picked the exact same shade of green regardless of where in the green rectangle you clicked. NO not for the common default paint brush tool's alt-click color picking, as that picks global the shown color under the brush circle area as it's shown there (shining through). - What you mean intead is probably a behavior like the separate Color Picker Tool allows to pick up, when setup accordingly to take the source from the current layer only (?). Aka ... ... in this case the color is always the same one as initially used for the rasterized rectangle layer. So even another color might visually be shown (shine through) image wise due to the layer's multiply blend mode, the picked up color here will alwys be one and the same red! 53 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: I don't think we're understanding each other here. Probably! 54 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: It seems the feature just doesn't exist for APh, which is a real shame. Try the Color Picker Tool instead, that allows such current layer only color pickups! Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, v_kyr said: NO not for the common default paint brush tool's alt-click color picking, as that picks global the shown color under the brush circle area as it's shown there (shining through). - What you mean intead is probably a behavior like the separate Color Picker Tool allows to pick up, when setup accordingly to take the source from the current layer only (?). Aka ... ... in this case the color is always the same one as initially used for the rasterized rectangle layer. So even another color might visually be shown (shine through) image wise due to the layer's multiply blend mode, the picked up color here will alwys be one and the same red! Probably! Try the Color Picker Tool instead, that allows such current layer only color pickups! Yeah, I knew all that. I was asking if there's a way of setting the brush color picker to sample from current layer, which there isn't. Even switching it to the color picker tool would make my workflow way slower. I'm a bit disappointed that it doesn't have this simple feature to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: Even switching it to the color picker tool would make my workflow way slower. I'm a bit disappointed that it doesn't have this simple feature to be honest. You can request that as an useful & wanted addition for the brush color picker in the "Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products" forum section. Who knows maybe it will get added in one of the upcoming software update cycle then. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 19 minutes ago, IvanGogh said: Even switching it to the color picker tool would make my workflow way slower. The 2.2 Beta has introduced a new function that allows you to press and hold a tool shortcut to temporarily switch to that tool. With it, for example, you can do this while painting: Press and hold I to temporarily switch to the Color Picker Tool. Click somewhere to pick a color. Release I, and you're back in the Brush Tool, again. That enhancement may make switching fast enough for you. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: The 2.2 Beta has introduced a new function that allows you to press and hold a tool shortcut to temporarily switch to that tool. With it, for example, you can do this while painting: Press and hold I to temporarily switch to the Color Picker Tool. Click somewhere to pick a color. Release I, and you're back in the Brush Tool, again. That enhancement may make switching fast enough for you. That would definitely help a bit. Will take a look at it, thanks. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanGogh Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 11 minutes ago, v_kyr said: You can request that as an useful & wanted addition for the brush color picker in the "Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products" forum section. Who knows maybe it will get added in one of the upcoming software update cycle then. Perhaps. Will give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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