B&W layer affecting tools...

[genkin]

I am working on skin blemishes and to be able to see them better I have a black and white layer on top of my retouching layer, it affects the red colour for that purpose. So as I am working on the layer beneath the B&W layer it affects my inpainting tool, or why does it appear black? 
my tool is not a part of the image though... 

[GarryP]

The Inpainting Brush Tool seems to be working fine for me when I apply it to a layer underneath a Black & White Adjustment.

I notice that your Black & White adjustment seems to think that a brush has been used on it – maybe that’s part of the problem.

If you gave us a full-screen screenshot, instead of a small limited screen-grab, then we would have more information to look at.

[genkin]

2 hours ago, GarryP said:

The Inpainting Brush Tool seems to be working fine for me when I apply it to a layer underneath a Black & White Adjustment.

I notice that your Black & White adjustment seems to think that a brush has been used on it – maybe that’s part of the problem.

If you gave us a full-screen screenshot, instead of a small limited screen-grab, then we would have more information to look at.

Thanx Garry for the quick reply! 
The black dot is basically the inpainting tool, where I traced it, which usually appear red. I'd like it to stay red.

Full screen attached, am I doing something wrong here?
Thnx a mil!
 

[GarryP]

Thanks for the screen shot – we can now see all of your Context Bar settings, amongst other things, which are often useful for diagnostic purposes.

In this situation I would expect the area being painted by the brush tool to be temporarily black/dark because the normal temporary red colour is being modified by the adjustment, but I wouldn’t expect the result to be black.

What happens if you turn all of the layers above the “retouch” layer OFF – not just the B&W adjustment one – and use the brush tool?

Which Brush (selected via the Brushes Panel) are you using?

[genkin]

18 minutes ago, GarryP said:

Thanks for the screen shot – we can now see all of your Context Bar settings, amongst other things, which are often useful for diagnostic purposes.

In this situation I would expect the area being painted by the brush tool to be temporarily black/dark because the normal temporary red colour is being modified by the adjustment, but I wouldn’t expect the result to be black.

What happens if you turn all of the layers above the “retouch” layer OFF – not just the B&W adjustment one – and use the brush tool?

Which Brush (selected via the Brushes Panel) are you using?

It's the inpainting brush tool I am using. The black colour (spot) is only the indicator where the inpainting tool has been applied, there is no colour. So I don't understand why it is affected by the B&W layer at all, as it is only the tool itself and B&W applies only to the photo. Or should, as I understand this.

If I turn B&W off it appears in red as usual, screenshot attached

[carl123]

Because the B&W adjustment is above your retouch layer it changes this layer to black and white (shades of grey) also, so when you brush on it you see "black"

Move the B&W adjustment layer to below the retouch layer so it only affects your background image and the red will return

 

[MEB]

Hi @genkin, 
This is a known issue that's already logged with development.

[genkin]

1 hour ago, MEB said:

Hi @genkin, 
This is a known issue that's already logged with development.

brilliant, thank you!