Can't fill with primary or secondary color

[AndyV]

This is probably going to end up being a stupid question, at least I hope it is.

I'm doing no differently than what I've been doing for multiple files.

TIF file/Make a selection/fill with primary color/save/done

But now I make a selection and nothing happens. It says "Fill" in the history box but it's not filling.

I tried rasterizing the whole file (even though I'm sure it's already a raster file. Nothing

I tried cmd-x just to see if I could delete what I have selected, and I could! And adjustment layers work on  the selection.

So why isn't it filling???

[ashf]

Possibly you didn't select the layer?

[AndyV]

I have one layer. Background layer. How can I NOT select it? The ants are marching.

And if I haven't selected it, why is cmd-x working or adjustments working?

[AndyV]

Well I solved it but didn't solve it.

I tried doing it differently than I usually do.

What I usually do is go to "Edit" and scroll down to "Fill with primary color"

What I just tried was "New fill layer" and it popped right in (I thought I was going to have to choose the color but oddly it chose the right one.)

 

So I can work again, but I sure don't understand why I can't do my usual step.

[AndyV]

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[AndyV]

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[NathanC]

Hi @AndyV,

Your original flood fill selection area workflow should work so long as you have a pixel layer actively selected in the layers panel. I'd suggest checking that your flood fill tool is set to 'Current Layer' or 'Current Layer & Below' so that it does affect the selected pixel layer, and if you're still having trouble send us a screenshot of your full document window with an active selection and the flood fill tool selected.

[AndyV]

I've since finished that file and can't retrace my steps. But I had only one layer. I'm not completely sure, but I do seem to remember on the problematic file, I was seeing "Pixel" and not "Background" but again it was the only layer.

Just to follow your suggestion, I just opened a new file (I have 20 similar files) and did a selection, and then chose EDIT/Fill with primary color and it worked like it usually does.

I have been using Affinity for only about a year now (and previously a 30 year Photoshop user). And maybe worse, I've jumped from Pshop CS2 to Affinity 2. For the most part the transition has been seamless enough, but I keep knocking my head up against things like this that befuddle me. The way Affinity uses layers is different than what I'm used to.