Amy Choue Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 I am practicing selecting with a mask. Removing the background is done with black Paintbrush, and if too much is removed, white Paintbrush can add that removed part back in. And short cut X is used between black and white. This worked fine until yesterday. Then today it somehow does not. I remove part of the pomegranate with black Paintbrush, and I cannot correct it with white Paintbrush. Now that I think about it, the short cut X itself works fine, but the white Paintbrush does not work. Please pardon me if this is something really silly. I've tried opening the file afresh and going over the same process, and the problem persists. I remember I could do this until yesterday. What went wrong? Many thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 From the look of your screenshot, it looks like you have a pixel layer selected. You need to have the mask layer selected if you want to paint black or white on it Amy Choue 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Choue Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 Thank you for the comment. I added that pixel layer to create that text note. I thought, reading your comment, yes I must have done something really silly again, then looked at the file again, opened a new file and tried again on the mask layer, and the problem still persists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 In the context toolbar try changing the Blend Mode from Darken to Normal Amy Choue 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Choue Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 Is the context toolbar the one shown right above the layers? It is set in Normal. Hah... (sighing). I must have done something, I remember doing a Shift + something, when I meant to do Ctrl + something. After that this problem began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Choue Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 Oh the context tool bar was the one on the top of the screen! And it was fixed! The term "context tool bar," even after months of practicing Photo, still is something mysterious to me. Anyhow many thanks! Now I can practice again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Amy Choue said: I remember doing a Shift + something, when I meant to do Ctrl + something. "Shift+=" will select the next blend mode for the brush, when you have the Brush Tool selected You probably did this accidentally Amy Choue 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Choue Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 Going beyond the beginner level is so difficult to some beginners because they create many obstacles on their own. I've experienced this so often, repeatedly. This is a great relief! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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