NotMyFault Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) Hi, Photo automatically selects the gradient tool whenever you select a fill layer. (Despite help saying you must select gradient tool yourself). This has bad consequences: In case you try to work on the inherent mask of the fill layer by pixel brush, you may want to repeatedly switch layers, and change colors of brush to tune the mask. Unfortunately, the automated forced tool change to gradient tool can cause damage very soon: if you forget to switch back to pixel brush (or erase brush), any change of color will change both fill color and color of inherent mask. This change, if not detected immediately and undone, is almost impossible to correct later, as the mask color got changes to the hue of the newly selected color. I personally rate this as bug. Please improve: do not automatically switch tools when selecting fill layers Do not apply chosen color (while gradient tool is active) to both fill color and inherent mask. Edited March 24 by NotMyFault Edited title based on comments Alfred and Gripsholm Lion 2 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 30 minutes ago, NotMyFault said: I personally rate this as bug. I agree with you, but if the devs disagree then there’s a documentation bug that needs to be addressed. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Maybe change the topic without the iPad in the title because it also applies to the desktop versions. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 51 minutes ago, Return said: Maybe change the topic without the iPad in the title because it also applies to the desktop versions. Done. Thanks for the hint, I did not check desktop Alfred and Return 2 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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