Affinity Photo v2.5.5 Clone Tool not working with ALT-Click

[DelN]

Hi,

I've been working Affinity Photo 2.5.5 for a while now, but today I was trying to use the Clone Tool... 

by converting the layer to a pixel layer by Rasterising the layer, then using ALT-click to select an area to copy from, but nothing was painted. I tried it several times, closed the file and opened it up again, closed the program and opened it up again, and it still produced nothing when painting from a selected area using ALT-Click. Nor will it work in any other file... And I use this tool all the time...

I also Reset the Brushes in Edit/Settings/Miscellaneous/Reset Brushes, then closed and reopened Affinity Photo. Still not working...

Any ideas?

Thanks.

DelN

[Old Bruce]

9 minutes ago, DelN said:

Any ideas?

 

It may be that you have a fully transparent pixel layer that you are alt clicking on and the Context toolbar is set to Current Layer. Set it to Current Layer and Below.

[DelN]

Thanks, Old Bruce. I only had one layer in the file (.png). I was using Affine to create a seamless horizontal line and so there were no other layers. However, you suggesting that, I went and checked in Source settings and it was set to Layers Beneath. When I changed it to Current Layer, it worked fine. So thank you again. You're a star. You have solved the riddle... 😀 

DelN 

[Alfred]

31 minutes ago, DelN said:

I only had one layer in the file (.png)… I went and checked in Source settings and it was set to Layers Beneath.

Shouldn’t the ‘Layers Beneath’ option be disabled when there aren’t any layers beneath?

[NotMyFault]

9 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Shouldn’t the ‘Layers Beneath’ option be disabled when there aren’t any layers beneath?

[sarcasm/] This would take all the fun out of Affinity apps and dry out the questions section of the forum. [/sarcasm]
There is almost no UI tool which becomes greyed out or disabled when it creates unusable results.

A lot of UI elements interact in uncountable ways, so e.g. switching layers would create a stroboscopic effect.

 

[Alfred]

59 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Shouldn’t the ‘Layers Beneath’ option be disabled when there aren’t any layers beneath?

 

45 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

[sarcasm/] This would take all the fun out of Affinity apps and dry out the questions section of the forum. [/sarcasm]