impaint does not work

[Sauro]

in Mac Pro OS sequoia 15.2 while using Affinity Photo 2 -2.5.7 when trying to use Inpaint on a selection - (edit-> inpaint ) this action will delete the whole layer 

see video attached 

 

 

Screen Recording 2025-01-03 at 11.22.56.mov

[GarryP]

You have an Image Layer.

Try rasterising it to a Pixel Layer before inpainting.

[Sauro]

Thanks for the tip

any reason why it would not work on an image layer? The inpainting brush tool work normally on an image layer.

[PaulEC]

1 hour ago, Sauro said:

any reason why it would not work on an image layer? The inpainting brush tool work normally on an image layer.

This is not a "bug". Inpainting changes the pixels, so the image needs to be rasterized. In any case, you can't inpaint such a large area, as there is not enough information in the surrounding area for it to work properly.

[Paul Mudditt]

1 hour ago, Sauro said:

Thanks for the tip

any reason why it would not work on an image layer? The inpainting brush tool work normally on an image layer.

A placed image layer is effectively like a vector layer, no matter how large or small you scale it, it always has its original resolution …… until …. you rasterise it so that it takes on your documents underlying pixel resolution.

If you open an image directly by File->Open then the document resolution will be the image resolution and will be automatically converted to be a pixel layer.

All the pixel tools require a pixel layer, adjustments are not pixel tools so will always work.

Edited January 3 by Paul Mudditt

[Sauro]

thank you for the clarification

[Passionworks]

Im having similar issue - even in the Afinity Tutorial I cannot use the tool. It doesnt even show the loading bar after releasing the click.

[Paul Mudditt]

1 hour ago, Passionworks said:

Im having similar issue - even in the Afinity Tutorial I cannot use the tool. It doesnt even show the loading bar after releasing the click.

You must in the layers panel right click and select RASTERISE to convert any image layer to a pixel layer for any pixel tools to work. Also make sure you accidentally don’t have a pixel selection active by ^D to deselect first. 

[Sauro]

Yeah, rasterize the layer fixed that issue for me. What I could not understand was why the inpainting brush do work on an image layer. 

[Paul Mudditt]

25 minutes ago, Sauro said:

Yeah, rasterize the layer fixed that issue for me. What I could not understand was why the inpainting brush do work on an image layer. 

Check your Assistant settings which can automatically carry out certain tasks such as rasterise depending upon what you are doing.

[Sauro]

I see, many thanks for explaining. I am new to the software and I appreciate the help.

[lepr]

On 1/3/2025 at 9:49 PM, Paul Mudditt said:

A placed image layer is effectively like a vector layer, no matter how large or small you scale it, it always has its original resolution …… until …. you rasterise it so that it takes on your documents underlying pixel resolution.

The same is true of a Pixel layer/object. Pixel and Image objects have differences, but they both scale non-destructively.