dmcguiney Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I watched the opening tutorial that shows how to use the tool. I cannot get the red cover to do anything, just stays clear. The tool shows and followed the tutorial but no luck. Any help greatly appreciated. Don HaroldBark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 27, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 27, 2016 Hi dmcguiney, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Make sure the layer you are working with is a (Pixel) layer - look at the label in parenthesis after the layer's name in the Layers panel. If it's identified as an (Image) layer right-click on it and select Rasterise... to convert it to a (Pixel) layer. You can then use the Inpainting Brush as you'd expect. Only Pixel layers can be edited/manipulated at a pixel level. Image layers are considered objects and retain all original image attributes - they can only be transformed globally (rotate, scale, skew etc). A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ozancin Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Also, if you are using a blank layer, make sure that current and below are selected. The default is current layer. denisw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vague-logic Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Another also, if you have duplicated a pixel layer do your in-painting on the duplicate (i.e. upper layer) not the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmcguiney Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Thanks to all. I have another major problem (for me), I must have hit a key that causes the right hand panel not to show and I don't know how to get it back. The top and left hand side appear to be ok. Thanks from a novice.f Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 On the 'View > Studio' submenu, the 'Hide Studio' option (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+H on Windows, and presumably Cmd+Shift+H on a Mac) toggles the visibility of the panel groups on the right-hand side of the workspace. Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmcguiney Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Thanks so much for your help, am back in business Don Alfred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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