Rubyjim Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 When I use a quick shape it disappears as soon as I select a tool IE. paint brush or flood tool? Thanks Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I'm just guessing here, but do you by chance have the fill colour set to white? If so, as soon as you choose another tool, your shape will become deselected and thus appear invisible due to the white fill on a white background. Quote High-End Photographic Prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubyjim Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Thanks for replying the fill is yellow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubyjim Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 I really like Cats but allergic to them :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hmmm, acting normal for me? Can you tell me your exact steps, maybe I can help more then. Quote High-End Photographic Prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubyjim Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Using win 10 When I click say Ellipse and pullout a circle click the flood tool (yellow) the Eclipse is gone but still listed in layers. tried bringing to top layer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hmm, I'm not on Windows, and it works fine for me. Sorry. Quote High-End Photographic Prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler To Cats Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hi Jimmy Assuming you are using Affinity Photo (due to mention of the flood fill tool) rather than Affinity Designer: If you are using the ellipse shape (blue icon), at that stage it is a vector object, not a raster area, so the pixel flood fill tool won't work on the vector ellipse. To re-colour the ellipse, you can pick the Move tool, then pick the (white) ellipse in the layers panel, then pick a colour, as DesignMeister was referring to. To draw a new coloured ellipse, you can pick a colour first, then pick the Ellipse tool, then drag it out. To work in the way that it sounds like you think you are working (using an ellipse as a pixel area), first add a pixel layer, use the ellipse marquee (long-press on the rectangle marquee), drag out an ellipse-shaped pixel selection area, then use your (pixel) flood fill (or a brush) and selected colour to fill the selection area (then, if desired, deselect the selected area) It's the difference between colouring in an ellipse-shaped area (marquee) on a sheet of paper, and putting down a separate coloured ellipse-shaped cutout piece (QuickShape) on top of the sheet of paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubyjim Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Yes you assumed correct I'm Affinity Photo. Thank you both for being so helpful Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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