Aneesh.V Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Hi! first time using Affinity I used it yesterday and it went perfectly! Today I used it and now the inpainting brush is not working? I highlight the part I want to get rid of and it doesn't turn red It says it is "inpainting it" but it doesn't actually get rid of it PLEASE HELPThanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorismak Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 If you don't see the red outline it probably means you have a layer in front of what you're inpainting on, or the mask is hiding the area you're trying to inpaint. Or the opacity is changed or stuff like that. Make sure you select the proper layer you're trying to inpaint on and that it is indeed the visible layer (with nothing on top) and that the area you're painting on is not masked out. Never had problems otherwise. (I did once use a mask on a layer I was inpainting on, and indeed the moment I reach an area that is masked out the red outline disappears while painting) Chris B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazzy Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I had the same thing with the inpainting brush....I mistakenly had an adjustment layer active, easily done but you learn from your mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 14, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 14, 2016 Hi Aneesh.V, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Do you have opened your image using File ▸ Open or do have you dragged it from the Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows) to an existing document? If you have dragged it you may be working with an (Image) layer type. You can check this looking at the label between parenthesis after the layer's name in the Layers panel. If so, you need to right-click on the layer and select Rasterise from the context menu to convert it to a (Pixel) layer and be able to use the Inpainting Brush Tool. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuGu Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Hi MEB, i've been googling my problem and reading the forums but with all the solutions given, i still cant select the inpainting brush.. - I've opened a .jpg file - layer is selected (only one layer) highlighted blue - I've right clicked the layer and rasterized it. Still the inpaint is not in the left side toolbar and greyed out under Edit. What am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 21, 2016 Hi StuGu, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) To access the Inpainting Brush Tool you have to click the small arrow on the Healing Brush Tool icon to open a popup with additional tools - the Inpainting Brush Tool is included there - see screenshot below. The Edit ▸ Inpaint command is not exactly the same (although related). You must have a pixel selection active to access it. StuGu and PaulAffinity 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Thorpe Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Hello MEB, I am replying after asking you a similar question a few days ago. I have since seen online that others have had the same-or similar--problem. My main critic would be that if the tutorial video had simply mentioned you have to access the Inpainting brush tool by clicking on the Healing brush tool it would have opened various options. Even if you go to Help it does not mention this!! Also, the Layers options is very vague. The list of options offers no real explanation of which Layer you should choose-if at all. For example, if i want to remove background objects i figure-logically-that i should click on background Layer. But what do all the other options mean? Rather frustrating i must say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiralpure Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm new with AP...It's seem my inpainting brush didn't work very well...after applied it my photo became double & weired ...followed all the tricks...currently using Mohave & latest AP.Help me...Ⓣⓗⓐⓝⓚ Ⓨⓞⓤ.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBR Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I am still having problems too. When I posted a question, I was told to read old answers. I have read everything on the forum about inpainting, watched the videos, bought and read the workbook. I still can't get it to work for more than a few times. Is there a limit to how much you can inpaint on one picture? It works 5-6 times and then quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiralpure Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 10 hours ago, MBR said: I am still having problems too. When I posted a question, I was told to read old answers. I have read everything on the forum about inpainting, watched the videos, bought and read the workbook. I still can't get it to work for more than a few times. Is there a limit to how much you can inpaint on one picture? It works 5-6 times and then quits. Exactly..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 It's often difficult to give advice without seeing what's really happening ! It's always helpful to attach the native .afphoto file you're working on + a full screenshot with the layers panel and context toolbar visible. And as @Alfred mentioned in a previous thread .. When you post, you can put your system specs in your forum signature. To do this, go to your Account Settings page where you’ll find a ‘Signature’ link. Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBR Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Here is the sequence of events. 1. I open inpainting_people.jpg from the downloaded Affinity files. 2. I chose the inpainting brush 3. I use the brush successfully 5 times. On the sixth try it has no red but removes the figure 4. On the next try it stopped working. 5. I had not saved the .afphoto file before quitting Affinity. When I went back to recreate it, the inpaint brush stopped working after one try. I have attached the .afphoto file. I have screenshots of each step but can't seem to upload them. inpainting_people problems.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBR Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Just now, MBR said: Here is the sequence of events. 1. I open inpainting_people.jpg from the downloaded Affinity files. 2. I chose the inpainting brush 3. I use the brush successfully 5 times. On the sixth try it has no red but removes the figure 4. On the next try it stopped working. 5. I had not saved the .afphoto file before quitting Affinity. When I went back to recreate it, the inpaint brush stopped working after one try. I have attached the .afphoto file. I have screenshots of each step but can't seem to upload them. inpainting_people problems.afphoto Add system specs to profile. How do I get them so show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Works fine here (see specs-signatur). Just a 20second rough work, deleting all people, with lots of artifacts... but you see... i used my solid impaid-brush , more than 10 times. Do you use a normal brush without any special flow/opacity... settings? Is their a special mode for the mode for the brush??? like wet edges / multiply.... Is the color solid black...???? Normally that should not affect the inpaint-brush.... but who knows???? Maybe thats the reason? Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 49 minutes ago, MBR said: Add system specs to profile. How do I get them so show? Go to Account Settings... Edit accordingly. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanwaves Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 One simple thing to miss is if you have some part of the image selected. In that case you will only be able to alter within that selection. It is a simple misstake to make. After reading through this entire thread without solving the problem I finally saw that I had a very small piece of my image selected with the Flood Select Tool. After unselecting everything the tool started working again. This might be the issue if nothing else seems to work. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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