LeviA Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Why can I not paint in Affinity Photo?It is as if the program does not register that I am putting a black paint stroke on a layer...or any other color stroke for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Do you have a pixel layer selected when you are painting? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I had this experience too. Found out via the forum that you may have to Rasterize an image layer first. Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 If you try to paint on an 'Image' layer, shouldn't the Assistant automagically rasterize it? :unsure: Hofnaar 1 Quote 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...
Staff MEB Posted February 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi Alfred, That depends on the tool. Currently some will do it automatically for you, others don't. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Thanks for pointing that out, Miguel. I guess I shouldn't have assumed that "paint" meant using the Paint Brush Tool! Quote 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...
Sam Murray-Sutton Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I am having this issue as well. Running rasterize on the layer doesn't seem to make any difference. Some non-obvious config issue perhaps? I have seen various posts about this issue from new users and no-one seems to have the definitive answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 23, 2017 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2017 Hi Sam Murray-Sutton, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Any chance you can record a clip of the app showing what you are doing (with layers panel visible)? If you could also attach the file used here it would also help. Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeldroid Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 One cause can be the opacity of the chosen color. This is separate from the opacity of the brush itself - it is set in the color picker. If it is 0, the brush will paint nothing. Another is that if you hit "b" more than once you will change the tool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathleenM Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I have the same problem. I assume it is operator error because it only does this intermittently, I just wish I knew what I was doing wrong because this is killing me during my rush work! I made a video to show what I'm doing -- I have covered all the steps right? Oh -- one thing not shown in the video is that there is nothing selected, but the result is the same if I first draw a marquee to select an area of the empty layer. Help!! Here's that video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3pz1brs1flum6az/cantPaintOnLayer.mp4?dl=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathleenM Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I found it! I found it!! I had the "Protect Alpha" checkbox on (see the upper-right area on your workspace. Having that checked on prevents you from painting on a transparent area. Alfred, BeverlyE and Phil_rose 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian442 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Yeah, I can't paint, either. I checked everything listed in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Brian442 said: Yeah, I can't paint, either. I checked everything listed in this thread. Please give us a screenshot of your complete Affinity window, and also include the Layers panel. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i3earci Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I can' paint either. Not even on a new document with just one pixel layer. The Windows version is not usable for masking atm. The iPad version seems okay. Is there a fix or workaround for this? I work on Windows 10 and have an Wacom Intuos Pro installed. Edit: Uncheck Protect Alpha solved this issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffinityNoob Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 same..driving me nuts.. create new pixel layer, get paint brush, paint and nothing happens on a new document. had enough of affinity photo..going back to Pshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 1 hour ago, DaffinityNoob said: create new pixel layer, get paint brush, paint and nothing happens on a new document. We can perhaps help if you provide more information. A screenshot of the complete window, with the Brush Tool selected, and showing the Layers panel and Brushes panel would be useful. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffinityNoob Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: We can perhaps help if you provide more information. A screenshot of the complete window, with the Brush Tool selected, and showing the Layers panel and Brushes panel would be useful. thank you walt. restarted the app and the problem ceased so a bug/glitch.. [protect alpha and everything else in the post was not relevant] nothing against the app [it has some great ideas] but Im finding too many work arounds for the simplest of tasks, missing features and weird behaviours on top of sluggish performance issues to persist using my licenses [my specs are not under suspicion ]of photo and designer so im moving on after a loss. thanks Edited March 24, 2021 by DaffinityNoob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruvy Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Nothing help. started over, can't paint, tried everything I can draw a line but it disappears as soon as I finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 26, 2021 Staff Share Posted July 26, 2021 Hi @ruvy, Can you post a screenshot of the whole application window with the tool you want to use selected and the Layers panel visible (with the layer you want to paint in selected) so we can see what's going on please? Thank you. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruvy Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruvy Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Just to let you know, I have been trying with any option I could and followed such suggestions as restarting the app, restarting the computer changing bruch mode to normal and to basic/ Nothing really work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 You have the Inpainting brush chosen, click on the little triangle from the screenshot. This will show the actual paint brush you want, currently its set to the colour/hue replacement brush. 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...
ruvy Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Thanks. It works. Just for my education, what is the inpainting brush for if it doesn't work i/e/ it drowse the shape but the shape disappears instantly after completion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 26, 2021 Staff Share Posted July 26, 2021 The Inpainting Brush Tool is mostly used to to remove undesired elements from an image, for example to remove electrical wires or a can dropped on the floor from a photo. The application will try to "rebuilt" the background with the data from the rest of the image to automatically fill the empty area left by the element you removed. Check this video tutorial to learn more about it. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruvy Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Thanks for the good reply. It is very important function but I think it is a poor choice of name... If healing brush is not suitable outpaint is more what your inpaint is about. Just a thought, no need to reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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