Where is my Inprint Brush tool

[stevenpaulsavage]

I just bought the application and I'm watching the tutorial videos.  The first video has an example of inprinting.  I do not have the brush in the tool sidebar and the  menu item is grayed out.  How do I enable it, or does it require an upgrade to activate?

thanks

[Lee D]

Hi stevenpaulsavage,

Welcome to the forums.

 

Are you referring to Inpainting? if so can you confirm that you're using Affinity Photo and that you have an image open.

[stevenpaulsavage]

HI, 

Sorry about the confusion, I did mean Inpainting.

 

Yes I am in Affinity Photo, Photo persona and there is an image loaded.  The Inpaint option in the Edit menu is disabled.

[Alfred]

In order to work at the pixel level for things like inpainting, you have to be working on a Pixel layer, not an Image layer. Check that the layer type in the Layers panel is displayed as '(Pixel)'; if it says '(Image)' instead, you need to right-click on it and choose the 'Rasterize...' option.

 

If you're using the menu command rather than the Inpainting Brush Tool, make a selection on the image before you invoke the command.

[carl123]

@stephenpaulsavage

 

Some of the Tools on the Tool Bar are grouped under one icon, which is possibly why you currently cannot see the Inpainting Brush tool.

 

These tools can be identified by a small white triangle on the bottom right of the tool, clicking on this triangle will show you the rest of the tools.

 

I have attached an image showing the location of the Inpainting Brush tool.  Just click on it to make it the active tool for that icon's position.

 

 

 

[stevenpaulsavage]

This has now become insanely frustrating.

 

I have an image loaded.  It has 2 layers: background and new (which I named inpaint).  Both of these layers are "pixel" layers.  I have the inpaint brush selected and try to highlight any part of the 'layer'.  Nothing happens, no highlighting appears.

 

The very first "Getting Started" video says that Inpaint is a "very powerful feature" but says nothing about having to be in any specific layer.  Also, the applications Help says nothing about having to be in a pixel layer (also if you search on 'pixel layer' no direct topic appears).

 

What other information can I provide to get past this?  Where in Help can I go to find this kind of basic information?  

 

I have asked for a refund, but I'll pull that request if someone can explain to me why what I've tried (based on previous posts) does not work.

[EdD]

I just tried to duplicate what you're getting and it works normally.

 

Try opening a jpeg. When it opens the background layer should be highlighted in the Layers panel. Select your Inpainting tool and brush size. (Check your brush settings: 100 for everything is fine for this test). Click/drag across your image. You should see a red mask  where you dragged. Release the mouse and AP should show a dropdown (top centre area) and a progress bar as it calculates the changes and then show the result. 

 

Don't worry about what you do to the image with this. If it works you can hit CMD/Z or CNTRL/Z to undo.

[smadell]

If you are inpainting on a separate layer (always a good idea), make sure that "Current Layer and Below" is chosen from the drop-down menu in the context portion of the toolbar. Otherwise, you're trying to inpaint a layer with no content.