wesking Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Help! When I have clicked on the Quick Mask as Overlay and then apply the Paint Brush Tool and then press Q, I do not get a selection (no marching ants). How do I get my selection to show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 28, 2017 Staff Share Posted May 28, 2017 Hi wesking, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Are you using a color with a Luminance of 50% or less (dark grey) when painting in Quick Mask mode? Also check if you have disabled (unticked) Show Pixel Selection from the View menu. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Do you mean Show Mask As Overlay? You need to press the Q first. Quick mask normally shows a selection as a mask. If you just click on Show Mask As Overlay you haven't made a selection to show yet. Click on Q (you don't need to select Show Mask As Overlay as it should default to that, unless you previously selected a different coour) paint on the mask and when you click on Q again, you get your ants. If you click on Q without a selection first, you get a solid mask but you can still paint with white (or black to reverse that) to make a "hole" and get your ants when you press Q again. If you click Q --- Then you can select Show Mask As Overlay or Show Mask As Black, etc. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesking Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Thank you f or your prompt reply. Please try again. The pixel Selection tools is checked. Overlay is default. I press Q and paint with the Paint Selection Tool. I click Q, and no selection (ants) appears. Instead I get brush marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I think Affinity is creating a new pixel layer, which is what you are painting on, not the quick mask! I managed to do that once by mistake Not sure if it was mine or Serifs ;), but I can't repeat it. Try quitting Affinity and restarting. I must say Affinity Photo has been very stable for me. I have only managed to crash it twice and that was by trying odd things whilst learning the package. Believe me, I managed to crash Photoshop far more often. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Try this, make a selection of a small area of your image with any selection tool, such as the selection brush, do you get ants? If so Press Q Paint on the mask, make sure you have some clear area and some opaque area. Press Q Ants or not? Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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