Valtria Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I just got Affinity today, and I'm trying to transfer the skills I developed on Photoshop. I'm testing this by trying to color some art that I did, as I do often, and I've encountered a problem. In order to do my drawings, I draw the lineart on paper, photograph it, and put it into Photoshop. Then I apply a Threshold Layer and extract black and white lineart. From there I use the Bucket tool on a new layer with Sample All Layers selected, so I can have my lineart and color separate. However, it does not seem like Affinity has a way to fill a lined shape on another layer. It simply floods the entire canvas with color. Am I missing something? Thank you for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Affinity's Flood Fill Tool (a.k.a. paint bucket) does not sample from all layers, only the currently selected pixel layer. So to fill in line art you must either use it on the line art layer (using the tolerance setting to control how much it fills) or first select an area using the flood select (a.k.a. magic wand) or other selection tools to define a "marching ants" selection area & flood fill into that on another pixel layer. 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...
James Francis Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I really hope this becomes a feature soon. It's a bit boggling it isn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Try this... Starting with just your line art background image on a transparent background 1. Select > Alpha Range > Partially Transparent 2. Add a new pixel layer 3. Use the Flood Fill Tool on the new pixel layer with colour set to white and Continuous set to OFF (it should colour most of the image white) 4. Now switch Continuous to ON, pick your colours for your design and flood fill all the various white bits on the pixel layer with the different colours you want Hopefully the above will work for line art with bold black lines like in your screenshot but for finer line art a different technique may be required Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marleen(Paddy) Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I have just bought affinty photo for my Ipad. I am an illustrator and have been using photoshop in the same way for quick colouring. I hope Affinty has addresses this issue in the meantime? Is there a way one can do this now? please help? Thanks! Paddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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