Can't make Inpaint work

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Hi

 

I'm new to Affinity, and have followed some tutorials. In one I had the luck to use the Inpaint tool - but now I can't make it work. I choose it, mark the spots, and everything is like in the tutorials, and like the first time - all thought now, nothing disappears. Whats am I doing wrong??

 

All the best,

Sidsel

[toltec 1,179]

Is the layer an image layer ?

 

It wont work on an image layer. You will have to Rasterize it first so it becomes a Pixel layer.

 

Right click on the layer to convert.

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Thank you for answering - though it didn't make it. The picture started out as a pixel layer, but still doesn't work...

[Alfred 4,418]

6 minutes ago, Sidsel Galatius said:

The picture started out as a pixel layer

 

What have you done to it since then? Some operations such as rotation require that you rasterize the layer again afterwards in order for things like inpainting to work.

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Nothing, really. Actually the first I do now. The one time it did work, I had been playing with, light, colours, vignette, blur .... don't remember. Now I'm just fixated - it's the first thing I try. And then try other tools to see if they work. And they do....

[Polygonius 121]

Is there any "hidden" selection "in the background"????. (a very common trap)

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

I think the answer is no. Though I might misunderstand you. If its the first thing I do, and the layer is active/marked, how can I work "in the background"?

[R34V3r 7]

workaround maybe, what if you create a layer above the one you try to inpaint, and set you inpainting to current layer & Below:

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

No.... - sorry, but still doesn't work.... 

[HVDB Photography 246]

Did you check if the Opacity of de brush is set to 100% in the content toolbar ?

 

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Yes, I have really studied the settings in the tutorials watched on Youtube. And I have restarted Affinity and later on the computer  

[R34V3r 7]

are all your channels editable? the pencil icon in the Channels panel below right should be active on all channels:

try ctrl+D or cmd+D to make sure you dont have a selection active.

try rasterizing the layer again, i've had some problems in the past where the layer was shown as a pixel layer but acted as an image layer

 

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Hmmm..... Bigger picture, please. Can't figure where you are i the UI here.

[R34V3r 7]

[Polygonius 121]

Sounds obvious;-)

 

1.

can you impaint in other documents?

2.

Can you impaint when you jump in the history very far back, if necessary to the start???? If so, go to the last point where it worked and than check what you have done after this!

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Well, yes they are all editable....

 

About the one time it worked, I didn't save the document, but I tried to open the same picture, and others - still without the luck... Is it the format? I try edit a jpg....?!

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Woops  -this part of the answer, was for you :):
About the one time it worked, I didn't save the document, but I tried to open the same picture, and others - still without the luck... Is it the format? I try edit a jpg....?!

[Alfred 4,418]

1 minute ago, Sidsel Galatius said:

Woops  -this part of the answer, was for you :):

 

Who is "you"? It's impossible to tell unless you quote the post to which you're replying.

 

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

So sorry, I thought I replied specificly to Polygonius.

[IanSG 253]

I've just had a similar problem - the selection brush, which I've used countless times before, stopped working!  The Photo Beta was fine!  Starting the app with the <ctrl> key depressed sorted it out.

[Polygonius 121]

On 1.1.2018 at 3:48 PM, Sidsel Galatius said:

... Is it the format? I try edit a jpg....?!

Well, you have to rasterize this layer before the inpaint works. But didnt you say, you have already done????

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

Yes.... Really weird it doesn't work, because I do all you say I should, and the tool works up to the point I've marked the wished-away item. The tool marks the item with this pink shadow and all... But, nothing disappears. I'm about to give up and love everything in the picture

[firstdefence 1,586]

Thinking outside the box a bit here but check the brush and brush settings.

What type of image is this jpg, png, raw, tiff.

I've downloaded the image you have shown which is obviously a jpg and inpaint works fine

[Sidsel Galatius 0]

The picture I try to work in is jpg. This is how far I get - until nothing disappears. 

[dutchshader 432]

The background is locked , maybe thats the problem

edit: that's not it just tested, Works on a locked background