Geoff Clinton Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Having got the Photo Work Book, I started to go through it and hit a problem with Masking adjustment layer. All went well until I tried using the Brush, everything operation was checked several times. Re-installed Affinity Photo issue still present. Downloaded a trial version and problem went away. How can I download a fresh non trial version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 16, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2018 Hi Geoff, Welcome to the forum Can you please provide me with more information on what is happening with the Masking Adjustment layer in the full version of Affinity Photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Geoff Clinton said: Having got the Photo Work Book, I started to go through it and hit a problem with Masking adjustment layer. It is going to be just about impossible to help you resolve this unless at the very least you tell us what the problem is! 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...
Staff MEB Posted January 16, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2018 Hi Geoff Clinton, Welcome to Affinity Forums Did you set the colour of the brush correctly? If you paint with black it conceals the effects of the adjustment. If you paint with White it reveals the effects of the adjustment. So a fully white adjustment mask will affect the whole image. A fully black adjustment mask will hide the effect of the adjustments as if it was never applied. Also make sure that you have the adjustments layer selected/highlighted in the Layers panel while you use the Paint Brush Tool. Without more details it's difficult to help you further. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Clinton Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 The problem is on page 116 of the Affinity Work book. Manipulating an adjustment layer. Everything is fine until I try to paint over a selected area, the adjustment layer has been selected, as has white has been selected but nothing happens. So I reinstalled Affinity Photo version 1.6.1.93 and the problem was not resolved. So I next downloaded a trial version and now everything is resolved. No Idea why the file is in some way corrupted but as with everything Microsoft anything can happen. So I am happy the problem is with my original copy of Affinity Photo The problem I have is how do I get a new copy of Affinity Photo without having to buy another copy. If it is simply putting in the key when the 10 day trial expires that's easy, but will I get a message back saying "You already have used that Key". I have looked every where on Affinity web site but the only download is the 10 day trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 What are the Opacity, Hardness and Flow settings displayed on the Context toolbar when you’re trying to paint? 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...
R C-R Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Geoff Clinton said: The problem is on page 116 of the Affinity Work book. Manipulating an adjustment layer. Everything is fine until I try to paint over a selected area, the adjustment layer has been selected, as has white has been selected but nothing happens. Are you using the masking_adjustment.jpg file you can download to use with the Workbook examples or some other file? Did you remember to do step 4 to invert the adjustment layer's mask so that prior to step 5 the adjustment has no effect? 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...
Geoff Clinton Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 The answer to both previous replies is yes I did every thing as per page 116. I have again reinstalled my copy of Affinity, but again it does not work as I previously described, whilst a trial copy just downloaded does. This leads me to believe that in some way my copy has a corruption that produces the problem. This is why I am trying to find a way to get a new non trial copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Try clearing your user data. Press the Ctrl key on your keyboard, hold it down while you launch Affinity Photo, and continue to hold it down until the 'Clear User Data' dialog appears. Normally it isn't a good idea to clear everything, because you'll lose things like brushes you've imported and macros you've painstakingly recorded, but since you've only just started using the program you can safely press the 'Select All' button before pressing 'Clear'. Beta versions have separate settings from the retail version, so I expect that the trial version also has separate settings (which would explain why one works but the other doesn't); reinstallation on its own doesn't affect these settings. 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...
Geoff Clinton Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks Alfred Now it works, I will make a note of this "trick" Geoff Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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