Mets Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Hi there, I'm getting stuck with masking and the paintbrush tool (in Affinity Designer)... - Pixel Persona - Have a photo I want to mask - When I select a part of the photo with any of the selection tools and create a mask from that selection, things are fine. I get a proper black and white mask layer. - Now I want to REFINE my mask, by selecting the mask layer, selecting the brush tool, setting the brush color to BLACK and then painting black inside the mask over parts I want to hide. The problem is... I can never make the brush tool to paint in COMPLETELY BLACK color! The color setting in the color panel is set to completely black (#000000), but the actually painted color on the mask is always dark gray. Never completely black. Thus there are always semi-transparent parts of the image visible. I can never mask them completely. Any ideas how I can make the brush color to be 100% black? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Check that the Opacity and Flow in the Context Toolbar for the Brush is set to 100% 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...
Mets Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thanks. Yes, all is set to 100%. Forgot to mention that. Here's what's happening: When painting with the same brush on a white pixel layer it's all 100% black. Then, without changing anything, just selecting the image mask layer and painting on it, the brush color becomes dark gray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 22, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hi Mets, Are you working with a CMYK document? If so make sure you have the K set to 100% and all the others (CMY) set to 0%. joeycastellon 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hello Mets, I had the same problem as you did. although the black color was set to 100%, the actually painted color on the mask was always a dark beige. I had previously painted with the gradient tool and changed their settings. Whatever, I did not have any 100% black brushes anymore. Then I uninstalled Affinity Photo and delete all directories the Affinity uses. AP reinstalled and since then no more problems. Disadvantage of a new installation is, all user settings, macros, brushes etc get lost, respectively need to be redone. Or try first what MEB has written. Best Regards Gnobelix Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Painting on a mask layer using CMYK set to CMY=0 K=100 leaves a residual image that has been erased Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Using these settings for CMYK makes a clean erase. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkinlander Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I know it's a late post, but for others like me wondering this - turning off "wet edges" in the brush options worked for me. I was pulling out my hair trying to figure out what was going on!! Old Bruce and Andrew Vella Zarb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GR3 Posted Sunday at 12:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 12:23 PM As the matter of fact, the whites are not really white as well. It seems like the dynamic range of the mask is far lower than it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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