Paint brush not working

[Firstoscartgrouch]

I asked on Twitter was told to come here.

 

i use Affinity photo for iPad on my iPad Air 2

i used paintbrush in the past, but not in quite a time, today I can’t get it to work. 

Live watched multiple videos on how to paint, I think imfollowing step by step but no paint. 

Ive tried it on a brand new document. I’ve tried on a pixel layer of an already started document. 

I adjust opacity, yet I can’t get the brush to paint. 

 

Guidance please. I’m wondering if I altered some setting prevent8ng it, or if I’m missing a step. 

[Dan C]

Hi Firstoscartgrouch,

Welcome to the forums

Could you please provide a screen recording of you using the brush, showing all layer, brush and colour settings as you do this. If you're unsure of how to record your screen, you can find out more here - https://support.apple.com/HT207935

[Firstoscartgrouch]

[Firstoscartgrouch]

I’ve never done a screen recording before, hope it shows what I’ve done. 

 

The big long pause where nothing happens is where im trying to paint, both with a stylus or my finger. 

[Firstoscartgrouch]

This is a new document. 

[Paul Mudditt]

It’s hard to see what you are doing, change to these settings and see if problem still exists.

[Firstoscartgrouch]

That fixed it, I can now paint, thank you

 

[DM1]

Air2= no Apple Pencil. Touch for Gestures on = no brush paint applied.

This is why the Touch for Gestures only should apply to ALL tools. It’s just too confusing having some tools work and others not work. A simple on screen toggle would be perfect.

[kkjnnsa]

i;m having the same problems on my ipad air 3. I cannot seem to use the paint brush tool. I use apple pencil always. Meanwhile, the eraser and all other tools work. I’m new to affinity so i may have done seth wrong but i want your help. I am providing you with a screen recording.

 

 

iPad Air 3, 2019, 3GB RAM, 64 GM STORAGE, LATEST VERSION OF AFFINITY AND iPADOS

[DM1]

 

10 hours ago, kkjnnsa said:

I’m new to affinity so i may have done seth wrong

You have Protect Alpha turned on  (symbol next to colour icon on Context menu). 🙂

[kkjnnsa]

thanks!

 

 

*you can see that i’m a newbie 

[Blythebabie]

Hi I’m having the same problem. My ipencil works with all other settings except when I have it on pixel. None of the brushes work... I’ve also tried following your suggestions and still nothing... I will send a recording. 

[TerminalBeach]

I couldn’t suss out why my brushes refused to work either. Tried everything...and then DM1’s reply of ‘you have protect alpha turned on’ made me whole again. Such a little button, such a big difference, such an embarrassing episode. Thanks a mill, saved the day...

[BlackInk]

Similar problem. Trying to touch up scratches in a scanned and inverted negative. Brush doesn’t work. On iPad 6. Checked settings as per previous questions above.

 

Edited May 7, 2021 by BlackInk
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[DM1]

Could you provide a screen pic of your layers studio showing the layers while painting.

[BlackInk]

Do I need to create a layer? I think other programs I’ve used either create layers automatically or let me modify the background.

[DM1]

1 hour ago, BlackInk said:

Do I need to create a layer?

No if you have set Document Menu /Assistant to add a pixel layer when painting. See pic attached.

Looking at your layers it appears that you are actually painting on the black and white mask? Maybe that layer was selected (highlighted). If you have a layer selected, the paintbrush will paint on that layer rather than create a new pixel layer.

If all you want to do is remove scratches or blemishes why not use the Inpainting brush or blemish removal tools? They are very effective. Just duplicate the original image and work directly on that or add a pixel layer above the image and set tool to current layer and below. That way the repairs will be drawn on the pixel layer leaving the original layer untouched. You can merge them later if you want.

[BlackInk]

Thanks - had no idea there was a Blemish tool - will try that.

[DM1]

Inpainting brush is superb. Just set it slightly larger than the lines you want to erase. It use adjacent pixels to determine fill. Excellent for removing objects as well.

[Alfred]

6 minutes ago, DM1 said:

Inpainting brush is superb. Just set it slightly larger than the lines you want to erase. It use adjacent pixels to determine fill. Excellent for removing objects as well.

There are times when it would be useful to be able to restrict the source area for the Inpainting Brush Tool but in general it does work extremely well.

[BlackInk]

The crow had a heavy black scratch right through the higher wing, fixed now. Left the other lighter scratches - more atmospheric. Thanks for the lesson!

[Paul Mudditt]

3 hours ago, Alfred said:

There are times when it would be useful to be able to restrict the source area for the Inpainting Brush Tool but in general it does work extremely well.

That is why I nearly always use the in-painting tool at opacity, flow and hardness all set to 100% with a small brush to avoid pulling details from too far away in my experience.