Andy900 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Is there a reason we can't use a brush in overlay blend mode to clean up edges of masks, like we can in Photoshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted July 16, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 16, 2019 This should work fine however I'm not sure why you would need to use the overlay blend mode as opposed to lowering the hardness of the brush etc. What happens when you try to do this? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy900 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 27 minutes ago, Callum said: This should work fine however I'm not sure why you would need to use the overlay blend mode as opposed to lowering the hardness of the brush etc. What happens when you try to do this? Thanks C In Photoshop, setting the brush to overlay and painting on a mask brightens the bright parts and darkens the dark parts. This helps getting rid of fringes and other noise at the edge of the masked areas. In Affinity Photo, setting the brush to overlay has no particular effect. IPv6 and Jowday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfee Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I can confirm this, multiply does not work on masks either. It would be really good to get this & the D&B tools working on masks Tom C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lem3 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 One more vote for having blend modes apply for brushes when painting on masks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 7/16/2019 at 11:36 AM, Andy900 said: In Photoshop, setting the brush to overlay and painting on a mask brightens the bright parts and darkens the dark parts. This helps getting rid of fringes and other noise at the edge of the masked areas. In Affinity Photo, setting the brush to overlay has no particular effect. Exactly. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 With the mask layer selected, in the Channels panel right-click the Mask Alpha channel and select "Create Grayscale Layer." On this new layer, let's call it GRAY, you can paint with Overlay mode to adjust the edges like you would in PS. Then, when you are finished, in the Channels panel, right-click on any of the channels in the GRAY layer and select "Create Mask Layer." Now GRAY has been converted to a mask with your Overlay painting adjustments and you can nest it wherever you need it. Kirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaysis Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) I'd also like this added as a feature. The workaround kirkt suggested does work, but if you want to make similar overlay brush adjustments in the future, you have to go through all the steps all over again. Plus you want see the mask changes in real time, unless I'm missing something. Edited August 26, 2020 by Ecaysis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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