AlaskaLisa Posted July 30, 2019 Posted July 30, 2019 Hi there. I am brand new to this program and have hit a roadblock. I am trying to do the tutorials to where I use the Inpaint tool to erase parts of the photo. They said to hold down the key and it will give you options. When I hold down the inpaint tool aka bandaid, nothing shows. When I go to Edit and pull down the menu, Inpaint is not even highlighted. Any thoughts or suggestions? Quote
carl123 Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 The "bandaid" icon is not the Inpainting Tool Click and hold on the "bandaid" icon and you will get a pop up menu from which you can select the Inpainting Brush Tool That should then work on any Pixel layer (not Image layers) Edit > Inpaint only works on selections, so you first have to create a selection or else the function will be greyed out. 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.
R C-R Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 You may find it helpful to watch the Affinity Photo - UI overview video tutorial, particularly the part beginning at about 3:18 that discusses the Tools panel & tool groups -- multiple tools that by default share the same icon position. To open their pop-out menu you can either "long click" on the icon or click on the small triangle at the lower right corner of the icon. You can also Customize the Tools panel, replacing any of the tool groups with individual tool icons, reorder the tools however you like, or set the panel to use 2 or more columns if you need more room or just want an extra pair of color selectors. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
AlaskaLisa Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 Thank you for replying. Yes, I have reviewed the overview a few times. When it says to hold down on the bandaid icon and a small menu will pop up, that does not happen. So I cannot select the inpainting brush tool. There is no triangle at the bottom of the icon. Quote
Alfred Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, AlaskaLisa said: There is no triangle at the bottom of the icon. There should be, as long as you haven’t customized anything! Are you using the Mac version or the Windows version of the app? Have you switched to the Light UI from the default Dark UI? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
AlaskaLisa Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 I am using the Mac version. I don't think I have customized anything, I am just trying to get thru the tutorials and haven't gotten that far. Quote
AlaskaLisa Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 Thank you! That is the answer I was looking for. Have a great day. Quote
mac_heibu Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 … but that is nothing else as that, what all other contributors have already stated. Quote
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