Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 I am trying to replace some background with a solid colour to then add a gradient layer. The solid colour is not showing as a solid colour at 100% opacity, I can still see the background under the colour fill layer. I don't know what is happening as I have never had this problem before. Even if I use a gradient at 100% opacity the background is still transparent.
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Did you press D to make sure you're truly painting with white?
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 This is not an uncommon problem. Can you do this for me?
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Great. And your brush tool definitely at 100% opacity and fill?
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 I have a PC desktop running windows 10 and Photoshop cc. It is over 2 years old, and has 14GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 383GB free out of 476GB. The last time I shut down was last night. I run a cleanup program about once a week. I added more Ram a few years ago yes everything is at 100% and normal blend mode
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Great. Well, go ahead and restart, and tell me if the issue still exists.
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 I restarted, it is working properly now, if all else fails just restart
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 Sorry no it not unless I go over it with another colour fill layer.
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 That's not a problem though, is it? You can use the new layer easily enough?
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 No, just an extra small step to take.
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 More importantly, if you use the first layer, and fill its mask with black, then try painting on it again, does it work?
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 Yes, Black is solid and then I can use a gradient layer next in grey, this is working
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Now, let's talk about the photo itself. Why are you using a Solid Color layer at all?
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 Content aware is not working to extend the background. I also tried to copy and paste the back ground and could not get it to blend correctly.
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 No, I mean why are you using a Solid Color layer? You should be using a Gradient layer.
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 The gradient is doing the same thing as the colour fill so I was trying to fill with colour then add a gradient, which has made the mask now non transparent.
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 The Gradient layer was even more transparent with the back ground then the Colour fill
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Yes, but you've restarted now, so that problem is fixed, yes?
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 No, only fixed if I add another layer of colour fill or gradient on top of the first. The first mask is still like the image above.
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Okay .... but if you delete all the layers and start anew, it's ok? There should NOT be a solid color layer involved in this task in any way.
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) No, Still the issue with gradient or colour fill. But together I get a solid fill. I have no other work around until I know what is causing the issue I have. the only option I see is to reload Photoshop but I don't want to loose any of my brushes or actions I have Edited July 31, 2019 by Jodie Williams .
Damien Symonds Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Please open another photo (any random photo will do) and see if the problem also repeats itself there.
Jodie Williams Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) it is my brush. When I put gradient layer it is solid but once I use my brush and brush on and off it wont brush back on solid, or my wacom pen Edited July 31, 2019 by Jodie Williams added extra
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