05-15-2024, 07:08 AM
Because the active "drawable" is the layer and not the layer mask, so you paint black on the layer instead of painting black on the mask which would make the layer transparent.
To make the mask the target of your paint actions, click on the mask thumbnail in the Layers list, this makes the mask thumbnail be outlined in white while the layer one is outline in black. You can also check in the status area at the bottom of the image window that it says {layer name} mask and not just {layer name}. To revert to layer painting, click on the layer thumbnail.
And yes, DMD tutorials are good as far as tutorials go, he is one of the few who knows what he is talking about. But as you see, tutorials are like direction on a paper, you miss one intersection and you get lost
To make the mask the target of your paint actions, click on the mask thumbnail in the Layers list, this makes the mask thumbnail be outlined in white while the layer one is outline in black. You can also check in the status area at the bottom of the image window that it says {layer name} mask and not just {layer name}. To revert to layer painting, click on the layer thumbnail.
And yes, DMD tutorials are good as far as tutorials go, he is one of the few who knows what he is talking about. But as you see, tutorials are like direction on a paper, you miss one intersection and you get lost