help a newbie

[johnzen]

just gettin good att using tools. but i dont know what i did but every time i use a tool it creates a mesh screen effect on my image. how can i elliminate that. thanks john

[hartpaul]

More details please. Does it appear when you load a picture, or only when you click on a tool. aAll tools or only some?
There is a grid that appears which can be turned off / on by View > Grid

[LeviFiction]

Also can we get a screen capture of the problem?

[johnzen]

thanks guys when I have any image in edit and working say paint brush it paints but also puts a faint mesh screen where the paint brush is working if I can figure out how to attach image I will john

[BrianCee]

To upload an attachment

when posting your reply scroll downwards until you see the "Upload attachment" tab - click on it and follow the instructions to "Choose a file" - "Add the file" - "Place Inline".

see below

click the image to enlarge it.

[johnzen]

heres a paint brush over flood fill

[LeviFiction]

Waiting to see the image to be sure.

But if it happens specifically with the Paint brush or fill tool and the like then I would assume that maybe you have a texture turned on in your materials palette.

In your materials palette you have two overlapping squares. The top one is your foreground color and the bottom one is your background color. Underneath each of these blocks are three buttons. 1) Type, 2) Texture, 3) Transparent.

If the second one is turned on then textures are turned on. Though it may be a bit hard to tell. So another way to tell if it's turned on is to double click inside the foreground color square. THis will open up the color dialog. On the right-hand side you'll see an option for "Texture" if the checkbox is selected then textures are turned on. If it's not, then textures are turned off.

I cover the basics of the materials palette in this old video if you need a more visual approach - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9GEAvbcWi4

[johnzen]

I need to downsize my image what is 500kib mean

[lata]

Sorry Johnzen but the forum has a 500Kb file size limit.

Re-save the image as a Jpeg at medium to low compression to reduce the file size below 500kb, then you will be able to attach the image.

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and as far as I know no larger than 950 pixels wide and 800 pixels high

[johnzen]

thanks for helpin guys it was the materials palette that someone suggested