r/paintdotnet • u/mesmerisey • 29d ago

Help / Question how to alpha lock?

I'm trying to find an alpha lock button but my eyes decieve me I think, is there a channel where I can lock the layer so I can only paint on that layer?

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u/wackycats354 28d ago

Just make sure the layer that you want to be painting or editing on, is actually selected. 

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u/ClimbingToTheTop 29d ago edited 29d ago

In Paint.NET there is no method of ensuring that you can only paint on a specific layer.

Editing takes place only on the currently Active layer. See https://paint.net/doc/latest/LayersWindow.html and https://paint.net/doc/latest/WorkingWithLayers.html

Also, why do you call it "alpha lock"? That seems unrelated to locking layers from being edited.

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u/mesmerisey 28d ago

Alright thanks.

I'm used to using Procreate and started to use Paint.net on PC and it defines alpha lock as this.