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The layers are like slides you put one on the other, you can switch them on and off by that eye icon.

The first larger square in the layer line is always where the picture resides, you will see the picture minimalised there as soon as you succeed to draw anything there.
 
iCatastrophic said:
Selected. Now what?

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Two things :
1. get rid of those masks, drag them into the trash bin in the right lower corner of the Layers window.
2. you have black picture and black brush, you have two squares low in the Tools box, the left higher is black, the lower right white, they say that you paint black on white now. Right top corner of this icon are two arrows, clicking them switches colours.

Then draw. Oh and Brush again instead of Paint bucket.
 
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peta62 said:
Two things :
1. get rid of those masks, drag them into the trash bin in the right lower corner of the Layers window.
2. you have black picture and black brush, you have two squares low in the Tools box, the left higher is black, the lower right white, they say that you paint black on white now. Right top corner of this icon are two arrows, clicking them switches colours.

Then draw. Oh and Brush again instead of Paint bucket.
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Do you have skype or something? This could be way easier. I'm having the worst time struggling right now.
 
Those masks decide, what you see from current layer and what from the layers below. I do not understand what is the function of the second, but since the white-grey squares say you have transparent picture ( nothing drawn, no background ), it means you do not see anything on this layer even if there was something on that black background. That is the reason I want you to get rid of them.
 
OK, last try before we switch to Skype or somewhere else, OK ?

Forget everything, the whole picture for now.
Go to File->New and create new document. Do nothing with it, just post it here and wait few minutes for instructions, OK ?
 
peta62 said:
Those masks decide, what you see from current layer and what from the layers below. I do not understand what is the function of the second, but since the white-grey squares say you have transparent picture ( nothing drawn, no background ), it means you do not see anything on this layer even if there was something on that black background. That is the reason I want you to get rid of them.
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I'm about to cut open my head, surgically remove my brain and throw it out the window. That is how confused I am this very second. Can you maybe take pictures to explain to me what to do?
 
iCatastrophic said:
I'm about to cut open my head, surgically remove my brain and throw it out the window. That is how confused I am this very second. Can you maybe take pictures to explain to me what to do?
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Quiet, no harm to yourself :-) I remember my beginnings. Try what I already proposed, forget masks, they are too much for you right now, it was just for explanation.

Forget everything, the whole picture for now.
Go to File->New and create new document. Do nothing with it, just post it here and wait few minutes for instructions, OK ?
 
peta62 said:
OK, last try before we switch to Skype or somewhere else, OK ?

Forget everything, the whole picture for now.
Go to File->New and create new document. Do nothing with it, just post it here and wait few minutes for instructions, OK ?
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Sorry! Just saw this: OK.
 
You just probably won't have those gray lines on the white picture, forget them now, if you like them ask later.
 
Even when you click on it ? Does not matter, just create new document as described and post it here.
 
That is fine, no problem. Now :
1. I think when you try to paint you will see black on this but white background would be better, so :
2. Switch white and black by the double arrow which is on top right corner of double square ( one black other white ) down in tools. That brings you white as painting colour.
3. Select Paint bucket as your tool and click wherever on the painting, it should get white. If not stop and post.
4. Switch colour back to black ( double arrow ) and tool back to Brush, start to paint.

Let me know if you have it done or face any trouble.
 
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