# Painting with mask **URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404 **Category:** Features **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404 "2019-06-25T17:43:44Z") **Posts on this page:** 8 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/frax/32/5683_2.png) [@Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Frax) #### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/1 "2019-06-25T17:43:44Z")
Hello there. I’ve noticed quite irritating thing- you cannot ‘paint’ with mask aka alpha with contour tool or with line. Just like you can do so with pencil with mask being on secondary color box. I believe back in older versions you could. Would be great to have that option back, much more fluent workflow with such a feature. ---
### Author: ![KashouC](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/kashouc/32/1404_2.png) [@KashouC](https://community.aseprite.org/u/KashouC) #### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/2 "2019-06-25T17:46:59Z")
Hmm, seems to work for me with Right Click in Paint with Background Color mode. With both the line tool and the contour tool. Are you sure you’re not working in indexed mode or something? Or have right click mode set to erase? ---
### Author: ![Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/frax/32/5683_2.png) [@Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Frax) #### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/3 "2019-06-25T17:58:12Z")
At the moment i have ‘paint with background color’ on right click. About the indexed mode i have no idea tbh, don’t know where to check that. EDIT: Found the mode, it’s set to RGB. ---
### Author: ![KashouC](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/kashouc/32/1404_2.png) [@KashouC](https://community.aseprite.org/u/KashouC) #### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/4 "2019-06-25T20:38:27Z")
Mmm, should work then? Unless I’m misunderstanding something. Which version are you using of Aseprite?? ![sadads](https://community.aseprite.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8944ab9bbea4c7487427950063053c1eaefa1c69.gif) ---
### Author: ![Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/frax/32/5683_2.png) [@Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Frax) #### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/5 "2019-06-25T20:56:21Z")
I’ve updated it today to most recent one. Maybe it’s a steam version thing? Are you using standalone version or via steam? ---
### Author: ![KashouC](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/kashouc/32/1404_2.png) [@KashouC](https://community.aseprite.org/u/KashouC) #### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/6 "2019-06-25T21:36:40Z")
Steam version. They’re the same though. Post a screenshot of Aseprite open with a project open and maybe we can spot something. ---
### Author: ![dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/dacap/32/10_2.png) [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap) #### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/7 "2019-06-26T00:05:50Z")
Hi @Frax, do you have the _Simple Ink_ selected in the Contour tool? ![40](https://community.aseprite.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6d4dcbe69cc49d28010789b475f6983790d4f89e.png) ---
### Author: ![Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/frax/32/5683_2.png) [@Frax](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Frax) #### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/painting-with-mask/3404/8 "2019-06-26T07:30:01Z")
Jesus christ i have NOW. It’s photoshop brush mode all over again. PTSD of stupidity. Thanks.