How to deal with stubborn smart masking

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2022-01-01 04:40:00

I have on many occasions had issues when refining a mask that Pixelmator seems very determined that something either is or isnt apart of the mask. And no matter how many times I go over it with the refine brush it pops back immediately. In this case I had done it about 10 times. Got it to finally go away in around 30-40 repetitions even tried erasing the large area around it.

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Video of it happening here
https://youtu.be/VB4HITCLvcg

I am assuming this isnt really a bug and that there is some way around this?

Any tips?
Thanks!
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2022-01-01 10:23:11

I eventually have figured out: The answer is
Under the 3 top sliders is a dropdown that by default will be set to "refine edge brush"

Click on it and switch to the basic brush and have at it!
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2022-01-01 10:34:45

Thanks! Oh, Happy New Year!