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Thank you, this is a quite original alternative way

Of course, I guessed it Thank you

Thank you, I did it.

Don't worry, it's my mistake too - I should have mentioned it in the description, not just a screenshot.

You got it right, thanks for the answer, but for some reason it doesn't work like that, I sent the video above.

Thank you, but you seem to be using another program (most likely Affinity Designer). In my Affinity Photo, it doesn't work like that 10.mov

I'm sorry for the possibly stupid question, but how do I do that? I can't find how to "move" the horizontal ruler so that "0" on it is in the center of the image (I have "0" displayed on the left border of the image).

Using the snap function, I pulled a guide line from the "Ruler" on the side and easily found the middle of the image - there I drew a white dividing line. But now I have to place two icons at the same distance from this center line - how do I do that? For example, I want to place the right (highlighted) icon at exactly the same distance from the white line as the left (not highlighted) icon - but the object snap function does not help to do this. You have to read the distance manually using the "Ruler" above. Perhaps there is a simpler way?

And how could I not have guessed that before. Thank you!

Also an interesting life hack What you won't do when you don't have the necessary function

I found a life hack: I make an external selection of the object, invert the selected area and perform cropping (this way I remove the entire “background”), and then select the inner area and crop it. I just thought that Affinity allows you to adjust the selection parameters, like Photoshop (see the screenshot for the “Operations” item)

all the same, the external selection disappears, no matter what button I press from the Mode section

thanks

Can you please take a screenshot of the menu that you are talking about? Because I use the non-English version of the application and can not find it (in the settings, it seems, you can’t change the language)

When selection with Pen, Photoshop offers you to select the “Subtract from the selected area” operation, so I can select the field inside the selected area (roughly speaking, make a donut from the circle so that the hole does not stand out and the dough stands out). Is there a choice for the allocation operation in Affinity Photo? I did not find, and when I select a new area inside the already selected, the “external” selection is reset