[Designer Crashes When Selecting Character Studio]

7 hours ago, LeeThorpe said:

Hi Rickey,

Could you try resetting Designer's settings? (hold control whilst booting the software), then just press clear without changing any of the default reset options.

Lee

Lee, thank you. That worked. I didn't know holding control allowed resetting!

[Designer Crashes When Selecting Character Studio]

macOS Monterey 12. 4
Designer 1.10.5

Designer application crashes when selecting the Character studio regardless of file.
 

[Specific Selection]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Rickey. :)

 

Draw a square with the Rectangle Tool [M], using the W and H controls in the Transform panel to set its size accurately. Go to the Layers panel and Cmd-click (on a Mac) or Ctrl-click (on Windows) the rectangle layer's thumbnail to create a "marching ants" selection around the rectangle, and then delete the rectangle layer.

 

Thank you, Alfred! Glad to be a part of the community!

 

I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly, so thank you for that! Another question for you - is there any way to save that selection and load it for later use?

 

Cheers,

Rickey

[Specific Selection]

Hey Group,

 

I'm in Designer and can't figure out how to make a specific sized selection. For example, I need to make a 3"x3" square selection. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Rickey

[Precise Ruler Guide Placement]

Hi Rickey,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Go to menu View ▸ Guides Manager.... You can define precise values there (including percentages) and perform calculations in the input field if necessary.

 

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[Precise Ruler Guide Placement]

Hello All,

 

Does anyone know how to precisely place a ruler guide?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Rickey

[Affinity Photo: stroke a selection]

Another solution would be to use the rectangle (shape) tool to make the selection then adjust the fill/stroke/color in the tool options panel as desired.