Torstein

I dont have any problems with Affinity Photo, the only Affinity software i actually use. I find most of the functions I need, but I use another RAW developer and organizer for my photos I just wanted to suggest an improvement for a function that could be a lot better. What I have a problem with is the strong language in attack or defence in this forum. People may find my suggestion great or stupid, but I feel this forum would be better if we all can behave somewhat friendlier. Have a nice day!

I feel the replies are aggressive I don't see the need for me to switch from an application I love and use every day, just because I find that feel something could be added that I would find useful. So what's your real problem?

Of course, there are plenty of other ways to do the same with layers and masks. But sometimes you just want a quick fix without masking and layers, and I feel this would be practical way to make a selection. And all without copying anything, the sample was just for illustration ...! 😎

This feature would be much more useful if we could select the range for the Selection. If it was possible to select the exact range of colours and the exact range of Luminosity these functions would be a lot more useful. As it is now, I hardly have any use for them. To control the range something like this from DxO PL for selection of Luminosity would work:

While I'm at the subject, a quick question. I cannot see any possibility to adjust the tonal range the function selects, only the tree preselected options. Am I missing something or is this something I can suggest elsewhere in the forum?

I may be wrong, but this is two very different ways to make your selection. Dark tones simply select pixels according to their luminosity. Subject selection is some sort of AI trained to recognize shapes like, human, dog, lighthouse, car or whatever. In my experience subject selection rarely gives a perfect selection, in most cases I have manually adjust them.

Now, in 2.6.0.2984 I actually find the subject recognition useful, faster and more exact and it actually saves me time! Good work!

Thx, that was what I was missing. My brain was probably thinking selection in the picture, not the layer stack.

I'm not finding the control that changes the behaviour under Assistant options Actually it feels quite random if AP puts the Adjustment or Live layer at the top of the stack, under or above the selected layer. There must be something I'm missing....

I have found what I believe may be a bug in the last build 2.6.0.2900. When I add an adjustment layer, and I take care to be sure the right layer is selected, AP loves to put it on the top of the adjustment stack. Not below the selected layer. That's not a behaviour I'm used to from 2.5 and older....

Hi @EmT I actually dont remember if left with object selection selected or not, but I can do a new test when I'm back at my photo PC later.

I often leave my PC on for days. Sometimes with AP Beta open. In many cases when I start to use AP Beta again the PC is totally locked up. Everything is looking normal, but no way to do anything than reset my PC. Other software runs just fine after long sleep. I have a feeling this has to do with the subject recognition and the large memory it use.

Anyway, what has been said before, I say it again: It's strange that there is no simple way to convert a selection to a Path in Affinity Photo or Designer.

From Affinity Bot:

The object selection uses a lot of RAM and dont release it before you close the program. I believe 32GB is more or less what you need to use Object selection with resonable speed.