zBernie

Yes, that seems to be the cause of the selection issues. I replaced that layer by loading and copying the same photo and now selections work. Buy doing this it was converted into a pixel layer. -Thanks

Not sure why it was not working, but I deleted the DSC04616-edited2.jpg layer and replaced it in the project (Including all adjustments) and selections are working again.

Using Affinity Photo 2.5.5, many features do not work when editing the photo below. For example, if I select Select -> Tonal Range -> Select Highlights, nothing happens. Or if I use Select -> Color Range -> Select Reds, nothing happens. None of the selection options are working. If I load this same photo in another window, selections work fine. Also, I deleted all other layers and adjustments in this project leaving just the photo layer below, but that did not help. Any ideas why selections are not working? -Thanks

Got it, thank you.

I have a flattened image, i.e., merged visible. Is it possible to make a selection then add a shadow to the selection using the effects? Essentially I want to select a person then add a bit of a shadow to them.

Thanks! Windows was driving me nuts! Under Windows 11, Microsoft in their infinite stupidity removed the ability to (Easily) get an executable path! C:\Users\zbern\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPhoto2.exe

In order to get the path to the Photo.exe file in Windows 11, I need to run Affinity Photo, then access Task Manager, right click on Affinity, and then get the path to the executable. Can anyone tell me if there is a different way to get the .exe path? "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_2.4.1.2344_x64__3cqzy0nppv2rt\App\Photo.exe"

Thanks, that works nicely.

I make various adjustments such as filters which produce different results depending on the document size.

if I have a document that is say 4000 pixels wide, then do a Document -> Resize Document, and change it to 2000 pizels wide, is there any way to maintain the former 4000 pixel wide document? I know I can save a copy of the project with the different document size, but I'm looking for a different solution. -Thanks

By "comments" I'm referring to notes about the project itself. Evidently the answer is no. I thought as much by just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. -Thanks

Is there any way to add comments to an Affinity Photo project? Currently I add a pixel layer and use the text tool.

If you mean View -> Zoom -> 100% then yes, the noise is apparent at that zoom level. Just not when printing.

Tried that, the entire document looks like crap. Colors are way off. Plus the absence of noise is apparent. I'm going to try duplicating the noise layers and see how that looks. -Thanks.

I've added an inverted live "Add noise" adjustment to the photo below and increased the noise to 100% from 40%. Then I only painted noise on the house. As you can see it looks very noisy. However, when I print the document on my Epson XP-15000 using Hahnemuhle German etching paper and the corresponding Hahnemuhle printer profile, the noise does not print for the most part. I.e., the house still looks very smooth. Any idea how I can get this noisy version of this house to print as it appears in Affinity Photo 2.0?

Thank you, much better than a batch file!

I looked at the other thread, you need to create a bath file to to run the start /b command. -Thanks

Thanks, but that "start /b" command does not work in Photo Studio. It doesn't work if I try to run it from a Windows "Run" dialog either. As for copying the full path in the shortcut dialog box, I am unable to select the text in the "Target" or "Target type" lines:

I'm trying to run Affinity Photo 2 from the command line so I can run it from Photo Studio. I found the path to Photo.exe shown below, but that direct path gives permission errors. So, I created a shortcut on my desktop to AF 2.0. But you can see in the photo below I am unable to see the full path. How can I run AF 2.0 from the command line? Affinity Photo 1 C:\Program Files\Affinity\Affinity Photo\Photo.exe Affinity Photo 2 C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_2.0.0.1640_x64__3cqzy0nppv2rt\App\Photo.exe

Thank you, that makes sense.

Is there a preferred method of printing an .afphoto file? For example would converting it to a .jpg first be beneficial? I was thinking that printing might be incumbered by all of the layers in the .afphoto document.

Thanks I'll keep that in mind. So far my favorite way is doing a Select -> Select Sampled Color, then adjusting the tolerance from there.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

Yes, I used a Select -> Select Sampled Color then adjust the tolerance. So far this gives me the best targeted approach. See my other post regarding this.

Thanks, I'll check it out.