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Has anyone else had issues with their marquee tool not working? My rectangle marquee snaps into place with rounded edges and the elliptical marquee doesn't work at all. I am using a Mac (Big Sur), as well as a wireless Wacom tablet and version 1.8.6 of Affinity Photo. This is my first time posting on a forum and I'm a novice when it comes to photo editing so I've attached a video to demonstrate the issues I am having. In the video, I used the track pad to try rule out my issue being with the Wacom tablet. Thanks in advance :) Video_Jan_26,_16_50_40.mov

Hello gang If i open an image in "Photo" and try to use the Marquee tools, they all work fine except for the circle tool. Sometimes (like today) when I draw a circle with it & release the left mouse button the circle just disappears! Any ideas?

New to Affinity. Using a 2016 MackBook Pro. Challenged by how to use Marquee selection tools. Working on a photo editing project of a bronze plaque tarnished by lichens, some of the letters all but illegible. I want to duplicate letters which are still clear and replace those that are tarnished. Some letters I will use more than one time; others only one time. Original photo was a jpeg. I opened it and saved it as an Affinity photo to be sure I did not destroy the original. Sometimes when I click on the Marquee icon in the tool bar I get nothing; all choices are greyed out. Sometime I can select the letter I want, but it does not appear on a separate layer. Other times my selection is surrounded by blue stars. Do not understand what is happening. I really want to master this cut-and-paste/cut-and-duplicate technique since I used it frequently in PS Elements. Though I have watched many, many video tutorials, the process is still unclear to me. Has anyone created a Users Manual?

How do I turn the marquee tools back on? I'm looking for the smart selection brush and have deduced it has something to do with the marquee tools, but now I don't see them on the toolbar.