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Hi, I'm a GIMP user who's just downloaded the beta -- v. 1.2.0.24665 -- after finding I need some CMYK support. Loving it so far! One thing I'm confused about: How do you get the Marquee Tool to expand from the center instead of from a corner? In GIMP, this is a Tool Option you can check. In Affinity I see that you can hold down command when creating a *shape* (like a circle) and it will expand from the center, but when I try this in the Marquee tool it just ignores the fact that I pressed the command key when creating the selection. (After creating the selection, Command-dragging will grab and move what's been selected. This is not what I"m interested in.) This seems like it would be a pretty standard, desirable feature, so... is it in some Preferences menu? Maybe an "Expand from Center" sub-menu checkbox that I need to find? Haven't been able to find it yet.. I've also tried Command-Option-Shift-Control clicking and haven't gotten it... Thanks! PS- As a workaround, I tried creating a shape via expand-from-center, and then using the Flood Selection Tool on the shape -- but this tool seemed to ignore my shape, i.e. I couldn't get the Flood Selection Tool to do..anything.

Gradients are incredibly difficult to figure out. And when I finally do figure out how to get the stops and their colors right, the little Add Fill to Palette icon on Gradient Swatch panel doesn't save them correctly, so all my work is lost. What's that button there for if it won't actually save the gradient? You won't be able to tell it, but in the attached image, the user interface has seemingly locked up because I tried to change the color of a gradient stop by clicking a color in the Swatch panel. No UI widgets work: no scroll bars or menus or anything. I just have to keep clicking on things and pressing Escape for a minute before the program becomes responsive again. So far I haven't lost work because of this hang, but I haven't figured out exactly what causes it or what I do that finally cures it.