jnhgallery Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I've been using Photoshop since 92 and one of my most used tools it the lasso tool. I've been using the beta version of Affinity Photo for a few weeks and the most troublesome aspect for me so far is the Freehand Selection tool. The Lasso tool has the option to click a point and move to the next point until the entire selection is complete. You can see your selection being created as you move. With the Freehand Selection tool rather than just seeing the line your creating you have "marching ants" with the start point connected to the end point. For complicated (and simple) selections this is extremely distracting. It really complicates the selection process. Is there an option coming sometime in the future to have this tool work more like the Lasso tool in PS and loose the marching ants until the selection is complete? So far other than this, I'm really liking your program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 14, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 14, 2015 Hi jnhgallery, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) This was requested a couple of times already. You can also create straight lines with it pressing ⇧ (shift) and clicking on canvas, but there's still some differences. I'm moving it to the Feature Requests section. I've also edited the title a little to make it more clear so i can also add it to the Common Feature Requests thread. Skytouch and jnhgallery 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Jack Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hello,The polygon lasso tool would be extremely helpful in difficult areas where there are hardly differences in the colour.The pen tool is also able to create a selection in "polygon mode ", but:When the first selection is ready, it is not possible to add further selections.Or is this possible?Video Tutorials about the selection methods would be helpful.Ciao GraviolaB17 1 Quote Affinity Jack Video-Tutorials on YouTube in German with English Subtitles Link to my YouTube-Channel: AFFINITY JACK Author in the team of www.affinitytutorials.de, the website all about Affinity Photo & Affinity Designer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skytouch Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hi jnhgallery, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) This was requested a couple of times already. You can also create straight lines with it pressing ⇧ (shift) and clicking on canvas, but there's still some differences. I'm moving it to the Feature Requests section. I've also edited the title a little to make it more clear so i can also add it to the Common Feature Requests thread. I am evaluating Affinity as a Photoshop replacement or adjunct, and having the Photoshop lasso functionality is very important to me. Your Shift + Click suggestion actually works well. If I could set a preference to make it the default without having to hold down the SHIFT key that would be great. A simple checkbox option to swap which of the two modes is default and which requires SHIFT would work. pcote 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCamachoDesign Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 A bit off topic but, a lasso/freehand selection of node for Affinity Designer would also be amazing, I use it often in AI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Yes, "Freehand Selection Tool" in combination with SHIFT for straight lines, works great, but what we need more is Magnetic Lasso Tool. shojtsy and GraviolaB17 2 Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraviolaB17 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Any more info on this topic or an update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 29, 2017 Staff Share Posted December 29, 2017 Hi GraviolaB17, Welcome to Affinity Forums The Freehand Selection Tool was already updated/expanded quite a few versions ago. It now includes three types of selection: Freehand, Polygonal and Magnetic. You can switch between them using the buttons in the Type section in the context toolbar (leftmost buttons). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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