Affinity Photo: Refining marquee by dragging handles?

[Nedimar]

I usually use paint.net for editing and am used to be able to refine a selection by dragging handles on the selection edge.

I can't find a way to do this in AP. The only thing I see is the option to use the column selection, which is rather cumbersome.

Is there something I overlooked or is that way of selecting not possible?

 

Thanks!

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums.
If you use menu “Select → Edit Selection as Layer” you can modify the selection (almost) as if it was any other layer.
See my attached video where I resize, rotate and manipulate a selection. (Not a real-world example, just showing some of the things you can do.)
Does this help?

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, GarryP said:

If you use menu “Select → Edit Selection as Layer” you can modify the selection (almost) as if it was any other layer.

The "Quick Mask" button on the toolbar also enables Select > Edit Selection as Layer & its menu lets you change the overlay method (although on my Mac changing the overlay after editing as layer is enabled doesn't take effect until I modify the selection).

[JosNZ]

Also, I discovered that with an active selection, if you simply change to the black arrow tool, it brings up a bounding box with handles without having to enter quick mask mode as long as you're in the layer that the object is in.
The thing is that it's difficult to deselect unless you go back to the hand tool again.

Switching to a layer with an object, and then switching to the black arrow again brings up a bounding box for the object on that layer. Switching to the hand tool turns off the bounding box.

Edited June 9, 2020 by JosNZ