mallen Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Hi all, so I'm trying to select all pixels within a layer with a marquee so that I may do an overlay/paintover etc. on another layer. In photoshop the way I would normally do this if I recall my muscle memory correctly was to hold down the ctrl key and left click the thumbnail on the layers tab. basically the same layout as here in affinity. although its obvious that the same technique does not work here with affinity (otherwise I wouldnt be asking haha). So does anyone know how I could do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallen Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 NVM! I just answered my own question. using another finger just hold down shift as well! mind blowing.... 🤦♂️ so hold down shift and ctrl. well at least this is here just in case someone runs into this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 CTRL click (PC) and CMD click (Mac) should work just as in Photoshop but remember to click LAYER ICON, not LAYER NAME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallen Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 yes this is what I did assuming it would work, because that is what I was used to with Photoshop. it didn't, which is odd since you said thats what works for you. however ctrl shift click seemed to do the trick for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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