Nita Reed Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Ok...What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to learn...so this is practice. Trying to remove crown from its background and paste on the green background... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 You’ve selected the white background instead of the crown. Try doing everything the same, but choose “Invert Selection” (from the Select menu) before you copy and paste. Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, smadell said: You’ve selected the white background instead of the crown. Try doing everything the same, but choose “Invert Selection” (from the Select menu) before you copy and paste. tried that... I copy/pasted a white square, no crown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 First thought, look at your Layers panel. Is there more than one layer? If so, you have to select the layer that contains the crown. Second thought (and, I think, the more likely answer) is to once again look at your Layers panel and see what kind of layer you're trying to copy. It will almost certainly either be labelled as a (Pixel) layer or as an (Image) layer. If it's an image, you have to Rasterize it first. This changes the layer from a single object into a collection of individual pixels. Then, you can copy just the pixels you want. Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 that makes sense...I'll check it out. see if I can find an easier image to trace this time...that crown was a pain. THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 nope...acting insane...selection brush is completely different this time, too. still removed the actual image. which layer for copying didn't matter...didn't even get that far.... something is wrong...this was easy enough to do before...I just wanted to practice tracing ugh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 1) How are you selecting the crown? Which tool are you using? 2) Are the crown and the white background all on the same layer? You’d do well to attach a screen grab in your next post. Include (at least) the image itself and the Layers panel.Maybe also attach the Affinity Photo file that includes the crown (i.e., do a Save and attach the .afphoto file). Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Use the flood select tool (W) and click on the white or whatever colour you want to remove, from the context menu set the tolerance to 5% and uncheck the contiguous option to select both the inner white and outer white, then press delete/backspace Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, smadell said: 1) How are you selecting the crown? Which tool are you using? 2) Are the crown and the white background all on the same layer? You’d do well to attach a screen grab in your next post. Include (at least) the image itself and the Layers panel.Maybe also attach the Affinity Photo file that includes the crown (i.e., do a Save and attach the .afphoto file). the selection tool brush...used to be a squiggly line and stretched out as you outlined. now, just a straight line of marching ants. I can no longer screenshot since stupid dropbox or I would have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 tried that but, nothing happened...at all...when I was doing the crown. I'll try again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Start with this: if there is more than one layer, make sure they’re all pixel layers - rasterize any layer that isn’t labelled (Pixel). Now, if there’s more than one layer, choose Flatten from the Layers menu. This will distill everything into a single Pixel layer. Do the selection on that layer. Also, make sure it actually IS the selection brush you’ve chosen. A “straight line of marching ants” sounds like one of the marquee selection tools. Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Great...will do. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Erase White Paper? https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Filters/filter_eraseWhitePaper.html Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 google is your friend. I now have access to my snipping tool. see screenshots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 9 hours ago, Pšenda said: Erase White Paper? This won't work well with the crown image (or most other images - it works best with line drawings) as it will remove parts of the crown as well as the background, so that the green shows through. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 You seem to be using the "flood select" tool, try using the "selection brush" (the one above it). The "flood select" works best with areas of flat colour, so you could use the "flood select" on the background and then invert the selection. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, PaulEC said: You seem to be using the "flood select" tool, try using the "selection brush" (the one above it). The "flood select" works best with areas of flat colour, so you could use the "flood select" on the background and then invert the selection. Yes...I've experienced the same issue with the selection brush. How can that be the issue when the same thing has occurred? At least you didn't mention pixel layer"...that seems to be a favorite bit of advice that is not the issue (as my layer is rasterised). I feel like I'm losing my mind... Even the simplest functions...no matter how many times I try...and nothing works right. Frustrated beyond belief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, PaulEC said: This won't work well with the crown image (or most other images - it works best with line drawings) as it will remove parts of the crown as well as the background, so that the green shows through. I help by unmasking/selecting the basic shape, so I leave Erase White Paper only on complex (complicatedly selected) edges. PaulEC 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, Pšenda said: I help by unmasking/selecting the basic shape, so I leave Erase White Paper only on complex (complicatedly selected) edges. The problem that I'm having is that I can't even get the crown on there...it's blank. Will this address that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 17 minutes ago, Nita Reed said: The problem that I'm having is that I can't even get the crown on there...it's blank. Will this address that? Unfortunately, I don't understand exactly what your problem is - what's blank, what's to be address. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Take a look at this... selecting Flood select tool.mp4 jmwellborn and JohnM 2 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Reed Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 7:28 AM, firstdefence said: Take a look at this... selecting Flood select tool.mp4 105.73 MB · 0 downloads THANK YOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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