VectorCat Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Goal: create accurate selection of area between green lines, going up to, but not beyond, the green lines Problem: Smart selection tool doesn’t respect color — goes beyond the green lines rathere than selecting up to them. Question: Is there a way to achieve the goal? Screen capture attached. iPad Designer, Pixel persona. thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 6 hours ago, VectorCat said: Goal: create accurate selection of area between green lines, going up to, but not beyond, the green lines Problem: Smart selection tool doesn’t respect color — goes beyond the green lines rathere than selecting up to them. Question: Is there a way to achieve the goal? Screen capture attached. iPad Designer, Pixel persona. thank you! Smart Selection works on the layer you have selected, if the item isn’t on that layer then the edge can’t be detected. One way is to use merge curves so that they are on the same layer. You could also use merge visible to create a flattened pixel layer to make the selection on. IMG_8600.MP4 Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Mud’s Macros Library:- https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Paul Mudditt said: Smart Selection works on the layer you have selected, if the item isn’t on that layer then the edge can’t be detected. One way is to use merge curves so that they are on the same layer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Thank you for that video, Paul. But my two green lines are on the same layer..that’s partly what’s so puzzling to me about the result I screencaptured. could there be another reason for the fail? thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 hours ago, VectorCat said: But my two green lines are on the same layer..that’s partly what’s so puzzling to me about the result I screencaptured. I created a file with several artboards and added some pixel layer with fill on one layer and brush strokes on another. I’m not seeing that behaviour. Even with a grainy acrylic it has no issues selecting the brush strokes. IMG_4612.MP4 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Well..sure cant argue with that video... I’m going to keep trying. Will post my results, good or bad. thank you for your kind help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 3 hours ago, VectorCat said: Well..sure cant argue with that video... I’m going to keep trying. Will post my results, good or bad. thank you for your kind help! As is usual, when an Apple device starts to misbehave try closing all apps then rebooting it or perform a forced restart. VectorCat 1 Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Mud’s Macros Library:- https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 excellent advice, Paul...I shall take it! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorCat Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Paul Mudditt said: As is usual, when an Apple device starts to misbehave try closing all apps then rebooting it or perform a forced restart. that really did seem to help greatly! I didn't think of iPad as a device requiring such measures but I guess any computer devices' brain can get clogged with hairballs.. DM1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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