Birdy Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) hi there. I can't seem to select this item accurately in Affinity. The Flood select tool cannot workout the edges, and the refinement options don't seem to improve the selection either. Is there some way I can do this or maybe it's not possible because its difficult for the software to indentify the image edges from the background? Thanks Edited November 22, 2020 by Birdy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Use the Selection Brush Tool A small brush around the inner edges then larger brush to select the rest Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatGuy Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I'd use flood select on the background, then invert, mask and refine a bit 2020-11-22_10-31-30.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 Thanks for the replies. Thanks @thatguy for the great video. This is proving to be not as easy as I thought it might be, it's both a science and an art - even something like selecting an image! I will try to do with with the raw file and follow this video, maybe with the raw file I can get the edges a bit sharper and defined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatGuy Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 you can also use the pen tool, for this case with straight edges only it's rather quick as well - however I don't think 100% sharp edges looks very good without more tweaking. 2020-11-22 12-01-02.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris26 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Birdy said: Thanks for the replies. Thanks @thatguy for the great video. This is proving to be not as easy as I thought it might be, it's both a science and an art - even something like selecting an image! I will try to do with with the raw file and follow this video, maybe with the raw file I can get the edges a bit sharper and defined. I would have thought it would have been much easier to select the pen tool due to its very easy shape, then refine the edges? PaulEC 1 Quote Microsoft - Like entering your home and opening the stainless steel kitchen door, with a Popup: 'Do you really want to open this door'? Then looking for the dishwasher and finding it stored in the living room where you have to download a water supply from the app store, then you have to buy microsoft compliant soap, remove the carpet only to be told that it is glued to the floor.. Don't forget to make multiple copies of your front door key and post them to all who demand access to all the doors inside your home including the windows and outside shed. Apple - Like entering your home and opening the oak framed Kitchen door and finding the dishwasher right in front you ready to be switched on, soap supplied, and water that comes through a water softener. Ah the front door key is yours and it only needs to open the front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Have you tried "Fllod Select Tool > Tolerance:" with small values like 1%, 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...
Birdy Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 This is a large part of the problem, not understanding what all these terms mean, and are supposed to do, like 'tolerance' and 'feather' etc etc the Help section in Affinity is not really that helpful in my opinion of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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