SpaceShark_Olaf Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hi dear Community members I have a problem with the Pen Tools. The selection Button is missing. I don´t know if it was there before, as I did not use it until now. But I realized, it is not there ! I did a little research and found out, that the Button should be there where the question mark is on the screenshot ( it is in German, but the UI is the same). I already closed the path, leave it open, looked in the studio settings. Couldn´t find anything that helps me. It does not work neither in Publisher nor in Designer. thx in advance. SpaceShark_Olaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 As far as I'm aware, the Pen Tool's Selection (and Mask) buttons are only available in Affinity Photo: SpaceShark_Olaf 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceShark_Olaf Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hmm, alright. I noticed that too, but was not sure if it was a bug or normal. Thx for the reply ! Good thing I can switch to Photo from Publisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 1 hour ago, SpaceShark_Olaf said: but was not sure if it was a bug or normal. It can be found in the Help. https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pen.html https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pen.html SpaceShark_Olaf 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...
SpaceShark_Olaf Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 5 hours ago, Pšenda said: It can be found in the Help. https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pen.html https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pen.html Thank you for your answer. But that was not the question. h_d already seems to be right, it looks like it is a only Photo tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, SpaceShark_Olaf said: it looks like it is a only Photo tool Yes, exactly as seen in the help link. SpaceShark_Olaf 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...
R C-R Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, SpaceShark_Olaf said: Thank you for your answer. But that was not the question. h_d already seems to be right, it looks like it is a only Photo tool What @Pšenda means is in the Settings section in the Designer help topic there is no mention of Mask or Selection but there is in the Photo help topic. SpaceShark_Olaf and Pšenda 2 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 SpaceShark_Olaf 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...
carl123 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 19 hours ago, SpaceShark_Olaf said: I have a problem with the Pen Tools. The selection Button is missing. I think you can still get a selection from a (filled) shape in Designer by switching to the Pixel Persona and CTRL+Click on the layer's thumbnail in the Layers panel Alfred, R C-R and SpaceShark_Olaf 3 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...
Alfred Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 4 hours ago, carl123 said: CTRL+Click on the layer's thumbnail in the Layers panel Ctrl-click on Windows, Cmd-click on macOS. SpaceShark_Olaf 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceShark_Olaf Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 Thanks for the help. In the future will export to Photo to do a selection with pen tool. The ctrl+click function only works with filled shapes, I was trying to cut out a part of an Image I had placed in Publisher. It is not really a big deal. cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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