*mark Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Trying to get my head round the flood select tool, where I am trying to select text (Not type) in a layer and change the colour of it, but no matter what I do, Affinity photo keeps changing or filling in the background - then when I try to invert the selection it simply fills in the whole background AGAIN. So, no matter what I do, or select, the whole layer is selected and the whole of the background of it filled in - which is exactly the opposite of what I am trying to achieve. All I'm getting is a background fill - how do I get the wand to select ONLY THE LETTERING, so the lettering is filled, not everything else instead?? What am I doing wrong? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, *mark said: where I am trying to select text Is it really a text layer or a raster image that has text in it? The Food Select Tool won't work on text layers. 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...
*mark Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Hi RCR Its an image with text, but it's not type/font - It's a layer of heavy hand lettering - black on white - and as I explained, if it can fill the background or area around the letters precisely, (so it must be selecting the lettering to work around it) and by default, I should be able to reverse/invert it and select the lettering in isolation too? but I cannot. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lem3 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 If you use Ctrl + I to invert the selection AP inverts the colors of the selected pixels. I think you want Select -> Invert Pixel Selection (Ctrl + Shift + I). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 7 hours ago, *mark said: All I'm getting is a background fill - how do I get the wand to select ONLY THE LETTERING, so the lettering is filled, not everything else instead?? Pixel layer, not Image layer? 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...
*mark Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 I tried to invert the selection but no luck, still filling the whole layer - The only way I could part resolve it was to open the layer in a new document, use the flood tool, then crop out the filled background and erase around the letters, then drag it back into my original document. Why can't the flood tool be made a little more precise like the PS magic wand? (Yes, I appreciate it isn't a magic wand, but you get my drift) @Pšenda Is this a suggestion or an answer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, *mark said: Is this a suggestion or an answer? It's a question - are you making adjustments to the Pixel layer, not the Image layer? Since you are selecting whole layer, you are using the Flood Select Tool on the Image layer (you must convert to Pixel layer via Rasterize), or you have a large Tolerance set. 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...
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