2 Image Layer Question

[wrt12345]

Hi Forum,

I would like to know if it's possible.

So I have 2 layers and I want to make the exact same selection on both layers then delete the waste from both layers  without touching the selection on both layers is this possible?

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks in advance

Wayne

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Wayne.

10 minutes ago, wrt12345 said:

So I have 2 layers and I want to make the exact same selection on both layers then delete the waste from both layers  without touching the selection on both layers is this possible?

Yes, that’s entirely possible! A ‘marching ants’ selection doesn’t belong to any particular layer, so you just need to highlight the target layer in the Layers panel and delete the selected region. The only proviso is that the target layer must be identified as a ‘Pixel’ layer, not an ‘Image’ layer or a ‘Fill’ layer; if you’ve highlighted an Image layer and you want to delete selected pixel from it, you firstly need to right-click on it and choose ‘Rasterize’ to convert it to a Pixel layer.

[R C-R]

55 minutes ago, Alfred said:

The only proviso is that the target layer must be identified as a ‘Pixel’ layer, not an ‘Image’ layer or a ‘Fill’ layer...

Are you sure about this not working on a Fill layer? It seems to work fine for me on my Mac, as shown in this Fill with delete.afphoto example (3 step history included).

[Alfred]

4 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Are you sure about this not working on a Fill layer?

No, I’m not. I don’t know why I wrote that!

[R C-R]

4 minutes ago, Alfred said:

No, I’m not. I don’t know why I wrote that!

Maybe you were thinking about vector layers? Like with Image layers, marching ants selections don't work with them.

[RichardMH]

You can also  save the Pixel Selection as a Spare Channel in Channels so its always there.

[Alfred]

8 hours ago, R C-R said:

Maybe you were thinking about vector layers? Like with Image layers, marching ants selections don't work with them.

Nah, I was probably just doing my usual trick of confidently spouting nonsense!

[wrt12345]

thanks to all..... i think i sorted it or away to do it

i converted both to pixel layers and highlighted both images and cut them using the selection tool and that will work for what i need.

 

thanks Wayne