tigerwomble Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 Hi Is there a way of turning a Curve object into a selection in Designer? Thanks Quote
walt.farrell Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 You can do that in Photo, but not in Designer as far as I know. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Alfred Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 46 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: You can do that in Photo, but not in Designer as far as I know. Can’t you make a ‘marching ants’ selection by Ctrl-clicking (or Cmd-clicking) on the thumbnail in the Layers panel in any of the Affinity apps? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
walt.farrell Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, Alfred said: Can’t you make a ‘marching ants’ selection by Ctrl-clicking (or Cmd-clicking) on the thumbnail in the Layers panel in any of the Affinity apps? Thanks for reminding me of that. Answer: Yes, sort of, but it may not do what you expect. When I try it with a Curve object (as @tigerwomble asked), then if (and only if) it has a stroke, I can Ctrl+click on its layer thumbnail and I get a marching ants selection. However, the selection only encompasses the stroke. If there is no stroke on the Curve object, no selection is made. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
R C-R Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 8 hours ago, walt.farrell said: When I try it with a Curve object (as @tigerwomble asked), then if (and only if) it has a stroke, I can Ctrl+click on its layer thumbnail and I get a marching ants selection. However, the selection only encompasses the stroke. If there is no stroke on the Curve object, no selection is made. Huh. In AD's Pixel Persona on my Mac, if I CMD-click on the thumbnail of a shape in the Layers panel, I get a marching ants selection around the entire shape, including its stroke, if it has one. Only if it has no stroke & no fill do I get no marching ants. Alfred 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
carl123 Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 51 minutes ago, R C-R said: Only if it has no stroke & no fill do I get no marching ants Same here (Pixel Persona, Windows) 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.
tigerwomble Posted May 22, 2022 Author Posted May 22, 2022 Thanks, everyone. I will try that. TW Alfred 1 Quote
tigerwomble Posted May 22, 2022 Author Posted May 22, 2022 It appears that if it's just a stroke it will encompass the the thickness of the stroke. If it is a fill with no stroke it will encompass the entire fill. If it has a fill and stroke it will encompass the entire object. R C-R, Alfred and walt.farrell 2 1 Quote
JimmyJack Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 5 hours ago, tigerwomble said: It appears that if it's just a stroke it will encompass the the thickness of the stroke. If it is a fill with no stroke it will encompass the entire fill. If it has a fill and stroke it will encompass the entire object. Selections are based on the opacity of the elements involved. So, yes, no fill or stroke will yield no selection. (...I'm not talking about layer opacity) But also true, for example, if you have a fill of 75% and a stroke of 50% (center aligned) the selection will have three different opacities to it. So just remember to check that things are as you want them. Furthermore, remember, with a selection of anything with an opacity less than 50% the marching ants will not appear. The selection is still there and active, you just won't see it 🧐. 0% of course is the same as no fill/stroke. R C-R and Old Bruce 1 1 Quote
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