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I don't know how to make a selection and the tutorials don't explain it


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I am pretty good with Photoshop, but Affinity has me stumped!  I cannot even get to square one in this "intuitive interface."

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

I use the selection brush to define an area.  I see the crawling worms.  When I press enter, I get a "bonk."

 

The selection doesn't seem to have any effect at all on anything, except that it apparently locks out anything else I try to do.

 

The basic instructions in the "help" file says to make the selection and press the (please excuse the rough drawing)

 

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key.  I am not sure what it means but I think it means to press the "ENTER" key, at least that is what I would "intuitively" assume.

 

Anyway, I've tried pretty much every key on the keyboard and they all just bonk.

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Hi Dave,

 

You're halfway there! By painting with the selection brush you've actually made the selection. It's then up to you as to what you do with the selection - you can select a different tool, eg the paint brush tool, and paint into that selection, or you can add an adjustment or filter, and it will mask the effect to that selection.

 

The extra keys might be referring to the modifier keys - Ctrl and Alt. They're used to add to or subtract from the selection on the fly (as opposed to having to click between Add/Subtract on the context menu at the top).

 

I can also point you to some video tutorials that might help:

 

- Creating Selections gives you an idea of the different selection tools available. However, it does not cover what you would then do with your selections.

 

- Cutting Out uses the selection brush to select an object then create a layer mask to isolate it.

 

- Sky Replacement uses the selection brush to isolate and replace the sky in an image.

 

Hope that helps.

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