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I do comic coloring using Affinity Photo. For this I use the technique in the video below a lot (just a simplified demo to illustrate what I am asking).

I only want to shade the selected parts in one color section. For that I have to subtract all the overlapping parts in the other color areas, which means a lot of clicks.

Is there a way to click within the wanted color section and by that “say”: subtract all selection parts in the other color areas? That would save me a lot of time.

 

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If you only want to add shading to (say) the blue area, select it with the ‘magic wand’ Colour Selection Tool and duplicate the selection to a new layer. Then any work that you do on the new layer will only affect the duplicated area.

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Think different. Instead of subtracting all other colors, use flood selection tool set to mode “intersect”, and click once on the desired color. Should do the job.

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