Stephen Hart Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Affinity Photo 2.0.3 macOS Ventura I want to add an ellipse with no fill. I want to select the stroke color from the photo. I can do each step except I can't pick a color from the photo for the stroke. Choosing a color from the color wheel works fine, but choosing a color from the photo doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Not immediately obvious and unnecessarily fiddly, but possible. 1) Draw an ellipse with no fill colour. 2) Set the stroke weight as required (colour will probably change to black). 3) Click the Stroke colour swatch (may take a couple of tries). 4) Click the circular colour sampler to the right of the dropper. 5) Drag the sampler over the image to your desired colour, click. 6) Click the dropper. Screen Recording 2022-12-31 at 00.21.43.mp4 Stroke changes to desired colour. Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Is the photo layer (background layer) selected in the layer panel when you tried to pick up the color with the color picker? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Hart Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 23 hours ago, v_kyr said: Is the photo layer (background layer) selected in the layer panel when you tried to pick up the color with the color picker? Yes. I checked because I've made the mistake before of having the wrong layer selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Hart Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 Quote Not immediately obvious and unnecessarily fiddly, but possible. Thanks. I'll try that sequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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