papalar Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I can't seem to get the marquee tool to snap to a grid. I have enabled snapping and checked snap to grid in the snapping mgr. I can snap to a guide but not to a grid. Help please - this is a big issue for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 6, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 6, 2016 Hi papalar, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Currently pixel selections don't snap to the grid. Here's a workaround that may help: instead of using the marquee, use the Rectangle Tool to draw a shape (which will align with the grid). Then press and hold ⌘ (cmd) and click over the rectangle's thumbnail in the layers panel. This will create a pixel selection from the rectangle. You can then delete the rectangle. I'm moving this thread to the Feature Requests section. barninga 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalar Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Thanks - Nice to know it's not me! Also throw on your feature requests section the ability to drag a marquee selection into a new file. I use pre-designed templates for color renderings of pattern designs and it is very convenient to select in the template and drag over to an art file. Then when I copy and paste I have filled the exact dimensions in my template with the pattern artwork. With Affinity I am copying in a larger section of the pattern then cutting/deleting the excess. PS. I am using Affinity Photo for digital mural work and especially like the add detail and clarity filters. The resampling rescale does a great job as well. I often need to go from a 24" x 15" 300dpi photo to a 200" x 108" mural at 72 dpi and these features create a sharper mural. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLowmo75 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 So, over a year later and this still isn't implemented? I'm fine to use the workaround, which is exactly what I was about to do, before thinking that I may as well check the forums first to see if I'm missing something. Seems I'm not - seems AF is STILL missing something?! Yeah, workaround is fine, but a bit too much hassle for something that surely should be there by now? Unless anyone can correct me? Cheers Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 +1 snapping marquee to guide or object. snapping guide or object to marquee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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