ajman098 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Hello! I am trying to snap to my margins in Photo 2.0.4 without success. I've tried many combinations of check marks and settings in the snap menu but I cannot get the select tool to snap to my margin. What am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent32 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 There might be one more check mark not ticked, line 5 under "6"… Quote MacBook Pro 16 pouces (3456 × 2234), 2021 / Apple M1 Pro / 16 Go / macOS Ventura Version 13.4.1 (22F82) + 31,5 pouces (2560 × 1440) + 27 pouces (1080 × 1920) + iPad (8th generation) / iPadOS 17.2 + Apple Pencil + … Macmini6,2 Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 Go / macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 (19H2026) MacBookAir6,2 Intel Core i5 double cœur 4 Go / macOS Big Sur version 11.7.7 (20G1345) Licence Universelle Affinity V2 updated to 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 With the Move tool selected, enter Quick Mask. Then you can move the selection, and it appears more responsive to snapping to Margins. R C-R 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 6 hours ago, ajman098 said: but I cannot get the select tool to snap to my margin. What am I doing wrong? Marquee selections don't snap to much. Drag a guide onto the margin(s) then snap the marquee selection to that 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 8 hours ago, Ron P. said: With the Move tool selected, enter Quick Mask. Then you can move the selection, and it appears more responsive to snapping to Margins. By using Quick Mask & the Move Tool any marching ants selection, regardless of the selection tool used to create it, snaps to all of the enabled snapping options, not just to the margins. It's odd that it works that way & not particularly user friendly, but it does work quite well. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Do this on an empty Pixel layer that is selected in the Layers panel. After making your marquee selection switch to the Move tool, you should be able to move and snap to anything for which snapping is enabled. If you don't use an Empty pixel layer the selected pixels will be moved along with the selection. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajman098 Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 9 hours ago, carl123 said: Marquee selections don't snap to much. Drag a guide onto the margin(s) then snap the marquee selection to that This was the selection that worked best for what I was doing, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 17 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Do this on an empty Pixel layer that is selected in the Layers panel. After making your marquee selection switch to the Move tool, you should be able to move and snap to anything for which snapping is enabled. If you don't use an Empty pixel layer the selected pixels will be moved along with the selection. It is not necessary to create or use an empty Pixel layer because the Quick Mask option automatically deselects any previously selected layer, allowing the user to move the marquee selection (or any other type of marching ants selection) using the Move Tool without moving any layer's pixels. This will also use all of the enabled snapping options. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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