foto-grafic Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Greetings, in Aphoto V1 can you turn a selection into a shape? Thanks to everyone who will read me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 No, only in Publisher with a lengthy process Make selection create b/w image from selection export to greyscale image (1 bit image, don’t remember if you need additional apps) use process above in publisher Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 No, a pixel selection cannot be converted to a shape, even in V2 (except by the work-around as mentioned above). However, depending on what you want to do, the advice in this thread might be useful:https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/11609-affinity-photo-stroke-a-selection/ This sort of thing has been requested before so you should be able to find an existing request that you can add your voice to if you want to, for example:https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/39626-convert-selection-into-a-path/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 1 hour ago, foto-grafic said: in Aphoto V1 can you turn a selection into a shape? Not a vector shape but you can create a pixel shape (layer) or a fill layer shape from the selection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foto-grafic Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 Many thanks to @NotMyFault , @GarryP and @carl123 I find your advice very helpful, it helps me to overcome the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 6 hours ago, foto-grafic said: in Aphoto V1 can you turn a selection into a shape? No. But you can change a "shape" into a pixel selection. I will use the pen tool or the Quick Shapes sometimes for marking out areas I want to select and then choose Select > Selection From Layer. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7 Affinity Designer 2.2.0 | Affinity Photo 2.2.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 | 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...
foto-grafic Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 Thanks @Old Bruce for your 'trick'; If I need it, I'll keep it in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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