peexel Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 It would be great if you could convert a selection to a path in Affinity Desiger 2. I'm sure it will be very useful. Placed in "Person or Photo" which are more specific to raster selection, since Designer does not have a dedicated selection tool being a vector tool" the beauty of Affinity is that you can switch between Photo and Designer at any time, so in Photo or Persona you can select the outline of the object, convert the selection to a path, and then return to Designer again. Useful for creating outlines where they can also be edited later and more. I don't remember if I have already made this request in the past, I tried to do a search first but I couldn't find anything about it. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peexel Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 Can it be done in Affinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 12, 2023 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2023 Hi @peexel, No, currently only the opposite is possible in Affinity Photo (convert a path to a selection). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 43 minutes ago, peexel said: Can it be done in Affinity? There is a somewhat rudimentary "accidental feature" in Publisher: In other words: add a blank pixel layer and fill your selection File → Edit In Publisher Edit Wrap Outline Select All (nodes in the outline) Paste (new Curves layer) apply fill or stroke optionally delete the temporary pixel layer Note that the wrap outline/curves will be jaggy so you may want to clean it up and soften manually. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex73 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 10/12/2023 at 5:10 AM, MEB said: Hi @peexel, No, currently only the opposite is possible in Affinity Photo (convert a path to a selection). Hi MEB. I’m on iPad but I can’t find how to convert a path to a selection in Affinity Photo. Can you help? Thank you, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, Alex73 said: I’m on iPad but I can’t find how to convert a path to a selection in Affinity Photo. Please see Pixel selections from shapes from the Help for Affinity Photo 2 on iPad. (The method is the same for version 1 of APh. Replace photo2ipad with photoipad if you’re desperate to see the Help for version 1, but I find the legibility vastly improved in the online Help for the new version.) Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex73 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 15 hours ago, Alfred said: Please see Pixel selections from shapes from the Help for Affinity Photo 2 on iPad. (The method is the same for version 1 of APh. Replace photo2ipad with photoipad if you’re desperate to see the Help for version 1, but I find the legibility vastly improved in the online Help for the new version.) Thank you Alfred. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 7 hours ago, Alex73 said: Thank you Alfred. You’re welcome, Alex. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olidoesaffinity Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I agree with OP. Having a Selection to Path option would be very useful. I would use this feature regularly for work. For example, I have an image with an outer shape that needs to be cut out. When I send this to the printer, I must send a print file with a vector outline path for the cutting machine to follow. Doing this manually is too time-consuming. MEB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
languidcorpse Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 There was an old thread in 2014. I can't believe its been that long and they said it was coming soon. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
languidcorpse Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 10/12/2023 at 2:10 PM, MEB said: Hi @peexel, No, currently only the opposite is possible in Affinity Photo (convert a path to a selection). Its never coming is it? I have realized I have been checking this software every few updates and in 2014 you said that feature was coming soon. Sad all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 29 Staff Share Posted May 29 Hi @languidcorpse, That was the information I had at the time. It in was in the public roadmap (if I remember correctly) before it was removed quite a few years ago before we made the Betas public. It never materialised despite being a requested/planned feature as you noticed. I'm sorry for the disappointment, but this is something that's out of my hands. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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