Speed Posted January 17, 2024 Posted January 17, 2024 Is there any way in either AD or AP to extract and/or copy objects from an image? For example, I would like to copy the foreground objects in this PNG image so that I can layer them = Steve Quote
NotMyFault Posted January 17, 2024 Posted January 17, 2024 Yes, but it requires a lot of manual work. A PNG image results in a bitmap/pixel type layer. you can use various methods to select areas, and copy them into new bitmap layers containing only those parts, and copy/move/rotate/rescale them. make yourself familiar with the selection tools, and the move tool / transform panel. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/learn/ https://affinity.help you can find more information in the online help or video tutorials covering the basics. Photo is better suited than Designer for those pixel oriented workflows. Another option is using 3rd party vector tracing tools to convert the bitmap image into a vector document. Then you can use Designer (or Photo) to edit the document, allowing scaling in size without quality loss. firstdefence 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
R C-R Posted January 17, 2024 Posted January 17, 2024 13 hours ago, Speed said: For example, I would like to copy the foreground objects in this PNG image.... It is probably obvious to you by now, but there is just one object in the PNG, the one containing the raster image -- IOW, it is just a bunch of pixels. PaulEC 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
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Speed Posted January 17, 2024 Author Posted January 17, 2024 15 hours ago, NotMyFault said: Yes, but it requires a lot of manual work. A PNG image results in a bitmap/pixel type layer. you can use various methods to select areas, and copy them into new bitmap layers containing only those parts, and copy/move/rotate/rescale them. make yourself familiar with the selection tools, and the move tool / transform panel. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/learn/ https://affinity.help you can find more information in the online help or video tutorials covering the basics. Photo is better suited than Designer for those pixel oriented workflows. Another option is using 3rd party vector tracing tools to convert the bitmap image into a vector document. Then you can use Designer (or Photo) to edit the document, allowing scaling in size without quality loss. Thank you! I'll check them out. = Steve Quote
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