QR Code not slicing properly

[p382c]

1. What Application are you using? [Designer/Photo/Publisher]
2. Are you using the latest release version? Yes
   (here's how to check)
3. Can you reproduce it? Yes
   (if you cannot then we may struggle to also, making it even harder to fix)
4. Does it happen for a new document? Yes If not can you upload a document that shows the problem?
5. If you cannot provide a sample document then please give an accurate description of the problem for example it should include most of the following:

•    What is your operating system and version (Windows 11, OSX Ventura, iOS 16 etc)?
•    Is hardware acceleration (in Preferences > Performance) ON or OFF ? (and have you tried the other setting?)
•    What happened for you (and what you expected to happen)
•    Provide a recipe for creating the problem (step-by-step what you did).
•    Screenshots (very handy) or a screen capture/video.
•    Any unusual hardware (like tablets or external monitors or drives that may affect things) or relevant other applications like font managers or display managers.
•    Did this same thing used to work and if so have you changed anything recently? (software or hardware)

 

 

left is using qr code tool. right is after i separate blue outlined parts from output.

[NotMyFault]

I‘m lost to understand what you want to achieve, and what you rate as bug.

can you please upload the afdesign file, and elaborate a bit ?

• how should it look?
• where does the result differ from what you expect?

[Alfred]

18 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

• how should it look?
• where does the result differ from what you expect?

The left-hand square shows what the OP gets with the QR Code Tool. The blue outlined part should be, but apparently isn’t, removed after subtraction to leave a white/transparent region, as shown on the right: the right-hand square is a valid QR code.

[NotMyFault]

Something seems swapped left / right then

 

[NotMyFault]

And the difference is exactly what was selected.

the description is too vague and allows interpretation in multiple ways. For me all seems legit, but as I said probably I missed or misunderstood something 

 

[NotMyFault]

The right is a valid QR code, not the left

https://www.youtube.com/c/adbpartnerships

[Alfred]

22 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

And the difference is exactly what was selected.

the description is too vague and allows interpretation in multiple ways. For me all seems legit, but as I said probably I missed or misunderstood something

My understanding of the issue is that the selected region is still there, instead of being cut out of the left-hand square (as it needs to be in order to yield a valid QR code).

[GarryP]

I don’t understand why someone would want to separate/remove part of a QR Code in the first place.

Wouldn’t that:

• at least, make it more difficult for software to interpret, or;
• at worst, make it unusable?

[Alfred]

21 minutes ago, GarryP said:

I don’t understand why someone would want to separate/remove part of a QR Code in the first place.

Unless I’ve completely misunderstood, the issue is that the QR Code Tool is leaving a big blob which prevents the generated image from functioning correctly, so that instead of a QR code there’s a not-quite-a-QR-code.

[GarryP]

Ah, so is the underlying problem that the QR Code hasn’t been generated correctly, and there’s also a possible secondary issue which is that the OP is having trouble fixing it?

As requested by NotMyFault earlier, I think we might need more information about what was done, what was expected, and how the result differs from that expectation. (And also, what is meant by “slicing properly”.)

[NotMyFault]

5 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

The right is a valid QR code, not the left

https://www.youtube.com/c/adbpartnerships

The QR code created by Affinity apps for the given url is wrong (in Photo).

[Hangman]

Hi @p382c,

The issue of the 'filled squares', i.e., the ones you're attempting to remove in your screengrab, is a known bug logged under AF-5581, which is currently awaiting a fix. It's caused when certain combinations of characters are entered for the QR Code...