BSure Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I made the mistake of using the in painting brush tool. I simply want to undo it as your videos stress over and over one can "simply" look at history and undo. That's not true. There's no history. It appears that this software works sometimes and then it doesn't. I read the reviews about how user friendly it was and easy it was to undo. Perhaps I'm missing something. Can someone please tell me, in simple specific terms, how to undo the in painting? Also, is there a simple way to take an image and then put it into another picture or background? I did this all day long and very very simply in GIMP which is free by simply using the selection tool, choosing selection path, copy, paste. insert. There is no such tool in Affinity that I can find -- there is a "free hand selection tool" that is clumsy and one can't simply go around the edges of an image. I am regretting this purchase and becoming more and more frustrated. Please keep answers respectful as I'm simply trying to find ways in which to do things that took me seconds to accomplish in the simple free GIMP. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 30, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 30, 2016 Hi BSure, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) You can undo the Inpainting Brush Tool actions pressing ⌘ (cmd) + Z or simply dragging the History slider (in the History panel on the bottom right of the interface) to the left a little until you return to the original state before applying it. To copy just part of an image you can use Selection Brush Tool to select the item you want then press ⌘ (cmd) + C to copy to the clipboard then ⌘ (cmd) + V to paste it to a new layer. Check this video tutorial about cutting out objects for more details. Let me know if you still have trouble. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSure Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Thank you for replying. The tutorial you supplied illustrates a very simple image that would be easy to do with the tool that Affinity has. If an image has more complicated edges, then I'm guessing it's impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSure Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 doesn't work. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 30, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 30, 2016 You can use other selections tools and the Refine Selection button in the context toolbar to deal with more complicated subjects. Take a look at this video tutorial (Refining selections) for an example. For more about selections (and masking) please check the section 04. from the In-house Video tutorials thread here. What kind of object(s) are you trying to select? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSure Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 there is a picture of a couple of dogs. I should be able to simply select around the images (like in GIMP), choose the "selection path" and then copy and paste into another image. I should be able to select the image that I just pasted and resize it, move it, whatever. Doesn't work. I just tried that. It seems as if one has to go through numerous steps in order to do this and watch many videos to simply cut around the edges of an image in a photo, and put that image into another photo. But, Affinity Photo has way more steps if I'm understanding you correctly. Is that what you are saying? thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 30, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 30, 2016 Hi BSure, I don't have GIMP installed here (i will check it out) but you can also use the Pen Tool to draw a vector path around the objects you want to select and convert it to a selection pressing the Selection button on the context toolbar (when you have the Pen Tool selected). Affinity Photo is not necessarily more complicated than GIMP, it's simply different from what you are used to, so you may have to spend some time with it to see what tools/processes/workflows it offers. There will also be more improvements to the selection tools soon (polygonal and magnetic modes for the Freehand Selection Tool, convert selection into a path). Andy Somerfield 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSure Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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