goseese Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I recently downloaded Affinity designer and I am trying to simply edit an image. I can't seem to find the marquee tool. What I am trying to do is; Drag/select an area of the image or background. Cut that section out, and replace it with a new graphic or paste in a new image. Is this possible with affinity designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 10, 2017 Staff Share Posted March 10, 2017 Hi goseese, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Yes, it's possible. To access the selection marquee tools you must switch to Pixel Persona (menu Affinity Designer ▸ Pixel Persona - if you are using a Mac, or File ▸ Personas ▸ Pixel - if you are using Windows). The selection tools are on the toolbar on the left (after the Move Tool). Simply select the part of the image you want to get rid of and press Delete on your keyboard. To add new images to the document (as new layers) just drag them from the Finder (on Mac) or from a File Explorer window (on Windows) over the canvas of an open document in Affinity. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goseese Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 Thanks that is getting me there. Sorry for the super noob questions. I have inserted an image, and changed to the pixel persona. I can drag select an area on the image, however when I delete or cut the entire image is deleted not just he selected area. I also tried to right click in the selected area. How do I delete just the marquee selected area of the image below it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Go to the Layers panel, where you will find that the inserted image is of type '(Image)'. This type of layer/object can only be transformed, or cut/copied, globally. To work on it at the pixel level (e.g. to delete a selected region) you need to right-click it and choose the 'Rasterize...' option so that it shows as type '(Pixel)'. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsonic_Official Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 3/10/2017 at 10:25 PM, Alfred said: Go to the Layers panel, where you will find that the inserted image is of type '(Image)'. This type of layer/object can only be transformed, or cut/copied, globally. To work on it at the pixel level (e.g. to delete a selected region) you need to right-click it and choose the 'Rasterize...' option so that it shows as type '(Pixel)'. I am using the Trial at the moment, and tbqh I would like to be able to do this without converting elements into pixels as this loses quality. Is there a way to change the setting so that rasterised objects keep the highest quality possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Kidsonic_Official. 11 hours ago, Kidsonic_Official said: I would like to be able to do this without converting elements into pixels as this loses quality I’m sure we’d all like to enjoy the benefits of being able to work at the pixel level without needing to have pixels to work on, but I don’t see how it could be done! All you can do is set the document DPI high enough for the desired output quality. R C-R 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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