DarkClown Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Affinity Photo: I'm struggeling with converting a closed path (curve) to a selection - and if possible even adding a closed path to extend an existing selection.Can anyone help me on this one? Cheers, Timo Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Select the curve layer, choose the Pen Tool and press the 'Selection' button on the Context toolbar to convert the selected curve to a selection. If you already have another selection on the image it will be lost when you do this, so if you want to be able to get it back you need to right-click the 'Pixel Selection' item on the Channels panel and choose 'Create Spare Channel'; after converting the curve to a selection, right-click on the spare channel and choose 'Add To Pixel Selection' to retrieve the selection that you saved. 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...
DarkClown Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Thanks Alfred, I think I spend hours to search for this button ;-) ... and using the spare channel is excellent! Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 You're welcome, Timo. I don't remember where I came across that one, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't by hunting around the user interface. The 'Spare Channel' thing certainly wasn't! 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...
flowmo Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Thank you! Just spent what felt like hours in frustration until I found this answer. KeyCode 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorox Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Just Command-Click (Mac) on the curve's layer's thumbnail in the Layers Palette/Studio... (Works with Type – being vectors/curves too – as well) – quite similar to Photoshop, actually (you just have to remember to press the cmd-key while clicking, which – if I remember correctly – wasn't/isn't necessary in PS)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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