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Can someone please explain how to get the feather tool working?

 

No matter how I approach it or how I select the object, nothing seems to happen. And the rectangular marquee tool doesn't appear to function either. No doubt I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure it out, and I even have the workbook.

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Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, mczilla. :)

 

Since you mention the workbook, I presume you're using Affinity Designer. Are you in the Draw Persona or the Pixel Persona? What OS are you on?

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OS X El Capitan on a late model macbook pro. Yes, this question pertains to Designer. I've tried to access the feather function in both draw and pixel persona. Just can't seem to get anything to happen, even when the tool is not greyed out and the slider is onscreen. Not responding, for whatever reason.

 

Any advice welcome.

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Are you referring to the selection menu: "Select: Feather" ? It does not cause a feathering effect on the image, it just "feathers" i.e. blurs the selected area. It is the subsequent actions whose effect will be affected.

iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb,  AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb

iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil

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6 hours ago, Alfred J. said:

I would like to find ways to "feather" selections and possibly "grow" etc...

There are 'Feather' and 'Grow/Shrink' options on the Select menu in Affinity Photo. You need to choose a '(Pixel)' layer to make these options available.

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