heldrida Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Hi, how to create rounded corners? Doesn't the select tool have that functionality? not finding how... tried to create a new rectangle with rounded corners in a new layer, then use the magic selection tool, to then keep the selection and apply on the image, but the magic selection tool also failed. *** if someone is reading this in the future...well...there's no such thing... so try GIMP or use reactangle with rounded corners and Mask below markknopper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 What software are you using? In Affinity photo you can draw a shape, set rounded corners, change the radius, set different corner styles, rounded, angled, concave, even individually on each corner. Then make a selection or a mask. You can apply a shadow, a fade, 3D edges too if you want. That took less than 1 minute. I'm not sure if you can even do that in gimp. Tormy 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Change your mind about the shape? Just change it. No need to unmask first, just drag the controls. It would even reshape with the fade applied. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 There is no "Magic Selection Tool" in either Affinity app, so I assume the OP means what in Affinity Photo is called the "Flood Select Tool," commonly known as the magic wand because long ago Adobe chose that silly, non-descriptive name for a similar Photoshop tool. It can be used to make a selection based on color tolerance to create a new selection, or to add to, subtract from, or intersect with an existing selection, but it cannot be used to turn a rectangle into a selection. As toltec mentioned, a rectangle (or other shape) can be used to create a selection (Select menu > Selection from layer). For rectangle layers the Context menu offers many different options for rounded, cutout, concave, etc. corners, including as he demonstrates using different ones for different corners. If that isn't enough, "Convert to curves" makes the shape completely editable into anything one can imagine, which can then be used via the Select menu to make any arbitrary kind of selection shape. Of course, masking is another, usually better alternative to making a selection, inverting it, & erasing the selected parts, again as toltec demonstrates with his examples. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Thinking on this further, and reading the post again, maybe you wanted to make a selection from a rounded rectangle layer? Draw a rectangle, Select > Selection From Layer Here I used the white rectangle to select the rounded selection and moved them both a touch to demonstrate. The selection is there, as is the hole it was moved from and the original rounded rectangle that made it. I've not heard of a Magic Selection tool. Maybe Magic Wand ? but that selects pixel by colour range, so would not work for turning a rectangle into a selection. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintNut Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Because I couldn't figure out how to do this, here is what I resorted to doing: How to manually create rounded corners in Affinity Photo On a new pixel layer, make your rectangular selection and then fill it Select the Eliptical Marquee Tool Set the cursor at the desired corner of the filled rectangular selection Drag up a circle to the size (hold down Shift to constrain the selection to a circle) until you get a representation of the corner as you would like it Select>Invert Pixel Selection (Ctrl+Shift+I) Use the Erase Brush Tool (E) to erase out the corners Even though I don't know the answer, I tried to post a helpful response, because that is what I would want others to do who have answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintNut Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 8/17/2017 at 3:42 PM, toltec said: In Affinity photo you can draw a shape, set rounded corners, change the radius, set different corner styles, rounded, angled, concave, even individually on each corner. Then make a selection or a mask. You can apply a shadow, a fade, 3D edges too if you want. I am trying to figure out how to do exactly what you describe. Would you mind explaining briefly how it is done since the solution isn't jumping out at me and most likely other's who are also new to the software? Thanks in advance for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 On 8/18/2017 at 2:15 AM, toltec said: Thinking on this further, and reading the post again, maybe you wanted to make a selection from a rounded rectangle layer? Draw a rectangle, Select > Selection From Layer Here I used the white rectangle to select the rounded selection and moved them both a touch to demonstrate. The selection is there, as is the hole it was moved from and the original rounded rectangle that made it. I've not heard of a Magic Selection tool. Maybe Magic Wand ? but that selects pixel by colour range, so would not work for turning a rectangle into a selection. Hi, if you are still there, or someone is, do you have a step by step on how to do this please? Tormy 1 Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 hour ago, HarryMcGovern said: if you are still there, or someone is, do you have a step by step on how to do this please? Select the Rounded Rectangle Tool. Draw the shape of the size you want. Select > Selection from Layer (or, Select > Selection from Layer and Delete if you want to delete the rounded rectangle, too.) You now have the selection, and you can do what you want with it. If that's not what you were looking for, then please describe further what you need to do. Tormy 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Here's what (I assume) you are trying to do. Open your photo (in my case, it's the "Dragon Photo"). Draw a Rounded Rectangle as a new layer – use the Shape tool to do this. The rounded rectangle should be a layer above the photo. Now, drag the photo onto the rounded rectangle layer until a blue rectangle appears just below the rectangle layer in the Layers panel. You have just "clipped" the photo to the rounded rectangle. The result is shown below. As an aside, the "magic selection" tool is probably the "Selection Brush" and the reason it failed is more than likely that your initial rounded rectangle is a vector object, and the Selection Brush will only work on a Pixel object. markknopper 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Thanks for the help guys. That’s it. I’m sure I knew, but had forgotten it. :-) Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james27 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 update2020: guys, now this function is hidden in the =>"refine" button (only appears after shape tool is selected)=> then adjust the "smooth" bar to adjust the roundness of the corners PS. you can change the "preview"=> to transparent, and uncheck the "matte edges" box to see better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaf747 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Mask below will work but make sure you have the colours set to "White" & "Black" Won's work with transparent settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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