nitro912gr Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Hello, is there any shortcut to use will have a selection tool to change between add and subtract instantly? Like in PS? This will make my life waaaay easier. thank you! Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted October 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2017 Hi Nitro912gr, Welcome to the forums Pressing the Alt key while using the selection brush will subtract from your selection, you can find the shortcuts for the other selections tools towards the bottom left of the app when you have the tool selected. Thanks C nitro912gr 1 Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro912gr Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Now I feel stupid, I'm sure I tried it many times but didn't work, I tried it again and it is as you described. But it seems that in windows there is so shortcut to add, only to subtract. AHAM and MaxStirner 1 1 Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 You mean apart from this one ? It appears when Subtract is set nitro912gr 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro912gr Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 I mean if there is something when you first select the tool and it have be default the New, so I don't have to first select Add. So I can change between new/add/subtract in an instant I know it is a small step but with all this background removal I go through lately it can save me some time. Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 I don't think so but it is sticky. If you select Add, then use the shortcut when subtracting, it should always be on Add. nitro912gr 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 4 hours ago, toltec said: I don't think so but it is sticky. If you select Add, then use the shortcut when subtracting, it should always be on Add. At least on Macs, there is a "Synchronize tools between documents" Tools preference. When this is enabled, the current selection tool Add/New/Subtract/Intersect setting remains sticky when you switch between two open documents; otherwise they are independent of each other. I am not quite sure how this works when this pref is enabled -- sometimes both open documents retain the same setting but other times not. nitro912gr 1 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...
nitro912gr Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Well I guess we found a bug then, because I have this selected but every time I close image 1 and open to work image 2 the tool is reset edit: my bad, it seems that new add etc do sync, but the tool itself doesn't . I mean I select the tool and it is in freehand always, and doesn't remember that I was using the polygon one. Probably I'm confused with all this work I do those days and just ask the wrong questions here. Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Select the brush, then Add, then go Edit > Defaults > Save and see what happens. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro912gr Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 sorry I edited, it works, I'm just confused. I really need to rest first, post after Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZ Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Hi, I'm having troubles on the "ALT+mouse drag" combo using a Huion H610 tablet. I found no way to set a shortcut on the customizable tablet keys, so I have to use the ALT key on my keyboard to quickly subtract from a selection, not the best way to work. Any workaround to address this issue? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 12 hours ago, MDZ said: Hi, I'm having troubles on the "ALT+mouse drag" combo using a Huion H610 tablet. I found no way to set a shortcut on the customizable tablet keys, so I have to use the ALT key on my keyboard to quickly subtract from a selection, not the best way to work. Any workaround to address this issue? Thanks Hello MD, welcome to this forum. I use a Huion 1060 graphic tablet. I solved it that way for me. The ALT-button, have I an express button of the graphics tablet assigned, this works fine. (Press Alt on the graphic tablet, then will the selectin subtract) Regrettably is this the only way for add or subtract the selection. Cheers Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZ Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/16/2018 at 12:55 PM, Gnobelix said: (Press Alt on the graphic tablet, then will the selectin subtract) 1 Thanks Gnobelix, I guess I'm missing something because I'm not able to assign ALT to an express button only. I always have to assign a combo (ALT + any other key). Did you manage to assign just the ALT key? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro912gr Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 7 hours ago, MDZ said: Thanks Gnobelix, I guess I'm missing something because I'm not able to assign ALT to an express button only. I always have to assign a combo (ALT + any other key). Did you manage to assign just the ALT key? hello I don't know about your tablet but I had a similar problem with my wacom last week, maybe it is similar with yours, so I found out that to set ALT as a button I wasn't supposed to look at the menu that I can pick keyboard shortcuts but on another menu named functions where I could pick the ctrl, alt, shift buttons alone. See if your software is similar. Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZ Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Thanks Nitro, regrettably there is nothing such a functions menu on Huion software. It seems I have to wait for a newer release. As I bought a cheaper tablet I knew I could have this kind of problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Hello MDZ; normally, you can only assign the alt keys to the hotkeys: see the screenshot: I think the Huion software is at you similar: Cheers Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZ Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Yes, at last, I managed to associate the express button to ALT key. Thank you all P.S.: Gnobelix, didn't you install the new drivers released one month ago? The interface is quite different now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro912gr Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 5 hours ago, MDZ said: Thanks Nitro, regrettably there is nothing such a functions menu on Huion software. It seems I have to wait for a newer release. As I bought a cheaper tablet I knew I could have this kind of problems. don't worry your tablet may be cheaper but as far as I know they are great tablets too! It is good that finally there is some seriously competition for wacom, we all win here! Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisqdw Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Going back to the original question, I'd like to change the default from "Drag+Shift to constrain" to "Drag+Shift to add". Am I correct that this is not possible? Independently from that it appears that my Drag+RightMouse doesn't actually work, but I wouldn't be surprised if that problem is only at my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I've just bought affinity and failed to start using it at the first hurdle. Very depressing! When I select any brush tool and drag it over the image nothing happens. A previous answer to this problem said select the add button in the context menu. Can't see any of these. Help please if you can. Remember you'll be dealing with an idiot who has already watched all the tutorials. Thanks Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro912gr Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 43 minutes ago, Tony H said: I've just bought affinity and failed to start using it at the first hurdle. Very depressing! When I select any brush tool and drag it over the image nothing happens. A previous answer to this problem said select the add button in the context menu. Can't see any of these. Help please if you can. Remember you'll be dealing with an idiot who has already watched all the tutorials. Thanks Tony Hello Tony, make sure you have the appropriate layer selected. Photo have the ability to have no layer selected and doesn't select the last used by default, if for some reason you deselected it. So the tool doesn't understand where to apply and does nothing. The selected layer will be highlighted, also it can happen with only one layer. Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I went down to one layer and still no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 28, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 28, 2021 Hi @Tony H, Welcome to Affinity Forums Check the label between parenthesis in the Layers panel. What does it say? Is it a pixel layer type or something else? Can you post a screenshot with the tool you have selected and the layers panel visible so we can see what's going on? Have you checked the Opacity and Flow of the brush tool in the context toolbar above the work area? Are they set to 0%? If so set them to 100% and try again. nitro912gr and Tony H 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro912gr Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 and make sure it is selected, it will show blue on the layer. Even with one layer it is not selected by default all the time. Quote Current Workstation: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MOBO: Asus B450 - RAM: 16GB DDR4 2667Mhz - GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 1GB NVMe SSD: Crusial P3 1TB M.2 - SSD: Samsung Evo 850 256GB - PSU: XFX TS450 - OS: Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I think I've found the problem. I opened a new layer and everything worked. I need to get a better understanding of layers. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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