Color Range Selection

[IndigoMoon]

Hi,

ist there a similar tool in AP to select a color range like in PS. Currently im struggling to achieve similar good result like in PS.

Thx.

[kaffeeundsalz]

Select > Select Sampled Color is similar but with less options than in PS.

[IndigoMoon]

Yes, I know, but the result is far away from PS, especially it's not possible to add sampled colors.

[R C-R]

Typically in Affinity Photo Select > Select Sampled Color is used to make a selection & then a brush or fill tool (or possibly a style) is used to change the color of the selection.

 

Selections can also be saved to a spare channel or to a file while can be loaded back into the document or into others, somewhat like the Save & Load options in PS.

[RemiX]

On 10/28/2017 at 0:50 PM, IndigoMoon said:

Hi,

anyone knows it will be possible to add sampled colors ... if yes ... When?

 

 

 

[RomanNYC]

On 10/28/2017 at 6:50 AM, IndigoMoon said:

Hi,

ist there a similar tool in AP to select a color range like in PS. Currently im struggling to achieve similar good result like in PS.

Thx.

Have you had any luck figuring this out?   I'd love this to work, even if it's a work-around.

[liumingming]

The color range is very powerful.  I hope that affinity photo will join this feature later.

[IndigoMoon]

On 7/18/2019 at 11:13 PM, RomanNYC said:

Have you had any luck figuring this out?   I'd love this to work, even if it's a work-around.

Sorry Roman, I didn't find a workaround for that. Well, I still hope Serif will add a similar feature in the near future...

[markbowen]

There IS a workaround however I add my voice to getting a colour range selection tool too as I know that Serif would make an awesome one.

What you can do is a little long-winded but can work well.

1) Duplicate (Apple / Command J) the layer you're wanting to make a selection on.
2) Add an HSL adjustment layer to the newly copied layer.
3) Use the tools in there to select the colour range you want.
4) Change the colour using the Hue Shift and Saturation Shift sliders radically!

When you have a good 'selection' change this layers blending mode to Difference.

Add Black & White and Levels adjustment layers above those two layers and adjust so you get closer to the result you're after. You can then use Edit->Copy Merged then Edit->Paste to get one pixel layer with everything in and then use the paint brush in overlay mode to help speed things up there a bit.

You should then end up with a black and white image which you can use as a mask for your image.

I know, I know, a fairly convoluted process for something which would be great if it were built-in so hopefully Serif will add something like this in the future. Would definitely be greatly appreciated.

Hope that helps a bit in the meantime though. Once you have done it a few times then it's a fairly quick process.

Best wishes,

Mark

 

Edited August 19, 2019 by markbowen
Missed step out.

[Madhu]

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Ya that feaure would be really helpful to make color based selected with more precise control

 

[Lem3]

I asked for this improvement to Select Color Range in the Feature Requests forum, still hoping to see it someday. 

This is one of the holes in AP that makes me still pay for Photoshop.

[lippemartinsm]

It's because of stuff like this that there's no way to leave photoshop behind. It may seem small but only people that works with it knows how important it is for the workflow

Edited May 12, 2020 by lippemartinsm

[Nigtellios]

On 8/19/2019 at 5:38 PM, markbowen said:

There IS a workaround however I add my voice to getting a colour range selection tool too as I know that Serif would make an awesome one.

What you can do is a little long-winded but can work well.

1) Duplicate (Apple / Command J) the layer you're wanting to make a selection on.
2) Add an HSL adjustment layer to the newly copied layer.
3) Use the tools in there to select the colour range you want.
4) Change the colour using the Hue Shift and Saturation Shift sliders radically!

When you have a good 'selection' change this layers blending mode to Difference.

Add Black & White and Levels adjustment layers above those two layers and adjust so you get closer to the result you're after. You can then use Edit->Copy Merged then Edit->Paste to get one pixel layer with everything in and then use the paint brush in overlay mode to help speed things up there a bit.

You should then end up with a black and white image which you can use as a mask for your image.

I know, I know, a fairly convoluted process for something which would be great if it were built-in so hopefully Serif will add something like this in the future. Would definitely be greatly appreciated.

Hope that helps a bit in the meantime though. Once you have done it a few times then it's a fairly quick process.

Best wishes,

Mark

 

This is great way to have something that at least gives you more freedom, thanks! Anyway there should be more advanced color selection in AF.

[user_0815]

(Removed my post because it has already been posted by markbowen) 

[tgraph]

a shorter path to get to a BW version might be to just use the threshold layer and then get your mask from that result

[benrecords]

For those struggling with color range selections, here is a set of really powerful free macros that just do the job so effectively (along with som many other really helpful macros for luminosity masking)

https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/resources/daves_hue_selection.htm

Related tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siUrv2ykFAo&ab_channel=InAffinityforAffinityPhoto

Hope this will help

[Amitashi]

Selection made with "Select Sampled Color" can't be refined. Fix it.

[PaulEC]

55 minutes ago, Amitashi said:

Selection made with "Select Sampled Color" can't be refined. Fix it.

Make selection with Select Sampled Colour. Adjust Tolerance. If the Refine Button isn't showing, choose a Selection Tool. Click the Refine Button. Refine the image. Fixed!

 

[DANNYFIG]

@benrecordsThank you. That's what I was looking for.

[7Samurai]

+ 1

[MxHeppa]

What this radically changing means?

[walt.farrell]

18 hours ago, MxHeppa said:

What this radically changing means?

An extreme change in some slider value so you can definitely see everything that is selected. It won't look good, but that's OK; you're not going to keep it for long.