BAGraphics Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Hello all... I am trying out the iPad version of Photo and really loving it. I have all the photoshop shortcuts down from years of use and spending some time figuring out the transitions needed. Prblem I am having is in two ares... 1 - When I make a selection in the selection persona and make my adjustments in the photo persona I can’t find the way to then deselect the marching ants! Why is there not (unless I am just missing it) a “deselect” or “hide” command? 2 - Why can’t I just paint a mask to do my adjustments with? One would think having a paintbrush to quickly paint over an area to do burn/dodge or the like would be a no brainer. THis is the only reason I use photoshop fix, it is soooooo simple to make these adjustments. Again, I may just be missing it so please help me out. Thanks! Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Bruce. 1 - As far as I'm aware, you can only deselect while in the Selection Persona. The option is on the 'three dots' menu. 2 - When you add an adjustment layer, a mask is automatically added at the same time. Choose the Paint Brush Tool and paint in black, white or grey, just as you would normally do. 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...
BeverlyE Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Bruce, when you are on the layer with the marching ants do a two finger tap and deselect is one of the choices that appears. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 53 minutes ago, BeverlyE said: Bruce, when you are on the layer with the marching ants do a two finger tap and deselect is one of the choices that appears. Thanks for the tip. (BTW, I don't think the marching ants are ever tied to a particular layer.) BeverlyE 1 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...
BAGraphics Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 18 hours ago, Alfred said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Bruce. 1 - As far as I'm aware, you can only deselect while in the Selection Persona.The option is on the 'three dots' menu. 2 - When you add an adjustment layer, a mask is automatically added at the same time. Choose the Paint Brush Tool and paint in black, white or grey, just as you would normally do. Thank You all for the advice! Found it and started using it. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanRau Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Would be cool to have the same select X icon in the lower left as in Designer 😇 DM1, Peter Flint, AllAppsUser and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 22 hours ago, CanRau said: Would be cool to have the same select X icon in the lower left as in Designer 😇 I asked for this a few days ago, no reason why same icons from designer including the snap magnet couldn’t be there. DM1, CanRau, AllAppsUser and 1 other 2 2 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 This is one of the most frustrating things about Photo. Having to tap back to the select persona in order to deselect. Two actions instead of one for no good reason I can see. Really hope they implement it. DM1 1 Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 20 hours ago, ProDesigner said: This is one of the most frustrating things about Photo. Having to tap back to the select persona in order to deselect. Two actions instead of one for no good reason I can see. Really hope they implement it. You no longer need to do that, a single long press on the screen with your finger brings up a context menu with DESELECT as an option. AllAppsUser, DM1 and Mani ta 2 1 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 On 5/24/2021 at 1:04 PM, Paul Mudditt said: ...a single long press on the screen with your finger brings up a context menu with DESELECT as an option. Big thank you!! That's just awesome. Paul Mudditt 1 Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_mac Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) On 11/18/2017 at 6:46 AM, BAGraphics said: 2 - Why can’t I just paint a mask to do my adjustments with? One would think having a paintbrush to quickly paint over an area to do burn/dodge or the like would be a no brainer. THis is the only reason I use photoshop fix, it is soooooo simple to make these adjustments. Again, I may just be missing it so please help me out. Hi BAGraphics, check out this video tutorial for iPad? https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/photo/ipad/category/creative-tools/ It shows your how to use masking to get a good selection. Check it out and I hope it is what you are looking for. Edited May 26, 2021 by p_mac Hope link works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 11/19/2017 at 1:46 AM, BAGraphics said: Why can’t I just paint a mask to do my adjustments with? One would think having a paintbrush to quickly paint over an area to do burn/dodge or the like would be a no brainer You can already do this directly with the dodge and or burn tool (brush). Just select the tool and paint on the layer. No brainer 😁 If you want to do it non destructively just add a pixel layer, fill with 50% grey, set layer blend mode to overlay then dodge and burn on that pixel layer. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_mac Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 11/18/2017 at 6:46 AM, BAGraphics said: 2 - Why can’t I just paint a mask to do my adjustments with? One would think having a paintbrush to quickly paint over an area to do burn/dodge or the like would be a no brainer. THis is the only reason I use photoshop fix, it is soooooo simple to make these adjustments. Again, I may just be missing it so please help me out. Sorry for the length of this video but I hope this may help you as well. All of the adjustment have their own mask. If you want to affect only a portion of your image you can invert the adjustment as shown in the video (make sure to activate it) then paint in with a white brush the area you want affected. Notice you can toggle the mask to see it. Hope this makes sense. IMG_1476.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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