Mr. K Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 How do I select the transparent background of this image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Try the magic wand tool. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Try the magic wand tool. I guess my problem is the structure of my layers. I stripped out the case and then duplicated the front right leg to add two more legs in the center (I had to change the design for safety). When I use the magic wand tool it only works on the layer selected and not the group. I want to maintain the separate layers. I have a few more ideas how to do this, but I would like some other opinions before I start experimenting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 AP on Windows ... CTRL+click on the Group layer icon, that will make an entire selection Selection > Invert Pixel Selection selects the transparent background Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, HVDB Fotografie said: AP on Windows ... CTRL+click on the Group layer icon Cmd-click should work the same way on a Mac. Thomahawk 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...
Pšenda Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Why selected only transparent background? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Pšenda said: Why selected only transparent background? As Psenda says,why ? Because the transparent background does not exist, to change what you see to something else, all you need to do is drop a layer at the bottom of the stack. You could then select that, if you want. If you really want to, look at the Alpha channel in Channels. That displays just transparency. You can use that to make a selection of just the transparency or just do what HVDB Fotographie says. That is easier. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 I really want to select all of the non-background pixels, the entire cabinet. I thought selecting the background and then inverting would be the easiest way, but no luck so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 And what operation will follow the selection? Can not do this by inserting a layer? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosrod Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Hi, I have figured out a simple way to achieve this: 1. Open the channels panel 2. Right click on Composite Alpha and select "Load to Pixel Selection" 3. Go to select - invert pixel selection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Select the three case layers Right click and merge visible Fig 1. You will now have the resultant layer fig 2. and it will be selected. You can now use to the Flood Select Tool on the resultant layer to select the transparent area in it's entirety around the cabinet and legs. Or just ctrl/cmd + Click on the resultant layer to select the object. you also still have the original layers to edit and play with if you need to. Fig 1. Fig 2. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samweow Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I would like to know how to do this Working with a lightning bolt, have about 7 layers of this, and flood select would take too long and be a worse result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samweow Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I think I figured out a hack 1. Create a layer of a square underneath 2. Bring the opacity down to 0 3. Merge the layers. 4. Select > Alpha Ranger > Fully Transparent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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