TheD3vilHimself Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I've noticed that while drawing a selection with the marquee tool coming from PS I was expecting modifier keys to work, such as holding Space to move selection while drawing, holding Alt for center to bounds drawing. Also missing were cursor cues to the action, whereas the cursor never shows a plus sign if adding or minus if subtracting, x for intersection, etc. Are these features planned? On a side note, the software as is is quite impressive, the native filetype crunched an 80mb PSD file to 17 while retaining quality. I mainly do comic book coloring with PS and most features are there, save perhaps a few like processing grayscale to bitmap for the line art, but it looks like I could migrate. The UI is snappy, we like it. dangerman2000 and tooki 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bn86 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I totally agree! I came to the forum specifically to request this feature. While drawing a new shape, being able to hold space and move the shape is really useful. dangerman2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandbrilliance Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Yep. No Plus. No Minus. Also, you can't CENTER focus the marquee (start drawing from the center outwards) - only left-top to right-bottom. Remember to use the marquee manual tool to also draw straight lines - use the SHIFT key + click next point. dangerman2000 1 Quote BRANDbrilliance • Graphics • Websites • Printing • E-marketing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerman2000 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The spacebar modifier also does not work that allows you to move the selection. These are all important items that help you work in flow without thinking about the tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i10k Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Modifying the selection/shape placement while creating using "spacebar" is extremely useful, but it looks like developers ignore this thread :( AHAM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandbrilliance Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 You can actually just drag inside the selection to move it around (no spacebar support). Quote BRANDbrilliance • Graphics • Websites • Printing • E-marketing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsi.studio Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Now in version 1.4 and apparently no method available to re-position or draw from center with 'crop' or 'marquee tools' by way of keypad modifiers during the operation. If any of you designers out there find these functions imperative then please add a +1 to this feature request. I'm a little concerned now about this feature being considered since this request was first placed during Feb 2015 & now we're a year and a half down the road. Don't mean to sound desperate but .... cheers all :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Kalkschmidt Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I am sorely missing this feature as well, it makes up for a big part of working speed. I can tweak everything with the tools provided, it just take a lot longer. Hopefully the devs will reconsider ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 15, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2016 Now in version 1.4 and apparently no method available to re-position or draw from center with 'crop' or 'marquee tools' by way of keypad modifiers during the operation. If any of you designers out there find these functions imperative then please add a +1 to this feature request. I'm a little concerned now about this feature being considered since this request was first placed during Feb 2015 & now we're a year and a half down the road. Don't mean to sound desperate but .... cheers all :) There's no need to add +1s or anything like that - it's on my list and it will get done as soon as I can, I promise! ;) Sven Kalkschmidt and Fixx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsi.studio Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 There's no need to add +1s or anything like that - it's on my list and it will get done as soon as I can, I promise! ;) I'd like to add that I very much appreciate having replies to requests & questions. Oh & that I read MEB's post about not needing to add +1s or anything, a bit late perhaps but got it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0rmand0 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajmahal Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Starting with 1.5, this works with the shape tools (where I have no use for it), but still doesn't with the marquee tool (where it is absolutely essential to me). I'm now somewhat disappointed … is this just an oversight? n0rmand0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 19, 2016 Hi tajmahal, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) The dev teams are working as fast as they can to implement new features and move forward with the development but they can't do everything at once. MattP already aknowledged this feature. Bear with use while we get there. It will be implemented as soon as possible. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mconn Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Hi tajmahal, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) The dev teams are working as fast as they can to implement new features and move forward with the development but they can't do everything at once. MattP already aknowledged this feature. Bear with use while we get there. It will be implemented as soon as possible. Good to hear. I asked a similar question and added a feature request recently on this issue of no modifier keys with selections. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfmc Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Agreed! this feature is making the switch tough for me. Cant wait for this feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T12 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 The lack of this feature is forcing me back to Adobe. Please add this feature soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajmahal Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I was excited to try this out in the 1.7 betas of Photo and Designer, only to discover that it _still_ doesn't work. Very disappointing, as I use this hundreds of times a day in Photoshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M911 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 it's been a couple of years... is there any news on this yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mconn Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Not that I’ve heard or read. It is still a needed addition in my opinion. There’s an update coming that is allegedly a big rewrite of the program. Hopefully they address this and other much requested features. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertrude Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I'd just like to add my support for a feature like this. It's something that's so ingrained with how I use Photoshop, I was surprised when I couldn't do it. I'd really love to be able to resize and then reposition a marquee selection in a fluid manner just by using the space bar whilst dragging it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 7/15/2016 at 9:53 AM, MattP said: There's no need to add +1s or anything like that - it's on my list and it will get done as soon as I can, I promise! From and including: Friday, 15 July 2016 To, but not including Monday, 25 May 2020 Result: 1410 days It is 1410 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date. Or 3 years, 10 months, 10 days excluding the end date. Or 46 months, 10 days excluding the end date. JosNZ 1 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas Levet Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hi community, When in Quick mask mode, if I need to draw a ellipse marquee, I just start dragging from the center and draw the marquee the approximate size, then I switch to move tool (letter V on the keybord) reshape my selection, and go back to the tool I was using before (brush tool for example). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvGa Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 On 12/19/2016 at 11:43 PM, MEB said: The dev teams are working as fast as they can Not so fast guys slow down AHAM and loukash 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 *sigh* Still miss this functionality on the regular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N A Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 It's now 2023, and every time I start my marquee one pixel wrong, I have to stop and redraw it instead of just touching the spacebar to shift it! That, along with the lack of a "Crop To Mask" function, is driving me mad [the Crop tool is an incredibly slow and clumsy way to trim screenshots]. Affinity does not seem to realise that to increase sales they do not have to clone Photoshop, but they do need to eliminate daily teeth-grinding editing annoyances that make people give up after using the trial version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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