sackwort Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Please see the attached screenshots. I want to cut-out this ornament leaving a transparent background. I used the selection brush along with refine selection. I thought I'd done a decent job until I copied the selection and pasted onto a white background. The edges are jagged and some of the original background, which was outside of the selection, has also been copied over. Also, if I cut the selection there are remnants of the image left behind. What am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 20, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi sackwort, From the screenshots it's not clear what was gone wrong - if the tools/software themselves or the process selection/refine edges performed. The image is quite clean and shouldn't cause much trouble at all. Any chance you can upload/attach the original image so we can try to reproduce/create the selection here too? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sackwort Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thanks for your reply. I've attached the original and the edited version, which has much of the History saved. The original has minor edits, but it's before I started making the selection. The edited version is the one I used to make the above screenshots. original.afphoto edited.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Personally, I think you are better off not to use Refine Edges. Make the selection and put 1 or 2 pixels of feather. or not. I would prefer to use a clipping path to save all that selecting, refining and so on. Like using a scalpel compared to an axe. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 36 minutes ago, toltec said: I would prefer to use a clipping path to save all that selecting, refining and so on. Like using a scalpel compared to an axe. Can you explain that a bit more, please? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 42 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Can you explain that a bit more, please? This is probably the best YouTube video on the subject. It is in French but well demonstrated. Of course, if your French is good enough. Ces't bon ! walt.farrell 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 32 minutes ago, toltec said: Of course, if your French is good enough. Ces't bon ! Or even « C’est bon » !! 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...
toltec Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 18 minutes ago, Alfred said: Or even « C’est bon » !! oOPs: Merde ! Finger trouble Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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