Steve813 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I'm looking at purchasing Affinity Photo and was wondering if it has a magnetic trace tool similar to what Photoshop has. I sell products online and want to be able to take a picture, trace it, and have a plain white back ground. Is this something Affinity Photo can do? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Hi, Steve813, I'm not very qualified to offer an answer. I haven't used Photoshop in at least 7 years, and not much at that time. I've been using GIMP a lot, and for some years earlier, Corel Photopaint. I can only say based on limited background, AP is much easier to use getting a clean clip of items from background than anything I've used. You can d-load a 10 day trial, so give it a whirl. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 If you're asking about the lasso tool, yes, look for Free Hand Selection Tool. Once selected, in the top bar, you'll see the 'magnetic' option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 17 hours ago, Steve813 said: I'm looking at purchasing Affinity Photo and was wondering if it has a magnetic trace tool similar to what Photoshop has. I sell products online and want to be able to take a picture, trace it, and have a plain white back ground. Is this something Affinity Photo can do? Thanks There are many tools in Photo to trace around an image and cut it out. That way you can replace the background with anything you want. There are also some great tools to refine your "trace", once done. As @Silvia says, the Freehand selection tool (aka lasso) has a magnetic option. There are several alternatives and I recommend that you at least watch the following videos. Although there are several on the subject. The first one also shows how to replace the background, or at least, how to place the image on a new background, which is the same thing. Uncle Mez and Gabe 1 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve813 Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 12 hours ago, toltec said: There are many tools in Photo to trace around an image and cut it out. That way you can replace the background with anything you want. There are also some great tools to refine your "trace", once done. As @Silvia says, the Freehand selection tool (aka lasso) has a magnetic option. There are several alternatives and I recommend that you at least watch the following videos. Although there are several on the subject. The first one also shows how to replace the background, or at least, how to place the image on a new background, which is the same thing. Yes, that is what I'm looking for. Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverMaAT Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 what about creating an outline of the selection path (like a pen or vector line drawing) of the selection. This would then be put on a separate layer. Is there a tool that does this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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