Harry50 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Hi, I cannot understand why the selection tools especially the free hand option is not working for me When I try to do it, it changes shape to something completely different I have to finish the lassoing to the very dot I started with for anything to happen Ive changed the selection too - normal, polygonal and magnetic Ive changed the mode - New, add, subtract, intersect I am a noob to affinity but I hope someone can help me Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Have you set the Mode to Add or New? Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry50 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 I have tried the add , new and others features and its the same, out of shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 20, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hi @Harry50, Welcome to the forums. Have a look at the layer studio. What type is your layer? Pixel or Image? If it's image, right click on it and choose "Rasterise" Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 4 hours ago, GabrielM said: Have a look at the layer studio. What type is your layer? Pixel or Image? If it's image, right click on it and choose "Rasterise" I wondered that, too, Gabe. But a test using Free-Hand Selection (aka Lasso) on an image layer worked just fine for me without rasterizing it. 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...
Wosven Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Did you checked the feather amount? If you end up with a round selection instead of a square, it can be because of the feather option. Try setting it at 0. Harry50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry50 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Lowering the feather amount to 0 worked, thanks guys. Sorry I'm just a beginner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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