toltec Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 In the Designer help files it says To create a pixel selection from a drawn line or shape (path). 1. Do one of the following. • Using the Pen tool draw a curve or closed shape on your page. • Select a previously drawn curve or shape and then select the Pen Tool. 2. From the context toolbar, tap To Selection. OK, where is it? I know the Designer grey on black interface is notoriously hard to see, but this is ridiculous Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted September 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 10, 2018 Hi toltec Thanks for bringing this to our attention, I'm relatively certain that the help file is not correct, as selections need to be made in the pixel persona and there is no pen tool available here. I believe the current help file was written using parts of Photos, in which you can create a selection from a drawn shape from the context toolbar, see my screenshot below: Currently there appears to be no way to convert the drawn path to a selection, but it may have been a 'by-design' choice for Designer iPad as this is the same behaviour as Designer desktop. I'll be raising the issue with our devs & documentation team and get back to you asap! EDIT: Changed source of screenshot as it wasn't showing for some users. toltec 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted September 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 10, 2018 @toltec I've heard back from the documentation team and they've confirmed this shouldn't be in the help file as it isn't a feature available in Designer. We'll be updating the help files for the next update, thanks for helping us out here Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Dan C said: I believe the current help file was written using parts of Photos, in which you can create a selection from a drawn shape from the context toolbar Did you perhaps mean [Affinity] Photo rather than [Apple] Photos? Quote see my screenshot below Screenshot? What screenshot?? 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...
Staff Dan C Posted September 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 10, 2018 1 minute ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: Did you perhaps mean [Affinity] Photo rather than [Apple] Photos? It's missing an apostrophe, I meant "Photo's" as in belonging to the Photo help file! 5 minutes ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: Screenshot? What screenshot? How strange, as it's showing the screenshot correctly on my end... I'll update it now Alfred 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 I too had this question and searching where the “To Selection” button was hiding..... A 3rd party PDF help file also pointed to the button that was merely a mirage referred to here Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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