Jaffa Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Am not sure why the rectangular marquee has a "New" option, but the selection brush hasn't. It is not a big deal to choose new by changing to the rectangular marquee when you want to move a selection area (but not the content), however would be simpler if it could all be done from the selection brush. Old Bruce 1 Quote Jafa - Just Another Fantastic Aucklander (Jim) Windows 11 Affinity Photo 2.4 Lightroom 6 Nik Collection and Topaz Denoise AI Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.60GHz 32 °C Coffee Lake 14nm Technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 For now, since the Selection Brush doesn't have the "New" option, instead of switching to the Marquee tool it may be easier to simply type ctrl+d (Windows) or cmd+d (Mac) which are the default shortcuts for Select > Deselect. 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...
carl123 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 The ESC key will also remove the selection without having to change tools walt.farrell 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 But, Walt & Carl, this has nothing to do with select/deselect, it is about moving a selection to put it into another area, without copying the underlying data in the initial area. Maybe you don't know that this is possible? Quote Jafa - Just Another Fantastic Aucklander (Jim) Windows 11 Affinity Photo 2.4 Lightroom 6 Nik Collection and Topaz Denoise AI Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.60GHz 32 °C Coffee Lake 14nm Technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 14 hours ago, Jaffa said: But, Walt & Carl, this has nothing to do with select/deselect, it is about moving a selection to put it into another area, without copying the underlying data in the initial area. Maybe you don't know that this is possible? Sorry, I missed the part about moving a selection outline in your post. But I don't think it's having New as an option that allows that for the marquee tools. It's simply that the marquee tools allow you to move their selection outlines, and the Selection Brush doesn't. If you want to move a selection outline you made with the Selection Brush, just press V to choose the Move tool, move the selection, then press V again to get back to the Selection Brush. (Sorry; I had the wrong layer selected.) 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...
Jaffa Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: But I don't think it's having New as an option that allows that for the marquee tools. It's simply that the marquee tools allow you to move their selection outlines, and the Selection Brush doesn't. Hi Walt - but that's the best way I have found to move the selection outline, by using "new". Got that from the learning I did in Photoshop and transferred that knowledge to Affinity Photo. It works fine. 6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: If you want to move a selection outline you made with the Selection Brush, just press V to choose the Move tool, move the selection, then press V again to get back to the Selection Brush. Using the Move tool does not move the selection outline, Walt. When I have got the selection outline to the area I want, I do a Ctrl+j to copy -- and then use the Move tool to move the copied area back to cover the initial selection area. Job done! Quote Jafa - Just Another Fantastic Aucklander (Jim) Windows 11 Affinity Photo 2.4 Lightroom 6 Nik Collection and Topaz Denoise AI Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.60GHz 32 °C Coffee Lake 14nm Technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 12 hours ago, Jaffa said: Using the Move tool does not move the selection outline, Walt. Yes, it does. I tried it just before posting, and repeated the experiment again after reading your reply. The Move Tool will move a selection outline created by the Selection Brush Tool. Sorry; I had the wrong layer selected. 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...
carl123 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 @walt.farrell I think the OP just wants to move the marching ants rather than move the pixels the marching ants contain. I cant get it to do this with just the Move Tool either - this just moves the selected pixels for me. The only way I can just get the marching ants to move is to switch to the Move Tool, press Q (quick mask), move the "selection" then press Q again But the OP's original workaround is probably just as quick if not quicker Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 25, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi walt, You are able to do it with the Move Tool because you probably have an empty layer selected - which is another way to move the selection outline without the contents. With the actual image layer selected that's not possible. walt.farrell 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 11 minutes ago, carl123 said: @walt.farrell I think the OP just wants to move the marching ants rather than move the pixels the marching ants contain. I cant get it to do this with just the Move Tool either - this just moves the selected pixels for me. The only way I can just get the marching ants to move is to switch to the Move Tool, press Q (quick mask), move the "selection" then press Q again But the OP's original workaround is probably just as quick if not quicker Thanks. I didn't notice in my test that I had an adjustment layer selected. Once I selected the pixel layer my suggestion no longer worked. 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...
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