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Windows 7,  64b, latest Affinity updates, all selection tools do some selection (of a fashion) but I am getting no actual selection using the Selection Brush Tool. Affinity thinks I have done an action as it gives an Undo, but I have no selection no matter what I do. Please advise. 

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Please try 1.7 BETA - there is a much improvement of refine/seeclction... but it crashes sometimes.... on windows!

On OSX it works quite fine, but on windows its not-improveed so far. Do not spend time with 1.6 settings... Lets fix in 1.7!

OSX 12.5  / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW!

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3 hours ago, Charles p said:

but I am getting no actual selection using the Selection Brush Tool.

In the context toolbar, make sure Mode: is set to Add & not Subtract. 

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1 hour ago, Charles p said:

Thanks, it sounds as though selection brush in 1.6.5.123 is a dead duck.

I don't know what you mean by that. It works as expected as long as there is at least one pixel layer for it to select something in & it is in the correct mode.

1 hour ago, Charles p said:

How can load 1.7Beta please (and go back to 1.6.5.123 if too many issues?

Links to the downloads for the betas are in the Affinity Beta Software Forums, in the first post of each named built number, for example in the first post of the Affinity Photo Windows Customer Beta - 1.7.0.209 topic. As explained there, they are not yet suitable for production use. They are installed along side the retail 1.6.x version & completely independent of them, meaning you can run both the beta & the retail version at the same time.

All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7
Affinity Photo 
1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7

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I tried everything (I think), went back to the on line tutorials but had an issue running some stuff. Fixed that and either by coincidence/ chance/ or better technique the selection brush  seemed to work as per the Work Book!

Thanks for all the feedback so hopefully I am up and running again.  

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