Tomáš Luža Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hello, I am a new Affinity Photo user and I am quite amazed what this software can do (good job). However I would like to ask about one thing I am not able to solve. Is there a way to prevent feather selection be used on borders of canvas? I know I can tweak mask that I created using feather selection but I would like to have an option to prevent it right with feather selection. I am attaching img to demonstrate what I am up to. Thanks Tomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted January 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hi @Tomáš Luža, Welcome to the forums. I'm not really sure I understand what is it that you're trying to achieve. Regardless, when you use a selection tool, you cannot ignore the borders. If you draw the selection box over the borders(or any other elements), it will select them. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomáš Luža Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hey Gabriel, thank you for your input I will try to specify my problem. I am attaching another img where you can see a difference when you use feather with another software (in this case it is GIMP). For both examples I used same method -> Use Rectangular Marquee Tool -> select half of the canvas -> apply feather -> Use fill with secondary color (black). As you can see in GIMP (In Photoshop does work the same way) feather was applied only to the side of selection that was not in contact with border of canvas (aka in the middle of screen) althou Affinity Photo feather affected all sides of selection (even those that are in contact with canvas borders). So I would like to know if it is possible to do it the "GIMP" way? Thanks Tomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted January 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted January 23, 2019 Now I see what you mean. The "Select> Feather" does not take the edges into account. However, if you use the feather slider (before you make your selection) from the selection tool it does ignore the edges. Tomáš Luža 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomáš Luža Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Ah, that's it! Thank you Gabriel it does work greatly. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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