Ottoteller Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The help file for Designer says, Once you have a pixel selection in place, it can be modified in several ways. You can modify your pixel selection by enlarging or shrinking it, applying a feather to its edge, and/or by smoothing its curve. These options are available from the Select menu as Grow/Shrink, Feather, and Smooth, respectively. In the drop down from the main Select tab, all sub selections are greyed out under all circumstances that I have tried. These include: Grow/Shrink; feather; smooth; refine edges; and outline. Is this a program glitch or SUE? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 11, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 11, 2019 Hi Ottoteller, Welcome to Affinity Forums You need to create a pixel selection for these commands to become active. Do you have a pixel selection active when you try to use them? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULRFONTENOT Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Yeah, I have created a shape in Pixel persona, and, accessed the same menu; grow/shrink is still greyed out. Quote PAULRFONTENOT Late 2013 iMac/32gb ram/2tb ssd 2018 MacBook Pro/32gb ram/1 tb ssd Affinity Designer/Designer Beta Affinity Photo/Photo Beta Affinity Publisher Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 The grow shrink commands are for Pixel selections, they do not work directly on shapes Pšenda 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...
Pšenda Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 12 hours ago, carl123 said: are for Pixel selections So how is the menu name - "Select" :-) Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 13 hours ago, PAULRFONTENOT said: Yeah, I have created a shape in Pixel persona ... But from your screenshot it looks like you have not created a pixel (marching ants) selection. Also keep in mind that vector shapes are not defined by their pixel extents, so while you can create a pixel selection in Designer's Pixel Persona, it can't be applied to a vector shape unless you rasterize it. Some of the Designer Assistant settings affect what happens if you try to use the Paint Brush Tool or other brush tools on a vector layer or apply a filter to one, so maybe experiment with those settings if you are not getting the behavior you expect. PAULRFONTENOT 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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