Basic question on Cutting out an image

[bvenero94]

Hi,

I am new to the Affinity Photo so sorry for the basic question. I have looked at tutorial videos online on how to cut a section from a image. The two methods I found is the selection brush tool and the pen tool. Every time I use these tools to cut an image, the edges of the image that is selected has rough edges or not smooth. I use refine but nothing really helps. How can I cutting an image with smooth edges and place it in a different image?

[MEB]

Hi bvnero94,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Take a look at this video: Cutting Out (Affinity Photo). For more complex selections take a look at this one: Refining Selections.

There's a section dedicated to Selections and masking in the Official Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials thread:

• Making Selections
• Refining Selections
• Pixel Selections from Layers
• Quick Masks
• Mask Layers
• Exposure Merging
• Clipping vs Masking
• Vector Masking
• Using Adjustment Layers on Masks - YouTube / Vimeo

[bvenero94]

Thank you!