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This afternoon when I wanted to invert a selection it did not do it right. Instead of selecting the background, the selected part was changed to a contrast negate image , however I did not use the blend mode.

I have no idea how to correct this. Anyone?

I use Affinity Photo 1.6.7. 

iMac OS 10.13.6

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Try holding the shift key and that should invert the selection.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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Select > Invert Pixel Selection  or  Ctrl+Shift+I

Affinity Photo  2.3.1

Laptop MSI Prestige PS42
Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz   2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB

 

 
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Thank you both for your reply. However I think I did not state the problem correctly . 

Every time I try to invert a selection, this happens. The selection never inverts, it just becomes a negative image

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5 minutes ago, Yopester said:

Thank you both for your reply. However I think I did not state the problem correctly . 

Every time I try to invert a selection, this happens. The selection never inverts, it just becomes a negative image

What @HVDB Photography posted works for me in both the retail (1.6.7) and the beta (1.7.0.112) versions here on Mac. How are you making the selection? Could we see a screen shot of your Layers Studio please.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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Usually I use the brush tool.  and then use cmd-I for inverting, or I go to the layer menu and choose invert. Same happens when I try the shift button.

I never had any problem with inverting, until now. Could it be a software problem?invert1.thumb.jpeg.a705fc82b0d6e397ea8f12dc51242284.jpeg

Invert2.jpeg

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2 minutes ago, Yopester said:

I go to the layer menu and choose invert

Select menu. Select > Invert Pixel Selection.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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You need to distinguish between two cases:

  1. Inverting the selection: That is, selecting the face (as you did) and then changing the selection so it is everything except the face. That is Select > Invert Pixel Selection, shortcut Cmd+Shift+I (Ctrl instead of Cmd on Windows).
  2. Inverting the content of the pixels contained within the selection: That is, selecting the face and then inverting its colors. That is Layer > Invert, shortcut Cmd+I (Ctrl instead of Cmd on Windows).

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