Yopester Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Try holding the shift key and that should invert the selection. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Select > Invert Pixel Selection or Ctrl+Shift+I Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yopester Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 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. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yopester Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, Yopester said: I go to the layer menu and choose invert Select menu. Select > Invert Pixel Selection. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yopester Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Thanks, that does the job, but why is it then that (shift) cmd-I not always seems to work right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 You need to distinguish between two cases: 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). 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). Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yopester Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Thank you, Walt. Now it's clear to me ( I think) walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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