lettergothic Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Outlining an object: When I use the Flood Select wand to select the background of a simple image, I hit "delete, I get checkerboards and export as a PNG. Done. When I use the Magnetic Freehand tool (because the wand doesn't achieve the desired selection) to select the the same image referenced above, I drag points all the way around and close the selection by clicking on the beginning dot, choose "invert selection" to get the background selected and press "delete" — however, in this case, no checkerboards; no transparent bg. — why does deleting the BG work with the wand but not the lasso? — how can I get the "delete background" to work with the wand? thanks, lettergothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 That should usually work right out of the box ... sel_delete.mp4 Don't know if you have instead multiple layers, if yes make sure the right one is selected/active Also dismiss any possible previously made selections before using the lasso tool etc. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettergothic Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 v_kyr, Thanks for responding. One layer only; no other selections made. It's frustrating . . . Thanks, anyway, letttergothic Ricky James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Is the Freehand tool's Mode set to "New" or "Add"? 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...
Staff Dan C Posted April 11, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 11, 2019 Hi lettergothic 11 hours ago, lettergothic said: When I use the Magnetic Freehand tool (because the wand doesn't achieve the desired selection) to select the the same image referenced above, I drag points all the way around and close the selection by clicking on the beginning dot, choose "invert selection" to get the background selected and press "delete" — however, in this case, no checkerboards; no transparent bg. I've tried to replicate this following your steps and I'm not seeing the same bug. Could you possibly provide a screen recording showing your workflow? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettergothic Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 11 hours ago, R C-R said: Is the Freehand tool's Mode set to "New" or "Add"? R C-R, Thanks for responding. It's set to "new". lettergothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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