makspyat Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Hi Everyone it seems that Ctrl+Shift+Clicking the rasterized layer's thumbnail does not select all pixels with luminosity above 50% which is a very common practice to create a luminosity mask. The same combination is working in AP 1.6.5 - so please fix!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Hello @makspyat, Try the keyboard shortcut CTRL + ALT and left mouse click on the thumbnail. Cheers makspyat 1 Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makspyat Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Gnobelix said: Hello @makspyat, Try the keyboard shortcut CTRL + ALT and left mouse click on the thumbnail. Cheers Ooops - this works!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much - I use these masks all the time. It is insanely helpful! Friksel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaturner Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Hi all, To re-open this topic,neither of the alternatives mentioned work on my version of 1.7.0.367. Have tried with both 16 bit and 8 bit images; same (lack of) result. Is there something I am missing? (Windows 10 64 bit) Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Death Knight Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 12:35 AM, makspyat said: Ooops - this works!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much - I use these masks all the time. It is insanely helpful! You can also keep adding luminosity selections from other layers by holding down shift as well. Can be pretty handy from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaturner Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Thanks FDK for your very swift response. Unfortunately no combination of Ctrl+Shift or Ctrl+Alt or even Ctrl+Shift+Alt while clicking works for me for selecting luminosity pixels above (or below) 50%. However, if I am using the selection brush I can select multiple points via Ctrl+Shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Death Knight Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 17 hours ago, aaturner said: Thanks FDK for your very swift response. Unfortunately no combination of Ctrl+Shift or Ctrl+Alt or even Ctrl+Shift+Alt while clicking works for me for selecting luminosity pixels above (or below) 50%. However, if I am using the selection brush I can select multiple points via Ctrl+Shift. Did you try making a new layer and fill the canvas with colour to see if the selection worked (works also with Create New Fill Layer in the Layers menu at the top of the screen)? If not, then maybe report that as a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaturner Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Yup, tried that with no success, so I shall follow your good advice and report the behaviour (or lack of) as a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtj Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I found no combination for making luminosity selections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 hours ago, curtj said: I found no combination for making luminosity selections. Hello @curtj, The selection of a luminosity selections works very well. Try the following: With the shortcut CTRL + ALT and left a mouseclick on the thumbnail, a selection is created. To further narrow down the selection. Activate the layer with the selection and make a duplicate, wiht the shortcut CTRL + J Activate the new layer and deselect the selection, wiht the shortcut CTRL + D. With the shortcut CTRL + ALT and left mouseclick on the thumbnail, it will a further luminosity selections created, the selection is reduced by ca. 50% . To use the selections for further processing steps, create a spare chanel of the selection. Cheers Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtj Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 8/17/2019 at 3:45 AM, Gnobelix said: Hello @curtj, The selection of a luminosity selections works very well. Try the following: With the shortcut CTRL + ALT and left a mouseclick on the thumbnail, a selection is created. To further narrow down the selection. Activate the layer with the selection and make a duplicate, wiht the shortcut CTRL + J Activate the new layer and deselect the selection, wiht the shortcut CTRL + D. With the shortcut CTRL + ALT and left mouseclick on the thumbnail, it will a further luminosity selections created, the selection is reduced by ca. 50% . To use the selections for further processing steps, create a spare chanel of the selection. Cheers I’m using a MacBook Pro, I noticed you said CTRL + J to make a duplicate layer (Windows), is there a different key or keys sequence for luminosity selections on a Mac? To make a duplicate layer on a Mac I use Command + J. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 6 hours ago, curtj said: I’m using a MacBook Pro, I noticed you said CTRL + J to make a duplicate layer (Windows), is there a different key or keys sequence for luminosity selections on a Mac? To make a duplicate layer on a Mac I use Command + J. Thanks Sorry. CTRL in Windows should be Command (CMD) on the MAC. With the shortcut CMD + ALT and left a mouseclick on the thumbnail, a selection is created. Please, just try it. Cheers Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 26 minutes ago, Gnobelix said: Sorry. CTRL in Windows should be Command (CMD) on the MAC. With the shortcut CMD + ALT and left a mouseclick on the thumbnail, a selection is created. Please, just try it. Cheers CMD + OPT key Magic Keyboard, OPT key is same as ALT. Gnobelix 1 Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Cecil said: CMD + OPT key Magic Keyboard, OPT key is same as ALT. Thanks for the information. Cheers Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtj Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Gnobelix said: Thanks for the information. Cheers Many thanks to both Gnobelix and Cecil for you solid instrutions! I wasn't thinking about the Mac and Windows differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz65 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Hello, I am trying to make a luminosity selection by doing CNTL+ shift + left clicking on the thumbnail. All I get is the whole layer selected. If make a curves layer and Alt + click on it the layer is completely white so it is clearly not working. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Windows: Ctrl+Alt + left-click (the thumbnail) 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...
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