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This is a weird one. On the document i am working on (42 pages) in spreads, there have been a few images i have wanted to remove the background of. Using the selection brush tool, it only works on images on the left hand pages. The right hand pages do not register any 'add' or 'subtract' - just does nothing...

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22 minutes ago, magicdesign__ said:

Could it be to do with an image type not being compatible?

You have to make sure that the image is rasterized (from the right click menu in layers panel). Does this solve this?

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no - didnt solve the issue. It is basically any image on the right hand side of spread doesnt work, but on the left hand side, it does. If i had to guess, it would be to do with the fact that designer and photo doesnt support 'spreads' and therefore only focuses on left hand page?

 

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41 minutes ago, magicdesign__ said:

If i had to guess, it would be to do with the fact that designer and photo doesnt support 'spreads' and therefore only focuses on left hand page?

Please explain your scenario a bit more. You've posted in Publisher bugs, and now you're talking about Designer and Photo.

Are you using the Designer or Photo Personas on the Publisher pages, or Edit in Designer/Photo, or double-clicking on a linked image file to edit it in a separate Publisher tab, or something else?

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4 minutes ago, Pauls said:

I think you'll need to provide us a sample file otherwise we're just trying to guess what is happening. The link I provided earlier is private

i have been able to cut and paste a double page spread into a new document and it has the same error -  i'll upload it to you now.

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5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Please explain your scenario a bit more. You've posted in Publisher bugs, and now you're talking about Designer and Photo.

Are you using the Designer or Photo Personas on the Publisher pages, or Edit in Designer/Photo, or double-clicking on a linked image file to edit it in a separate Publisher tab, or something else?

from within publisher, i am trying to edit an image using photo tab. The rest is explained in my first post.

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1 minute ago, magicdesign__ said:

from within publisher, i am trying to edit an image using photo tab. The rest is explained in my first post.

So, to be clear:

  1. You have a 2-page spread.
  2. You want to use some Photo tools on an image on the right-hand page.
  3. You switch to the Photo Persona
  4. You find that the Selection Brush does not work on the right-hand page in the Photo Persona, but it does work on the left-hand page.
  5. Rasterizing the image does not make any difference.

Is that accurate?

-- 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

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Thanks for confirming the workflow.

I just tested with my own file, and the Selection Brush works on both pages of the spread. It will be interesting to see what Serif finds from your sample document.

-- 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

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