zedrone Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hello everyone, I'm new to the software, (buy it this week) ans i find something that disrupt my workflow a lot, i know i can workaround with duplicate layer etc, but i cant understand why this is the default behavior. If you have a shape or a text that you convert to curve, (or simply a curve) and use the curve to selection button, you loose your curve. the curve layer disappear completely. Can i change anything in the configuration / assistant to prevent that behavior ? i want to keep my curve layer, not remove it each time i want to create a selection from it. Thx in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 2, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hi zedrone, Welcome to Affinity Forums There's no way to prevent this behaviour however if you press cmd on Mac (ctrl on Windows) and click the object/text thumbnail in the Layers panel Affinity also creates a selection from its contents. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedrone Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) I'm aware of the Ctr + click on the thumbnail, but this doesnt work for a simple curve traced with the Pen Tool (it doesnt create any selection), it work for curve from texts and curve from polygons. If i want it to work for the curve i need to add a fill to the curve i just traced, one more step in a process i will do a lot. The real question is WHY deleting the curve layer when i just ask for a selection, the behavior doesn't really make sens to me. Edited September 2, 2019 by zedrone Randall1028 and IPv6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 2, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hi zedrone, The Mask and Selection buttons transform/convert the selected curve/object into a mask or a selection respectively - they don't generate one from it. That's how they were designed to work. A few users already requested to keep the original objects as well. I'm filling an improvement request for this. It's then up to the dev team to decide if/when implement it. Thanks for your feedback. Regarding adding a fill to the curve (to get a selection from it when using ctrl with the Layers panel), you don't have to add it every time you draw a curve with the Pen Tool. Tick Use Fill in the context menu for the Pen Tool to create filled curves. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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