Photo: Circle Selection from Center

[JeffreyWalther]

Hi,

I do not get it work with any CTRL/ALT/SHIFT combination:
Creating a circle selection, starting from the center (where mouse pointer was)  instead from the left/top corner.

Any ideas?

 

Jeff

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[Alfred]

Ctrl-drag will create a shape from the centre. Therefore to create such a selection, first create a shape and then convert it to a selection.

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[JeffreyWalther]

Well... so it is not possible to start at the selection center and increase the radius?

Current behaviour (starts top/left even with CTRL pressed while mouse clicking and moving):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desired behaviour (circle from center):

 

 

[GarryP]

Ctrl+drag with an ellipse draws the ellipse from the centre but Ctrl+drag with an ellipse selection “moves layer with selection” (whatever that means). A little bit of an inconsistency there I think.
However, you can draw a circle with Ctrl+Shift+drag, use menu “Select → Selection from Layer”, then delete the circle to get what you want. A bit more work but doable.

Edited September 17, 2019 by GarryP
Changed circle to ellipse (in most cases).

[carl123]

1 minute ago, GarryP said:

use menu “Select → Selection from Layer”, then delete the circle to get what you want.

Select > Selection From Layer and Delete

Is a relatively new option and one less step

[GarryP]

Nice catch.
And I think I’ve figured out what “move layer with selection” means but it only seems to work when a selection has already been made so it might be better to only have that option appear in the status bar message when it’s actually available/usable (unless I’m just not using it correctly).

[PixelPest]

Not sure if will help the OP. I´d use Selection Brush (No Snap to Edges) and a reasonable Width. Place at the desired spot and click. Use cmd+B to Grow/Shrink in Circular mode selection:

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[PixelPest]

Aren´t we talking about APhoto like the title indicates?

And it´s available in AD/PixelPersona as well.

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[PixelPest]

13 minutes ago, haakoo said:

Of course,thought it was worth the mention though 

But it´s just APublisher which lacks this kind of selection tool.

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[carl123]

5 minutes ago, haakoo said:

My Designer doesn't have a 

This thread is about Photo, not Designer, hence the answers given are about what's possible in Photo

[PixelPest]

As said: In ADesigner/PixelPersona you can select and delete.

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[PixelPest]

Maybe I´m lost in translation:

[Sara72]

I use the Backspace key to delete a selection in Affinity Designer.

[PixelPest]

← and ⌦ work on macOS if this matters.

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[JeffreyWalther]

Thank you all!
I think I do a feature request since it seems that this easy function is missing.