JeffreyWalther Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 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 Quote Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher V2 Windows 10 Pro, 64 GB RAM AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (12x 3.8 GHz), MSI X570 Unify GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB, NVIDIA driver version 471.41 (Studio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alfred Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 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. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeffreyWalther Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 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): Quote Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher V2 Windows 10 Pro, 64 GB RAM AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (12x 3.8 GHz), MSI X570 Unify GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB, NVIDIA driver version 471.41 (Studio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 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 1 Quote 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...
GarryP Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PixelPest Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Aren´t we talking about APhoto like the title indicates? And it´s available in AD/PixelPersona as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PixelPest Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carl123 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 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 Move Along People 1 Quote 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...
PixelPest Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 As said: In ADesigner/PixelPersona you can select and delete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PixelPest Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Maybe I´m lost in translation: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I use the Backspace key to delete a selection in Affinity Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 ← and ⌦ work on macOS if this matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeffreyWalther Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Thank you all! I think I do a feature request since it seems that this easy function is missing. Quote Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher V2 Windows 10 Pro, 64 GB RAM AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (12x 3.8 GHz), MSI X570 Unify GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB, NVIDIA driver version 471.41 (Studio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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