• How do I hide a selection in Affinity Pixel and toggle the visibility?

    I often use that so simple in Affinity Photo and here it seems hidden somewhere.

    I mean hiding the matching ants. They are very disturbing to me.

    iMac M3 24GB, Mac OS Tahoe, Affinity V2 2.6.5, Affinity 3, NIK-collection 8.2

    Edited once, last by LarsGW: Clarifying my question (December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM).

  • It is in the Layer menu, Layer > Hide > Hide and then Layer > Show > Show. Oddly there is always a check mark next to the Show/Hide items, at least here on my Mac.

    I would think about setting up a keyboard shortcut for them if I used them often.

    Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6
    Affinity 3.0.1 | Affinity Designer 2.6.5 | Affinity Photo 2.6.5
    Affinity Publisher 2.6.5 | beta versions as they appear.

    I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

  • That didn't work for me.

    I succeeded in another way which I at the moment can't find out how.

    The information on how to do this is very bad.

    I set up a keyboard shortcut. It was also tricky.

    iMac M3 24GB, Mac OS Tahoe, Affinity V2 2.6.5, Affinity 3, NIK-collection 8.2

    Edited once, last by LarsGW (December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM).

  • In Affinity Pixel I did it in this way:

    Go to 'Affinity/Settings/Shortcuts'

    In the Shortcuts menu choose 'Pixel' and 'View' in the dropdown menus.

    Go to 'Show>Pixel Selection' in the dropdown window where You can assign a Shortcut in the field on the right side.

    For me 'option P' worked well, not interfering with other shortcuts.

    With this You can show/hide the 'marching ants' who can be quite annoying in Your work .

    iMac M3 24GB, Mac OS Tahoe, Affinity V2 2.6.5, Affinity 3, NIK-collection 8.2

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