Selecting and Moving

[ttibsen]

So I am a beginner with Adobe Fresco. If I am presented with a graphic such as this - can I somehow isolate the black circle with the loon in it and move it around on the paddle?

[thejanebradbury]

If the loon is on its own layer click that layer and simply grab the Transform tool. A blue bounding box will surround it and you can then move it.

[ttibsen]

Thanks for that tip Jane. It just so happened that the loon was indeed on its own layer so your suggestion worked perfectly. What if that graphic was a photo? Can Adobe Fresco still manage to move the loon around on the paddle? 

[thejanebradbury]

As long as whatever you want to move is on its own layer using the transform tool will move anything around the canvas independently. If the loon and board are on the same layer (or ina group) they will move together. 👍🏼

[ttibsen]

What about this situation? Can I do the following with this photo?

    Select the small building on the left

    Once selected, is it possible to do a Cut and Paste operation so that the building can be pasted into a new file

    How about a select, copy so that I could then paste 2 more such buildings on to this picture

    Finally, it's a bit hard to get the selection perfect the first time so is it possible to refine the initial selection without having

    to start the selection all over again

[thejanebradbury]

The short answer is yes, it could be done. The long answers is that Fresco isn't really geared towards photo manipulation to the degree you want. It's a drawing/painting app in the main. For this sort of task Photoshop is the better choice as it has more options for Object Selection and removal. 

Selections

You can make small selections and either add or subtract to them without having to start all over from the beginning. When you are using the selection tool look to the top left and you should see two icons. One is for Add to Selection, the other is Subtract from Selection and you can switch between them as you make your selection. 

Copy/Paste

Once you have your selection you should be able to use Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V to paste it as a new layer. To have your new layer selection into another file for me the easiest way is to duplicate the working file and rename it. Then go in and remove everything except the layer you want and save that as new file. I do it like this so that I don't accidentally delete any work I might want to return to later. 

[ttibsen]

Thank you again Jane, for your step by step instructions. Once again, with regards to the small building on the left. Thanks to your method of refining an initial selection with the Add / Subtract process I have got a precise selection of this object. So what I wanted to do was get this building showing up by itself on another layer. I thought the way to do this was to follow your instructions << use Ctrl+C >> which for me is Command + C since I am working on an iPad. But doing this replicates the entire layer in a new layer not the selection by itself. So, what am I doing wrong?

[ttibsen]

Just to let you know, I have solved the answer to my question above - so the only way to get Copy / Paste / Selection as opposed to Copy / Paste / Layer is to make sure that you are working in a Pixel layer and then it does work. Now on to try your suggestion for making the selection appear in a new file - I'll let you know how that works out for me. At any rate, I'm really enjoying the slow understanding of this versatile app and the back and forth I'm having with you.

[thejanebradbury]

Ahh, a little quirk I hadn't thought of 👍🏼  I suppose on images one could use Mask to hide all the areas not required if not wanting to change the image to a pixel layer. 

[BryLiWay]

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