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Thanks for your help. This method would not work for my needs as I don't want to be left with with ends (either rounded or squared off). I want to have a mask that I can adjust. I've done it before, but I'm not quite sure how I did it. The layer says "mask" not curve, but is still a vector object that is fully adjustable.
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Thanks yes this is the effect I want, and I did figure this out myself. However it seems a little backwards as usually black hides and white shows in masking. So one would think you can drop a black shape on exactly what you would like to hide, but that is not the case with curves. I do this all the time in Affinity Photo and other applications.
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Hi there, I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how to do what I think should be a very simple task. I have created a rectangle (curve) and I would like to use that to mask out another curve, so the 2nd curve is visible except the rectangle on the top layer is not. I have been trying to drag the upper layer to the right of the lower layer's thumbnail, but I get the opposite result of what I would like. It shows lower layer within the rectangle bounds and hides everything outside the rectangle. Is there an easy way to reverse what is masked? or do I need to go about this in a different method? Thanks for all you help!
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Publisher Tabs/Tables
jdrux replied to jdrux's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Thanks so much for your help! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out with tabs. The only problem I ran into was if I wanted to adjust the tabs I would have to copy/paste the text from the table into a text frame, make the adjustments, then copy and paste the new tabbed text into the table. -
Publisher Tabs/Tables
jdrux replied to jdrux's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Thanks! I figured out another way around it. Using a right justification the decimal point seems to line up perfectly even if the 2 numbers after the decimals are different numbers. Something I don't think Adobe does... -
Hi there, I'm trying to figure out how to align text within a table so the columns are aligned to a decimal point. In Adobe InDesign this can be done using Tabs, but I can't seem to access Tab Stops within a table in Publisher, only when using the Text Frame Tool. Does anyone have an idea how I could accomplish what I'm trying to do? Thanks!
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Hi I'm just looking to make my process more efficient. I have to create numerous images all the same size and with the same layer effects (outer shadow with the exact same settings for all). Is there a way to set the default layer effects to a custom setting so that when you create a new layer it automatically adds, say, a specific outer shadow setting to the new layer, without having to go into each new layer and create the same layer settings. In photoshop with is done by copy/pasting the layer style. Thanks for your help!
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Thanks for the suggestion @Dazmondo77. Like @walt.farrell the video didn't work for me either. I didn't really understand your first suggestion and what I tried din't work. But the 2nd suggestion of creating a pixel layer with the desired shape fill and then dragging to the right of the image worked a treat! I'm interested to hear more about how you use this with multiple masks to create interesting depth of field effects. Thanks!
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walt.farrell reacted to a post in a topic: Document edge and layer FX don't mask all the way to edge.
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Thanks, I just tried some tests with the rasterizing and the one that worked the best was "Rasterize & Trim" after creating the mask, not before. Then, after rasterize and trim I could add layer fx that only effected the masked area. You can see from the screenshot how the selected layer has a bounding box around the image only. Thanks for the tips! So again, for anyone else having this issue: Rasterise & Trim after creating the mask, then add layer fx to the trimmed layer.
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I guess I figured out what the issue was, but I wish there was a way around it. The issue is that I am trying to add Layer FX to my masked layer (Outer Shadow or Glow), which affects the edge of the document as well (an unwanted result). What I had to do was save the masked image as PNG and then do the effects on the separate PNG file. Unfortunately, this ads a ton of extra time and steps to my workflow.
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I've had this issue for a long time and haven't been able to figure it out or find any help topics about it. I mask an image (that is larger than my document size) in Affinity Photo. I select the object in the centre of the image and then use Refine Selection to adjust the selection. I then hit Mask and it masks the object onto a transparent background, which looks the way I would like it until I export it as a png or put layer effects onto the masked layer. When I export it as png i get the transparent background, but for some reason the mask didn't get to the very edge of the document, so I'm usually left with a sliver of the image. This gets really frustrating as I have to manually go back in and move the image around to mask off past the edges of the document. Does anyone have an idea why this happens or how I can resolve the issue? I doesn't happen with Photoshop. The only thing I can think of is opening the the original document and masking that to the edges, then copying the masked image into my final document, but I feel like this extra step shouldn't be necessary. Anyone else have this issue? I've attached a couple of screen shot to show you what I mean. Thanks for your help!
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Table Cells Question
jdrux replied to Coffee's topic in Feedback for Affinity Publisher V1 on Desktop
Is there a way to split cells in the latest version of Affinity Publisher? I just purchased and really need this function as I use it daily. Thanks!