[Is there a way to mask effects?]

Ah, I'd obviously gone wrong somewhere along the line because your macro worked perfectly. Thanks so much, Andy! This will really speed up my workflow. Much appreciated!

[Is there a way to mask effects?]

Oh, I spoke too soon. It didn't work. With this method, I was able to put the effects on a layer of their own and then add a mask, but the mask didn't work the way it was supposed to. Instead of deleting the inner glow from the top of the head, it simply moved it lower down the body. Any ideas on how I might rectify this? TIA

[Is there a way to mask effects?]

Exactly what I'd been looking for. And so simple... I wish I'd come on and asked sooner now lol. Thank you so much!

[Is there a way to mask effects?]

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to mask effects in AF Photo? In Photoshop you can put FX onto a layer of their own then add a mask to them. Can you do something similar to this in Affinity? If not is there a workaround?

I've come up against this problem a few times now. I've added rim lighting (inner glow) to a person standing in front of the moon, but I want to brush the effect away  from the person's feet and a couple of other areas of the body. Even better would be to invert the effects and then paint them back on exactly where I need them.

I've given up my photoshop subscription and got so desperate recently when working on something for a client that I painted on the rim lighting exactly where I wanted it then added a small amount of gausian blur to try to achieve the effect. Naturally this was far more time consuming than FX and a simple mask would have been.

I've even thought about duplicating the layer of the person, adding the inner glow to one layer then masking one of the layers on a low opacity where I don't want the effects, but again this seems quite long-winded. Am I missing something? I have wondered if I'm making this more complicated than it needs to be. TIA.

 

Tammy