[Mask without removing mask]

Ah, cool thanks for the help about moving one layer on top of the other.  Works perfect!  I knew there had to be an easy way, I just couldn't figure out what it was.

[Mask without removing mask]

I figured it out!  It's the "insert inside selection tool".

[Mask without removing mask]

Hello,

 

I'm a newbie to Affinity designer, and pretty much any vector design, so this may be quite obvious.  I have made an object, and want to draw more stuff on that object.  However, I want everything I draw to be automatically cut off at the edge of the main object, so that no marks stray out of it's bounds.  I have been able to accomplish this by duplicating the object, then making that duplicate a mask for the things inside the main object.  Is there a way I can just make the main object a "mask", but also show it?  Right now if I make it a mask, it dissapears.

 

Thanks for the help!

[VC++ install error]

Hi  The Assurer

 

I uninstalled it and am still getting the same error.  I tried to download it from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145but unfortunate this version is below the one used in affinity designer.  (It's 14.0.23XXX vs what is needed 14.0.24XXX)

[VC++ install error]

When installing I get this error:

 

"The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable"

 

vc_runtimeMinimum_x64.msi is the name of the file it can't find.  I attached the screenshot.  I'm on windows 7 with Visual Studio Community installed.  I tried manually installing VC++ 2015 and it said it's already installed.