ThomasAn.
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On 8/5/2018 at 3:48 PM, owenr said:
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Yes, Affinity apps do support masking by vectors as you describe.
You can drag and drop the masking object's thumbnail onto the target object's thumbnail (not its name) to mask-nest (not clip-nest) the former into the latter.
Alternatively, with the masking object immediately above the target in the stack, right-click the mask's thumbnail and pick Mask To Below, and the former will become mask-nested in the latter.
An example document: vector mask.afdesign
In it you will see that the mask-nested thumbnail has the vector-mask symbol in its bottom-right corner as shown in this enlargement:
Thanks for the reply, but ... you are describing a clipping mask, not an OPACITY mask. I already know about clipping masks in Affinity, they work nicely, but it is not the question at hand at the moment.
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Is using the eraser tool (in a pixel mask layer) in pixel persona the only way ?
I am trying to implement opacity masks (vector objects that their transparency knocks out proportionally the underlying geometry). So a gradient from black to transparent would cause the underlying geometry to gradually fade.
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ok, I notice the replicate/blend feature will not make it to the first release.
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Hi ThomasAn.,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Yes, there's already a Blend Tool on Designer's roadmap.
Thank you for the roadmap link !
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Opacity masks ?
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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No sir you did not.
Putting the spheres inside the droplet is not opacity masking and giving the spheres a gradient with a transparent end is not opacity masking either.
GabrielM was right. Other than using the eraser tool there is no other way to accomplish opacity masking at the moment (which is fine, the pixel layer does the job as well for now)
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/mastering-opacity-masks-in-illustrator-2