How to modify 1 layer without modify others

[FrankSchroeder]

Hi

I don’t understand how to modify a layer without modify the others. Example : I want to crop a part of a layer but when applying it all layers are cropped too.

thanks in advance

[Dan C]

Hi FrankSchroeder,

Welcome to the forums

The crop tool in Affinity Photo is a Canvas Crop, which will always affect all layers, not only the one you have selected.

Unfortunately there's no specific feature for singling out 1 specific layer in Affinity iOS apps, however you can use the menu icon to the top right of the Layer Studio to Hide All Layers, then simply reshow the singular layer you want to work on. I hope this helps!

[megabit]

Could it solve your problem if you use a curve and a mask to „crop“ the layer you want to?

[smadell]

Although you can’t literally crop a single layer, you can effectively do the same thing by clipping the layer to a vector shape. Create a shape (such as the rectangle I used in the screenshot below) and drag the layer into the shape, so that it becomes a child of the shape.

[Move Along People]

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[FrankSchroeder]

Thanks so much for your kind advices, I’ll try this and let you know. Have e good day

[FrankSchroeder]

..and if you want crop the layer (without touching the layer below) to only get the left pink house with a geometrical tool like the selection rectangle ? With iPad new Photoshop, it takes 2 clics and 3 seconds... but I would keep working with Affinity

[smadell]

Frank...

If you want to use the selection tool, just make a selection and then create a mask.

[FrankSchroeder]

Thanks so much.