J e f f Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 Hello, first time posting here. Please accept my apology if this has already been answered in another area. I did some initial research before posting here. I'm using Affinity Photo version 1.7.3.481- Basing the following question on what is posted in the help section "By default, a created mask layer is clipped to the selected layer or added at the top of the Layers Panel if no layer is selected. It can be moved within the Layers Panel to affect greater or lesser areas" So, understandable that when no layer is selected, the mask will placed as a clipping mask at the top however it seems when I do have a layer selected, pixel or otherwise it always places it at the top and not on the layer selected. I know, something probably very simple. I'm new to this. I appreciate any help you could offer on this issue. Thank you Quote
Dan C Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 Hi J e f f, Welcome to the forums Could you please confirm, how are you adding your new mask to the document? Could you please provide a screenshot of your Affinity app, including the layers panel? Quote
v_kyr Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 See the Assistent manager settings here. Quote Assistant Manager The Assistant Manager controls how painting, layer addition, and applying filters has an effect on layers in your document. The Manager lets you choose whether or not to be alerted of layer operations as they occur. Alert messages inform you that Affinity Photo has performed an action that you need to be aware of. This is as a result of the last operation you performed. Assistant Manager can decide the default type of action to take. While in Photo Persona, several types of operation can lead to different actions. Painting with no layer selected: Creates a new pixel layer for your brush strokes using 'Add new pixel layer and paint' if there is no pixel or vector layer selected; 'Take no action' means that no pixel painting is allowed. Erasing from vector layers: Erases on a created layer mask applied to your vector layer, immediately rasterise the vector layer and erase directly on it, or take no action. Other brushes on vector layers: For retouching pixel brushes (e.g., Burn Brush Tool, Smudge Brush Tool, etc.), any applied brush stroke rasterises the vector layer by default. You can change this behaviour by selecting 'Take no action' which doesn't convert the layer or apply the stroke. Brush tool sharing: Choose whether a selected brush is shared between tools of a similar nature (e.g. Dodge, Burn and Sponge Brush Tools), shared across all tools, or each tool's brush is set independently. Applying filters to vector layers: For effect and retouch filters from the Filters menu, applying a filter to a vector layer rasterises it by default. You can change this behaviour by selecting 'Take no action' which doesn't convert the layer or apply the filter. Adding adjustment layer to selection: If you've created a selection, any adjustment applied to the selection is added as a new adjustment layer above the currently selected layer or made a child adjustment layer of the selected layer instead. With no layer selected, a new adjustment layer is added to the top of the layer stack in both instances. Adding mask layer to selection: Analogous to 'Adding adjustment layer to selection' above, but for mask layers. Adding filter layer to selection: Analogous to 'Adding adjustment layer to selection' above, but for filter layers. Dan C 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
v_kyr Posted January 8, 2020 Posted January 8, 2020 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
J e f f Posted January 9, 2020 Author Posted January 9, 2020 Thank you Dan and v_kyr for your support on this issue. Thanks to your responses, I discovered the reason that I was having this issue is because the "Assistant" was turned off. When I turned it on, the issue was fixed. When I have a layer selected and choose to add a mask using the mask button in the Layers panel, it adds it automatically as a child layer to the one selected. Much appreciated : ) Jeff Dan C 1 Quote
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