Eddy-2 Posted February 27, 2020 Posted February 27, 2020 Trying to get a better understanding of masks, I'm using a few basic elements, one of which is an ellipse. Add layer. I add a mask to the layer at the top of the stack and put the ellipse on it. This then masks the underlying objects. I select the ellipse in the layers panel and move it about the canvas. It doesn't refresh. Also, Zoom to Selection works on the other objects but not on the ellipse (mask). Designer 1.8.0.585 P.S. Am I the only one who would welcome a Masks for Dummies tutorial? Quote
GarryP Posted February 27, 2020 Posted February 27, 2020 I can’t quite follow your instructions. I can’t see what you are seeing so I’m not sure what some of the steps are doing exactly. Can you show us what your Layers Panel looks like? Make sure you ‘open’ all of the layers so we can see everything. Quote
Eddy-2 Posted February 27, 2020 Author Posted February 27, 2020 Regarding the picture, the original ellipse position is at 'A', masking the two objects below it. I select the ellipse in the layers panel and move it to B but it doesn't refresh the screen. Zooming in or out does refresh but scrolling doesn't. Also, and I've only just noticed, deselecting the mask and the ellipse in the Layers panel doesn't refresh the screen either. I'll be going out in few minutes for a couple of hours (in case you need any further information). Quote
GarryP Posted February 27, 2020 Posted February 27, 2020 Thanks for the extra info’. I think this is a bug, and a pretty nasty one too. Zooming in or out refreshes the whole canvas so that refreshes things as expected. Scrolling refreshes too but you need to scroll the area containing both the ellipse and the image off the canvas and back on to see the full effect. However, the canvas should refresh without needing to zoom or scroll at all. I notice that the thumbnail seems to refresh correctly but not the canvas. I’ve attached a video showing it in action. 2020-02-27 13-17-44.mp4 Eddy-2 1 Quote
GarryP Posted February 28, 2020 Posted February 28, 2020 You’re welcome. I hope this will get looked at – and fixed – by the team soon. Eddy-2 1 Quote
Staff Sean P Posted March 3, 2020 Staff Posted March 3, 2020 Hi Eddy-2 Thanks for reporting the issue to us - this is something that we do have logged to be fixed, so I will pass your comments on to development. Eddy-2 1 Quote
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