Kentucco Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Is there a way to do what I believe is called layer "Masking" in Photoshop or "Clipping" in OpenCanvas? To better explain: You have a drawing on one layer but want to make a secondary layer with another so you don't mess up the original. Example: Oval 1 (Purple) is on one layer and Oval 2 (Green) is overlapping it on the second layer above it. Now, I want to mask/clip the second layer so it stays within the borders of the drawing on Layer 1. This is the expected result: This is what happens in Affinity when I 'mask' the second layer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfee Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Hi @Kentucco, welcome to the forums. To get the result you need, drag the green oval to the right of the thumbnail of your purple oval, if you pause slightly you will see the result, then let go Kentucco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 To give a bit more demonstration as to what Murfee said above, I’ve attached a short video. Note that: * when you drag the green circle over the thumbnail of the blue circle you make the green circle a Vector Cropping Mask over the blue circle (the thumbnail of the green circle will contain a crop symbol); * when you drag the green circle to the right of the thumbnail of the blue circle (over the layer name) you Clip the green circle inside the blue circle (blue circle becomes the boundaries of the green circle). The blue rectangle in the Layers Panel changes to show you what will happen – short vertical = Mask, long horizontal = Clip. 2020-03-22 08-21-00.mp4 Kentucco and Gremriel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentucco Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 This is exactly what I needed, thank you Murfee, GarryP! Murfee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 16 hours ago, Kentucco said: "Clipping" https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Layers/layerClip.html Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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