ACPhillips Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I need to fill shapes with images, in Designer. I've watched a tutorial which instructs me to create the Shape and then drag the desired Image (already in the working space) up onto the Shape. In the tutorial, the shape fills with the image on both the Artboard and the Context dashboard . However, when I try the same actions, nothing happens. See screen-shots below. I have a project due TODAY. Need an answer ASAP pls. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 See: About clipping How to Clipping Mask/Powerclip Masking / Clipping etc. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Can you upload the file, I’m curious as to how you have it nested but it’s not clipping the image. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACPhillips Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Just now, firstdefence said: Can you upload the file, I’m curious as to how you have it nested but it’s not clipping the image. Thanks... here is the file. Appreciate you taking a look. Count_Me_In.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Just move the bottom small image up into the ellipse part, it's outside it's shape. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ACPhillips Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, G13RL said: 38 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Can you upload the file, I’m curious as to how you have it nested but it’s not clipping the image. Thanks... here is the file. Appreciate you taking a look. I have NO idea why this is not working. When I move the image up onto the elipse, in the Artboard, they both disappear. When I try to move the Image onto the Elipse in the Layers area, nothing happens. Clearly I am not doing something right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 screencast.mp4 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACPhillips Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Gave this a quick try and ...nothing. Appreciate the help. Have to go into a client mtg. Back at this later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Inspect the file's ellipse and bitmap (image) layers arrangement and their object sizings etc. here ... Count_Me_In_#2.afdesign 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Well you have gotten yourself tied in knots with Artboard 3 actually with artboard in general 🤔, with two images and two ellipses So, we need to cull... Select the move tool (V) Click on the top image on Artboard 3 and delete it Select the move tool (V) Click on the small ellipse off to the left on Artboard 3 and delete it Click on the bottom image layer on Artboard 3, and, as several people have shown drag the image into view by moving it to the same location as the big ellipse. Pat yourself on the back, have a celebratory jig or make a cuppa and have a biccy but don’t do all three together, you just made a clipping mask from an ellipse. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACPhillips Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 WOW... this was about as much fun as a root canal! After much head-banging and many words of ill color...I flushed the cache, etc and shut down / restarted ye old PC. Miraculously, the various steps above now work. Was not doing anything different. Sheeeeesh. Thanks to all. GREATLY appreciate the quick and helpful responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrerttm Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Im having the same problem and nothing is working. I've tried all above suggestions and It still wont take. every time i try to drag the image it just drops it below the shape and doesnt drop it in the shape. is there something i've clicked by accident that is preventing this from happening? The last time i tried this it worked fine and now it's not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Garrerttm. The blue highlight in the Layers panel needs to start to the right of the shape thumbnail. If it goes all the way across you’ll simply end up with the image layer below the shape layer. Try cropping instead of clipping/masking: drag the shape layer and drop it onto the image thumbnail. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpaso101 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 On 5/18/2020 at 6:17 PM, v_kyr said: Hi. What about clipping an image into multiple shapes? screencast.mp4Unavailable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 57 minutes ago, Elpaso101 said: What about clipping an image into multiple shapes? Combine the shapes (geometrical "+" add them), then clip the image to the combined shape layer! A circle and rect shape combined as one layer and clipped Duffy below ... 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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