Julie B Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 HI, I have a bunch of black and white patterns and have silouettes and text that I want to mask over these patterns. I know how to mask, but I can't get an outline around the object. WHen i go to fx and add outline, it onlu expand the image instead of adding a black stroke. For example, I have a mandala pattern I created, and I want to maks the letter A over the mandala. I created the letter A, converted to a curve, added the stroke, but when I mask over the mandala, the outline/stroke it gone. When I try to increase the stroke size, ti actually increased the stroke size of the mandala. Could it be because the mandala is in vector format and not a flat image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 You are right the mask doesn't leave any marks on the drawing. Instead make a copy of the mask and position it above the masked image. Then have the fill be empty and add whatever stroke to the copy. I believe this is what you are requesting. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gear maker said: You are right the mask doesn't leave any marks on the drawing. Instead make a copy of the mask and position it above the masked image. Then have the fill be empty and add whatever stroke to the copy. I believe this is what you are requesting. Alternatively, clip the pattern to the ‘A’. When you perform vector masking, the masking object becomes invisible; if you use the letter as a ‘clipview’ object, any applied effects (or a simple stroke) will remain visible. 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...
Julie B Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Alfred said: Alternatively, clip the pattern to the ‘A’. When you perform vector masking, the masking object becomes invisible; if you use the letter as a ‘clipview’ object, any applied effects (or a simple stroke) will remain visible. Can you explain how to do this? How do you use it as a "clipview"? And on another note, is there a way to export this with the SVG pattern "masked"? When I export it as an SVG, it downloads the entire mandala along with the A instead of the masked A. I know I can do a PNG, but that defeats the purpose of keeping it a SVG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Julie B said: Can you explain how to do this? How do you use it as a "clipview"? Please see this recent post: As for your second question 6 hours ago, Julie B said: And on another note, is there a way to export this with the SVG pattern "masked"? When I export it as an SVG, it downloads the entire mandala along with the A instead of the masked A. I know I can do a PNG, but that defeats the purpose of keeping it a SVG. you could try the ‘Intersect’ command, but from your description of what you’re trying to do I suspect it won’t give you the desired result. 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...
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