WalterBeiter Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Sorry for this title, but I just don't know how to describe.. I have the following problem: I have a photo which I would like to crop using an oval shape. I did this, using the layers panel to drag the oval shape "inside" the photo layer. Now, how do I move the original layer? I noticed, I made a mistake. How do i reposition the photo, but not the oval shape? I want to reposition the photo inside the oval crop. How do I do this? See the screenshot for reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakk Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Hi WalterBeiter Do the opposite, drag the picture as a child of your oval layer. If you select the oval, you'll move both, if you select the picture layer (the children), you'll be able to reposition you photo ;) WalterBeiter 1 Quote OS X 10.12 - AP 1.6.6 - AD 1.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 17, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 17, 2015 Hi WalterBeiter Drag the ellipse layer from its thumbnail to the outside again. Then drag the picture over the ellipse layer as @yakk pointed out. This will use the ellipse as a clipping layer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterBeiter Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 it worked, thank you for your answeres! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterBeiter Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Ok, it didn't work. The problem is, that I want to edit both. The oval shape and the photo. If I do it the way yakk explained, I have no control anymore over the oval shape. I want this to be non destructive. I want to edit the oval shape as well as moving around the photo in the oval shape. Is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 18, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 18, 2015 WalterBeiter, You can edit the shape but it will also affect the clipped image. Currently there's no way to control both independently (while they are attached). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakerlund Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Hi, You can do it this way. It's all non-destructive. You can edit the mask shape as well as edit and move the photo. Cheers :) oval-mask.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 18, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 18, 2015 @Jakerlund That doesn't move the image independently from the mask. You have to move the whole group and re-adjust the mask position. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterBeiter Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Hi, You can do it this way. It's all non-destructive. You can edit the mask shape as well as edit and move the photo. Cheers :) Thank you Jakerlund for the video. Now, I would like to pan around the photo within the oval shape mask. The problem is, that in some circumstances the mask shape has to stay and I simply would like to move the photo around, but without loosing the ability to edit the shape. This would be like clicking the background layer (in your video) and move it, but the oval shape stays in position. Maybe something like this could be added to Affinity. If you click twice on the thumbnail, it would just select the background layer an d the rest stays in position. So I could move it without moving the oval mask. I think I will use the method yakk described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 18, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 18, 2015 Hi WalterBeiter, I already suggested the ability to select both the parent and child independently clicking on their thumbnails but there's a lot of other features being developed. It may take a while until there's improvements here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterBeiter Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Hi WalterBeiter, I already suggested the ability to select both the parent and child independently clicking on their thumbnails but there's a lot of other features being developed. It may take a while until there's improvements here. Yep, it will work in my project. No problem. Your roadmap is full, I now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakerlund Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 It was meant as a work around to get kind of the same result until it gets implemented. Cheers Madame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it-ony Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 See https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/12241-moving-image-inside-mask/for how to move the image behind the mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Have you tried the Paste Inside tool? https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/12093-theres-no-apparent-way-to-control-gradient-fill-direction/?hl=paste+inside&p=52358 Go to #11. Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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