Can I edit photos on Publisher?

[Nirdesha]

Hi, I have Affinity Publisher. I added an image to my document using Place Image Tool.

Now I want to clone out part of the image. I want to keep only a round section of the image and leave the rest out. So, I am looking for some kind of a selection tool that allows me to select that section and drag and drop it to the document. I hope that makes sense. How can I do this? Are there any tools?

[firstdefence]

You could use the shape tool to draw a circle or oval and from the layers panel right-click on the circle layer and select Mask to below.

 

Shape tool to draw circle.

 

This is the result

Right clicking on the ellipse icon in the layers panel will get you this context menu

 

[Nirdesha]

18 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

You could use the shape tool to draw a circle or oval and from the layers panel right-click on the circle layer and select Mask to below

 

That doesn't work for me. When I mask the shape layer, the whole image disappears. See:

 

NOTE: I also want the rounded section to show and to remove the hand part. I want to show only the mirror.

 

[firstdefence]

Add a fill colour to the ellipse.

 

[Nirdesha]

2 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

Add a fill colour to the ellipse.

 

Worked like a charm. Thank you very much! 😍

Will I be able to do something similar with the pend tool because that mirror is not perfectly roundish... So I would like to trace the path that I want to show.
 

[firstdefence]

To get a perfect circle hold down shift as you drag out the shape.

[Nirdesha]

13 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

To get a perfect circle hold down shift as you drag out the shape.

Thanks again. I actually don't want a perfect circle. I want to trace a path that is not a standard shape, if that is possible.

[carl123]

Did you try tracing your shape/path with the pen tool, giving it a fill, then using Mask to Below as previously advised?

[h_d]

Select the circle, Convert to Curves, use the Node tool to modify the shape.

Cheers,

H

[Nirdesha]

2 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Did you try tracing your shape/path with the pen tool, giving it a fill, then using Mask to Below as previously advised?

Will try giving it a fill. (y)