Nirdesha Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 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 1 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...
Nirdesha Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Add a fill colour to the ellipse. Nirdesha 1 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...
Nirdesha Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 To get a perfect circle hold down shift as you drag out the shape. 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...
Nirdesha Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Did you try tracing your shape/path with the pen tool, giving it a fill, then using Mask to Below as previously advised? Nirdesha 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Select the circle, Convert to Curves, use the Node tool to modify the shape. Cheers, H Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirdesha Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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