slizgi Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Hi, The linked resources are a great feature in Affinity, but there is any way how I can use that linked resource as a mask for another layer/group? Or link that B&W image in my file (somewhere), and then link(as layer linking) its luminosity to another layer - as a mask or something? I am just trying to move my render composition workflow to Affinity, and linked resources are great, but I have rendered alpha masks and z-depth channels. And would be nice to have them linked and working. Thanks in advance of any suggestion, cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 For example, duplicate the placed images as "linked layers": Layer > Duplicate Linked (not to be confused with Resources > Linked placement!), open the Links panel and disable the parameters that you want to have unliked, i.e. which to keep unique for each layer. If you want to use a brush on those layer, you must rasterize them to pixel layers first. Duplicate-linked pixel layers can be also individually converted to mask layers, again sharing some linked parameters. To a certain degree you can also link common parameters between image/pixel/mask layers, fill layers and vector layers. You'll have to figure out the rest on your own. The combinations of available linked/unlinked parameters with other layer interactions are not "unlimited", but still pretty broad. slizgi 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slizgi Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 Thanks, will take a closer look to this solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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