kat Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I can't add an asset to a layer. Asset disappears. I have to set the asset layer to overlay, luminosity, etc – then drag another layer to the asset as a child. Am I doing this right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 In the image above which layer is the asset? An asset is simply a designed single element or a group of elements made easily repeatable, they are no different to any other element. 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...
kat Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 The layer that says prism asset 07 is the asset. It is at the top of the selected stack. And seems to have turned my star layer into a mask. I tried dragging the prism into the star. The star shape remained but the star fill and fx disappeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted May 10, 2021 Staff Share Posted May 10, 2021 Hi @kat, On 5/8/2021 at 7:32 PM, kat said: And seems to have turned my star layer into a mask The star has been clipped to the Asset/image layer, meaning the image will only be visible within the stars bounds. If you select the star layer from the layers studio and then click and drag this so it is no longer nested with the Asset/image layer then you should find the full Asset/image is visible Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 27 minutes ago, Dan C said: The star has been clipped to the Asset/image layer, meaning the image will only be visible within the stars bounds. Strictly speaking, it’s the other way around. The crop icon on the star’s thumbnail tells us that the asset image is cropped to (i.e. masked by) the star shape. Dan C 1 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...
kat Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 I think I need to watch a good tutorial on layer clipping. I've been doing it for years and still have a hard time wrapping my head around this one. Also what is the difference between dragging a layer to another layer next to the thumbnail and dragging below the thumbnail? Easy to drag a layer next to a thumbnail, but dragging below rarely works. Thanks for your help and patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, kat said: I think I need to watch a good tutorial on layer clipping. I've been doing it for years and still have a hard time wrapping my head around this one. Try this one: 10 minutes ago, kat said: Also what is the difference between dragging a layer to another layer next to the thumbnail and dragging below the thumbnail? The above video should make that quite clear, but please don’t hesitate to post back if further clarification is needed! 16 minutes ago, kat said: Easy to drag a layer next to a thumbnail, but dragging below rarely works. Dropping a dragged layer either next to or directly on top of a thumbnail achieves masking/cropping. Dropping it below the thumbnail puts it below the target layer, so no masking or clipping occurs. kat 1 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...
kat Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Alfred said: Try this one: The above video should make that quite clear, but please don’t hesitate to post back if further clarification is needed! Dropping a dragged layer either next to or directly on top of a thumbnail achieves masking/cropping. Dropping it below the thumbnail puts it below the target layer, so no masking or clipping occurs. Perfect! James is one of my fav teachers. I watched this before several times. Repeat, repeat, repeat. James said dragging top layer onto the text area puts it below. I have 2 macros, 1 for a mask layer and 1 for an hsl layer because clicking a mask puts the mask above the layer rather than into the layer. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, kat said: Perfect! James is one of my fav teachers. I watched this before several times. Repeat, repeat, repeat. James said dragging top layer onto the text area puts it below. I have 2 macros, 1 for a mask layer and 1 for an hsl layer because clicking a mask puts the mask above the layer rather than into the layer. Shouldn't need a macro for those. Just set them in the Assistant Manager. You can set it to add them as Child Layers, instead of on a new layer. Alfred and kat 1 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Do they stick like items in preferences or is this an each time thing? Any Assistant Manager video tutorials? I've always hate it when Assistant Manager pops up, because have no idea what it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 29 minutes ago, kat said: Do they stick like items in preferences or is this an each time thing? Any Assistant Manager video tutorials? I've always hate it when Assistant Manager pops up, because have no idea what it does. They stick until you change them, or have to reinstall the app. There's a checkbox in the Assistant Manager, up at the top, Alert when assistant takes action. Uncheck if you don't like it popping up. Unfortunately I don't think it's mentioned in any of Affinity's tutorials. So right now we just have the Help file.. https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/DesignAids/AssistantManager.html Just done a YouTube search and found a tutorial done by Olivia Sarikas, just on the Assistant Manager kat 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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