JT13 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Everytime I try to place an image (jpg) inside a shape it just disappears and get what's shown in the attached screenshot. This wasn't happening before but now it is. Why is this happening and how do I fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Drag the Rectangle onto the Image. You are currently going the wrong way. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT13 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 I don't want the image to be the rectangles border, that's what happens if I drag the rectangle onto the image in the layers panel. I want the image to be inside the rectangle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Put a fill into the rectangle. It sounds like you have a transparent fill. 2 minutes ago, JT13 said: I don't want the image to be the rectangles border, that's what happens if I drag the rectangle onto the image in the layers panel. I want the image to be inside the rectangle. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Alternatively you can cmd+X to cut the image - enable "insert inside selection" and hit cmd+V to paste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT13 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 The paste inside selection worked, great tip PixelPest. Thank you both for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 1 minute ago, JT13 said: I don't want the image to be the rectangles border, that's what happens if I drag the rectangle onto the image in the layers panel. I want the image to be inside the rectangle. Your screenshot shows that the rectangle is cropped to (i.e. masked by) the image. To crop the image to the rectangle, drag the rectangle and drop it onto the image thumbnail. Alternatively, clip the image to the rectangle by dragging the image layer and dropping it immediately below and to the right of the rectangle thumbnail. You’ll see a thick blue horizontal line to the right of the target thumbnail when you’ve dragged the image layer to the correct place. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.3.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, Alfred said: To crop the image to the rectangle, drag the rectangle and drop it onto the image thumbnail. As OldBruce already stated the rectangle needs a fill to make it work that way. And alt+drag image onto rectangle plus "insert inside selection" don´t need neither filled shapes nor stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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