MASKS help??

[LLamo]

Hello everyone!  I'm a fairly novice user, switching from Illustrator to Affinity and trying to make a simple mask using the pen tool to create the outline of a character within a larger image (.jpeg).  I have watched every tutorial on making masks in this program and it is just not working.  When I pull the icon of theshape layer over the icon of the image (in the Layers panel) per the instructions, the whole image disappears.  I have tried masking with a simple vector shape as well, just to see if the pen tool outline was the problem.  I have tried it with the image rasterized and unrasterized, even converted it to a .png to see if that made a difference.  This was SO SIMPLE in Illustrator and I have been pulling my hair out for hours now trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.  I am operating with the 1.10.1 version.  

 

Any advice is welcomed!!  Thank you!

 

Liz 

 

[MEB]

Hi @LLamo,
Welcome to affinity forums
Make sure the shape has a fill color set - any color will do (and no stroke).
See my reply to your other post here - it includes a small clip showing the basics (in Affinity Photo).
Can you please tell us what app are you using exactly? Thanks.

[telemax]

A similar question here, and perhaps provides further clarification: