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Hi there! New Affinity Photo user here. Coming from Photoshop, and even though many basic features and shortcuts are the same, there are a few things I have problems with. I have googled, looked at YouTube tutorials and searched the forum and FAQ, so I hope you'll have mercy on me if this is a common question that I managed to avoid.

When I mask a layer, and try to rotate the masked layer, the object frame selects the full layer. See attached screenshot. The example image has a somewhat tight frame, but when I mask larger layers, it's getting really hard to work with.

Is there any way to only make the frame only go around the visible content? If I chose "Rasterize & Trim..." I get the kind of selection I'd like, but is there a feature or workaround to this that avoid rasterizing the layer?

 

Skärmavbild 2021-11-25 kl. 03.14.56.png

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In the specific case shown, if you use a Rectangle shape to clip-mask the image it will do as you want (without rasterising the image)

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8 hours ago, carl123 said:

In the specific case shown, if you use a Rectangle shape to clip-mask the image it will do as you want (without rasterising the image)

Thanks! Is there a way to accomplish the same result if I also want to use the perspective filter, or am I out of luck? The rectangle shape didn't want to play along when I tried doing perspective.

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Yes, it works but you have to use the Live Perspective Filter

Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Distort > Perspective

The normal filter will always rasterise the image

 

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6 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Yes, it works but you have to use the Live Perspective Filter

Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Distort > Perspective

The normal filter will always rasterise the image

 

When I try that, the selection is back to showing the whole layer again and not only the visible layer content, making the perspective transforming wrong. It transforms both content and mask though, just as I want. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here?

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See if the attached is what you want to achieve

 

 

perspective.afphoto

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5 hours ago, carl123 said:

See if the attached is what you want to achieve

 

 

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Ah, got it! Thanks! My problem seem to be that I'd like to keep the layer mask. When I take that layer away, it works like your example. I probably have to go the rasterize way to make it work like I want. Keeping a copy of the layer before rasterizing is a solution I can live with. Thank you for help and time, it's very appreciated!

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