CreatePerhaps Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Hi, is it possible to view my mask as an overlay? I saw in selection there is show mask as overlay, which sounds like it is what I want, but it doesn't appear to be working? iPad version. Using v2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 10 hours ago, CreatePerhaps said: Hi, is it possible to view my mask as an overlay? I saw in selection there is show mask as overlay, which sounds like it is what I want, but it doesn't appear to be working? iPad version. Using v2. If you want to see your mask, if you go into the Layer Options (...) then select 'solo' you can see your mask more clearly if that helps. Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Logie Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Solo mode isn’t an overlay is it? It’s solo. An overlay has by definition two or more layers visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Hello and welcome to the forum, @Stewart Logie That is correct by definition. Even in the solo view, a mask remains a mask. Only if you were to rasterize the mask could it, now pixel layer, be used as an overley. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.1742) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.(latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Before you ask! No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, Komatös said: Only if you were to rasterize the mask could it, now pixel layer, be used as an overley. Overlay in combination with masks may have multiple interpretations. In my view it means a mask is shown as color overlay during the process of creating the mask, e.g. as the refine selection tools does. Affinity has its share in creating confusion, e.g. the quick mask function actually creates a selection - which can be converted into an actual mask by one additional click. Selections and masks are tightly related. So if you want to show a mask as red color overlay: this is possible. But it really depends on the circumstances, e.g. if you have an inherent mask of pixel layer (alpha channel) inherent mask of adjustment layer dedicated mask layer and what you want to achieve by the “ red overlay mode”. to be honest, trying to mimic the behavior of other apps like Photoshop will not work well. Always ask yourself what purpose you have, normally you can find better workflows in Affinity apps, using the functions and tools available here. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 2 hours ago, NotMyFault said: Overlay in combination with masks may have multiple interpretations. Thanks for the comprehensive explanation, but the basic question here was probably whether a mask is an overlay in the classic sense. And the answer can only be a classic NO. An overlay is a visible superimposition over other layers without hiding underlying parts of the image. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.1742) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.(latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Before you ask! No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 1/6/2023 at 11:20 PM, CreatePerhaps said: is it possible to view my mask as an overlay? Yes, with an easy little trick. My old screencast is from v1 on Mac, but works just as well with v2: aph_mask_linked_fill_layers5.mp4 Paul Mudditt 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...
loukash Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 27 minutes ago, loukash said: works just as well with v2 … and, of course, it works also on iPad with v2. (I just double checked to be sure. ) Paul Mudditt 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...
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