marble51 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Hi, I have tried to understand this from watching various videos and looking at the manual but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking for. Perhaps it is right under my nose but I can't see it. Perhaps I just don't understand masking. I explain all this because the last time I asked a question here I was chastised for not reading the manual. So, in AP V1 I used masking in the following manner. Load the first picture and then load a second. Select an area of the second image and paste it to the first. The selection now appears overlayed on top of the first picture. Now I hold the ALT key and click the Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. What was the overlay is now a layer beneath the first picture and I can use a black brush to paint on that first picture in order to reveal some of the image underneath. I can also control the opacity of the reveal. I have tried the same process with V2 and it doesn't work. Specifically, the Alt-click on the Mask icon does not do what it does in V1. In fact, it seems to do nothing at all. I have tried clicking without holding ALT and selecting one of the mask options but I just can't get it to do what I was able to do in V1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Ah well, some trial and error and I seem to have found a way. I had to manually move the second layer below the first. Then I clicked on the first, clicked on the Mask icon and selected "Mask" from the options. I found I could control the opacity by using the Greyscale of the brush with the Mask Layer selected. If anyone knows another way, please feel free to jump in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Hi Marble, Here's a link to the process for simple masking, there are many other tutorials on our YouTube channel for other methods. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Thanks for the video link, Lee. My main point was that the tutorials for masking are mostly for V1 of Affinity Photo and the menus, etc., have changed in V2 so I was a little lost in trying to repeat what I was used to doing in V1 without knowing what to click in V2. This video you have linked at least shows what to do in V2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 12 hours ago, marble51 said: Thanks for the video link, Lee. My main point was that the tutorials for masking are mostly for V1 of Affinity Photo and the menus, etc., have changed in V2 so I was a little lost in trying to repeat what I was used to doing in V1 without knowing what to click in V2. This video you have linked at least shows what to do in V2. If you search this particular channels content, you will only find V2 tutorials, or you can go to https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/learn/ and click the links at the bottom to get the channels in full. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 Yes, thanks Lee. I'm sure Serif will roll-out more and more tutorials to catch up with the V1 coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ash Posted March 16, 2023 Staff Share Posted March 16, 2023 Hi - in the latest 2.1 beta we have now reverted behaviour of the mask button in the layers panel back to the same as V1. So one click to add mask, alt-click to add empty mask. There are more details in the post below and it would be great if you wanted to try it out in the beta and let us know what you think - you can sign up to the beta program here. Quote Managing Director Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) / Apple M1 Max / 64GB / macOS 12.0.1 iPad Pro 11-inch 3rd Gen / iPadOS 16.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Ash said: Hi - in the latest 2.1 beta we have now reverted behaviour of the mask button in the layers panel back to the same as V1. So one click to add mask, alt-click to add empty mask. There are more details in the post below and it would be great if you wanted to try it out in the beta and let us know what you think - you can sign up to the beta program here. Yeah, it might have been nice to try the Beta but the Serif site will not accept my V2 Licence (or maybe my email - but that has never changed). I followed your link and signed up for the Beta program, downloaded the beta for Windows but no luck with the activation. Edited March 16, 2023 by marble51 Corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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