Mask to below... added to layer menu

[Ash]

Apps: Photo (and Photo Persona of Publisher) 
Platforms: Windows and macOS

The Mask to below function, previously only available from the right-click menu in the Layers panel, has now been added to the top Layer menu. This was requested primarily so that a shortcut could be assigned if desired.

[lepr]

Thanks for the addition.

Surprised that Designer didn't get the same. Would be just as useful there.

[GRAFKOM]

I also don't understand why this hasn't been added to Publisher and Designer Persona of Publisher

[parusdesign]

Why isn't this added in Affinity Designer? Why limit that to only Photo? I need it mainly for Designer.

[Ash]

Think that's fair comment, we'll add it to Designer and Publisher too

[JhonatanS]

Hi @Ash

I was wondering a long time ago, but I didn't get a chance to request about this,

How complex is to make have a function that can apply Pixel or Vector inside the Compound?

I have some complex shapes that I wish that I could paint inside, but at the moment the Compound Path ignore that, so ended up converting to Curves to apply.

 


Here is an example fo the desirable result:

 

 

I'm using a lot of Compound Paths to build shapes in many characters,
a way to paint inside or add vector clipping that ignore the Compound -  Would be a nice improvement for the compound functions.

[Ash]

hi Jhon - sorry, just noticed this and realised I didn't reply. That's a good shout - though it's not completely trivial I don't think in terms of the best way for us to achieve / expose that without our layer structure. We'll give it some thought for a future update.