Davide.Barranca Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Hi all, I'm drawing a gradient as a mask for a vector layer: All is good, except that, subsequently, I don't seem able to edit the gradient anymore: When I try to edit the existing gradient in the Mask (which I'm assuming is editable, but I might be wrong), as soon as I click anywhere with the gradient tool, Designer gets me back to the composite visualization: I'd have expected the same behaviour with gradient fills. Is this as expected? Thanks, Davide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Hi, On a mask it will be destructive. However if you use a vector shape(all 3 programs) or fill layer(if in photo(persona)) as mask it can be edited afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide.Barranca Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 Thanks! Let me understand: shapes will act as 1bit masks (either visible or invisible): But there's no way to modulate the mask transparency in a non-destructive way, right? I wasn't expecting that—a bit of a bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 When using vector shapes for masking, you need to change the opacity value of gradient colors. The color itself doesn’t matter. when using mask layers, the color lightness value is used. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Perhaps this will give you some pointers. 2023-10-21 12-15-04.mp4 Davide.Barranca and drkanukie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide.Barranca Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 A-HA!! By Jove, I got it 😄 Thank you all, the video was especially helpful. Return 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkanukie Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Same here that video is gold this was driving me nuts as to how it works. The weird thing with raster masks in Designer if you use a black and white image and drop it as a mask it acts like a single color image. If you create a mask later you can paint in black (subtractive) and white (additive). But the raster mask doesn't work that way. This is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, drkanukie said: it as a mask it acts like a single color image Just try out blend ranges. 2023-10-26 23-33-32.mp4 thomaso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkanukie Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Thanks @Return thats a useful way to use an existing image as a mask. Appreciate the video. Would never have throught of it otherwise. Return 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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