bobbybosler Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 See this topic. I had assumed that the fact that the transparency tool didn't apply to shape-masked objects was a bug, but apparently it's how designer works. I think it is somewhat counter-intuitive that the transparency tool does not affect the contents of a shape mask. I would like to suggest that it does. I guess InDesign allows for such a thing, and it would be great to have that ability in Designer (without having to use pixel masks). I would make numerous workflows much more efficient and would make maintenance easier as well. debraspicher and Bit Disappointed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 3 hours ago, bobbybosler said: I think it is somewhat counter-intuitive that the transparency tool does not affect the contents of a shape mask. I would like to suggest that it does. -1 As pointed out in the other thread, that's how it's supposed to work. The Transparency tool affects the object it's been applied to. Besides, what you call a "shape mask" as per your screenshot in the other thread, is not a mask, it's a vector crop. A mask is created when you drag an object over other object's thumbnail; there will be an additional blank separator line visible in the Layers panel. Dragging over the layer name will nest an object into another which is then a vector crop. Vector crop (parent) doesn't even need any fill or stroke attributes to crop a child. That's by design. Vive la différence. If you want transparency on the nested image, apply it to the image layer If you want transparency on the parent shape, apply it to the shape layer; the child layers are not supposed to be affected If you want transparency on both at the same time, group them and apply transparency to the group or, as pointed out in the other thread, apply it to the shape and use the shape as a vector mask InDesign works differently because it lacks the layer flexibility of Affinity. (Having worked with ID for 16 years, I know the differences…) 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...
Bit Disappointed Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Problem is here no one except the very experienced will know or understand that a group is needed for this. You are left in the dark. It is an ancient practice that customers must go through such a lesson in the software's functionality to understand what is A and B. It is simply clumsy usability. Software should be designed to inform, or ask what to do in this instance. Group content or proceed. Inform in status bar. Or something else. Not just silence. Quote I simply no longer believe that there are any professional graphic designers here. Everything follows suit. Just everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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