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Hello.
I have received JPG files from a customer that need to be placed in a Publisher document.
The JPG files contain an (invisible) clipping path so that they can be placed either with background or clipped.
When I open this JPG in Affinity 2 Photo, the transparent background is displayed.
If I place the JPG in Publisher, it is always placed with a white background. However, I need it clipped.
I am missing an option in Publisher where I can choose whether it should be placed normally or clipped.
Is there a trick that I may not know about?

Best regards
Martin

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Hello Pšenda and thank you for the hint.

I have searched a lot and nearly all of the search results behind your link are more than 5-6 years old.
So I wanted to know if there is a solution or not.

Thank you anyway 🙏

 

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5 hours ago, Martin511 said:

If I place the JPG in Publisher, it is always placed with a white background. However, I need it clipped.

It's placed with white background because the only thing you currently can't do is placing the JPG file directly on canvas  in Affinity apps either using the:

  • File → Place command,
  • dragging it to the canvas from Finder (Mac) or Explorer (Win),
  • or using the Place Tool 

and keep the clipping paths.

5 hours ago, Martin511 said:

I am missing an option in Publisher where I can choose whether it should be placed normally or clipped.
Is there a trick that I may not know about?

No, you didn't miss anything, because there is no such option.

 

5 hours ago, Martin511 said:

However, I need it clipped.

If you open the jpg directly via File → Open in APub the path(s) will be there as vector masks.
What you need to do is just select the main layer with nested vector masks included and copy to a
nother document if you want/need.
Check out he video below↓

I hope I have shed some light on this matter for you @Martin511
BTW, I agree with your reasoning.
If it is possible to open and save JPG files with clipping paths, it should also be possible to select such a path when placing a photo via the Place tool.

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