Applying texture Proplem

[LOinessZD]

i have  an issue with applying textures in Affinity Designer. When i apply a texture, it's only affecting the area where the texture is placed, and everything outside that area gets deleted i'm a beginner and didn't find the solution of this problem in youtube , or maybe i didn't search enough , anyway this are picture that describes the problem in details
This is the Steps that i did :
- i used the svg soldiers element 
- Rasterize To mask into American flag
and this what happend

Edited April 26, 2024 by LOinessZD
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[firstdefence]

Welcome to the forum @LOinessZD

I'm confused, are you trying to apply a texture as a mask or apply a texture as an overlay?

As it is, it sounds like you are masking the flag.

Show your layers panel with the layers expanded so that we can see any masks or nested layers.

[LOinessZD]

I want to cut the American flag with the image or texture of the soldiers, meaning that I mean that the soldiers’ area in the flag becomes transparent with the shape of the soldiers like the picture Below (The First One)
When i change the background color let's say Green it should show the green color in the area of soldier's you know what i mean !
Look the second picture the soldiers should become green because it supposed to be transparent like the texture on the american flag cut i hope you understand me !

[LOinessZD]

These are the layers panal !

[firstdefence]

You need to put the flag and the mask into a group else the mask will mask every layer below it, placing them in a group; effectively making the mask a child of the group, prevents the mask from masking a higher status layer (Parent) like so.

[LOinessZD]

Hey ,
Sorry i didn't got it , like i said before i'm a beginner so can you make this explanation into a simple steps i will be appreciated 
Thanks !

if you have a discord or something that we can chat with please provide it to me to  come up with direct solutions

 

Edited April 27, 2024 by LOinessZD