Nested Erase Layers do not work anymore.

[HanaArt]

This didn't seem to be an issue in older versions of Affinity 2, but I've found that since updating erase layers don't work half the time.

There seems to be a few cases where they still do work but they do not in others. Here's the cases I've found:

• Shapes with nested erase layers do not work
• Shapes with nested shapes that have a rasterized mask layer do work
• Shapes with a group layer mask do work
• Shapes with a nested shape with a group layer mask do not work
• Groups with an erase layer and a shape do work
• Groups with an erase layer and a shape nested inside of a shape do not work.

It seems generally the issue is nesting an erase layer inside of another layer breaks it.

EraseExample.afphoto

[stokerg]

Hi @HanaArtand Welcome to the Forums,

If you rasterize both shapes, does this then work as expected for you?

I'm going to get this logged with the Developers, as it would be nice to get comments on whether this is by design or not and I'll update here when I know more  

[HanaArt]

Hi, thank you!

 

Rasterizing does fix the issue yes. I don't believe this is intentional because the preview image of the layer actually shows the erase layer working as you'd expect. But it doesn't work in the actual image. I also actually just discovered that the cases I brought up before do actually work as expected - if the erase layer does not have any Layer FX added to them. The issue seems to actually be having layer effects on erase layers rather than the erase layer itself. If you look at the example file I sent and toggle the blur effect on and off on the erase layers it should show the issue.