Adjustment Nesting

[pjglad]

So there are two ways to nest an adjustment layer.

 

1) The adjustment layer is nested to the right of the target layer - this is accomplished by dragging the adjustment layer over the target layer and dropping it in place when the vertical blue bar appears next to the target layer.

 

2) The adjustment layer is nested below and offset to the right of the target layer - this is accomplished by dragging the adjustment layer over the target layer and dropping it in place when the horizontal blue bar appears to the right of the target layer.

 

So what's the difference in the behavior of the adjustment layer?

 

Thanks.

[pjglad]

Perhaps one of the moderators can respond.

[Chris_K]

There is a difference between the two types of clipping/nesting. To keep it simple, when you nest the object using the short vertical highlight you are effectively using the adjustment layer to mask the object.

 

When you clip the adjustment within the object (horizontal blue highlight) you are clipping the adjustment to the bounds of that object, so the adjustment layer is masked by the object, the opposite of the above.

 

It gets a little deeper than that, but for a single adjustment this won't make much of a difference , it takes more of an effect when using multiple objects to clipped to a single object

[pjglad]

So I have experimented with both types of nesting and I kind of understand. Is there a tutorial on the different types of nesting? If not I think one is warranted.

[evtonic3]

There is a difference between the two types of clipping/nesting. To keep it simple, when you nest the object using the short vertical highlight you are effectively using the adjustment layer to mask the object.

 

When you clip the adjustment within the object (horizontal blue highlight) you are clipping the adjustment to the bounds of that object, so the adjustment layer is masked by the object, the opposite of the above.

 

It gets a little deeper than that, but for a single adjustment this won't make much of a difference , it takes more of an effect when using multiple objects to clipped to a single object

 

 

I call for a video tutorial on this, had no idea there was a horizontal blue clip line, just the vertical. Please explain again the difference--or post a video.

[R C-R]

I call for a video tutorial on this, had no idea there was a horizontal blue clip line, just the vertical. Please explain again the difference--or post a video.

There is a short video tutorial for this at Affinity Designer - Layers Panel Drop Zones. For some reason, I don't see it mentioned in the Tutorials > In-house Affinity Designer Video Tutorials topic, but it was posted to Vimeo about a year ago.