Rafael_Morgan Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with masks in Affinity Designer. I'm masking a simple object, but instead of getting restricted to the artboard, the mask itself is always turning out gigantic. Check out my screenshots to better understand what I'm talking about. Is there any way to fix this? Thank you in advance, R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 If you have the pixel selection active when you add the mask, it should be restricted to the selection automatically. However, working with Artboards can expose issues. Have you tried it using a canvas rather than using an Artboard? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael_Morgan Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 27 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: If you have the pixel selection active when you add the mask, it should be restricted to the selection automatically. However, working with Artboards can expose issues. Have you tried it using a canvas rather than using an Artboard? Technically, it is. The mask itself is working fine. The problem is with the mask size, which is always turning out many times larger than the artboard, as shown on my screenshot. Is there any way to fix that? Artboards are an essential part of my workflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 5 minutes ago, Rafael_Morgan said: The problem is with the mask size, which is always turning out many times larger than the artboard, as shown on my screenshot. Is there any way to fix that? Odds are the size is due to the image being that size but visually it is cropped to the artboard. If you move the image (and its mask) out/off of the artboard is it the size of the mask? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael_Morgan Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 5 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Odds are the size is due to the image being that size but visually it is cropped to the artboard. If you move the image (and its mask) out/off of the artboard is it the size of the mask? No. Not at all. The image is just the size of the selection line you can see on my screenshot. All other images and layers are about the size of the artboard. The gigantic mask size isn't random, though: For some reason, it's the size of the area of all the artboards I have on this document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 How did you create the mask? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael_Morgan Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 52 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: How did you create the mask? Control+LM on the layer of the shape I want to use as the mask, then clicking on the mask icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 6 minutes ago, Rafael_Morgan said: Control+LM on the layer of the shape I want to use as the mask, then clicking on the mask icon. Sorry; I don't understand. Can you do a screen recording? (If so, please include the complete application window.) Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 14 hours ago, Rafael_Morgan said: The gigantic mask size isn't random, though: For some reason, it's the size of the area of all the artboards I have on this document. That has always been a problem with Affinity's masking. A workaround that works on macOS, and probably works on Windows by using alt key rather than opt key is as follows. In AD's Pixel Persona: make the pixel selection (marching ants) opt/alt+click the 'Mask Layer' button at bottom of Layers panel to add an Empty Mask press D to ensure the primary colour well is set to white press opt/alt+backspace to do 'Edit > Fill with Primary Colour' Edit: The following linked post about a related masking problem contains a useful macro for Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher's Photo Persona. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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