3Dshark Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, or need to learn the Affinity rather than the Adobe way, but I'm having a bit of a problem working with masked images. If I use a vector mask, then once the original image is masked then I can only resize the masked image, not the original one. If I want to reposition or resize the original image I first have to move the vector mask out of the group, or turn off the vector layer. It's really cumbersome and not great for cropping and repositioning images. Ideally I want controll over both at the same time. As far as I can see, it's the same with pixel masks. Any work-arounds anyone? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2016 Hi 3Dshark, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Expand the masked image layer in the Layers panel (make sure the Move Tool is selected) then check the Lock Children button in the context toolbar. You should now be able to scale/reposition the original image without affecting the mask. Same for raster based masks. 3Dshark 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dshark Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 Thanks MEB. Is there any way to keep the mask in it's original position and move the masked layer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 21, 2016 It's as i described above too. Tick the Lock Children box in the context toolbar then drag the image on the canvas. It should stay within the mask boundaries without affecting the mask position. Since the mask is a children of the image (look at the layers panel and click on the arrow near the layer to expand it to check this) and you have locked it, it will stay fixed while you move the parent (the image itself). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dshark Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 Thanks. I think I must have not realised that it was happening before - lost in layers! I'm really enjoying my new design environment and can't wait until the iPad version comes out :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 21, 2016 No worries @3Dshark! Glad it's all sorted out :) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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