Image disappears when I make clipping path in Affinity Designer

[JudithW]

I'm pretty sure I did exactly the same thing a hundred times earlier in the week when I wanted to fill a shape with an image, or when making a clipping path with a vector shape over an image. But I'm trying to do the same thing now and the image disappears. I'm trying to make a pennant shape filled with the pink denim image. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? The horizontal line 30mm down from the top of the vector shape is a score line so it's not involved and is not part of the pennant shape. I can't achieve the same thing by just using a square or a circle I draw, either. My pennant shape is definitely closed. Thanks.

[JudithW]

Actually, never mind *sigh* I'm so sure that I had to drag it on the thumbnail before but now it works if I drag it over the name. Might be nice to know why I'm confused though. About this, I mean. Not the general confusion. I think that's age-related.

[Alfred]

16 minutes ago, JudithW said:

I'm so sure that I had to drag it on the thumbnail before but now it works if I drag it over the name

In your video, you drag the pink denim image layer and drop it onto the thumbnail of the shape layer, but that’s the wrong way around if you want the shape to acquire a pink denim fill. You need to clip the denim to the shape by dropping the denim layer onto the name of the shape layer, or use the shape as a mask by dropping the shape layer onto the thumbnail of the denim layer.

[JudithW]

2 minutes ago, Alfred said:

In your video, you drag the pink denim image layer and drop it onto the thumbnail of the shape layer, but that’s the wrong way around if you want the shape to acquire a pink denim fill. You need to clip the denim to the shape by dropping the denim layer onto the name of the shape layer, or use the shape as a mask by dropping the shape layer onto the thumbnail of the denim layer.

Thank you. I'll come back to this answer often, I think.

[Alfred]

You’re welcome, Judith.