Layer clipping

[Faina]

I follow Affinity Designer Help instructions for clipping layers. One image is a picture, another is a rectangle with outline, no fill.

I superimpose two images on the artboard, then in Layers panel I drag the mage to be clipped (a picture) to the place of the rectangle.

The result is blank rectangle, no outline, no fill, only area marks if selected with moving tool.

What do I do wrong?

Are there any bugs in this feature?

[Butler To Cats]

There are subtle variations depending on where you drag and release the image in the Layers panel.

 

This is what you should see after dragging the image:

 

 

If you see either of these:

 

 

 

The you either:

Dragged too far and missed the rectangle layer, or

Dragged onto the rectangle thumbnail, making the image opacity a mask for which parts of the rectangle are showing.

 

When the image is in the correct position to drop, you should get a "hint" that looks like this:

 

 

If the blue hint rectangle is the entire width of the Layers panel, you went too far and are just dragging the image below the rectangle.

If the blue hint rectangle is a narrow rectangle beside the rectangle thumbnail, you are about to make a mask.

 

If you dragged too far, you can try again.

If you made a mask, you can drag the mask thumbnail back out as a separate layer, or right-click on the mask thumbnail image and Release Mask.

[Faina]

Thank you so much!

 

Looks like this was my problem.

Have to practice it. 

Actually, I would prefer if there was a separate command for clipping mask.

 

ETA: Yeah, it's kind of tricky...

[MEB]

Hi Faina,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Here's another way to get the same result:

- select the image and press ⌘ (cmd) + C (copy to clipboard), then select the rectangle (or any other shape) and press ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (cmd) + V (or go to menu Edit ▸ Paste Inside).