Inverse clipping

[Ofek Aman]

Hi everybody,
​can someone explain please how can I do inverse clipping? What I mean is for example if I have a circle on top of a square and I want to cut the part of the circle that's inside the square and be left with the square and the part of the circle that's outside the square as two different shapes.
 

[HVDB Photography]

Activate the "Flood Selection Tool" and click in the area yo would like to remove and press "Delete"

[Ofek Aman]

Thanks HVDB Fotografie. Is there also a way to do this in Affinity Designer?

[anon1]

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[Ofek Aman]

Thanks MBd but​ I tried using them and I'm always left with the inside part of the circle except when I add the shapes but then they're not separate anymore. 

[anon1]

guess you need to go for XOR to get one shape 

 

or use divide, does divide not work for you?

​sorry, you want t keep the rectangle, so you have to subtract the rectangle from the circle 

 

put the rectangle on top of the circle in the layers panel

duplicate the rectangle

select one rectangle and the circle and press subtract 

Edited January 29, 2017 by MBd

[Alfred]

or use divide, does divide not work for you?

 

Unless I've misunderstood, 'Divide' should work perfectly for this. It cuts the circle in two where it overlaps the rectangle, and you can then simply delete the unwanted piece.

[Ofek Aman]

MBd thanks a lot that worked perfectly! Divide didn't work because it also cuts the rectangle and I want to keep it uncut.

[Alfred]

Unless I've misunderstood, 'Divide' should work perfectly for this. It cuts the circle in two where it overlaps the rectangle, and you can then simply delete the unwanted piece.

 

 

MBd thanks a lot that worked perfectly! Divide didn't work because it also cuts the rectangle and I want to keep it uncut.

 

Oh, OK, so I did misunderstand! In theory you should be able to add back the overlapping piece instead of deleting it, but in practice it doesn't get added back perfectly, so MBd's method is the way to go.

[Madame]

Sorry to add to the "confusion". Make a rectangle and a circle.

Place the circle where you want it on top of the rectangle.

Select both objects, click combine. 

 

[Ofek Aman]

Skjermbilde 2017-01-30 kl. 23.27.18.pngSorry to add to the "confusion". Make a rectangle and a circle.

Place the circle where you want it on top of the rectangle.

Select both objects, click combine. 

Well, that actually does the trick if I use non destructive combine, thanks a lot!