Nic727 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Hi, I would like to know if it's possible to hide everything outside a shape? For example, I have this circle and I need to make create a certain design in it. To make it less busy, I was looking for a way to hide everything outside the circle, so like that I could only see what's inside. I was trying to figure how to use the mask, but I'm not sure how it works. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Hello Nic727, Group the entire drawing except the circle (mask). In layers, mount the group thumbnail on the lower right of the circle thumbnail (you get a horizontal blue rectangle to the right of the thumbnail of the group). If you do not want to see the outline of the circle appear, as in my example, do not put thickness a in its outline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic727 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Merci! Vraiment plus simple que je pensais. Other than that, what's the point of using the normal mask option is you can only do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Im still somewhat unclear about everything a mask does, and how its done, but a mask can vary in intensity. When objects are placed into another, nest as children, it is complete. What is in the parent is visible, outside, not. With a mask the objects can visible by any amount from full to none, with gradations in between. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 For example, you can create nested circles with three circles and a shape on one of the crossovers to be modified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic727 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 ok, but what I mean is that. How does it works? Now I understand that you can only take the shape and add it as a mask, but this mask icon like Affinity Photo is very weird. You can't work with that alone. When trying to do something, it add a new layer instead of drawing inside the mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I do not know if this answers your question but if you have converted the shapes to curves, you can modify the shape of the mask using the tool "Node", and of course you can always move it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic727 Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Thank you @reglico Your idea was good. I was just trying to understand the mask button I finally found a video explaining the different type of mask. I now know that mask layer can only be edited in pixel persona. There is a lot of way to do mask in Designer and it look way easier than Illustrator. All is done almost instantly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Thank you @Nic727 for this video much more explanatory and complete than me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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