What's the different between these 2 type of child leyers？

[catmanc]

Hi everyone ~

 

I'm wondering what's the difference between these two kind of child (nest) layers ?

 

It seems all the same...

 

Does anyone know?

[Callum]

Hi CatManc,

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

The layers highlighted in red in your screenshot are masking the Pixel layer, the layer highlighted in green is clipped to your pixel layer

 

Thanks

C

[MEB]

Hi catmanc,

Welcome to Affinity Forums

Check this video tutorial: Affinity Photo: Clipping vs Masking. It may also help.

[R C-R]

Just my opinion (& I know it is a feature request) but what would help greatly is if there was a clearer difference in the Layers panel between the two types of layers than the small difference in their indentations. On a large screen like on my 27" iMac, the difference in the indented distance is easy to overlook.

[MEB]

Nested layers will also have their thumbnail displayed along the main parent layer when it's collapsed in the Layers panel, but it's true the indentation difference is small particularly on Windows.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, MEB said:

Nested layers will also have their thumbnail displayed along the main parent layer when it's collapsed in the Layers panel ...

Maybe I am missing something but for me in Affinity Photo on my iMac, clipped layers do not show in the Layers panel when its parent layer is collapsed (other than their effect on the parent layer's thumbnail, of course).