Clipping masks on groups?

[FunStorm]

Hello,

 

Is it possible to apply a clipping mask on a group of layers in Affinity photo? Essentially I would want to reproduce this approach from photoshop:

 

So far I am not aware of a non-destructive way of achieving this. The destructive way is to (1) duplicate the group, (2) flatten it and (3) apply the clipping layer to the flattened single layer.

 

Thanks for any hints!

[v_kyr]

See:

• Clipping mask on group (AD)

• Adding clipping mask to a group

[FunStorm]

Ah, so I missed this in my search. Sorry about that.

 

Thanks a lot for the pointers.

[abysan]

Lot of forum topic about this but answer is nowhere. So the software can't do it and that's a shame.

[zedrone]

From my understanding it doesnt work if you do it in one way, and it work if you do it the "other way".

i put the group in the gradient layer and i get the intended result.

(i didt not use a fill layer with a gradient here, but it work the same so it can be totally non destructive)

 

[HVDB Photography]

1 hour ago, zedrone said:

From my understanding it doesnt work if you do it in one way, and it work if you do it the "other way".

True, but only with a pixel layer, not with a  fill layer ....

[zedrone]

works exactly the same with the fill layer

[HVDB Photography]

1 hour ago, zedrone said:

works exactly the same with the fill layer

You're right,sorry. I was a bit confused. Any idea why my layer stack doesn't look the same as yours ?

 

[zedrone]

Just right clic on the (top) layer and clic expand selection to see all the layer.  the way it work was confusing for me too.