Phil_rose Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Hi all, take a look at the attached. I have created that text and masked it to Ales's head. Now I would like to move the text a bit without changing the mask so that it still deletes the area behind his head. In PS I would just select the text and move it but I can't seem to make that happen in Photo (see second screenshot). Can someone help? This ought to be traightforward, surely? Thanks. Phil Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Did you try ticking Lock Children on the Context Toolbar? Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 It looks as though you have the mask and its parent layer both selected. You need to click on the mask thumbnail to select the mask layer on its own. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 40 minutes ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: It looks as though you have the mask and its parent layer both selected. You need to click on the mask thumbnail to select the mask layer on its own. Thanks. If I do that I can move the mask but I want to move the content and NOT the mask. Does that make sense? I can't seem to select just the content layer without the mask layer being selected too. I tried turning off the mask to no avail. GalaxySurfer 1 Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 48 minutes ago, toltec said: Did you try ticking Lock Children on the Context Toolbar? Ah, that seems to be it although, unless I am mistaken, you don't get the Lock Children option if the object is a text object. I had to delete the mask then rasterise the layer, reload the selection from a spare channel, create the mask, choose the move tool, choose lock children, then it works. If I tried to rasterise the layer without deleting the mask first it rasterised the mask too. Complex stuff! Roger C 1 Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger C Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 19 minutes ago, Phil_rose said: I had to... Holy Mackerel, Batman. Did you juggle on a unicycle at the same time? Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Designer & Photo : Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 41 minutes ago, Roger C said: Holy Mackerel, Batman. Did you juggle on a unicycle at the same time? Of course, wouldn't you? Alfred and Roger C 2 Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Phil_rose said: Ah, that seems to be it although, unless I am mistaken, you don't get the Lock Children option if the object is a text object. I had to delete the mask then rasterise the layer, reload the selection from a spare channel, create the mask, choose the move tool, choose lock children, then it works. If I tried to rasterise the layer without deleting the mask first it rasterised the mask too. Complex stuff! You sure Lock Children wasn't hiding in the ">>" (more off screen area)? Phil_rose, Alfred, Graphic74 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, JimmyJack said: You sure Lock Children wasn't hiding in the ">>" (more off screen area)? GENIUS! There it is! JimmyJack 1 Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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