silverdust Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Is there a way to convert a shape or curve to picture frame. I was designing a mockup in Designer and I wanted to import an image into a custom sized rectangle and have it adjustable within the shape to show parts of the image I want. Any good suggestions on how to do this? And if none, can this be added to Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Designer doesn't (yet, at least) have Picture Frames. However, you should be able to draw your rectangle, then use File > Place to add your image as a layer above the rectangle, dragging the cursor to make the image the size you want, then using the Layers panel, nest the image into the rectangle. That will clip the image to the size of the rectangle. You can then click on the image with the Move Tool and slide it around within the rectangle. silverdust 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Hello Silverdust, Other method: draw your shape, keep it selected, "Layer", "Insertion", "Inside", then "File", "Place" and choose the picture to place into the frame. Place it on the frame and move it so that only the desired parts are shown. The parts outside the frame will not be visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdust Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Thanks so much @walt.farrell and @reglico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Thanks for the feedback @silverdust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 @silverdust, if you don't want a mask and you won't have to move the photo layout inside the frame later, you can place the photo under the frame, select both, "Convert to Curves", "Expand Stroke" and do a Boolean operation "Divide". Then delete the part of the photo that is outside the frame and group the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukracer Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Is this still the case as I read reference to picture frames . But cant see any tutorials on how to create them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 5:23 AM, ukracer said: Is this still the case as I read reference to picture frames . But cant see any tutorials on how to create them. Picture frames are a feature of Publisher, not Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.vlad Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 On 7/17/2019 at 7:06 PM, fde101 said: Picture frames are a feature of Publisher, not Designer. True, but Designer is also an UI tool (due to the presence of the Constraints and Assets feature that comes with iOS UI elements preinstalled), so it's a bit weird to not have that feature in as a tool (The feature is present, you can open a publisher doc that has picture frames and they'll work properly, you just can't make new ones. I guess you *could* create a new doc in publisher, create a picture frame, open that doc in Designer and add that to the assets panel. I haven't tested this but it should work, unless it loses its picture frame features once it's in Assets). Quote Mădălin Vlad Graphic Designer contact@mvlad.design https://mvlad.design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EsseEffe Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Hi everyone, I'm resuming this discussion since a few years have passed since it was opened and I would like to understand if there has been an implementation in the new version. Many thanks to everyone who replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 5 minutes ago, EsseEffe said: Hi everyone, I'm resuming this discussion since a few years have passed since it was opened and I would like to understand if there has been an implementation in the new version. Many thanks to everyone who replies! As long as you're using Publisher, yes. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Some options: Place the image on the page over the shape and scale it to the right size. Using the Layers panel, drag the image onto the Shape which will make the image a child of the shape, thus masking the image. Assuming you have Publisher, copy the shape in Designer, paste it into Publisher, convert it to a picture frame, copy the shape frame, and paste it back into Designer. Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.0.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EsseEffe Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 I just wanted to know if this feature had been implemented, but from the workaround Mike described to me, I'm afraid not. Anyway, thanks to everyone who responded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 16 minutes ago, EsseEffe said: I just wanted to know if this feature had been implemented, but from the workaround Mike described to me, I'm afraid not. Anyway, thanks to everyone who responded! As above, if you have Publisher you have the function. The other Affinity applications don't have support for creating Picture Frames at all. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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