Jump to content
You must now use your email address to sign in [click for more info] ×

Recommended Posts

With your Curve layer selected in the Layers panel, activate the Pen tool and you should see the “Selection” option in the Context toolbar. Choose this to turn your curve into a selection. (Be aware that you will no longer have the curve, itself; duplicate the curve to keep both the curve AND the selection.)

Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad
Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme
Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17

Link to comment
Share on other sites

My pleasure. Sometimes you have to know a feature is there in order to find it!

Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad
Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme
Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ctrl-Clicking on the curve layer icon in the layers panel will give you a selection of the curve, without loosing the curve layer! - For direct masking of an underlayed layer you can select the curve layer and perform a right click and select mask down from the right click menu.

☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan
☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 year later...
On 2/10/2019 at 6:04 PM, v_kyr said:

Ctrl-Clicking on the curve layer icon in the layers panel will give you a selection of the curve, without loosing the curve layer!

FWIW, this works in Affinity Designer, too, but you have to be in the Pixel Persona (If you switch back to work in the Draw Persona, the selection remains).

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019)| MacOS (Probably latest stable build)

Affinity Designer|Affinity Photo|Affinity Publisher

Link to comment
Share on other sites

How to make a mask from a path (curve)?
 

On 2/10/2019 at 11:02 AM, danilo said:

How can I turn my curve into a selection so that I can continue working with it? Or is this function not yet available?

You don't have to turn it into a selection at all. Just give it a fill and drag it into the mask position.
This way it keeps it's vector editablity. And you can use pixel based filters/FX on it too (rather than just things that only effect the alpha channel)!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Guidelines | We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.