Patrick Bell Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I am trying to crop an image. I create a duplicate layer, then draw a shape over the area I want to select. Drag that shape layer over the copy of the background layer but then what? According to https://designbundles.net/design-school/how-to-cut-and-crop-in-affinity-designer I get to step 8 where I should then be able to move the shaped copy but all I see is a grey shape. What have I done wrong? dreamstime_xxl_24701913.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 You have to drag the rectangle layer icon onto the thumbnail layer image of your image copy layer, so the rectangle gets a mask for that one. - Or alternatively and maybe easier for you to handle, drag the grey shape rectangle layer to top over your copy layer, and then perform a right click on that layer, select "mask down" from the right click menu. That does the same. See clipping vs masking here (it's the same usage for Designer) ... Clipping vs Masking Quote ☛ 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 More sharing options...
Patrick Bell Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Thanks - got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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