abra100pro Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 I cannot figure out how to move or scale an image within a mask. I understand the concept of layers that can be nested to achieve a mask but how can I then modify the image within? Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher. Huge Thanks for any help.
R C-R Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 Select & move the mask, not the image. To scale just the image, I think you will need to release the Mask if it is nested in the image layer. All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps (currently 2.6.4); 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Staff MEB Posted April 3, 2019 Staff Posted April 3, 2019 Hi abra100pro, I'm assuming you mean a vector mask here (a shape). What object/layer is nested to the parent layer? the vector mask (shape) or the image layer (so a clipped image)? If it's the image that's nested, expand the parent layer in the Layers panel, select the image layer there and move the image on canvas or double-click the object on canvas to select the nested layer for you and move it as usual. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
abra100pro Posted April 4, 2019 Author Posted April 4, 2019 Hi I made a movie to make things a bit clearer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tzz65flfi8bvymg/adMask.mp4?dl=0 Hope that helps and I'm looking forward to hear from you. Best Alex
abra100pro Posted April 5, 2019 Author Posted April 5, 2019 OK, thank you very much. Not the most intuitive way, though and the visual representation is quite... unusual and quirky. See video to compare: https://www.dropbox.com/s/426fs0ey6czcny3/adMask2.mp4?dl=0 Best Alex
Samuli Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 For anyone coming to this topic later, dragging the image with the Crop tool works in Designer. Took me a long time to figure out that it switches from the mask to the image when you click on the image and switches back when you take the cursor out of the image area and bring it back. Not a fan of this mechanic, it's super confusing and breaks all kinds of established UI conventions. Feels more like a bug than a feature but it works. A much more conventional solution would have been to use CMD-drag but Affinity doesn't use CMD in the conventional way either.
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