Clipping, masking...I just need help please!!!

[Kellygirl H]

I am trying to create something like the photo that I have included. I have a “wallpaper” type background that I want in the letters. Is this possible with affinity designer? I did this in my silhouette software but am having trouble converting to svg for printing. Very new to affinity. Thanks in advance for any advice. 

[Fixx]

Try first opening the SVG to Designer. Though it is very easy to use text as a mask to image layer.

[Guest]

Hello Kellygirl H,

If you want to create a new text, place your wallpaper and type your text on top.
In the layers, move the wallpaper in the text so that you get a horizontal blue rectangle at the bottom right of the thumbnail.

[R C-R]

You should be able to use either masking or clipping for this. To use masking drag the text layer onto the thumbnail of the wallpaper layer & drop it when a short vertical blue bar appears. To use clipping, drag the wallpaper layer onto the text layer anywhere to the right of the thumbnail & drop it when a horizontal blue bar appears, as in the the post above by @reglico.

Note the difference in the amount of indentation of a mask vs. a clipping layer in the Layers panel.

[kaffeeundsalz]

@R C-R Would you say that there's a particular advantage in either masking or clipping in this case?

[Alfred]

52 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Note the difference in the amount of indentation of a mask vs. a clipping layer in the Layers panel.

Note also that the mask thumbnail includes a ‘crop’ icon. This is because the wallpaper has been cropped to the shape of the text that you’ve dropped onto it.

22 minutes ago, kaffeeundsalz said:

@R C-R Would you say that there's a particular advantage in either masking or clipping in this case?

I’m not @R C-R (obviously!) but I can’t see any advantage in this particular case. However, there are scenarios where clipping will give the correct result but cropping/masking will not, as discussed here:

 

[kaffeeundsalz]

7 minutes ago, Alfred said:

I’m not @R C-R

Well, now that you say it: Never have I seen you and @R C-R together at the very same place and time …

10 minutes ago, Alfred said:

there are scenarios where clipping will give the correct result but cropping/masking will not, as discussed here

Thank you for pointing this out. I use masking and clipping every day and have talked myself into beliving that I completely understand the difference between the two. But the whole subject is so confusing that sometimes I'd like to get reassured that I don't miss anything.

[Alfred]

15 minutes ago, kaffeeundsalz said:

Well, now that you say it: Never have I seen you and @R C-R together at the very same place and time … 

[R C-R]

55 minutes ago, kaffeeundsalz said:

Well, now that you say it: Never have I seen you and @R C-R together at the very same place and time …

Since you already figured out part of the truth, perhaps it is time to reveal that what you know as @Alfred & @R C-R are actually just two of the several personas (see what it did there?) of an A.I. program running on a botnet comprised almost entirely of compromised 'smart' appliances & other IoT (Internet of Things) devices. 

[Old Bruce]

2 hours ago, R C-R said:

Since you already figured out part of the truth, perhaps it is time to reveal that what you know as @Alfred & @R C-R are actually just two of the several personas (see what it did there?) of an A.I. program running on a botnet comprised almost entirely of compromised 'smart' appliances & other IoT (Internet of Things) devices. 

So can you guys can see what I have in my refrigerator? Do I need to buy milk?