LLM Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 I have used clipping mask function in past but I up-dated to v. 1.7.3.479 and now the clipped image is not visible. If I place it on the layer below--hanging out from behind--I see the image but as soon as I clip it, it vanishes. I repeated a butterfly wing around a circle and in the hole in the center, I want to clip a face (I tried it in PS CS 6 and it worked. The portrait was a smart object and I rasterized it. ) The portrait is of my daughter and is copyrighted to my grandson Will Ross. I drag the portrait icon up to the wings group icon and get the blue line and it is inset as a child layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted September 2, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hi LLM, Can you try adding a blank pixel layer to the group with the Mask. We have a bug at the moment with groups and masks but adding a blank pixel layer should make the mask function correctly Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Why a mask in this case at all? I mean you can put the photo under all the wings (last in the hierarchy) and erase what´s peeking outside. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, PixelPest said: Why a mask in this case at all? I mean you can put the photo under all the wings (last in the hierarchy) and erase what´s peeking outside. Alternatively, if you want to use a mask instead of erasing around the edges, you can mask the photo separately (e.g. cropping it to a circle whose edge sits under the ring of butterflies). Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 I know for sure - but I didn´t want to confuse the OP even further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLM Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 This project is a beginning proof of concept for future composites and, yes, in this instance I could have done it without the mask but I have ideas for others that will need a clipping mask. Thanks everyone for such prompt replies and I will try inserting a blank pixel layer to the group (stokerg). Would 'Merge Visible' be of use? and would I merge the Group Layer or select and group all layers within the group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLM Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 On 9/2/2019 at 2:56 AM, stokerg said: Hi LLM, Can you try adding a blank pixel layer to the group with the Mask. We have a bug at the moment with groups and masks but adding a blank pixel layer should make the mask function correctly I tried adding a pixel layer and then clipping image to that layer. I tried putting the pixel layer above the group and every other place I could think of. No luck I put a filled shape in the center above the group and clipped the portrait to it and that worked but didn't fit the 'hole'. Then I selected the actual 'hole' in the center of the group and output as a layer with a mask, but I couldn't clip it or fill it. I've given up for the present and am moving on to other projects. Would you let me know when AF fixes the glitch, please? I think that then I will start the project from scratch in case I have corrupted the file with all my attempts. While this project was done on my desktop, ultimately I want to transition all my work to iPad Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLM Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 On 9/2/2019 at 2:56 AM, stokerg said: Hi LLM, Can you try adding a blank pixel layer to the group with the Mask. We have a bug at the moment with groups and masks but adding a blank pixel layer should make the mask function correctly wing selected.pdf I started over today and have a question. It is my understanding that clipping masks only show where there are pixels. When I selected the files in my group, I saw that each image is surrounded by a transparent rectangle and the area that I thought was clear to the background is covered. (See attachment). Yesterday I added a shape and clipped to that. Today I masked the center and filled it and I could clip to that--but I don't know where in the stack to place it or if it should go on top of the group. Would merge all visible (group) be of any use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKJ Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Trying to do clipping in 1.9 and it still doesn't work. Moving the layer on top of the mask object does nothing and the Layer - Arrange - Move Inside menu is grayed out. Does this simple functionality not work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Sure it simply works - in different ways. Can you provide a step-by-step of what you´re doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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