IPv6 Posted September 25, 2019 Posted September 25, 2019 Please, allow "Rasterize" command to convert masks back to pixel layers (black and white). It can be done manually (filling empty layer with black/white, masking and merging, etc) - but this is really annoying. This may seem not important - but since many tools (and filters, since alpha is special) simply not working on masks as expected - there is a lot of "mask tuning cases" when it is faster to convert mask into pixel and do the work with all AP power, comparing to fixing mask with only limited set of tools. So the ability just to rasterize mask into pixel would be very handy.
Fixx Posted September 25, 2019 Posted September 25, 2019 ahem.. what? You can drag a mask from parent layer to normal layer level in layers panel and rasterize it as you will. Maybe did not understand the problem?
IPv6 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Posted September 25, 2019 Rasterizing a mask will leave it as "Mask", it will do nothing actually. I`m talking about converting "Mask" layer into "Pixel" layer, since many tools can be used on "Pixel" layers only (with full capacities) Fixx 1
telemax Posted September 25, 2019 Posted September 25, 2019 Channels > Mask Alpha > Create Grayscale Layer carl123 and IPv6 2 Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/ Normal Map Generator https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/137255-normal-map-generator/ Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/ Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Brushes | Arrows https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/149795-vector-brushes-arrows/
Fixx Posted September 26, 2019 Posted September 26, 2019 10 hours ago, IPv6 said: I`m talking about converting "Mask" layer into "Pixel" layer, True, when mask is created with mask button dragging it to normal layer level does not work expectedly. It stays mask mode even when it should behave like normal graphic. This is a problem.
IPv6 Posted September 26, 2019 Author Posted September 26, 2019 10 hours ago, telemax said: Channels > Mask Alpha > Create Grayscale Layer Thanks, nice trick!!! Didn`t know. Althout unified "Rasterize" behaviour would be more user-friendly, imho
BeauRX Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 Affinity, I started out with no photo editing experience and AP 1.6. I bought the AP workbook and watched that generation of videos. I also watched and read about more generic editing aspects via Photoshop information on the net. I feel like I achieved a basic editing/AP proficiency. But there are still use cases like above that are procedural and not immediately obvious, if one does not know if available. In this case, it works one way and not another and is not clear that/why the other way does not work. At one point I did try the way that does not work. Please document/video more of these types of important features/capabilities (i.e. ones without specific menubar items), especially since the release of 1.7. Thanks.
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