jdrux Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Hi there, I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how to do what I think should be a very simple task. I have created a rectangle (curve) and I would like to use that to mask out another curve, so the 2nd curve is visible except the rectangle on the top layer is not. I have been trying to drag the upper layer to the right of the lower layer's thumbnail, but I get the opposite result of what I would like. It shows lower layer within the rectangle bounds and hides everything outside the rectangle. Is there an easy way to reverse what is masked? or do I need to go about this in a different method? Thanks for all you help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Create a rectangle top and bottom, Boolean add them together and then mask to below. Is this the effect you want? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrux Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 10 hours ago, firstdefence said: Create a rectangle top and bottom, Boolean add them together and then mask to below. Is this the effect you want? Thanks yes this is the effect I want, and I did figure this out myself. However it seems a little backwards as usually black hides and white shows in masking. So one would think you can drop a black shape on exactly what you would like to hide, but that is not the case with curves. I do this all the time in Affinity Photo and other applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Another way to do a similar thing with vectors Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrux Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Another way to do a similar thing with vectors Thanks for your help. This method would not work for my needs as I don't want to be left with with ends (either rounded or squared off). I want to have a mask that I can adjust. I've done it before, but I'm not quite sure how I did it. The layer says "mask" not curve, but is still a vector object that is fully adjustable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrux Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 This is along the lines of what I'm trying to do, but still its not as "editable" and easy to create as I would like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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