Affinity Designer - Masking with a Curve

[jdrux]

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!

[firstdefence]

Create a rectangle top and bottom, Boolean add them together and then mask to below.

Is this the effect you want?

 

[jdrux]

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.

 

[firstdefence]

Another way to do a similar thing with vectors

[jdrux]

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.

[jdrux]

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.