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Clipping layers

Clipping layers - Publisher Tutorial

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Clipping layers

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- [Instructor] Let's see how to clip layers in Affinity Publisher. On the first page of our file, we have a group, and it's composed of a rounded rectangle and a text frame with the title and author of the article. And let's say we wanted to put this pattern, which is a linked Affinity Designer graphic, inside the rectangle and behind the text. For that, I'm going to use the ability to clip one layer with another. All I have to do is select the pattern in the Layers panel and drag it right on top of the name of the layer that I want to use to clip the pattern, which is the rounded rectangle. And when I see a horizontal line appear beneath the rounded rectangle layer name, I'll release. So now the pattern is clipped by the rectangle. I'll drag it over to position it. And deselect. Now if you need to select a clipped layer, you can, of course, just click it in the Layers panel, or hold the command key on Mac or control on…

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