Layer clipping

Clipping involves positioning one object inside another, creating a parent - child layer relationship. The path of the parent object becomes the new boundaries for the child object. Any areas of the child object which lie outside the parent object's path are masked (hidden).

Clipping can also be used to confine an adjustment or mask to a single layer or layer group.

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A pixel brush texture clipped inside an object.

About clipping

Objects can be clipped manually or automatically on object creation; the latter by drawing directly inside a selected object.

When scaling a parent object, child (clipped) objects scale to maintain the correct aspect ratio. Scaling a clipped object has no effect on the parent object. A clipped object can be edited independently from its parent, e.g. adjusting opacity and/or blend mode.

Any object can act as a parent or child in clipping relationships. Therefore both vector objects and pixel layers can be either clipped or be subject to clipping.

To clip an object manually:
  1. On the page, position the object to be clipped so it overlaps the object which will perform the clipping.
  2. In the Layers Studio, tap-drag the object to be clipped on top of the object which is to perform the clipping, then release.
To clip an object on creation:
  1. On the page, select the object which will perform the clipping.
  2. From the Edit menu, select Insert Inside.
  3. Draw your object over the existing selected object to auto-clip.
Expand/Collapse To select clipped objects:

Do one of the following:

  1. Double tap on the clipped object.
  2. In the Layers Studio, expand the clipping object (if needed) by tapping the object's arrow or double tapping the object name, then tap to select the clipped object.
To remove clipping (unclip):

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