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Operations That Use The Mask
This section outlines some of the operations that work with masks and refers to other sections of the
help for information on others.
ClipView
You can clip your drawing or photo to be inside the mask shape. Select the object(s) you want to clip,
switch on mask mode and draw the required shape on the mask. Now when you select "Arrange" >
"ClipView"
(or press the key short cut "Q") the drawing will be clipped to the visible areas of the mask.
ClipViews are live and non-destructive in that the whole drawing is retained inside the Clipview object. .
See the Object Handling chapter for details.
Cut, Copy, Delete
These operations are useful when used with masks, to cut pieces from photos, but you can use them on
any objects.
Select the object(s) you want to apply the operation to, then turn on mask mode and draw your mask
shape(s). Then perform the cut/copy/delete operation.
This shows a photo with mask on and an ellipse drawn on the mask. After a Cut or Delete the visible
part of the photo is cut or deleted, as shown on the right.
On the left example the mask has been inverted. Now when you cut or delete the masked pink area is
protected, everything else is deleted.
You can use masks on top of any drawing or photo.
If you have a mask shape selected when you apply these operations, you'll be asked whether you want
to apply the operation to the mask shape itself, or to the objects shown under the mask using the mask.
This is because you may want to use these operations on the mask shapes themselves and it's not clear
from the context what your intention is.
Duplicate, Clone
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