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March 13, 2023
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Subtract from frame

  • March 13, 2023
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Hello everyone!

I know that you can subtract shapes to make different shapes. I would like to do the same with a frame, as I want to have an overlay with the shape of a tetris block. I’m getting the feeling that this is not possible. Am I right? Are there any workarounds?

I would appreciate any answer 🙂

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Best answer by Haroll

Hi @Nikki_Pim_van_Hooren,

Not a proper “solution” but a workaround : have you tried to create a vectore, that you can shape the way you want, and then use it as a mask on your frame, as shown below?

let me know if it helps

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Haroll
HarollSolution
Power Member
March 14, 2023

Hi @Nikki_Pim_van_Hooren,

Not a proper “solution” but a workaround : have you tried to create a vectore, that you can shape the way you want, and then use it as a mask on your frame, as shown below?

let me know if it helps

March 14, 2023

I have a question, what type of object is the ‘card’ in your example? It does not look like a frame

Haroll
Power Member
March 14, 2023

It is, it’s a Frame with auto-layout activated. Don’t worry this works the same whether the frame is an auto-layout or not

March 14, 2023

Hi, again, I tried it with different vectors/shapes but it doesn’t seem to work. The full frame stays visible even when in a mask group while the vector/shape is never visible. See screenshots below:

image

March 14, 2023

Had to post this image seperately

Haroll
Power Member
March 14, 2023

You probably have the clip content option check on Frame 1 in Masked group, check on the right panel for this


Uncheck it and it should work just fine

March 14, 2023

That was indeed the issue regarding the visibility. Now I have a hand-shaped frame, but the problem now is that I cannot use it in an interaction. This is probably due to the fact that the frame is inside a masked group. Is there another workaround for this?

Haroll
Power Member
March 14, 2023

Is there something preventing you to put Masked group into an another frame so you will end up have something like that :

Frame 2
  Masked group
    Frame 1
    Vector

Then you will be able to interact with Frame 2

March 14, 2023

I’ll have to make the frame transparent because I want the background around the shape to still be visible but I guess it works. Thanks for the help! I’ll mark your answer as correct

June 17, 2023

Regarding the same problem,

I have a “Frame” that I want to mask it with a vector shape. I put the vector shape, on top of my frame. I select both and from the top nav, I select the Mask icon.

I don’t know what’s the problem, but instead masking my frame with the selected shape, the whole shape becomes a fill on top of the frame.

I’m confused don’t know what to do.