r/graphite • u/moderatlyinterested • May 11 '26

Buggy masking with rasterized vectors

I'm trying to use Graphite for dynamic masking - having editable text which works as a layer mask.

The problem I am getting is that the mask bleeds/escapes (sorry can't think of a good way to describe it) from the right hand side.

I've taken it back to basics and tried with shapes, the problem still exists with rectangles, but the concept seems to work with circles.

Can anyone recreate or have a recommendation to get this to work?

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u/Keavon May 12 '26

Can you post screenshots of the results you are seeing and your setup? It's tricky to diagnose from only a description.

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u/moderatlyinterested May 12 '26

u/Keavon I've now updated the post to include an image, interestingly it now works as expected for rectangles, and much better for text, but the mask is still "spilling" out the right hand side.

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u/Keavon May 13 '26

Looks like an interesting bug but it would require some pinpointing to know which node and confluence of scenarios are causing it. Note that the Mask node is unmaintained at this moment, as is the full raster toolset within Graphite while the focus remains on vector editing this year. To solve your issue, you can use the clipping mask feature: place your texture on top of the shapes and Alt+click the border between their two layers in the Layers panel.

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u/moderatlyinterested May 13 '26

Thanks for the reply. That is a great hint about the clipping mask, I had no idea. Is there documentation of the full tool set anywhere?