uncle808us Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I have an imported pdf (placed) now I need to make the background transparent. The pdf is black and white I want the white to be transparent how do I achieve this? I tried rasterize to mask but it makes the entire pdf transparent. Please help if you can. Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I would select everything which is white and turn it into a selection, then invert it and create a new layer with this inverted selection. But you may first try out the remove paper filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyran Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 If I understand your question, you want to make a template as a bottom layer that you can use to trace or redraw? 1. Import the image as the first layer 2. Decrease the layer's opacity to 50% or whatever suits. 3. Lock the layer. 4. Create a new layer above the template. 5. Make sure the new layer is selected and then use the appropriate tool to trace the strokes and fills of the layer below. 5. Make the template layer invisible 6. Print your new artwork RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Sorry for not being clear. I want a transparent (no white) overlay for the UV's of my 3d models. No tracing involved. Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi uncle808us, Double click the PDF to open it in a new tab, then go to Document Setup, Colour tab and check Transparent background. This will make the background transparent on the document you placed the PDF. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi uncle808us, Double click the PDF to open it in a new tab, then go to Document Setup, Colour tab and check Transparent background. This will make the background transparent on the document you placed the PDF. That gives me a jillion curves not what I want this is a UV map. in PDF. Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi uncle808us, Without seeing a concrete file and how it's structured sometimes is difficult to guess what's going on or what the user wants to achieve. Can you post a sample so i can check it? Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Opening in Designer and checking doc setup color transparent does work but give me a jillion curves not what I want. So.... This if for a UV map: Old pre Affinity work flow:In Gimp I would open the PDF as a layer resize, then layer transparency to color (white) now I have just the black lines on a transparent background. Now using Affinity Photo I can place the pdf layer resize it then rasterize the pdf file then use filter color erase white paper. That gives me what I want. I was hoping there was a way to do this in Affinity Designer but I don't see a way so if I want vector work in my texture, I will have to edit in Designer from Photo. Correct? Thanks next episode : Seamless textures in Affinity Photo. Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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