Abdo23 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Hello, I'm a bit confused about applying shadows. I wanted to apply a double shadow to a single object to achieve the effect as in the image attached (Using Sketch). It doesn't seem that it's possible to add two shadows to a single object so I duplicated the object, changed the shadow color and "angle" but still I did not get the desired result. How can achieve that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Like this? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 54 minutes ago, Abdo23 said: add two shadows to a single object In your sample is one Outer Shadow and one Outer Glow, which fx can set. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 In Adobe Photoshop CC you can add as many drop shadows as you like, this gives you a massive range of effects that can be achieved not to mention all the other fx that can be duplicated. In Affinity Photo you can only add one outer shadow per object. v_kyr 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Add your first shadow as normal Then group the object (it will be the only object in the group) You can now apply a second shadow to the group. If you need a third shadow just group the group again and apply a shadow to that group etc etc etc v_kyr, GarryP and lacerto 3 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 That’s a really great tip carl123, thanks for sharing that. My attached image shows an example using that tip to have two drop shadows. (Note: The white one needs a different Blend Mode – to the default Multiply – to be seen using the colours I used). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdo23 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 10 hours ago, Joachim_L said: Like this? Thanks, this method gave me a close result to what I wanted, but still not flexible enough. 8 hours ago, GarryP said: That’s a really great tip carl123, thanks for sharing that. My attached image shows an example using that tip to have two drop shadows. (Note: The white one needs a different Blend Mode – to the default Multiply – to be seen using the colours I used). I tried this method but still wasn't what I originally wanted, would you please ( if it's not much of a bother ) share the shadow values you used? Why didn't Affinity just use the common method of applying shadows with x,y and blur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Well the OP probably means a feature like this, where you can also apply effects multiple times (not only stroke/fill) ... ... pretty much the same as firstdefence showed above in PS, but here from vector tools (shown image is from Graphic, though Amadine offers these things too). Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 @Abdo23 I didn’t save the original but I’ve attached a new version which you can get the values from. You will probably need to experiment to get it looking right for your needs. double-shadow.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazu san Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) still there is no like this function in Affinity photo, right? I hope we can do like that someday Edited August 20, 2021 by kazu san Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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