Ginblue Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Hello all, I've just starting using Affinity designer (trail) and like it very much. I have a little problem though and I'm sure that when someone points out what I'm doing wrong I'll kick myself. I've applied a gradient to an object and now want to return it to a solid fill but I cant find a way of removing the gradient. If I create another fill and apply it always is set to gradient when I apply it the object. I've tried setting no fill creating a new fill then applying it but always its a gradient fill! I'm sure the solution is simple and obvious but I'm missing something here. Thanks in advance, Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 10, 2020 Hi Ginblue, Welcome to Affinity Forums With the object and theGradient Tool still selected go to the context toolbar and change the Type dropdown to Solid (or None if you prefer have none). Alternatively click the colour well in the context toolbar switch to the colour tab and pick a colour or click the no color icon in the top right of that popup (instead of selecting the colour tab) to remove the gradient fill entirely. Another way: with the object selected switch to another tool (so the object remains selected but the gradient is not active anymore) and click on a color in the Colours panel. The gradient is replaced with the solid colour you clicked on. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginblue Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thanks for your reply, I'm still a bit mystified by this as I've done all of those things and still cannot remove the gradient. As I look at my screen now the fill is set to solid but the object is still a gradient! I've tried solid fill, no fill, new fill, I've deselected the fill tool and clicked a colour in the colour panel with the object selected. The only effect is to change the colour of the gradient. None and Solid remove the fill but as soon as I edit the fill, say to change colour the fill returns. I'm familiar with AI, Inkscape etc so understand the concepts but this is driving me crazy and I've spent quite some time trying to figure it out. I've included a screen shot if this might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 10, 2020 Select the Transparency Tool (with the object selected) - check if there's any (linear) transparency applied. If not can you attach the afdesign file for inspection please? Thank you. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginblue Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Yes, no problem. Playing.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 10, 2020 The object has transparency applied. Switch to the Transparency Tool and remove it changing the Type dropdown in the context toolbar to None. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginblue Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Yes I see with the Transparency Tool selected. Thank you, but how can you tell that transparency has been applied? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 10, 2020 Hi Ginblue, There's no visual clue in the interface/canvas unless you select the Transparency Tool (which displays the transparency controls/handle over the object). I suspected it could be the cause from experience. I will pass this to the dev team for comments. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginblue Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thank you again. I knew I'd done something just couldn't figure it out. Still I'm generally liking Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janacomer Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Thank you! I was using affinity photo and had a gradient overlay applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bowkett Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I have a similar thing with stroke. With stroke set to 0pt I get a 1pt blue stroke on all objects. Not happening on laptop only desktop so assume it's a setting/pref of some kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Rod Bowkett said: I have a similar thing with stroke. With stroke set to 0pt I get a 1pt blue stroke on all objects. Not happening on laptop only desktop so assume it's a setting/pref of some kind. Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. A screenshot, or even better a sample .afdesign (or .afphoto or .afpub) document illustrating this, would help us understand what you're experiencing. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 How to remove gradient in APho Remove.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 4 hours ago, Affinity Rat said: How to remove gradient in APho Was that a question? If so, perhaps you should start a separate topic, and put it in the iPad section of the forum? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity Rat Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 32 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Was that a question? If so, perhaps you should start a separate topic, and put it in the iPad section of the forum? ok didnt notice. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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