jbartley Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I am just curious why Transparency Tool and Gradient Tool were broken out as separate tools. Isn't the Transparency tool just a gradient with a no fill (0% opacity) on one end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 11, 2014 Staff Share Posted September 11, 2014 The reason i believe, is because it's much more flexible (and powerful) having them separated. In illustrator the transparency is tied to the gradient colours and both will have to "run" in the same direction. In affinity Designer you can have a gradient developing vertically and the transparency developing horizontally with more or less control points than the gradient (or vice-versa) for example. This gives much more granularity and control over the effects you can achieve. Some PC apps have supported this for years like Xara Designer and even Serif Drawplus. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted September 11, 2014 Staff Share Posted September 11, 2014 MEB is absolutely right :) Plus, transparency affects the linestyle too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Just needs a keyboard shortcut to be perfect ;-) Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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