Affinity Designer. How to convert a layer effect to a raster?

[Kikudjira]

Hello everybody!

I can’t find the answer to my question :(
Can I convert the shadow effect in Affinity Designer to a raster by saving the object itself in a vector and subsequently get two objects? So then I can merge only shadow with the background.

[firstdefence]

You could create a duplicate of the object fill it with whatever colour you want your shadow to be and use the gaussian blur fx to create a shadow.

 

[Kikudjira]

Thank you for the answer!

Yes, this method is obvious. It is a pity that there is no similar functionality, as in Illustrator.
When, there are a lot of such objects, then this is not very convenient when preparing for printing

[ipswichBitt]

On 3/12/2020 at 4:55 AM, firstdefence said:

You could create a duplicate of the object fill it with whatever colour you want your shadow to be and use the gaussian blur fx to create a shadow.

 

this is very nice technic, thank you Sooooooo much

[firstdefence]

1 hour ago, ipswichBitt said:

this is very nice technic, thank you Sooooooo much

You're welcome Ipswichbitt

[firstdefence]

Here is another technique that is probably more to the OP's liking @Kikudjira

1. Create a vector shape, so lets stay with the donut
2. Add an Outer Shadow and configure to your flava..
   1. Uncheck the fill knocks out shadow...
   2. ...and drop the Fill Opacity to 0%

You should be left with just the shadow and the vector hidden but editable.

[Konspaul]

On 3/4/2021 at 7:29 PM, firstdefence said:

Here is another technique that is probably more to the OP's liking @Kikudjira

Thank you mister/miss for this tip!

[firstdefence]

On 8/12/2022 at 6:50 AM, Konspaul said:

Thank you mister/miss for this tip!

Glad to help 👍

[emrezo]

So there is no rasterizing the fx?