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


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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.

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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.

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1 hour ago, ipswichBitt said:

this is very nice technic, thank you Sooooooo much

You're welcome Ipswichbitt

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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.

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

Thank you mister/miss for this tip!

Glad to help 👍

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