jubro Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I have created 3 individual characters which I want to join, overlapping a little, to form a logo. I have positioned the 3 characters vertically with the required overlap of each, chosen a font, aligned the characters & grouped the 3 layers. (I want to be able to save this & be able to modify its colour for when I add it to different designs). When I have coloured the logo & reduced the opacity to the desired value, the double colour density is visible where the characters overlap, which I don't want. What's the best way to create a single logo from the currently 3 grouped characters, & be able to save it for future colour & size modification, & not get the double colour density occurring? Thanks. Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S. Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 You should not group them, but convert each character in a curve and then perform some boolean operations to discard the overlaping parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Ungroup the layers and set the opacity back to 100%. Group the layers again and then set the opacity of the group to the desired value. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubro Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Ray S. said: You should not group them, but convert each character in a curve and then perform some boolean operations to discard the overlaping parts. Hi Ray, thanks for your response. I have ungrouped, convereted the characters to curves, 'added' them to each other (the Boolean operation which seemed the most appropriate) & selected a colour, but the holes of the figure 8 became filled with colour. And even though the inner lines of the holes of the figure 8 are highlighted, if the selection brush is chosen to remove them, the highlighted lines disappear. This is not ideal if I have to measure & cut holes from the figure 8 everytime I need to change the colour of the logo to apply to a new design. Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubro Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Alfred said: Ungroup the layers and set the opacity back to 100%. Group the layers again and then set the opacity of the group to the desired value. This did not work Alfred. After ungrouping, I saw the opacity was already at 100, & when I regrouped & reduced it I got the same result. Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 35 minutes ago, eightysevens said: After ungrouping, I saw the opacity was already at 100 In that case, how do you explain the “double colour density” that you mentioned in your original post? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubro Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Alfred said: In that case, how do you explain the “double colour density” that you mentioned in your original post? Because I reversed the procedure back to the original grouping of the characters. Obviously it was not the correct way to proceed to achieve my goal. Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 16 hours ago, eightysevens said: reduced the opacity That is your problem. Here is a short video showing how to copy the colour from a semi transparent fill and then apply and set opacity to 100% Screen Recording 2020-04-22 at 2.12.02 PM.mov Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubro Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 This is not what I want. I want the opacity to be reduced, not at 100%. But when I reduce the opacity there are overlapped areas where the opacity is doubled up due to there being parts of two characters occpuying the same space. Here is what I have, but I desire this opacity unifomed, without having the overlaps more opaque. Also I would like to have this as a template, or saved as an AFile so I can modify the colour & size for future use. Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 87s.afdesign All it is is Grouped and the transparency for the group is set. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubro Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 17 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: 87s.afdesign All it is is Grouped and the transparency for the group is set. Sorry, I don't uderstand. Whether the characters are grouped or not the same result occurs. Is there something fundamental I am missing here? Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 So we are on the same page I need to know that what you want is the blue colour but not the dark blue at the intersections. Further you want the 87S to be transparent. Am I correct with that assumption. Arrange the characters, Group that arrangement, leave the transparency of the 8, 7 and S at 100% and set the transparency of the group to what ever you need. It will help to see the effect if you have some sort of colour or lines or anything behind the group. Here is another example, please check the layers panel 87s.afdesign Alfred 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubro Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Old Bruce, firstly I apologise. I thought the 87s.afdesign was my original file & only just opened it. I should've been more observant of the file name, as I am using APhoto, not Design, simply because I am working with photographs only, besides this logo. And I thought the logo would be simple to create in APhoto, the software seeming to have many of the same toos. So the result in your previous reply, without the lines is what I would like to achieve. "I need to know that what you want is the blue colour but not the dark blue at the intersections." - Correct "You want the 87S to be transparent." - Correct So your example on the right is perfect. Is then there a difference between how APhoto & ADesigner produce when applying the same process? Or have you executed a different procedure to me? Please can you run me through exactly what you did? I created the 3 characters on a transparent preset, moved them into position, overlapping, grouped them, added colour & reduced opacity. But your examples do not show the overlap when the opacity is reduced. Many thanks, I really appreciate your time. Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, eightysevens said: Please can you run me through exactly what you did? 30 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Arrange the characters, Group that arrangement, leave the transparency of the 8, 7 and S at 100% and set the transparency of the group to what ever you need. Here is a movie in Photo What you are getting with the overlapping darker colour is at the end. Pay attention to the opacity in the Layers panel. Screen Recording 2020-04-23 at 9.27.38 AM.mov Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubro Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Bruce said: Here is a movie in Photo What you are getting with the overlapping darker colour is at the end. Pay attention to the opacity in the Layers panel. I now see the where the problem occurs. I was reducing the opacity with the colour opacity slider, not with the layer opacity slider. That makes all the difference. Again, many thanks for your patience & assistance Old Bruce 😀 Quote Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 - Win 10 Home 64 bit 22H2, OS Build 19045.2251 - Asus ROG G20CB - i5-6400 2.7ghz - 8gb RAM - NVIDIA GX950- BenQ BL2783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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