djfilms Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I bought an eps file with an alpha channel. I opened it in Affinity Designer which I just purchased (LOVE IT ALREADY!!!!) At the risk of seeming thick as 2 short planks I cannot drop out the checkerboard pattern which indicates transparency, in order to have an alpha channel for the foreground elements. The ultimate destination is FCP X on Mac OS. I cannot attach the file, as it is purchased, but the attached screenshot shows the transparency pattern. Can any clever soul guide me as to how to create an alpha channel? The Affinity guide does not show an entry for alpha channel best regards, David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Show us the layer panel with any layer groups expanded so we can see how it’s constructed. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfilms Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Here's the Looooooooong layers palette....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Layer 87 looks a bit dodgy as does layer 162 😆 You may need to send the file privately to the Mods so they can have a look at it. If you are prepared to do that, just request a dropbox link Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfilms Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 7 hours ago, carl123 said: Layer 87 looks a bit dodgy as does layer 162 😆 You may need to send the file privately to the Mods so they can have a look at it. If you are prepared to do that, just request a dropbox link carl123, many thanks for your post.... very helpful! I will contact the mods, as you suggest. best regards, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted May 20, 2020 Staff Share Posted May 20, 2020 19 hours ago, djfilms said: carl123, many thanks for your post.... very helpful! I will contact the mods, as you suggest. best regards, David If you can upload your file to here I will take a look for you 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfilms Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Leigh said: If you can upload your file to here I will take a look for you 👍 Leigh, EPS file uploaded to your link. I need either an alpha channel of the transparency OR the checkerboard pattern replaced by a uniform greenscreen colour (so I can key it out in FCPX. regards, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted May 21, 2020 Staff Share Posted May 21, 2020 If you expand the first layer you will see that the next sub layer is an image layer. If you hide or delete this, you will see the vector objects. You can then go to Document Setup > Colour and tick Transparent background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfilms Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 24 minutes ago, Leigh said: If you expand the first layer you will see that the next sub layer is an image layer. If you hide or delete this, you will see the vector objects. You can then go to Document Setup > Colour and tick Transparent background. Leigh, a thousand blessings on your household! That's enough to get me started solving the problem. Many thanks. Also, as a suggestion for the documentation, I recommend a page about "alpha channel". This would help novices like me who are used to that terminology. best regards, David Leigh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted May 22, 2020 Staff Share Posted May 22, 2020 No worries 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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