MadMatMagic Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) Hi everyone, i recently started using this amazing app, and i am sorry if i am not using the corrects words to describe what i am trying to say.. Trying to apply a Blur filter (Gaussian for example) to a layer (where i’ve done what you see in the first attached picture), once i raise the radius of Gaussian Blur, the highlights are too strong again (i’ve attached two more screenshots showing the before-after effect). Could you please help me to understand why how to avoid it? Thank you very Regards, Mattia Edited December 10, 2020 by MadMatMagic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted December 11, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 11, 2020 Hi @MadMatMagic, Welcome to the forums It would help to see a copy of your Affinity document, so that we can offer specific advice for you - could you please upload a copy of your document to the below link for me? https://www.dropbox.com/request/bdihKzNNHHH1ERI0IZVJ Once uploaded, please reply here to let me know. Many thanks in advance! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMatMagic Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Hello @Dan C, thank you very much for the availability. I just uploaded the document, could you please let me know if I did correct? Thanks again, Mattia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted December 11, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 11, 2020 Many thanks for your document! I've been able to reproduce this issue here - it appears as though there is a bug where using a Live Adjustment as a child layer causes the blend ranges to be ignored. If you use a non-live version of this blur adjustment on your layer (ie a destructive adjustment) then you should find that the bur is applied, whilst retaining your blend range. I have reported this issue directly with our developers now and we hope to have this fixed shortly Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMatMagic Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Thank you for the quick feedback. Glad to have helped to find out a bug to be fixed. Using the filter directly onto the layer it works fine, but since i would like to apply the blur to the low-right corner only with a gradient, sadly i dont know how to do it.. 🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 11, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 11, 2020 You can also place the Live Filter above the pixel layer in the layer stack (rather than using it as a child) and group the two. This way you can keep the blend range of the pixel layer with the live filter applied. To restrict the gaussian blur to bottom right corner of the image, apply the gradient to the built-in mask of the gaussian blur live filter setting the colour stop of the gradient over the bottom right corner to white and the opposite colour stop to black. See attached example. Notice the pixel layer has blend ranges applied: gaussian_blur_and_ranges.afphoto Dan C 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted December 11, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, MadMatMagic said: since i would like to apply the blur to the low-right corner only with a gradient, sadly i dont know how to do it.. 🙁 Along with MEB's suggestion above, you can also create a selection before applying the blur, this will then only apply the blur within the area. This isn't as 'flexible' as a live filter however, so you may find the above method is best for you RPReplay_Final1607692371.MP4 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMatMagic Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Thank you both for your help! i made a mistake not saying that i would like to apply the blur filter only to the layer containing the light rays, instead of all the photo. is it possible while avoiding the bug highlighted before? thanks again in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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