Object styles are "blurry"

[Gianni Becattini]

I am not sure that "blurry" is the correct English word but I cannot understand if object styles must to be so ugly or if I have some wrong setup in the video section (I tried different setups with no change).

See attachment please.

Thanks!

[Dan C]

Hi @Gianni Becattini,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble!

Can you please provide a copy of the Affinity document that these objects are from, so that we can investigate this further for you?

Many thanks in advance

[Gianni Becattini]

Sure, thanks!

Senza nome.afdesign

[Dan C]

Many thanks for that! Your document appears to be displaying correctly here, so perhaps I've misunderstood what you mean.

Are you referring to the noise in the colour for both objects? (the black spots)

Or are you referring to the glow applied to the object at the top of the document?

[Gianni Becattini]

Yes, the noise

[Dan C]

Thanks for confirming  You can set the noise for any filled object, first select this object and then navigate to the Colour Studio. At the bottom of this Studio, you will see an Opacity slider. Click on the small circle next to Opacity and this will change the slider to 'Noise'. You can now manually change the noise levels until you're happy with this - or remove it altogether:

Once this has been done, you'll need to remove the Noise applied to the FX on the layer. My below screen recording will show you how to do this -

I hope this helps!

[wonderings]

11 minutes ago, Dan C said:

Thanks for confirming  You can set the noise for any filled object, first select this object and then navigate to the Colour Studio. At the bottom of this Studio, you will see an Opacity slider. Click on the small circle next to Opacity and this will change the slider to 'Noise'. You can now manually change the noise levels until you're happy with this - or remove it altogether:

Once this has been done, you'll need to remove the Noise applied to the FX on the layer. My below screen recording will show you how to do this -

I hope this helps!

Wow talk about hidden option! I never would have thought to click there to change to noise. Unless it is just me it might be worth changing it so it looks like something clickable, either dropdown or some other way to indicate that you can switch to something else. 

[Dan C]

Thanks for your suggestion, I agree and I'll be sure to pass this onto our dev team

[Gianni Becattini]

Thank you very much!

Only for my curiosity: why adding the noise? someone finds it nice or it is for technical reasons?

[Dan C]

3 minutes ago, Gianni Becattini said:

Only for my curiosity: why adding the noise? someone finds it nice or it is for technical reasons?

AFAIK it's simply a design choice based on personal preference

[Pšenda]

21 minutes ago, Gianni Becattini said:

Only for my curiosity: why adding the noise? someone finds it nice or it is for technical reasons?

Using noise creates a certain texture on the surface of objects, so they look more realistic, not like coloring books.

Try look this tutorial:

https://frankentoonstudio.com/design-school/using-textures-in-affinity-designer/

[wonderings]

12 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Using noise creates a certain texture on the surface of objects, so they look more realistic, not like coloring books.

Exactly. Not something I use too often but there is a time and place for it. If you look at the OP images, they look more metallic and realistic then if it was just a solid colour.