Too stupid to create a transparent background for text

[SusanneG]

Hi there,

I have a simple problems that causes me headaches.

I habe Affinity Photo and I still want a transparent background for my text boxes. Even if I change then opacity in the character panel, the background color just changes from the current color to white. It is never transparent.

This only occurs in afphoto-files. In Tiff- or PSD-files everything works fine.

Can anyone help?

Best regards,

Susanne 

Edited February 25, 2021 by SusanneG

[jmwellborn]

Welcome to the Forums, @SusanneG😊  Not too stupid at all.  Just have to know the trick!   First, go to VIEW>Studio and see that you have a check mark beside Character.  That will open a new panel on the right side of your desktop.  Then create a frame with the Text Tool, type in your text and you will have a white background.   Then open your Character Panel, and in the right box underneath the font name (which is white), click on it and choose the white box with a red strip through it.  That will make your text background transparent.  I made the white box red, so you will see which box I mean.  Hope this helps!