Alfie Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 Hi Affinicianados, I've been struggling with masks and layers and while the concept is clearly understandable, achieving this specific end result has defeated me. The image is two circles one large primary circle on top of a smaller secondary circle each with an outer semi transparent ring. All of my efforts result in something that looks like a toppled over snowman with no outer ring. Any assistance on the approach to achieve the attached would be greatly appreciated. I tried googling double masking but a pandemic is the worst time to use that as the basis of a search. Thanks in advance. Quote
NotMyFault Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 Hi Alfi, did i understand your question right: You want to achieve the same effect as in the image you uploaded? Then clipping is much easier than masking: Copy your background 2 times Add the small circle, color white, no stroke Copy small circle clip one small circle to the lower background move the other small circle beneath the lower background use the transform panel, select middle anchor point, add +20 for each w and h (or a suitable pixel size for circle) reduce opacity of circle to 50% (or suitable value) Repeat the same procedure (starting at step 3) for the larger circle. Regards, Timo Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
NotMyFault Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 If you want only an semi-transparent border outside the "snowman" shape, just use Layer->Geometry->Add to combine small and large circles, and use the snowman shape for clipping. Only one background copy is required. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Alfie Posted March 19, 2021 Author Posted March 19, 2021 Hi Timo, Just wanted to say a great big thank you for steering me in the right direction and diamond level of clarity with the instructions. For the first time in Affinity I've actually created a result that wasn't some sort of horrible compromise. Your efforts and time are greatly appreciated. Alfie NotMyFault 1 Quote
NotMyFault Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 You are welcome. Thank you for your nice reply 👍 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
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