chriscaldwell Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Hello! I am experimenting with some texture overlays for large images on a website. One of the patterns that I saw being used on a website was diagonal pixels and perhaps a color overlay. I have attached a sample of the image. Can someone explain to me how to create this type of effect in Affinity Photo? Perhaps the color overlay is done with CSS, but it's the diagonal line effect that interests me. Thank you so much for any help. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Easy peasy. Add a Pattern Layer above the image. If you want stripes that are, say, 8 pixels wide then size the pattern to 1 pixel wide and 16 pixels high. Paint the top 8 pixels one color, then paint the bottom 8 pixels a second color. This should get you equal-sized horizontal stripes. Now, choose the Move tool and rotate the pattern by 45 degrees. Voilà - diagonal stripes. chriscaldwell and Alfred 2 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscaldwell Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Thank you so much smadell! I really appreciate the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 My pleasure. You might want to consider making the stripes black and white, lowering the opacity, and adding a Recolor adjustment. That way, the color of the stripes can be changed easily. chriscaldwell 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscaldwell Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 That's a great suggestion! I'm putting it in my notes right now! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Another approach could be a halftone filter + color overlay fx chriscaldwell and Alfred 2 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscaldwell Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Wow. I would not have thought of that, thomaso! What a great idea, also. Worked great. Thanks so much. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Even less uniform than pattern or halftone grid would be a separate object with a Bitmap Fill (<– Gradient Fill Tool). The selected bitmap's content + the tool's extend + scale/stretch + blend mode settings achieve quite various results, here combined again with an orange overlay fx. chriscaldwell 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscaldwell Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 This is a great technique as well. Thank you very much for this help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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