BLAntoine Posted June 22, 2021 Posted June 22, 2021 So, I did this on one project and I'm trying to recreate it on another but can't find what I did the first time... beginner luck I guess! Can somebody help me with this? I would like to change the color of the text that goes over the orange line. Quote
walt.farrell Posted June 22, 2021 Posted June 22, 2021 Which Affinity applications do you have available? And is that truly text, or is it an image of text? (That is, is it a separate layer that is a text layer of its own?) Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
thomaso Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 There are various ways, also depending on the app & the type of objects, as Walt pointed out. One way would use a copy of the text clipped by the according object (or area selection) and a fill color as wanted. Quote • MacBookPro Retina 15" | macOS 10.14.6 | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 • iPad 10.Gen. | iOS 18.5. | Affinity V2.6
BLAntoine Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 Hi Walt and Thomaso, Thanks for your answers I have Affinity Designer and Photo, both the latest version on PC. The text is currently a layer of its own (I tried to convert it to curve as well, without much success) Thomaso, I've tried to copy the text and clip it with the form, but I guess there is something I'm doing wrong. the best result I got so far is by using this tool: The text and the shape merge but it does not do what I did before (I don't know why the overlapping letters are switching colors ) : Quote
Julio Alejandro Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Hello, Have you tried changing the blend mode of your text layer. this will give you a lot of different options. Quote
G13RL Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 @BLAntoine, If you want to choose the color of the parts on the ring, in Designer you can select the text, "Convert to Curves", "Ungroup" and then "Add". Then select the text and the ring, "Divide". You can then put the color (or colors) you want to the parts on the ring. Quote
BLAntoine Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 41 minutes ago, Julio Alejandro said: Hello, Have you tried changing the blend mode of your text layer. this will give you a lot of different options. I'm not sure how to do that, so I guess I didn't I'll loot it up! Quote
BLAntoine Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, G13RL said: @BLAntoine, If you want to choose the color of the parts on the ring, in Designer you can select the text, "Convert to Curves", "Ungroup" and then "Add". Then select the text and the ring, "Divide". You can then put the color (or colors) you want to the parts on the ring. I just tried that actually but 1: the "n" disappears 2: When I'm trying to color the "A", the red triangle in the middle get colored as well (no matter if I select both curves or just one)... Quote
G13RL Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Select both parts of the letter (the eye and the body) and press "Xor". Quote
BLAntoine Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, G13RL said: Select both parts of the letter (the eye and the body) and press "Xor". oups... dump me... that make perfectly sense! But do you know why did I lost the N in the process? *** And I'm not sure how to do the "Add" step that you mentioned Edited June 23, 2021 by BLAntoine Forgot something... Quote
G13RL Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Is the N simply unchecked in the layers? This happens when you select several layers with the "SHIFT" key. Quote
BLAntoine Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 Just now, G13RL said: Is the N simply unchecked in the layers? This happens when you select several layers with the "SHIFT" key. Actually I tried without converting to curve, so it still part of the text layer Now I'm trying to convert to curve, ungroup and add... but I don't know how to add Quote
G13RL Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Select all the letters that are now curves, and click the first Boolean operations button. Quote
Julio Alejandro Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, BLAntoine said: I'm not sure how to do that, so I guess I didn't I'll loot it up! take a look at this video... Screen Recording 2021-06-23 at 9.54.13 AM.mov Quote
Pšenda Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 18 hours ago, BLAntoine said: So, I did this on one project Do you have a source file (*.afdesign or *.afphoto) for this project? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
G13RL Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 @Julio Alejandro, If the text and donut are positioned above a photo, the change in blend also affects the parts of the text outside the donut. Quote
BLAntoine Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Julio Alejandro said: take a look at this... Screen Recording 2021-06-23 at 9.54.13 AM.mov That's pretty cool! I was able to do this: The effect is there, but I can't select the color I want... if I'm not able to to exactly what I'm looking for, I'll stick to this, thank you Quote
BLAntoine Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Do you have a source file (*.afdesign or *.afphoto) for this project? yes signature email _.afdesign Quote
G13RL Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Is this more meaningful? Video_2021-06-23_173806.wmv Quote
Old Bruce Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 @BLAntoine, I don't really know what exactly you are trying to achieve with this. Going by the title "Changing text colour over shape" I figured this is what you are after. Here is my take on this. It is done with text layers and a masking/clipping layer. I have hidden most of the objects in your original file and added my layers to it. signature email _ bruce.afdesign Screen Recording 2021-06-23 at 9.36.03 AM.mov Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
BLAntoine Posted June 26, 2021 Author Posted June 26, 2021 thanks every one for your help! I was able to do what I want Wednesday but I wasn't allow to post that day no more to tell you! So thanks G13RL, I finally got how to do what you meant! Thanks! G13RL 1 Quote
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