Rabendoktor Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 Hi there, working with AD I stumble over a problem quite often: when I copy or duplicate an object p.e. 10 times for a pattern and I want to colour ONE of those blue: all 10 turn blue... How can I avoid this and colour them separately Thanks for help, Steffen Quote
Pšenda Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 All objects is selected? Deselect them. All objects is in the group? Unselect group. 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.
Rabendoktor Posted July 7, 2021 Author Posted July 7, 2021 Hi, Psenda, thanks, but only ONE object is selected and they are not grouped - if I open context-menue, I could only group them, not ungroup them... . I start with one object and multiply it by either copy or duplicate - I can select them separately afterwards, but if I colour the one and only selected ALL will change colour although they were definitely NOT selected... Best, Steffen Quote
GarryP Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 What does the word say in parentheses ( ) after the name of the layer(s) in the Layers Panel? Can we have a full-screen screen-grab showing us what you can see, including the Layers Panel open and with one of the layers selected and visible in the Layers Panel? Quote
Rabendoktor Posted July 7, 2021 Author Posted July 7, 2021 Here You are - they were black and I selected the left one to turn this blue and ALL turned blue... THANKS for Your help! Quote
Old Bruce Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 Those are embedded documents. All bets are off.... 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.
Rabendoktor Posted July 7, 2021 Author Posted July 7, 2021 I'm an absolute newbie - how do I change this? I created an artboard and drew an eps-file on it - then started multiplying.... Quote
GarryP Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 As Old Bruce said, they are Embedded Documents and they work differently to ‘normal’ layers. If you change the Fill Colour of an Embedded Document then the software will try and change all of the layers in that document to the specified fill colour (I think, I don't use them much). I would suggest double-clicking the original document (or a copy) and then copying the layers from that, then pasting the layers back onto the Designer canvas (so they are native layers). Then you should be able to colour them individually. Old Bruce 1 Quote
Rabendoktor Posted July 7, 2021 Author Posted July 7, 2021 ... worked like a charme... Thank You so much, guys - the app is fantastic and now I know: the community is so, too. You made my day... Best, Steffen Quote
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