Unable to fill object imported from PowerPoint

[Fadi]

Dear Affinity Community,

I tried making a collage using images supplied in a PowerPoint file. I try to change the fill colours, but cannot see it taking effect inside the actual object. I added a screenshot with an example:

The logo that says "MOFEM" is selected and the fill colour on top is set to green, yet the logo remains white.

I do not know if this is a bug or something I did wrong with the object type, because I have not worked with imported objects from PowerPoint before. Any effects that I apply affect the logo, just not the fill.

Thanks in advance for any answers!

[Old Bruce]

The white text will not take on the colour because all the channels in white are at 255. Place a Fill layer as a child layer (and set the blend mode to Darken or Multiply) to the image layer.

[Fadi]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

Yes I tried to do exactly this (and tried both blend modes Darken and Multiply), but what happens then is that the the entire square gets coloured. I imported this object as a rectangle with a transparent background with the logo in the middle. What makes it confusing to me is that any effects I select recognise the logo in the middle and affect only that, but any fill action affects the entire square (and covers the logo completely).

I could try using the selection tool and select the parts of the logo and remove everything else, but I am still curious if there is a more efficient way.

Thanks again!

[Ron P.]

8 hours ago, Fadi said:

but what happens then is that the the entire square gets coloured

According to your layers panel, two are  Image Layers. Try Rasterizing them.

https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Layers/layerImage.html

https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Layers/aboutLayers.html

[Fadi]

Ah yes that works perfectly, thanks