Fadi Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 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 and Chris B 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadi Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 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 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadi Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 Ah yes that works perfectly, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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