Texture overlay, please.. help..:)

[Betabobby]

Im trying to do an overlay since many hours, I have a white text on a transpartent background and an tex ture dirt png file, I am trying to make it look like in Screenshot 3, so the texture is on top of the text and the texture colour is black, the problem is, that it always looks like in screenshot 2, can anyone help me?

[G13RL]

@Betabobby, First, place the text above the texture. Then, in the layers, nest the texture in the text thumbnail (obtain a blue rectangle under the thumbnail)

[Komatös]

Hello @Betabobby and welcome to the forums.

Here is a good explanation how child layers work (not only in APh).

 

[Betabobby]

Wow, so easy yet so hard to find out 😁👍 Many many thanks for the fast reply and the gif, have a nice day guys!

[G13RL]

@Betabobby,

Thanks for the feedback and have a nice day too!

[Betabobby]

Still got a problem :/, when I try to apply the texture to a group it doesnt work.

[Betabobby]

Here is a gif, is there also a way to fuse groups to 1 item? For example to fuse the 2 text's to 1.

Edited October 6, 2021 by Betabobby

[Alfred]

26 minutes ago, Betabobby said:

Still got a problem :/, when I try to apply the texture to a group it doesnt work.

You can only clip to a single object, not a group. Select the curves in the group, use the Boolean ‘Add’ command to combine the ‘Curve’ layers to form a ‘Curves’ layer, and then clip the texture layer to that new layer.

[Ron P.]

42 minutes ago, Betabobby said:

when I try to apply the texture to a group it doesnt work.

You can Mask the Group to the Texture. Do it the other way around. Offer the Group to the Texture layer, when you get the vertical blue bar release it. 

[Alfred]

2 minutes ago, Ron P. said:

Offer the Group to the Texture layer, when you get the vertical blue bar release it.

I always drop the dragged item directly on top of the thumbnail of the target layer. It’s much less fiddly than getting the vertical blue bar to show up, and the end result is exactly the same.

[Betabobby]

Unfortunately the second option doesnt work that well,  Alfred, where can I find the boolean ,,add,, option? Its in german  so I cant seem to find it

[Alfred]

22 minutes ago, Betabobby said:

Alfred, where can I find the boolean ,,add,, option? Its in german  so I cant seem to find it

There’s an entry for it on one of the menus but you can also use the first button in the Geometry section of the toolbar: