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Designer 1.10.4.1198, Windows 10.

I have an artistic text block containing two words. If I select either word I can change its size, its colour, its font, etc. without altering the other word.

However, if I select one word and then an effect from the Effects panel, the effect is applied to both words.

Should it be?

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Yes. You are applying an Effect to the Art Text layer. If you want jus the one word affected then duplicate the Art Text and carefully line up the words.

Bob's your uncle. where your is the word you want the effect on.

Copy and paste the words so they turn into ;

Bob's  <- a layer

your   <- a layer with effect

uncle <- a layer.

and have the original Bob's your uncle to use to line up the three words Then hide or delete it.

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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Alternatively you can work with only 1 copy of the initial text frame + maintain the text but assign No Colour Ø to those parts which should not occur in either of the two text frames. There is no need to adjust positions, just leave the copy on top of its original and rather select them individually via the Layers Panel to adjust their colours. Here the 2nd screenshot is just to illustrate that the frame with the effect still contains all text. This way both frames have identical bounding boxes which may be easier to handle and require less positioning.

872161000_texteffectseparated1.jpg.d0d1f0085507fabf5983401059fef085.jpg ... 1701917569_texteffectseparated2.jpg.d67e0891eb7e4c7118d34def87daf8a0.jpg

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Layer effects has to be character effects, to be applied on selected text.

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14 minutes ago, NNN said:

Layer effects has to be character effects, to be applied on selected text.

As its name suggests, a layer effect is applied to the entire layer. It is not only applied to selected characters.

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22 minutes ago, Alfred said:

As its name suggests, a layer effect is applied to the entire layer. It is not only applied to selected characters.

Of course. It is obvious. What I suggest is they will be more flexible if applied on selected text.

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If they worked as I suggest, this topic would not exist. :)

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Other topics would be here instead... Why are only some of my letters effected??????

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3 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Other topics would be here instead... Why are only some of my letters effected??????

No, in that case everything would be clear because the effect would appear on the selection only, not on whole artistic text.

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44 minutes ago, NNN said:

No, in that case everything would be clear because the effect would appear on the selection only, not on whole artistic text.

Exactly that would cause the questions. Selection via Move Tool or via Text Tool? "But I did have it selected … !"

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1 hour ago, NNN said:

Of course. It is obvious. What I suggest is they will be more flexible if applied on selected text.

Thank you for the clarification. I’m afraid it wasn’t obvious to me that your phrase “has to be” was intended to indicate a suggested improvement.

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