Martin Diestelmann Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I would like to reproduce and use a function that I saw in one of the first presentations of Publisher. It was about text on the picture with the climber. I saw that it was possible to draw a rectangle (Designer) behind the (multi-column) text and the photo area under this rectangle could be blurred with the box blur (Photo) so that the text in front of it was easily readable. I am not able to reproduce this effect: I always have to create a duplicate of the photo, place this duplicate photo in the rectangle. But this is not the solution, because every time I change the layout I have to duplicate and frame the picture again. What am I doing wrong. Beispiel Publisher Blur.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Check your PDF, but the text will be rasteried... perhaps not what you want in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Diestelmann Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 Thank you very much for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 11 hours ago, Wosven said: Check your PDF, but the text will be rasteried... perhaps not what you want in the end. 11 hours ago, Hens said: One can, after applying the effect, group the effect with the image/pixellayer>rasterize this group, to have it not rasterise the text though The text won't rasterize if the blurring is nested as a child of the image (as opposed to inline with the image and text). So, the rig can remain flexible and non-destructive... there's no need to rasterize (or make a copy & rasterize) the group/effect before export. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 HI @Martin Diestelmann. Why make this so complicated? Why not put a Box Blur on the underlying graphic layer and mask it? Blur Under Text.mp4 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, smadell said: HI @Martin Diestelmann. Why make this so complicated? Why not put a Box Blur on the underlying graphic layer and mask it? Blur Under Text.mp4 649.61 kB · 0 downloads Isn't that what we're doin'? 😉 Just using a vector instead of a pixel selection to mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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