NotMyFault Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) Steps to reproduce create new document create pixel layer (e.g. rectangular shape, fill blue, rasterize Activate transparency tool change type from „none“ to linear the pixel layer gets destroyed and replaced by gradient from white to transparency. No handles/nodes to adjust effect On vector layers, you could change type to none any time later to restore original status. On pixel layers, damage is final and unrecoverable (except undo) I’m aware that help says tool is for vector layers. Never the less, it should not cause harm to document layers if applied by mistake (e.g. wrong layer active in layer panel). PS: My request is to either ignore pixel layers (cause no damage), or make it usable (created nested vector shape with gradient). In the current state it is a undocumented trap for unexperienced users. transparency tool destroys pixel layer.afdesign FullSizeRender.MOV Edited June 9, 2022 by NotMyFault Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Gradients have always completely replaced Pixel layers, as Pixel layers have only their Pixels, and not a separate Fill that can overlay them. And Gradients on Pixel layers are never adjustable, either. Not a bug, as far as I know. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Gradients have always completely replaced Pixel layers, as Pixel layers have only their Pixels, and not a separate Fill that can overlay them. And Gradients on Pixel layers are never adjustable, either. Not a bug, as far as I know. Half logical and typical example of consequential implementation, but clearly no show case for user friendly UI. It should work either completely (showing nodes to adjust gradient), or not at all (do not activate on pixel layers). This mix of replacing pixel content, but no option to adjust handles makes no sense to users. i would be ok if Affinity removes the transparency tool for pixel layers totally, to avoid this unexpected damage. On the other side: it could simply create a vector shape with gradient, and nest it to masking position (similar as vector crop does), and leave the pixel layer intact. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Sounds like a good Feature Request. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 issue was fixed in 1.10 and V2 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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