Ray 2 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Hello folks, I dont use any photo editing software very much just for some minor adjustments, so could anyone tell me how to make the Blue area of the attached logo into White. I need it to display as White when used in Substance Painter. I have my fully licensed copy of Affinity on my machine. [The attached logos are in PNG format ] Cheers, Raymond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted June 16, 2022 Staff Share Posted June 16, 2022 Hi @Ray 2, One way you can do this is using the flood fill tool, in the attached file I set the colour to white and clicked on each character and the logo with the pixel layer selected. Alternatively, a Recolour adjustment with 100% Lightness and Saturation will achieve the same result. white logo.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray 2 Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 Hi NathanC, Many thanks for your swift response to my question, the Logo you attached works perfectly when applied to the Substance Painter model. I shall now go and try to create some of my own using your suggestions. Cheers, Raymond. NathanC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 @Ray 2 As an alternative, which might be more handy, is to keep the logo as vectors (curves) also in APh. This way it's overall easier to modify (resize, recolor etc.) and reuse it at all. Capto_Capture.mp4 chep-logo1.afphoto chep-logo2.afphoto ESPR 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESPR Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 If these logos are on a transparent background, you can use fx 'Color Overlay'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray 2 Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 ESPR, Thanks for the suggestion, now looks like I now have at least 3 way to achieve the desired results. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESPR Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, Ray 2 said: ESPR, Thanks for the suggestion, now looks like I now have at least 3 way to achieve the desired results. Many thanks. In my opinion having a vector is always the best solution. I would not recommend the Flood Fill Tool as it produces aliased edges ("stairs"). The Recolour adjustment is a good technique but doesnt produce specific colors easily, other than white or black, while the Color Overlay fx preserves antialiasing, but requires transparency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 41 minutes ago, Ray 2 said: ESPR, Thanks for the suggestion, now looks like I now have at least 3 way to achieve the desired results. One more workaround: If you use the logo image in a CMYK layout document you can colourize it easily in 2 steps: Activate "K Only" –> Apply a fill colour. cmyk fill colour white.m4v This works best with with a black logo because then "K Only" can cause 100% of any colour (different to the reduced black part in your blue version). If the black logo is saved as Grayscale image you even don't need to press "K Only". Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 I always enjoy the "self-masking" technique for logos that are a solid color. • "Rasterize to Mask" the original logo art • Mask it to a white pixel layer • Levels adjustment set to Alpha to get a true white (or transparency if that's what you need) • extra color background just helps show the result ESPR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray 2 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 v_kyr, Been watching the video again what would be the process for Curves ? is the curves on a new layer ? what would be the workflow for using curves, Once I have me logo open in APH. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESPR Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Ray 2 said: v_kyr, Been watching the video again what would be the process for Curves ? is the curves on a new layer ? what would be the workflow for using curves, Curves means tracing witht the Pen Tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray 2 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Ray 2 said: v_kyr, Been watching the video again what would be the process for Curves ? is the curves on a new layer ? what would be the workflow for using curves, Once I have me logo open in APH. As @ESPR said, working with the vector tools here then. Either manual hand tracing with the Pen tool and adjusting with the Node tool, or as an alternative for quicker turnarounds tracing a bitmap/raster image via a bitmap-to-vector tracer and reusing the PDF/SVG generated by that one. Some tracing tools Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Here is yet another method: masking.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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