jcml Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Hi, I have a vector (.svg QR code with transparent background) which color I want to change. In Publisher it just doesn't work. I pick the color layer effect and select the desired color, nothing happens. In Designer it does work (but for some reason, even with the same color format and profile the color looks different). If in Publisher I edit the file in Designer, it doesn't work. Am I doing something wrong? How can I make it work? Any help would be appreciated. Let me know if more information is needed. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Easiest way is to make a Rectangle of the desired colour (and larger than the SVG) and then use the SVG to clip the coloured Rectangle. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 re colour difference, that could be the file colour format i.e. sRGB compared to CMYK Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, jcml said: I have a vector (.svg QR code with transparent background) which color I want to change. In Publisher it just doesn't work. I pick the color layer effect and select the desired color, nothing happens. In Designer it does work (but for some reason, even with the same color format and profile the color looks different). Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. It would help if you provided a screenshot of what you have, including the complete application window and the Layers panel. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 If the SVG is vector surely it's just a matter of changing the fill of the curve or curves to the colour required. Untitled.pdf Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, firstdefence said: If the SVG is vector We don't know that it is, in context. It might be an Embedded or Linked document, not vector curves. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: We don't know that it is, in context. It might be an Embedded or Linked document, not vector curves. True, a screenshot of the expanded layers panel should clarify this. I await with baited breath... Actually got to straighten my bumper out as someone tried to take my front end off this morning, hooray for ducktape lol! Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcml Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Easiest way is to make a Rectangle of the desired colour (and larger than the SVG) and then use the SVG to clip the coloured Rectangle. Thanks, if I don't figure out the other way, I'll try this one for sure! 15 minutes ago, firstdefence said: re colour difference, that could be the file colour format i.e. sRGB compared to CMYK It might be, but I tried my best to have the same settings. I'll attached a screenshot with the documents color settings: 13 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. It would help if you provided a screenshot of what you have, including the complete application window and the Layers panel. Thanks, I'll attach a screenshot: Regarding the .svg, in Designer it expands to several groups. Many thanks to all for taking some time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 In Affinity Publisher, it's a linked file, so you don't have access to the curves, but in Affinity designer it opens as a vector and so you can edit the fill of the vector curves directly. Being a linked file you can edit in Designer, export and the linked file should change to reflect the editing done in Designer. You can also change the file to an embedded file from Document > Resource Manager... and then double click on the layer to open the file in another tab and from there edit the colour as you would in designer. You can also copy the QRCode layer from within designer and paste it into Publisher, it will copy over as an editable vector QRCode and from there simply change the fill as you would in Designer. Are you generating the QRCodes yourself or are they being passed to you ready made in SVG format? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Of what layer type is the layer "f7157b7330*", is it an (image), (pixel), (curves) ... ? 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...
firstdefence Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Of what layer type is the layer "f7157b7330*", is it an (image), (pixel), (curves) ... ? I suspect it's a linked document layer from the context bar just above the workspace... Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 53 minutes ago, jcml said: Regarding the .svg, in Designer it expands to several groups. You seem to have Opened it in Designer, but Placed it in Publisher. That is going to give different results, and will require different ways of working with it. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcml Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 26 minutes ago, firstdefence said: In Affinity Publisher, it's a linked file, so you don't have access to the curves, but in Affinity designer it opens as a vector and so you can edit the fill of the vector curves directly. Being a linked file you can edit in Designer, export and the linked file should change to reflect the editing done in Designer. You can also change the file to an embedded file from Document > Resource Manager... and then double click on the layer to open the file in another tab and from there edit the colour as you would in designer. You can also copy the QRCode layer from within designer and paste it into Publisher, it will copy over as an editable vector QRCode and from there simply change the fill as you would in Designer. Are you generating the QRCodes yourself or are they being passed to you ready made in SVG format? Thanks! That worked. I'm generating it myself. I tried several websites until I found one that actually created the background transparent. I also tried several formats and were all giving me the same "issue". SVG was the last format I tried. 23 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Of what layer type is the layer "f7157b7330*", is it an (image), (pixel), (curves) ... ? firstdefence got it right. It was linked. 15 minutes ago, firstdefence said: I suspect it's a linked document layer from the context bar just above the workspace... 11 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: You seem to have Opened it in Designer, but Placed it in Publisher. That is going to give different results, and will require different ways of working with it. I dragged and dropped it in both cases, assuming it'd be added to the file in the way I needed. What's the best way of adding such files in order to make it embebbed in Publisher by default? Once again, thanks for the assistance! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, jcml said: I dragged and dropped it in both cases, assuming it'd be added to the file in the way I needed. What's the best way of adding such files in order to make it embebbed in Publisher by default? In this case, where you had it right in Designer, as firstdefence already said, a copy/paste of the layers between Designer & Publisher would have probably solved your problem. 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...
thomaso Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 2 hours ago, jcml said: I tried my best to have the same settings. I'll attached a screenshot with the documents color settings: The values for the Blue are different between your APub vs. AD. (cmyk 100|70|0|0 ≠ hsl 222-100-50) Also from your screenshot it's hard to judge because your layer setups are different: In AD you use a Layer layer + blend mode Color, in APub we can't see how it is set up – but apparently different than with this Layer layer from AD. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, jcml said: I dragged and dropped it in both cases, assuming it'd be added to the file in the way I needed There are several ways you could drag/drop that would give different results. You would only get the same results if both applications were in the same state and you dropped the file in the same screen location within the application. But if you drop it onto an open file in the application, it will be the same as doing a Place. As you got different results in the two apps, you probably did the drag/drop differently. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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