KevG Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 I want to use gradient fill within a freehand drawn line. I have learned how to use the fill tools, but cannot fathom how to have the drawn line omitted from the gradient fill. I want the line to remain isolated from the gradient fill. For example, if draw a freehand circle drawn with a black line, then apply a colour fill. The black line and the colour fill remain separate. When I then apply a gradient, the black line is then affected by the gradient applied and fades accordingly. I only want the gradient applied to the colour within the drawn line. Hope this makes sense. Any assistance appreciated. I use Designer on Mac OS 12.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, KevG said: When I then apply a gradient, the black line is then affected by the gradient applied Are you using an effect? Try using the Gradient tool instead. Is this a Pixel layer? KevG 1 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...
thomaso Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 One way would be to use the freehand drawn curve as nested clipping mask for a parent object which has the gradient fill assigned. KevG 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 How do you draw the black line? There is no freehand drawing tool, only a freehand selection tool. Which App do you use, Designer or Photo? vector or pixel line? which exact tool do you use for drawing the line? Pixel brush pen tool pencil tool (Designer) in Case you are using pixel layers and brush, you need to use the flood selection tool to select only the fill area (without black line) before applying the gradient fill. Do not use layer fx in this case. KevG 1 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. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevG Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, NotMyFault said: which exact tool do you use for drawing the line? Pixel brush pen tool pencil tool (Designer) in Case you are using pixel layers and brush, you need to use the flood selection tool to select only the fill area (without black line) before applying the gradient fill. Do not use layer fx in this case. This helped me understand and resolve the issue I had, thank you. In Designer, I was using pixel brush and layer fx for the gradient. Once I'd done as you suggested and used the fill tool in Designer Persona, the gradient could be applied and the black line retained its colour independently go the gradient colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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