mlmckenzie Posted August 2, 2022 Posted August 2, 2022 Is it possible to have more than one color overlay effect on the same layer in Affinity Photo? Quote
NotMyFault Posted August 2, 2022 Posted August 2, 2022 You can add a group layer with another overlay. But only the last / outer most will survive. Counter question: what do you want to achieve as result? Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
mlmckenzie Posted August 2, 2022 Author Posted August 2, 2022 I'm trying to duplicate a technique that I use in photoshop that allows for multiple copies of the same layer effect but with different settings. In my case I can use a light and dark tone of the same color with two different blend modes for each tone as well. This allows the lighter tone to effect the highlights and the darker tone to effect the midtones and shadow. Quote
mlmckenzie Posted August 2, 2022 Author Posted August 2, 2022 In photoshop the layer effects panel has a small "+" button next to some of the effects that allow you to add additional copies of those effects to the layer which can then be modified for this purpose. Quote
Old Bruce Posted August 2, 2022 Posted August 2, 2022 Perhaps you could use something other than an effects layer. Two fill layers with the 'tones' may do it, a couple of pixel layers with tones painted on may do it.... Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
thomaso Posted August 2, 2022 Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, mlmckenzie said: I can use a light and dark tone of the same color with two different blend modes for each tone as well. This allows the lighter tone to effect the highlights and the darker tone to effect the midtones and shadow. How about not using a layer effect, but creating the colour overlay with separate objects and using masks or simply the blend range options of the layer for tone selection? In this exaggerated example ('normal' blend modes), the green layer affects the shadows and has this blending curve reversed. Old Bruce 1 Quote • MacBookPro Retina 15" | macOS 10.14.6 | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 • iPad 10.Gen. | iOS 18.5. | Affinity V2.6
mlmckenzie Posted August 3, 2022 Author Posted August 3, 2022 Thanks for all the suggestions! After some experimenting the group method does actually work for what I am trying to do and is the quickest solution for what i am trying to achieve. The group effect does not cancel out the underlying color overlay as long as the blend modes are different. thomaso 1 Quote
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