anon2126 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hi, I'm in the process of creating a new photo for my YouTube channel. I've drawn out the letters in the picture, and I'm trying to color inside the letters with a gradient, but everytime I do, the outline of the letters get the gradient instead. What am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hi @anon2126 Without more information, it is difficult to give a suitable answer. Could you take a screenshot showing the layers and the tools if possible? Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2161) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF I am not old, I have matured like a good scotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2126 Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Komatös said: Hi @anon2126 Without more information, it is difficult to give a suitable answer. Could you take a screenshot showing the layers and the tools if possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Komatös Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 OK, this is an outlined font, This font can't filled Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2161) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF I am not old, I have matured like a good scotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2126 Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, Komatös said: OK, this is an outlined font, This font can't filled So, it can't be filled even if I used the pen tool to draw it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 You can create a selection of the layers. Hold down the CTRL key and double-click on the preview image in the layer view. Create a new fill layer, give the fill layer the gradient and drag the fill layer under the pixel layer. Now you can delete the selection with CTRL + D. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2161) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF I am not old, I have matured like a good scotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 15 minutes ago, anon2126 said: So, it can't be filled even if I used the pen tool to draw it out? Remove the "Outline check", then apply a gradient as fill for the text/letters. 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...
Komatös Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 minute ago, v_kyr said: Remove the "Outline check", then apply a gradient as fill for the text/letters. There are only pixel layer. v_kyr 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2161) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF I am not old, I have matured like a good scotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 @anon2126 You can vectorize those pixel image layer text portions. Remove the gradient & let the outline be dark black colored for both layers, then export those text image layers as a JPG (ideally with a white doc background for better autotracer recognition). Afterwards vectorize the exported JPG images via "centerline" tracing, for example with one of these online services ... Rapid resizer fConvert Online Vectorizer ... now the result should be vectors (PDF or SVG). Load/open the PDF/SVG into APh, adjust them to your needs & apply a gradient fill! 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...
Old Bruce Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 20 hours ago, anon2126 said: Hi, I'm in the process of creating a new photo for my YouTube channel. I've drawn out the letters in the picture, and I'm trying to color inside the letters with a gradient, but everytime I do, the outline of the letters get the gradient instead. What am I doing wrong? Wrong way of working, don't use the Effects Use the Gradient tool. First use the Magic Wand tool to select the area inside the letters (I would use a new pixel layer to make the fill but that is just me) and use the Gradient tool to fill the selected area. I apologize for the shaky letters 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...
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