Michael Tronn Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Hi! When I go to create text, I am getting two weird things I cannot seem to figure out. The first is when I use the artistic text tool, it shows up with a red background, and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. The second is when I use the Frame Text tool, it comes out with a gradient red to pink background. Is this a bug? If it is a setting, I cannot find it. Here are some screenshots. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Which app are you using? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 29, 2022 Staff Share Posted November 29, 2022 Designer 2 on macOS as this duplicate locked thread suggests Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 If you are using Publisher then open up the Text Frame panel. Window > Text > Text Frame. You'll see the fill, just set it to clear. Then make a new text frame, it should be clear. If you are using Designer or Photo then I guess you had opened a Publisher file or a Publisher edited Designer or Photo fill. I guess you could open the Designer or Photo file in Publisher and clear the colours plus make a new clear text frame or two then save the file and open in Designer or Photo. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | 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...
Old Bruce Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said: Designer 2 on macOS as this duplicate locked thread suggests I wish people wouldn't do that, I mean double post. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | 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...
Michael Tronn Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 18 minutes ago, R C-R said: Which app are you using? AD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tronn Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 As I thought it was a bug, I submitted it once as a bug and once in the public forum. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tronn Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 @Old Bruce It was not made in Publisher, though I tried to open it there. I also used someone's suggestion of clearing the background in character window but that did not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Were the text frames (or perhaps just the text) copied from a Publisher document? The only way to get what you are seeing in a Designer document is to have the Text Frame's fill set to a colour or a gradient and that is only possible in Publisher. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | 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...
Michael Tronn Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 I wish that was what happened, but no. This entire thing was created in Designer. So I'm stumped..... Even when I just try to create new text in the Designer file, it all comes out with the red background. I don't use Publisher but I do have it. And this has happened before, so I am incredibly confused by it. I do have Publisher though and would try to fix it there. Would you tell me how to get my Designer files into Publisher please? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Start Publisher go to File > Open... and choose the saved Designer document. Michael Tronn 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | 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...
Michael Tronn Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 Thanks. That's what I thought. The first time it did not work, but this time it opened. The instructions you gave do work in Publisher, so that is a good work around, thanks. BUt I still would like to remedy this in Designer since that is my main program. Thanks for helping solve this puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4dimage Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 11 minutes ago, Michael Tronn said: Would you tell me how to get my Designer files into Publisher please? Thanks! The Affinity file format is interoperable. You can open a file in all three apps - allthough of course not all tools are present in each app. If you have all three apps in some projects you may use Publisher as a kind of layout design central and either switch to Publisher or Photo persona. Or from each app choose the file -> open with… command. Michael Tronn 1 Quote Hardware: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (22H2, build 19045.3208, Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0), 8 core Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2145 CPU @ 3.70GHz, 64 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro P4000 (driver 528.89), 2 x 1GB SSD. 1 Display set to native 2560 x 1440. Software: Affinity v1 - Designer/Publisher/Photo (1.10.6.1665), Affinity v2 (universal license) - Designer/Publisher/Photo, v2 betas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 @Michael Tronn You have likely once activated the character background color: Now this setting is likely saved as your Artistic Text tool defaults which is why it appears with every new text. Here you can learn how to work with object defaults:affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/objectDefaults.html 4dimage 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tronn Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 Thanks! Much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tronn Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 @anto That solved it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tronn Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 @Old Bruce Thanks for all your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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