LSDJE Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Is it possible to change background color of Picture Frame Rectangle with a SILOED placed tiff? I am used to being able to do it in programs like Quark - where if you placed a SILOED image in a picture box (rectangle) - then you could make the background color of that box (rectangle) a color - let's say red. When I made the FILL of the box red it did not show up red (tiff is siloed with transparent background). I tried something else then.... I then converted the box/rectangle to curves - thinking perhaps that would work - but did not. Any suggestions, other than to put another box behind it with the background color of red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 First, you seem to have a question, so I'm not sure why you posted it as a bug. Seems like it would be better in https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-macos-and-windows/ Next, I don't know what you mean by "siloed". However, have you tried the Context Toolbar options for the Picture Frame? They allow you to specify whether the fill is cleared or not when you Place a file into the frame. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woefi Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 On 1/5/2023 at 11:19 PM, N.P.M. said: "clear fill on populate" Coming from Indesign and Quark, initially I didn't get it either: For whatever reason Publisher has this standard behaviour that when you populate an already coloured rectangle (picture frame) with an image it would "forget" about its background colour/outline. You just have to click on this tiny and bland icon which is labeled as "clear fill on populate". However I would suggest this "toggle"-button should get a visual "state", to show whether it's activated or deactivated... Bildschirmaufnahme 2023-01-07 um 15.08.09.mp4 tombro 1 Quote Main machine: iMac 2019 (21,5-inch 4k, 6core), 64GB RAM, 1TB nvme + 2TB ssd, running on Mac OS 13; Display setup: 28" 5k Display (primary) + 21,5" iMac4k-Display for studio panels (secondary); Keyboard layout: german apple extended keyboard (aluminium); Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSDJE Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 Thank you so much - yes, coming from InDesign and Quark - I agree - it would be best if it was more distinctive - SOOOO good to finally find out! SORRY about posting it on a glitch - did not mean to - oops. - but thank you woefi - VERY helpful video - much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombro Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Amazing. As an ex Quark and Indesign user also, I'm thanking you for this, spent ages trying to work this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 On 1/5/2023 at 4:15 PM, walt.farrell said: Next, I don't know what you mean by "siloed". I think it means Separated, ie; cut out. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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