Writing text on sand

[pioneer]

Is there a way of producing text that looks like it been written in the sand please? Cheers John

[wim]

 

Misschien dit?

https://nl.freepik.com/premium-photo/alfabet-j-letters-handgeschreven-in-zand-op-strand_18031223.htm https://nl.freepik.com/premium-photo/alfabet-j-letters -handgeschreven-in-zand-op-strand_18031223.htm

or

https://nl.freepik.com/premium-photo/alfabet-j-letters-handgeschreven-in-zand-op-strand_18031223.htm

[thomaso]

As @wim pointed out, it will be easier to take a photo than to create it on the screen if realism is desired. If not, maybe effects will suffice for a rough layout, at least faster than moving heaps of pixels.

[v_kyr]

Search the web after tutorials about that topic and try to apply them for Affinity apps ...

• Sand text effect - Illu Tut
• ... etc.

[Alfred]

I added a text layer on top of the background sand image and set the layer blend mode to ‘Soft Light’. I then duplicated the text layer, added an ‘Inner Shadow’ layer effect to the lower copy, and adjusted the parameters (opacity, intensity, radius, angle, and offset) until I got this result:

[pioneer]

Thanks to all for the help on this.  Alfred seems ATM to have come up with the best solution.  Cheers John