I'm trying to see a background behind letters that are partially transparent in Designer

[Wayne Burrows]

Hello All,

I wouldn't be able to correctly/adequately type out what I'm trying to get done, so I created a short video to describe in detail what I'm trying to accomplish in Designer.  https://bit.ly/40cSPXd

I'm wondering if this is something that can be done in Designer or it would have to be completed in APh. I have no doubts that it can be done but I'm still a newbie at this. Lol.

Thanx!!

WB

[iconoclast]

Hi Wayne!

I'm not sure if there is an easier way, but it works if you have each of the larger letters (with the gradients) as single layers (to keep their individual gradients). Then you need a copy of the background text for each of the big letters. Simply nest one of this copies to each of the big letters by dragging it to the right area of the layer of the big letter (so not to the thumb nail, but to the area with the layer name).

[Wayne Burrows]

3 hours ago, N.P.M. said:

Unless I'm misunderstanding;

 

Hi N.P.M.,

Within my short breakdown of what I am trying to do, I clumsily described what I was shooting for. So even though I did say that I want the background to show >only< outside of the letters, I also said a bunch of other stuff before I was through with my explanation so I apologize for the confusion. 

Yes, I want whatever background I use, to not be included in the larger letters in any way. I aiming for the background to not intertwine with the large letters at all. >Only< surround them.

Thanks,

WB

[Wayne Burrows]

6 hours ago, iconoclast said:

Then you need a copy of the background text for each of the big letters. Simply nest one of this copies to each of the big letters by dragging it to the right area of the layer of the big letter

Hi iconoclast,

Out of the gazillion Affinity tutorial videos that I have watched and saved from YT, I have run across a couple that goes into exactly what you just described and I completely forgot about that method. I was hoping to get this done without doing this for each and every letter, but now that you reminded me about this, I now know that if I don't get lucky and find a more streamlined approach, I can most definitely get this done with the way you just reminded me about.

Big Thanx!

WB

[Wayne Burrows]

Hi @anto,

Thanks for responding!

Correct me if I'm mistaken but it appears that you are using a Text Frame with 'Filler Text' within your demo. Of course I could be mistaken. I will have to use a specific image file that holds specific letters whenever I set this up.

I copied your steps but the large letters don't become transparent & show the smaller letters after I drag the 'small letters' image up for the Mask effect. The large letters remain completely opaque.

Did I misstep somewhere within this process? Thanks.

WB

 

 

 

[Wayne Burrows]

Hey @iconoclast,

I experimented using your method but I had to tweak it some. Unless I misunderstood.

After I nested the background letters into each of the large letters, I >then< applied the Transparency tool to each of the backgrounds and that worked without a hitch.

When I tried to apply the transparency/gradient to the large letters first and then nested the backgrounds into the large letters afterwards, it didn't work for me for whatever reason. They remained opaque.

Greatly appreciate your input on this!

WB

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