InfoCentral Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 I have an svg logo and I am trying to Xor some text overlay without any success. I was able to do it when I created an object in AD but for some reason it doesn't work when importing a object. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Is the SVG embedded, check the layers panel it may say embedded. If it's embedded double click the layer to open the embedded document you can edit it from there or copy/paste into the first document. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Just open the SVG file the common way via "File -> Open..." intead of "File -> Place..." or dragging it into a document, and then perform your text xor operation. 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...
InfoCentral Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 Saved both text and logo as afdesign files and still no luck. When I do get the ability to do an Xor (not grayed out) it simply deletes the logo instead of cutting the letters into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 If possible show both here as screenshots, then also with viewable UI tools and layer panels. Or attach the files, so somebody can take a look at these. 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...
InfoCentral Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 So here is how I solved the problem. I downloaded Inkscape and installed. It took me awhile to get familiar with the interface as I have never used the program before. I then exported the text afdesign file to SVG. I imported the SVG logo and text into Inkscape and did the Xor boolean cut. I noticed that the text cut into the logo was only the original font size and wasn't including the expanded stroke I did in AD. I told Inkscape to autotrace the text and then did the cut again. Perfect! Still not sure how to accomplish this in AD after spending hours trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 On 8/31/2023 at 6:47 AM, InfoCentral said: Saved both text and logo as afdesign files and still no luck. What should that bring (?), you need both logo and text in one and the same document as layers (text on top), so that you can then select both layers in the layers panel and then perform a geom. subtract operation. 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...
InfoCentral Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 16 hours ago, v_kyr said: What should that bring (?), you need both logo and text in one and the same document as layers (text on top), so that you can then select both layers in the layers panel and then perform a geom. subtract operation. I saved them as separate files and they came in as separate layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 8 hours ago, InfoCentral said: I saved them as separate files and they came in as separate layers. As I've already said before, show what you've done (as screenshots/screencasts and/or with the attached files you are struggling with) and then we can tell you how to do that (what you want) the right way. - So far we've probably been talking fruitlessly past one another, because if we can't visually see exactly where or what the overal problem is for someone during general handling then it's difficult to give you concrete advice on how to do it instead right! ---------------------------------------- screencast_text.mp4 screencast_text2.mp4 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...
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