_patriot Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I am trying to make a background for a new website and would like to cut large text out of the background so that I can expose another image that will be seen through the open text. I have looked at several tutorials on how to do this, but nothing has worked thus far. I am using Affinity Designer 2. If someone would be kind enough to link me some info on this I would be very grateful. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_patriot Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 After trying various tools I have succeded by using the XOR tool. I'm learning ... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_patriot Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 Spoiler I spoke too soon. I need the white text background to be transparent. I have made text background transparent, but that is not what I need either. I want to cut the text out of the background so I will be able to see the layer below. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_patriot Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 The 'key' is to make the background transparent BEFORE you begin. Here is a helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k2Ccb9wKr0 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, _patriot said: The 'key' is to make the background transparent BEFORE you begin. It depends, as you can make a documents background also afterwards transparent if needed ... abc_screencast.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...
_patriot Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 Thank you so much for your post and video. Oddly enough I was just watching another of your great videos found in this forum: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/165397-how-to-make-letters-transparent/ I have no doubt you are absolutely correct about being able to make the background transparent after the fact, but I'm too much of a rookie to know any of these things, but I'm learning, I'm learning, ... At the moment I am having an problem duplicating your steps the the video link I just posted but I am sure I am missing a step or two. These videos do not have sound for some reason? Thanks again for your invaluable help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_patriot Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 OK! I just watched the video you just posted above and that is EXACTLY what I have been trying to do. What would you like on your pizza? Anchovies? Pepperoni? Black olives? Coming right up, sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_patriot Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 Just finished a prototype. Thanks again for your help. v_kyr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, _patriot said: OK! I just watched the video you just posted above and that is EXACTLY what I have been trying to do. What would you like on your pizza? Anchovies? Pepperoni? Black olives? Coming right up, sir! Honestly my favorite Pizza is this mediterranean one ... 😉 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...
v_kyr Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 2 hours ago, _patriot said: At the moment I am having an problem duplicating your steps the the video link I just posted but I am sure I am missing a step or two. These videos do not have sound for some reason? That's pretty easy and simple, the keyword is clipping here, so to clip some image/drawing layer (move it below and slightly to the right intended) underneath the text layer so it fills the letters, shapes, curves etc. with the clipped object. screencastpizza.mp4 My short screencasts aren't made with recorded audio, as those are usually easy to follow and only very short visual explanational videos. If you want to hear spoken advices too, then you better look after full blown tutorials which you can find here in the forum under the "Tutorials (Serif and Customer Created Tutorials)" forum section and on Youtube (of course). For Clipping this recent video tutorial one from TrentL is helpful to take a look at ... 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...
_patriot Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 @v_kyr Your pizza looks very healthy and much better than my suggestion. Too bad we do not have that offering at our local grocer. Sorry for the confusion. As I noted above my image is complete. I followed the instructions in the last video you posted and it was quite easy to duplicate. Your video was crystal clear and I had no trouble following each of your steps. You have taught me a lot today. I am very grateful for your help. v_kyr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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