Johanna50 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 How to make the outer shadow in a singly form to deform it? In Photoshop you can make the outer shadow in a new independent layer. Quote
Staff MEB Posted March 28, 2016 Staff Posted March 28, 2016 Hi Johanna50, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) As @evtonic3 said, there's no way to isolate the FX effect from the original object. What you can do is duplicate and combine all objects/layers from your original layer/object into a new shape, apply a Gaussian Blur FX and manipulate it independently from the rest. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Gatada Posted April 28, 2016 Posted April 28, 2016 So, if I'm understanding this question correctly - Johanna50 wants to create something similar to what I need. Therefore I'll add some details and questions to this thread. Ok? Hope so. Basically, I need a drop shadow from a shape, without having the shape itself show up. I need the drop shadow with alpha only, everything should be transparent. So, something like this - with with the red also transparent: http://pasteboard.co/wMOEKfg.png Now, in photoshop I would simply create the shape with fx and give the fill full transparency. This however, doesn't work in AD. Any ideas how to do that non-destructively? Quote
Staff MEB Posted April 28, 2016 Staff Posted April 28, 2016 Hi Gatada, In the Layer Effects panel, on the bottom right there's a Fill Opacity input/slider combo box. If you set it to 0% it should do what you want (see screenshot). Gatada and spinhead 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Gatada Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 Solved it, pretty simple really - must have been tired: 1. Add drop/outer shadow to the shape. 2. Make a mask from the inverted shape and use it to mask the other shape. So only the drop shadow is visible. 3. Set the opacity of the mask fill to 0%. Voila! Quote
Gatada Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 Hi Gatada, In the Layer Effects panel, on the bottom right there's a Fill Opacity input/slider combo box. If you set it to 0% it should do what you want (see screenshot). fill_opacity.png I knew my love for Affinity Designer wasn't misplaced! I have had issued with art boards and the slices being misplaced and messed up. But it seems by not dragging with the mouse when I copy or create dartboards - and instead offset the art boards in Transform - I get less issues. Quote
spinhead Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 Love dropping by and having my question answered clearly and simply before I even ask it. Quote
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