Johanna50 Posted March 28, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 You cannot do this. Maybe one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 28, 2016 Staff Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatada Posted April 28, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 28, 2016 Staff Share 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). spinhead and Gatada 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatada Posted April 29, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatada Posted April 29, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinhead Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Love dropping by and having my question answered clearly and simply before I even ask it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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