Demonskunk Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I'm coming over from Adobe InDesign, and one of the things I made lots of use of in that program was the fact that Master Pages shared a layer structure with the main document, so I could have elements in the Master that sat above AND below content in the main pages. I'll attach an example of what I mean. In the attached image, the green background (visible on top of the image) is part of the master page, and the frame (part of which is overlapping the image) is visible on top of the illustration. In the second image you can see what transferring a similar page to APub did to it, since the master page is crunched into a single layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 What you can do is using container objects like picture frames and frame text in the master page, arrange those layers in the correct order in layer stack. All content you enter in those container objects will adhere to the defined layer stack order. This may solve the issue. If you enter content to those frames in master pages, it will show on every page, but can be modified on individual pages to get individual content Demonskunk 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 In theory you should be able to paste shape objects into frame text, but i couldn’t get this working on iPad. What will work is table frames, text frames, picture frames. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 8 hours ago, Demonskunk said: Is It Possible To Have Master Page Elements Above and Below Content? Not individual elements of a Master Page as such but you can move an entire Master Page above the content Therefore, you will need 2 master pages, one for the elements above the content and one for the elements below the content To move a master page above the content you select it (on one of the document's pages) in the Layers panel and use the Edit Linked function (see the help file) Notes: When moving the master page layer do not drag it, use the menu command Layer > Arrange > Move to Front Moving a master page layer to the front is not "sticky". If you add new content or pages to your document, they can appear above the master page. So, you may need to repeat this process NotMyFault and Demonskunk 2 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Hi @Demonskunk and welcome to the forums, I think it is very much as @NotMyFault mentions above... It looks as though Affinity Publisher has just misinterpreted the layer order of the Master Page elements... Take a look at the attached Publisher file (created in v1.10.6 so it can be opened in whichever version you're using) and the order in which the elements appear on the Master Page. On your main pages, you can add and flow text between text frames and drag illustrations into the respective picture frames which sit below the blue frame and green text background on the Master Page... If you need variations on the theme to accommodate slightly different layouts then you can create additional Master pages and apply these accordingly to the appropriate pages or if that doesn't work, as @carl123 suggests you may need to use two master pages... This may not be what you're looking for but have a play with it to see if it gives you what you have in mind. You will need to adjust the text style font accordingly... Publisher Layout.afpub Demonskunk 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonskunk Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 21 hours ago, carl123 said: Not individual elements of a Master Page as such but you can move an entire Master Page above the content Therefore, you will need 2 master pages, one for the elements above the content and one for the elements below the content To move a master page above the content you select it (on one of the document's pages) in the Layers panel and use the Edit Linked function (see the help file) Notes: When moving the master page layer do not drag it, use the menu command Layer > Arrange > Move to Front Moving a master page layer to the front is not "sticky". If you add new content or pages to your document, they can appear above the master page. So, you may need to repeat this process Oh wait, you can apply multiple master pages to one page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonskunk Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 20 hours ago, Hangman said: Hi @Demonskunk and welcome to the forums, I think it is very much as @NotMyFault mentions above... It looks as though Affinity Publisher has just misinterpreted the layer order of the Master Page elements... Take a look at the attached Publisher file (created in v1.10.6 so it can be opened in whichever version you're using) and the order in which the elements appear on the Master Page. On your main pages, you can add and flow text between text frames and drag illustrations into the respective picture frames which sit below the blue frame and green text background on the Master Page... If you need variations on the theme to accommodate slightly different layouts then you can create additional Master pages and apply these accordingly to the appropriate pages or if that doesn't work, as @carl123 suggests you may need to use two master pages... This may not be what you're looking for but have a play with it to see if it gives you what you have in mind. You will need to adjust the text style font accordingly... Publisher Layout.afpub 22 hours ago, NotMyFault said: What you can do is using container objects like picture frames and frame text in the master page, arrange those layers in the correct order in layer stack. All content you enter in those container objects will adhere to the defined layer stack order. This may solve the issue. If you enter content to those frames in master pages, it will show on every page, but can be modified on individual pages to get individual content That could work. do empty text frames render as transparent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Demonskunk said: Oh wait, you can apply multiple master pages to one page? Yes, master pages are quite versatile Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Demonskunk said: That could work. do empty text frames render as transparent? Yes. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Demonskunk said: you can apply multiple master pages to one page? https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Pages/applyMasterPages.html Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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