David Brear Posted April 13, 2024 Posted April 13, 2024 Am I right in thinking that I can only have drop shadows with text, where the background isn't coloured? Certainly that's the way it seems to work here (Version 2.4.2). I can add a shadow to text with the default transparent background - but if I then change to a coloured background the shadow transfers to the layer - - which is pretty annoying, and has just wasted an hour of my time! Or am I, as usual, wrong?? David
walt.farrell Posted April 13, 2024 Posted April 13, 2024 The Drop Shadow is an effect for the object, and the object is a Text Frame. When it has no Fill, the only things that could cast a shadow are the letters, but once you add the Fill, the Fill also casts a shadow. You could use a separate Rectangle, below that Text Frame, and color it. firstdefence 1 -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop 1: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 26.0, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
Hendreforgan Posted March 5 Posted March 5 I use watermarked titles, words, etc. in a huge amount of the images I send for upload. In the v1 of AF this could be done easily within the layers panel but on moving to V2 the whole "Drop Shadow" for text seems to have become a major task in itself . . it's sadly impacted my productivity. The best help I can see is this : https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/185316-affinity-photo-2-text-drop-shadow/#findComment-1078608 Cannot understand why something that worked was "fixed"?
Pšenda Posted March 5 Posted March 5 41 minutes ago, Hendreforgan said: Cannot understand why something that worked was "fixed"? What do you think should have been "fixed"? The linked thread solves the shadow using fx (just like the thread here), which has always worked this way, including in V1. So what's different? Hendreforgan 1 Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
MickRose Posted March 5 Posted March 5 @David Brear Maybe create an asset of this pinned text frame (or similar) and use it whenever you wanted drop shadow text on a tinted background. It's not ideal of course. Hendreforgan 1 Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM
Hendreforgan Posted March 5 Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Pšenda said: What do you think should have been "fixed"? The linked thread solves the shadow using fx (just like the thread here), which has always worked this way, including in V1. So what's different? My fault, using advice found on these forums I've now had a chance to test out the advice I've read? I now know why I couldn't simply continue with my default GUI layout that I had been using for years and years with V1 of Affinity. The pressure of getting work done to a time limit simply meant I never, ever gave myself the time to "re-learn" using V2 of Affinity . . . I managed to do that this morning and all I can say is . . . . DOH!!!! Ldina 1
ymugmike Posted August 16 Posted August 16 Trying to provide a drop shadow to Text using the Artistic text tool, only the background appears to produce a shadow rather than each letter. Any ideas?
carl123 Posted August 16 Posted August 16 It should work OK But your screenshot shows you are adjusting the Outline Switch that off then adjust the Outer Shadow to test it 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.
Old Bruce Posted August 16 Posted August 16 You most likely have a Fill colour of White in the text frame. If I do that I get what you see, if I remove the fill colour (make it transparent) then I see the individual letters with the shadow. Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
ymugmike Posted August 17 Posted August 17 Thank you for your replies. I have managed to reproduce the desired result in Affinity Publisher. Regards, Ymugmike
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