jounas Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hey, i have different layers with different objects. Each object has an opacity. I want to place the objects behind each other so they are partly intersected. The intersected areas have an doubled or accordingly higher color intensity. For that I am new with affinity, i couldn't find a way to solve my problem. I hope anybody can help me! Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabtrem Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I am not sure I understand what you are asking for, so forgive me if I get it wrong. My guess is that what you are looking for is a result of using the blend modes. There are many options, so I will only show one. In my example screen shot I have an overlapping heart, rotating around a circle in 30 degree spaces. Each heart has a color offset by the same degree of rotation. I set all layers at 50% opacity, and in this case I used the Multiply blend mode. You can see the overlapping sections have different colors dictated by the blend mode, and layer position. If this wasn't what you were asking for, I apologize in advance. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jounas Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks for your help! I should have attached a file earlier to clarify my problem! I guess it is a certain blend mode that I am looking for. The building in the front should be shown completely, whereas the buildings in the background should be shown only partly. Only the building in the front should be shown in the intersections. Is there a way I can achieve this with the blend modes and an opacity? Thank you for your kind reply! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 The building in the front should be shown completely, whereas the buildings in the background should be shown only partly. Only the building in the front should be shown in the intersections. Is there a way I can achieve this with the blend modes and an opacity? If the building in front is completely opaque and the buildings in the background are only partly opaque, then the building in front will be shown completely and the buildings in the background will be shown only partly, but I suspect that isn't quite what you meant! Applying a blend mode will mean that overlapping pixels will be blended together, so you won't ever get only the building in front shown in the intersections. If you apply the 'Screen' blend mode to each building, or only to the one in front, then you will see part of each building (as if both are semi-opaque) where they overlap. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 10, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hi Jonas, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Do the following: - place the front building group on the top of the layers stack - place the "middle" group in the middle of the layers stack - place the background building group on the bottom of the layers stack - group all the three groups and change the opacity of the main group (highlighted in the screenshot) instead of the individual building groups. In my example i've set it to 52%. I've used different colours for each building group to make it more clear how it will work regarding transparency. Sample file attached below. sample_file.afdesign Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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