Benjy Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I wonder if any of you more experienced users could shed light on how I can achieve an inverted text effect using Affinity. Basically I want the same effect as the attached file. Thanks in advance, Benj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 You haven't said whether you're using Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo, but I suggest that you investigate the 'exclusion' and 'difference' blend modes. peter 1 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...
peter Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 You haven't said whether you're using Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo, but I suggest that you investigate the 'exclusion' and 'difference' blend modes. Try this: Create a new layer. Enter your text on that layer. Change the all of your text from black to white (it is the background colour). Then using the blend mode as mentioned by Alfred, keep your white text selected then use Contrast Negate. Job done. B) HTH peter Alfred, Tormy and charty 3 Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I'm thinking that a Negation/Exclusion/Difference blend will be great for creating black over the white areas.... BUT it's not going to give you pure white over imagery (the face). Those blends will create white only over black areas, for sure. Sorry Peter, Contrast Negate aint gonna "cut it" ;) ... (unless, of course, that's the effect one is looking for.) Soooo, Pic 1) Create a layer underneath the color photo that is exclusively black or white. (I used the Selection Brush tool.... and for this example spent about 15 seconds refining it ;) ) Pic 2) Move the text, with Blending set to Erase, as a child of the photo. Still fully moveable. I placed it over the eyelash just to show a tough spot B) . Alternatively, you can use the text as a mask to the B&W layer placed above the color image. But you still need the B & W silhouette (imho) :) charty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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