SilvRO Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Hello, It would be interesting to be able to pin images behind text. Currently, images are positioned over text only. This would make it possible, for example, to create a title background that follows the text as it is modified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 +1 In the meantime, here is a workaround. Draw a frame for the text to be positioned over the image. Group that frame and the image and then pin the group into the main text frame. SilvRO 1 Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M4 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvRO Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, MikeTO said: +1 In the meantime, here is a workaround. Draw a frame for the text to be positioned over the image. Group that frame and the image and then pin the group into the main text frame. Yes, it works. But the document hierarchy is broken. I guess the automatic summaries can't keep up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 27 minutes ago, SilvRO said: Yes, it works. But the document hierarchy is broken. I guess the automatic summaries can't keep up. Yes, if you have a heading in the pinned frame, it will be out of sequence for the TOC and PDF bookmarks if there are other headings on the page. Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M4 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, MikeTO said: Yes, if you have a heading in the pinned frame, it will be out of sequence for the TOC and PDF bookmarks if there are other headings on the page. Interesting. I thought that the TOC order (at least) allowed for Pinned text frames when figuring out the order within a single page. But I'm not sure I ever tested that myself. Quote -- 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: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 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 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 28 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Interesting. I thought that the TOC order (at least) allowed for Pinned text frames when figuring out the order within a single page. But I'm not sure I ever tested that myself. Oh you're right, it would work. @SilvRO If your document is structured as follows: First heading 1 First heading 2 <pinned text frame with Second heading 1 and Second Heading 2> Third heading 1 Third heading 2 The TOC and PDB bookmarks will both be properly structured and nested. The only issue would be is if you're numbering your headings. In that case, all the headings in the main story will be numbered before the headings in the pinned frame. Global lists (running lists) won't solve this problem. SilvRO and walt.farrell 1 1 Quote Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.5 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters Affinity 2.5 for macOS Sequoia 15.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M4 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 + 1 (in the meantime another workaround (quick+dirty): Change the blend mode of the pinned layer, for example to Multiply. Oufti 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvRO Posted August 18 Author Share Posted August 18 9 hours ago, thomaso said: + 1 (in the meantime another workaround (quick+dirty): Change the blend mode of the pinned layer, for example to Multiply. I've used this subterfuge before. But it means having black text and being careful about over-inking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 56 minutes ago, SilvRO said: But it means having black text and being careful about over-inking. Not necessarily. Possible variants depend on brightness + colour of the image and text and on your taste (while some cause rasterization on export). Regarding TIC + black text I wonder how much it matters effectively in a printing process, considering that a single overlapping area (a text character) is rather small (font weight/size). Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvRO Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 20 hours ago, thomaso said: Not necessarily. Possible variants depend on brightness + colour of the image and text and on your taste (while some cause rasterization on export). Regarding TIC + black text I wonder how much it matters effectively in a printing process, considering that a single overlapping area (a text character) is rather small (font weight/size). Yes, it's possible to vary the blend modes. But if I have, for example, a textured background, white text and a background image multiplied, it's unmanageable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 31 minutes ago, SilvRO said: a textured background, white text and a background image Unfortunately, your screenshot doesn't show information about layers and blend modes and about the desired versus the resulting appearance. – So just in case: To prevent the image + its blend mode from reacting with a Background image you can group image + text above the Background and switch the Group from blend mode "Passthrough" to blend mode "normal". – Nevertheless, indeed you can't preserve every text colour with this blend mode workaround, while the implementation of your feature request could solve this limitation. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvRO Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, thomaso said: Unfortunately, your screenshot doesn't show information about layers and blend modes and about the desired versus the resulting appearance. – So just in case: To prevent the image + its blend mode from reacting with a Background image you can group image + text above the Background and switch the Group from blend mode "Passthrough" to blend mode "normal". – Nevertheless, indeed you can't preserve every text colour with this blend mode workaround, while the implementation of your feature request could solve this limitation. Sorry, but I have no problem getting the result I want. I was just suggesting an improvement to the pins to avoid fiddling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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