marsofearth Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 fx Panel Problem: Opacity Setting no longer seems to work on Outlines. Why: For some product images I like to be able to apply a black inside outline when placing the product image on a dark background. Most of my product images are taken on a white or grey background and the images will sometimes have a slightly shiny edge to them that pops out a little too much on a black or dark background. By adding a black inside outline, and reducing the opacity to about 33-50% the edge blends in nicer with a darker background. teecityseller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted February 22, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hey marsofearth, It seems to be working fine for me. I've tested it with placing images and opening images that fit the canvas. Can you give me the exact steps to see if I can reproduce this? All I did was: 1. Open or place an image 2. Effects Panel 3. Outline > Click the cog icon to bring up the additional settings 4. Increase the radius 5. Change the alignment to Inside 6. Drag the Opacity slider down How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsofearth Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hello Chris, No special steps. Affinity Beta 1.5.2 (beta 4) 1. Open Image 2. fx Panel 3. Outline > Normal / Inside / 3px / Black / Opacity 0%-50% Outline is working as a Mask, it is no longer blending with the background of the image. Not sure what is wrong with my set up here. Maybe I accidentally bumped a setting I do not know about? I have attached an image example. N2745F-test.afphoto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsofearth Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Here are a couple before/after Screen Snap illustrating the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_K Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Hi marsofearth This seems inconsistent being the only effect that does this. I shall make sure this gets logged Thanks marsofearth 1 Serif Europe Ltd - Check the latest news at www.affinity.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsofearth Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Thank you Chris, I like how the fx Outline works in Aff-Designer. My work-a-round is to pull the image into AD and add the fx Outline there. Cheers, Mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsofearth Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Downloaded and tested the new Beta 5 Outline opacity works differently than in Beta 4, but still incorrectly ( compared to to how it correctly works in AD) see images attached. Inside Outline is still Masking the layer it is working on, instead of blending with the layer it is working on. Thanks. Mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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