HVDB Photography Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Why can't I apply an inside outline to an empty pixel layer ? Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 You can, but because it is empty it has no pixels; therefore, there is nothing for the effect to be applied to. Draw something on that layer & you will see the effect. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickd Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Fill the layer with the color you want the stroke to be and use the marquee tool to draw the width of the stroke outside of the marquee and hit delete. You can even have a nice feathered stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Select the layer Select > Select AllSelect > Outline Adjust outline radius to how big you want it (alignment: Inside) Flood Fill (or paint) inside the selection, with the colour of your choice Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Select the layer Select > Select All Select > Outline Adjust outline radius to how big you want it (alignment: Inside) Flood Fill (or paint) inside the selection, with the colour of your choice Thanks carl123, this way it works. "Layer Effects" will not apply this on an empty layer. Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Another way to do it is... Flood Fill the layer with any random colour Do your Outline effect how you want it but set the Fill Opacity to 0% . Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Indeed, thanks Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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