transparent background inside a concentric ellipse

[Fabio]

I'm trying to design an "O" letter in gothic style and fill the inside as transparent.

I've tried using two modified concentric circles but if I fill in the external one with black and the internal as transparent, all the letter is filled in black (the background of the internal circle is the external black one ..) .. any idea or help ?

 

Maybe I'm missing some simple method ..

 

Thanks !

[MEB]

Hi Fabio,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

You have to "subtract" the inner circle from the outer one to create a "hole". To do this make sure the outer circle is below the inner one in the Layers panel, then select both circles and go to menu Layer ▸ Geometry ▸ Subtract.

 

Here's a clip (no sound) showing the process. Here instead of using the subtract menu command i've used the icon in the main toolbar instead. Note that if you press and hold ⌥ (option/alt) while clicking the subtract icon you create a compound object instead, that is, both the outer and inner circles will be preserved and can be edited independently even after performing the subtract operation (just go to the Layers panel and click the small arrow near the thumbnail to expand the compound layer and access the original circles). If you do not press ⌥ (option/alt) then the subtract operation will be destructive and you will not have access to the original shapes anymore, only to the resulting shape (that's what i've done in the clip below).

 

[Fabio]

Hi Fabio,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

You have to "subtract" the inner circle from the outer one to create a "hole". To do this make sure the outer circle is below the inner one in the Layers panel, then select both circles and go to menu Layer ▸ Geometry ▸ Subtract.

 

Here's a clip (no sound) showing the process. Here instead of using the subtract menu command i've used the icon in the main toolbar instead. Note that if you press and hold ⌥ (option/alt) while clicking the subtract icon you create a compound object instead, that is, both the outer and inner circles will be preserved and can be edited independently even after performing the subtract operation (just go to the Layers panel and click the small arrow near the thumbnail to expand the compound layer and access the original circles). If you do not press ⌥ (option/alt) then the subtract operation will be destructive and you will not have access to the original shapes anymore, only to the resulting shape (that's what i've done in the clip below).

 

subtract.gif

Great !! It worked !!! many thanks !!!