Lojza Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 When having several shapes with different opacity within a layer, changing layer's opacity sets all the shapes to the same (layer's) opacity. I believe this should not happen - layer should have its own opacity and shapes' opacity should be preserved. All the shapes should be displayed with regard to both their own and layer's opacity. UX/UI designer, IT analyst & consultant, Business Architect at Cool Ticket (www.coolticket.co). MacBook Pro 13'' Early 2015, 3,1 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, Apple Thunderbolt Display 27'' (2560 x 1440). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I agree with you. That way you could globally adjust everything on the layer but still have individual control over each element if need be. http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 1, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 1, 2015 When having several shapes with different opacity within a layer, changing layer's opacity sets all the shapes to the same (layer's) opacity. Are you sure that's what's happening there? I can't replicate this. If you change the main layer opacity, all the objects inside that layer will keep their individual opacity setting and differences despite being all affected equally by the main layer opacity change. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Can’t replicate this too, sorry ... :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted February 2, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm guessing it's not the Layer Opacity (on the Layers Panel) that's being changed in this example - I think you're actually changing the Colour Opacity (on the Colour Panel), perhaps? Layer Opacity acts exactly as you'd imagine - just affecting the global opacity of the selected layer(s). Colour Opacity does the iterative application that you've described - but that's because you've asked it to change the alpha component of the colours of the selected objects. An example would be: Changing to a red colour would change each of the children in a selected group to be in a red colour, rather than applying a red recolour to the group, so the colour opacity acts this way too. So, in summary, if you try adjusting the Opacity shown at the top of the Layers Panel you should find it all works as you'd expect :) Hope that makes some sense? Matt Lojza and A_B_C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lojza Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Oooops, I'm sorry. It looks like I really kept changing the opacity in the Colour Panel :( Thanks for patience :) MattP 1 UX/UI designer, IT analyst & consultant, Business Architect at Cool Ticket (www.coolticket.co). MacBook Pro 13'' Early 2015, 3,1 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, Apple Thunderbolt Display 27'' (2560 x 1440). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted February 2, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 2, 2015 No problems at all - it's very easy to do, but at least you know both options are there now and that they act differently for achieving different tasks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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