CYB Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Hi there! I've just downloaded the trial for Affinity Photo for Windows, and am planning to buy it sometime soon. I've been trying to fade an image that is on top of another as an overlay (so an image that is partially visible, on top of another image), but finding the opacity slider isn't working. I then tried using the transparency tool, but found that it doesn't exist on my download. I'm sure I'm not doing anything wrong, but there might be something I haven't realised. Could someone point me in the right direction please? Thanks heaps everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Are you sure you have downloaded the Affinity Photo trial & not the Affinity Designer one? Designer has a Transparency tool (its icon looks like a wine glass) that works only on objects. The closest thing to that in Photo is the Gradient tool, but it works differently. 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...
Staff MEB Posted August 7, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 7, 2017 Hi CYB, Welcome to Affinity Forums To fade an image evenly over another image, go to the Layers panel, select the layer corresponding to the image that's on top and change the Opacity using the control on the top of the Layers panel. If you want to fade it with a varying degree of opacity (from opaque to transparent as if it was a gradient) you have to use a mask. Masks control the opacity of the layers they are attached to (or of the layers below them if they are not attached (nested) to a specific layer). In this video clip (no sound) i'm using a Fill Layer with a gradient as a mask attached (nested) to the top layer to control its opacity. Changing the opacity of the gradient stops (and their position on canvas) lets you fine control the transition between the two images. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYB Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Thanks R C-R! Thanks also MEB! I have been trying your first method already, but it has not been working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 7, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 7, 2017 Hi CYB, Can you take a screenshot of the application with the Layers panel/layer structure visible and the layer you want to reduce the opacity selected so we can see what's going on? Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 It might be a dumb question, but are you adjusting the right opacity slider? There are two of them. One is in the Color tab (doesn't work on images). The other is in the Layers tab. Both are also very close to each other. nalimo and CYB 2 Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYB Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Thanks so much everyone! It was Bri-Toon's answer that solved my problem in the end. I didn't notice the other Opacity. I feel so stupid. Thanks again Bri-Toon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Not a problem. If you by any chance came from the Serif Plus range, then you are right that there was originally one slider. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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