lstocky Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I'm getting some jagged edges on the outer glow effect. Steps to reproduce: Place some text using Artistic Text Tool Add Outer Glow Effect Opacity 100% Radius 52% Intensity 100% Note the jagged edges around the outer glow. Depending on your background you may need to: a. enable Outer Shadow b. Colour - Black c. then adjust so the edges of the Outer Glow can be seen Notice in the attached image the difference between the rendering in Affinity Designer and PS. Any ideas if this is a bug or limitation? thanks lstocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Try backing off your intensity. Oh, shame on me.... It's your first post. WELCOME to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 3 hours ago, lstocky said: Notice in the attached image the difference between the rendering in Affinity Designer and PS. The first thing I noticed was the difference in how the letter "A" was rendered -- with jagged edges in the PS version but not in the AD one. That suggests an equivalent process was not used for both, or they are rendered at different pixel resolutions, or something else distorted this comparison. Do you know of any reason for that difference? 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...
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lstocky Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 10 hours ago, JimmyJack said: Try backing off your intensity. Oh, shame on me.... It's your first post. WELCOME to the forum! Thank you for the welcome :-). Reducing the intensity only shrinks the white edge which is not what I want. Indeed, I can't forgo the size of the white edge/glow as that is what I am working to, from the other text - 'Hannah' for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstocky Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 9 hours ago, R C-R said: The first thing I noticed was the difference in how the letter "A" was rendered -- with jagged edges in the PS version but not in the AD one. That suggests an equivalent process was not used for both, or they are rendered at different pixel resolutions, or something else distorted this comparison. Do you know of any reason for that difference? I hadn't noticed the edges on the letter 'A' - well spotted. Unfortunately I can't recall how I created the previous effects in PS, it was a long time ago. And I don't have PS any more to investigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstocky Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 9 hours ago, owenr said: Instead of a solid white Outer Glow FX, you could use a solid white Outline FX to get a sharp smooth edge. Alternatively use a white stroke on the text, but to get a shadow that's identical to that of the first option, the shadow will instead need to be on an underlying unstroked duplicate of the text. (There are terrible stair steps on the diagonals of the red text rendered by Ps, by the way.) Now we're talking. Bingo - thank you. I recall experimenting with the 'outline' but evidently I didn't experiment enough! As I mentioned above, I hadn't noticed the edges on the letter 'A'. In fact the edges of the red lettering is far superior in AD. - BTW I had only mentioned PS, not as a superior tool, but purely for context. :-) Thank you all for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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