Nick Trieu Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Hi there, I'm new to Affinity and was watching some Youtube video tutorials and to me, Layers and Overlays seems to be the same thing? Can you please the difference? Thanks Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 51 minutes ago, Nick Trieu said: Hi there, I'm new to Affinity and was watching some Youtube video tutorials and to me, Layers and Overlays seems to be the same thing? Can you please the difference? Thanks Nick Hello Nick Trieu, Overlays are available only in the 'Develop Persona' of Affinity Photo. Layers are a way how it works in the 'Photo Persona'. An overlay is more like a mask while a layer can be an adjustment, a pixel layer or even a live effect layer. Quote from the help file: Overlays are elements within Develop Persona which are placed on top of an image. Any adjustment applied to an overlay affects the image below. However, overlays can have a varying level of visibility, which varies the impact its adjustments have on the underlying image. In this respect, Overlays in Develop Persona act in a similar way to masks in Photo Persona. I hope this makes it a bit more clear for you d. mapline, Roger C, Nick Trieu and 1 other 4 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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