heldrida Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hi, I'd like to make a selection and create a shadow, like we do in Gimp or Photoshop; how is that? Seems so far that I have to copy the selection and then operate with that? This means, having to colour, blend, blur, all sorts of stuff that may come to your mind, etc; I'd like to be able to do this quickly...and generate an outter shadow based on the selection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Select your layer/object Click on the fx icon Choose Outer Shadow Play around with the settings, make sure you don't just tick the box at the side. You can hide the shape by making sure its white and then changing the blend mode of the layer to Multiply. Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Ventura 13.6, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Add a signature like this so system and app info always seen. Tagging is the gift that keeps on giving. Please consider adding tags to your post, not only does it help searching later on but it helps us, to give focused replies and is greatly appreciated by those that do reply, remember Affinity is for life not just Christmas. (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, firstdefence said: You can hide the shape by making sure its white and then changing the blend mode of the layer to Multiply. Nice tip! firstdefence 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 16.7.2 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 @Alfred Actually in doing this post I may have found an easy way to sort another post out to do with a masking effect. Nope didn't do what I wanted so close lol! Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Ventura 13.6, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Add a signature like this so system and app info always seen. Tagging is the gift that keeps on giving. Please consider adding tags to your post, not only does it help searching later on but it helps us, to give focused replies and is greatly appreciated by those that do reply, remember Affinity is for life not just Christmas. (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polygonius Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 13 hours ago, firstdefence said: You can hide the shape by making sure its white and then changing the blend mode of the layer to Multiply. You can also hide the shape itself and just get the FX by just setting its opacity to zero in the fx-box. And do not missmatch: firstdefence is meaning the blend-mode on the shape-layer, not the blend mode for the shadow and the shape must be 100% white!!!! So, turn down the opacity will hide the shape, but keeping all FX of it and its approximatly the more easy way;-) Quote OSX 12.5 / iMac Retina 27" / Radeon Pro 580X / Metall: on! --- WWG1WGA WW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Polygonius said: You can also hide the shape itself and just get the FX by just setting its opacity to zero in the fx-box. And do not missmatch: firstdefence is meaning the blend-mode on the shape-layer, not the blend mode for the shadow and the shape must be 100% white!!!! So, turn down the opacity will hide the shape, but keeping all FX of it and its approximatly the more easy way;-) Quote iMac 27" 2019 Ventura 13.6, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Add a signature like this so system and app info always seen. Tagging is the gift that keeps on giving. Please consider adding tags to your post, not only does it help searching later on but it helps us, to give focused replies and is greatly appreciated by those that do reply, remember Affinity is for life not just Christmas. (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heldrida Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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