Designer: Merging layers leads to only one color

[NBG]

Hi,

i would like to merge the text and the 2 red bars (with geo->add) to put an all-over distress-effect (geo->substract) on it:

But everytime i try to merge the bars and the text it results in one curved vector (correct so far) but with the text in color red!

Any ideas?

Thanks!

test.afdesign

[Move Along People]

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[NBG]

Hi Hans,

masking does use the non-white curves and leads to this strange result:

 

And it's still not really subtracted so the (t-shirt) printer can't use it.

But my main problem is: It's not possible to Geo->Add objects with different colors right?

So have to GEO->ADD objects of the same color and "distress" them manually?

[Move Along People]

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[firstdefence]

@NBG What about adding a gradient to the added objects.

 

 

test with gradient.afdesign

[firstdefence]

Another way to add a gradient.

 

[NBG]

10 hours ago, haakoo said:

Duplicate the distress layer three times(ctrl+j)

Hide one of them (keep it from losing it  )

Select one distress layer and BarTop>geo>substract

Select one distress layer and BarBottom>geo>substract

Select one distress layer and Text>geo>substract

Now you have three separate layers>group  them

Hoj Hans! I was dreaming about exactly this solution tonite in my bed :-) Cheers! *g

This should also work when GEO->ADD all objects of the same color (in this case the 2 red bars).

 

[NBG]

2 hours ago, firstdefence said:

@NBG What about adding a gradient to the added objects.

Great idea! Didn't use the gradient for "hard" color changes, only blurred ones...