macerto Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Say I have a vector (example attached), how can I then make the visible area transparant and the transparant area visible? liftarn_Skull_07.svg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted June 8, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi macerto, One easy way of doing this could be to draw a rectangle and fill this whatever colour you desire. Then move this new layer to beneath the curves in the layer studio, finally select the curves layer and set it's blend mode to 'erase'. As such: Hope this helps! stokerg 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 8, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi macerto, Welcome to Affinity Forums Another way: draw a black filled rectangle the same size of the canvas. Select both the rectangle and the skull and go to menu Layer ▸ Geometry ▸ Combine. This will keep everything as vectors when you export the file to a vector format. Dan C and stokerg 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macerto Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Thank you Dan and MEB. Dan, your method worked great. MEB, I tried your method but the combine option is greyed out when I follow the steps (only divide is available). Perhaps I'm doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 8, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi macerto, You have to select both shapes. Press and hold ⌘ (cmd) (or CTRL if you are using Windows) and click both layers in the Layers panel to select them. Alternatively zoom out a little if necessary and drag a marquee around both objects with the Move Tool to select both. The combine (and all the other boolean operations) should then become available. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macerto Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 MEB, I was doing it the way you described, but I noticed I only see the 'divide' option when i try it with svg files. It works fine with png files for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 8, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi macerto, I'm not sure what you are doing exactly but here's what i meant using your SVG file: Pšenda, stokerg, macerto and 1 other 4 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macerto Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 MEB, I forgot to click on 'edit document' when dragging the svg into AD. Still learning! Thank you for the detailed explanation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Is there any reason you couldn't also use Geometry > Subtract? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (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...
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Staff MEB Posted June 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 11, 2018 On 6/9/2018 at 11:01 AM, firstdefence said: Is there any reason you couldn't also use Geometry > Subtract? Hi firstdefence, Yes, you can use subtract. I opted for combine here because it's not dependent on the layer's order in the Layer stack (i didn't know the user layer's structure), while when using subtract the skull must be placed over the rectangle for the boolean operation to work. Alfred, firstdefence and stokerg 2 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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