Patrick Bell Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I want a photo to blend edges with a black background, using a gradient mask. Can I color the background or must I draw a background rectangle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 9, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 9, 2018 Hi @Patrick Bell, The best practice would be to draw a black rectangle and place it below the image in the layer stack Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bell Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Thanks thats more or less what I ended up doing. I did find it hard to localise the 4 gradients (4 ides of the image) without affecting the image. Not quite the same as corel - I did it eventually though not completely satisfied with the result. I have attached the "starting point" before applying the gradients. I am trying to merge the 4 edges to the black background but am having trouble doing so without affecting the photo. I can get it so an edge bleds nicely but the photo is brightened or darkened but moving the boundary of the layer so it doesn't affect the image; affects the midpoint (which I can't seem to adjust once I have got to being able to move the edge of the gradient layer. Not too sure if my problems make sense but perhaps someone can have a go and I can see how to do it? header2.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 10, 2018 You can now copy one of the tiles and paste in the empty slot 123.webm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hi Patrick Bell, Welcome to Affinity Forums I'm not sure I understood what you are trying to do. I believe you are trying to blend the photo with the dark/black background. If it's that check the attached file below. Double-click the FX icon in front of the (vector) mask layer and increase the Radius to blend the edges more with the background. You can also adjust the vector shape I've used as mask as you see fit and/or convert it to curves to manipulate it at a node level. header2_MEB.afphoto Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bell Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Yes, though not as blended as I'd like. But how did you get the rounded rectangle to be a gradient? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 10, 2018 It uses a solid fill colour (not a gradient) but I've applied a Gaussian Blur FX to it, so it ends up fading/blurring the edges (that where the "gradient" is coming from). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bell Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Getting there. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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