Lindblad Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) I'm curious as to why I can change the opacity of text and vector based objects but with an imported image the only way I can change its opacity is via a layer? Looks like you can under the Effects panel, I was trying with the Opacity slider which I now see is part of the Colour palette so it makes sense. Edited August 30, 2018 by Lindblad Figured out what i was doing wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 A useful shortcut: the number keys 1, 2, 3, through 0 can be used to quickly set opacity to 10%, 20%, 30% … 100%. Also in Affinity terminology everything is a layer, so setting opacity in the layers panel is simply a way of setting the opacity of any object. Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 10 hours ago, Aammppaa said: A useful shortcut: the number keys 1, 2, 3, through 0 can be used to quickly set opacity to 10%, 20%, 30% … 100%. You can also quickly type two number sequences like 22 or 67 to set opacity to those percentages & 100 to get back to 100%. (You have to type fairly quickly or it will be interpreted as two different opacity settings.) This is particularly useful in the current beta build to avoid the bug where the Opacity slider in the Layers panel (among others) stays visible & won't go away until you restart the app. Aammppaa 1 All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomahawk Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Affinity again got the terminology wrong. Like in Designer. If everything is a layer, how do we place several things on a layer then? Never heard of objects? And objects then can stay together on one layer? Having objects call layer and missing real layers, that makes absolutely no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 - R C-R 1 Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 6/27/2019 at 6:12 PM, Thomahawk said: Affinity again got the terminology wrong. Like in Designer. If everything is a layer, how do we place several things on a layer then? Never heard of objects? And objects then can stay together on one layer? Having objects call layer and missing real layers, that makes absolutely no sense. None of that is actually what is going on. Designer has objects and layers. Objects' opacity can be set individually. Objects can be grouped and the group opacity can be set as well. Objects and groups all live on Layers, and their opacity can also be set. There is nothing in Designer's object/layers implementation which is "wrong".... 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 8/30/2018 at 6:59 PM, Aammppaa said: A useful shortcut: the number keys 1, 2, 3, through 0 can be used to quickly set opacity to 10%, 20%, 30% … 100%. Also in Affinity terminology everything is a layer, so setting opacity in the layers panel is simply a way of setting the opacity of any object. On 6/27/2019 at 6:12 PM, Thomahawk said: Affinity again got the terminology wrong. Like in Designer. If everything is a layer, how do we place several things on a layer then? Never heard of objects? And objects then can stay together on one layer? Having objects call layer and missing real layers, that makes absolutely no sense. You can also set Opacity via the Appearance Studio, albeit you'll be setting the colors opacity, not the object's opacity, which can only be set in the Layer studio. I've requested a more comprehensive Inspector studio, where ALL objects' properties, fills & strokes, transforms, effects, effects, adjustments, live filters, etc are located in ONE panel, which is contextually-aware and updates its contents based on users' selection.... 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 6/27/2019 at 5:12 PM, Thomahawk said: Affinity again got the terminology wrong. Like in Designer. If everything is a layer, how do we place several things on a layer then? Never heard of objects? And objects then can stay together on one layer? Having objects call layer and missing real layers, that makes absolutely no sense. How many?.afdesign All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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