Trying to create styles

[2worlds]

I'm trying to create a style of this background in the picture trying to follow some few tutorials but when I select right click create style nothing happens.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[v_kyr]

Is that just an loaded image?

Try this ...

1. Make sure the Styles panel is shown to the right side and you setup an own styles category name there
2. Use the rectangle shape tool and draw a rect of some normal size (not too big not too small) onto the canvas/doc.
3. Select the gradient tool and click on the drawn rectangle, change the gradient filling in the top control bar to "Bitmap" ...
4. ...a file load panel appears now, select the image (you showed above) to load into the rectangle as a gradient bitmap.
5. Adjust the loaded image, arrange orientation etc. via the gradient tool handles.
6. Right click and select "Create style", now the style should appear in your styles category in the styles panel.

You can test with this file here ...

• sample_for_style.afphoto

[Sara72]

Hi,

If you have Affinity Designer you can create styles by bringing in your jpeg image via the 'Place Image Tool 'onto a new project and convert the image to curves from the context toolbar option,  this allows you to 'Add Style from Selection'  to your chosen category in the Styles menu, you can then easily export the style to share or import into Photo.

Sara

[Guest]

Hello 2worlds,

According to your screenshot, the layer of your image is locked, unlock it to create the style.

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, summersara said:

Hi,

If you have Affinity Designer you can create styles by bringing in your jpeg image via the 'Place Image Tool 'onto a new project and convert the image to curves from the context toolbar option,  this allows you to 'Add Style from Selection'  to your chosen category in the Styles menu, you can then easily export the style to share or import into Photo.

Sara

Hello summersara,

The procedure is the same in Photo.

[Sara72]

Just now, reglico said:

Hello summersara,

The procedure is the same in Photo.

Thanks reglico, i'd not spotted the Convert to curves option in Photo.

[v_kyr]

48 minutes ago, reglico said:

Hello 2worlds,

According to your screenshot, the layer of your image is locked, unlock it to create the style.

That won't work either for just a placed or loaded image and styles here. Only for vector shapes and text, the fill, colour and transparent properties of the shape/text can be saved as a style along with any applied layer effects. - Thus I showed above to place the bitmap on a vector form in APh.

[2worlds]

I removed the background lock and still I right click add selection to layer style and nothing happens

[2worlds]

On 1/20/2019 at 7:37 AM, reglico said:

Hello summersara,

The procedure is the same in Photo.

what you mean convert to curves? (why this is so complicated argh)

[v_kyr]

Didnˋt you read the above step for step procedure and comments? Those work on vector shapes and text, not on bitmap/raster selections or the like. Make yourself clear what the overall difference is here. Use vector shapes for creating and applying Styles!

[Sara72]

9 hours ago, 2worlds said:

what you mean convert to curves? (why this is so complicated argh)

Hi 2worlds,

I think you might have got this sorted out from another thread but you only get the option to 'Convert to Curves' from the context toolbar and on a selected image in AP, if you drag your image in from your chosen folder onto your new project, opening from File with a new photo/jpeg won't work, this post might help understand why: IN PHOTO - what is the difference between "image" and "pixels"?

Converting to curves then changes your image into a fill object and then can very easily be added as a style by clicking the: Add style from selection.