Mr Lucky Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 26 minutes ago, haakoo said: How are you opening this svg? In Photo or Designer 27 minutes ago, haakoo said: As with mine both in designer/photo gave a transparent background and shows as curves. Well that would be be great if it worked for me but sadly it doesn't. 27 minutes ago, haakoo said: Your layers panel indicates it is an image? Looks like it 26 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Did you also changed the rects erase blend mode to normal? No because I want it to cut out that shape 28 minutes ago, v_kyr said: When both are vectors/curves and you select them and make a subtract, you are just leaved with curves/paths. I understand I could do this, but then I am left with just one layer that is a curve, but I can't edit it as before, e.g. by moving or resizing the erase rectangle, and as mentioned ideally I'd still like to have the possibility to change the font so although by converting to curves and subtracting I can end up with something I can export, I want to be able to export while I am still working on differentiations things (there is an acid engraver who is asking for .SVG so he can test the viability of different designs and sizes I think he is using Corel or something) I have to say my brain is beginning to hurt now reading through the thread again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Mr. Lucky, Don't use erase If you want to keep the text editable don't convert your text to curves To get the bar cutout use a mask or clipping or compound boolean as suggested earlier. Do you need help with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lucky Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, JimmyJack said: don't convert your text to curves Someone said to do that in order to not get the white background. If it worked that would have been OK, but not ideal as it would be best to keep it as text. 15 minutes ago, JimmyJack said: To get the bar cutout use a mask or clipping or compound boolean as suggested earlier. Do you need help with that? I thought I was using clipping. If I use it as a mask, then it just shows what's inside the rectangle, the opposite of what I want. I have no idea of what compound boolean means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, haakoo said: There's no create compound in photo Yes there is. Same as AD, hold Alt when clicking button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Mr Lucky said: Someone said to do that in order to not get the white background. If it worked that would have been OK, but not ideal as it would be best to keep it as text. I thought I was using clipping. If I use it as a mask, then it just shows what's inside the rectangle, the opposite of what I want. I have no idea of what compound boolean means. Yes, I know that's what people have been saying. Don't do it. Look at the mask/clipping shape in my post on the last page. It's not a bar. It's a rectangle with the bar missing. Compound Boolean is a Boolean operation that keeps the involved objects separate so they can be edited. Hold down Alt when using the boolean commands (i.e add, subtract etc). Type in "compound" in the help dropdown in Designer (you can use the methods in Photo too) to find an explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Just made a video for ya, apologises for the sound and my waffling. Will add a link here in a bit. Mr Lucky and dutchshader 1 1 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...
Mr Lucky Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, JimmyJack said: Look at the mask/clipping shape in my post on the last page. It's not a bar. It's a rectangle with the bar missing. OK, but I don't know how you did that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lucky Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 31 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Just made a video for ya, apologises for the sound and my waffling. Will add a link here in a bit. Many many thanks, that is perfect! I owe you a pint now firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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firstdefence Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Mr Lucky has Affinity Designer as well as Affinity Photo, its easier to do what he needs in Affinity Designer and Affinity Designer lends itself to this process but its good to know that you can create compounds using the alt method. 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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firstdefence Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I'm sure mr lucky will choose whichever app he needs to get the task done. I mentioned creating a compound shape on the first page as well but I decided to make a video to show the process, sometimes it's easy to assume people know as much as you and you see it as simple but others may not. Most people get it if you show them and that worked for him. Make a video showing your way, I'm sure he'd watch it and learn from it as well as anyone else reading this post. 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...
v_kyr Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, >|< said: Eh? The apps have identical Compound functionality, so why do you think it easier to complicate things by needlessly adding a switch of apps to the procedure? Where is the "Create Compound Layer" (Montage Ebene in German) which doesn't distort the compounded layers in Photo hidden? - I don't mean the boolean operation like add, subtract, compound ... here. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, firstdefence said: I forgot to add, in Affinity Designer the text is editable within the compound, in Affinity Photo it is converted to curves within the compound. Nope. Stays as text . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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firstdefence Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 minute ago, JimmyJack said: Nope. Stays as text . I know my bad, realised I was using a curve converted text layer but you're too quick lol! 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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firstdefence Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 >|< is right, the alt method works just the same as in designer. lepr 1 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...
v_kyr Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Doesn't work for me actually on a Win box, no chance, even if I place the geometric buttons to the top toolbar pressing the Alt-key hides those as it does for the menu entries. Have to see if it behaves different on a Mac then. EDIT: OK AltGr works on the Win box here! firstdefence 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 @Mr Lucky I believe that this is due to a design flaw in Affinity Photo. There is also a bug that is fixed in Photo 1.7 beta. The result of the layer is supposed to be transparent, obviously, but you are not getting transparency in the SVG as you do in PNG's. If you select Document -> Flatten you should get a SVG with the desired transparency: During export Affinity Photo 1.6 will warn about rasterization but the result is fine. During export Affinity Photo 1.7 beta will not warn about rasterization and the result is fine. Other solution: If you right click the layer and select Rasterize you should get a SVG with the desired transparency. In this case you can export selection only with no background and transparency will work: During export Affinity Photo 1.6 will warn about rasterization but the result is fine. During export Affinity Photo 1.7 beta will not warn about rasterization and the result is fine. This kind of work should be done in Affinity Designer, Illustrator, CorelDraw, Inkscape. More control, less agony. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jowday said: If you right click the layer and select Rasterize you should get a SVG with the desired transparency. I believe he also wants the text to remain editable as text. Any kind of rasterization will eliminate that possibility, won't it? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I believe he also wants the text to remain editable as text. Any kind of rasterization will eliminate that possibility, won't it? It sure will. If there is no other way he may have to make these work arounds in a copy during export, if at all possible of course. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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v_kyr Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, haakoo said: I stand corrected,was looking for the menu>layer>create compound,this isn't in APhoto. The shortkey will do,thanks Same here, used that menu entry sometimes from ADe, but never saw such a menu entry in APh. Interestingly the APh help also doesn't tell anything about those compound (Montage) layers in contrast to the ADe help, so I think it's more or less a hidden interoperation feature. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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