StudioVulcan Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I've been looking at Affinity for quite some time now and while it has most of the features I'm looking for, there's something that I think is needed. Blending modes. If I want to put an image or object on top of an object with a gradient overlay EFFECT, the blending mode of the image I'm placing above it just simply doesn't work. In photoshop, you would have to apply a specific setting to get it to work, I'll attach a picture of that setting. Without this effect, I simply have to rely on the gradient tool when i'd greatly prefer to have styles saved with gradients that I like and just instantly apply them to my work but still be able to place images of object on top of them and use a blending mode (and in the image i supply, mask it too). Thank you for your time. (This is in Affinity Designer, however, Photo probably needs this too. I don't see much difference between the two, so I've swapped from Photoshop to Designer so that I can work in raster and vector. The image below shows a black brush i've painted quickly on top of the pink bar. I've clipped it to just the layer of the pink bar, so now it's only showing without the confines of the pink bar layer, however, it's only able to do so because of the 2nd photos setting. This layer has a gradient effect applied to it, so without this setting, it wouldn't appear unless I turned off the gradient effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioVulcan Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Bump. (Hoping i'm allowed to bump suggestion posts :S) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioVulcan Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Answer found. Using the Gradient Tool (never the Gradient Overlay effect) I can achieve this and it's not that hard to do. If you create a pixel layer, place it inside the layer you want to "clip" to, you'll apply a gradient with the gradient tool to this pixel layer. Now the layer on the top of the stack should have this gradient applied to it. Now create a second-pixel layer (still within the stack but place this 1 up from the gradient tool pixel layer) and place an image or brush design you wish to use as a texture (so that you can change the layer modes to whatever you wish). Congrats, now your design will function the same way as the image above, it just takes some getting used to. A picture for some context: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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