Grandadjim Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Hi, I have created text over a picture. dragged the text layer onto the picture layer so the picture fills the text. I want to add an outline (and shadow) but with only the text layer selected using the "Effects Panel" and selecting "outline" and a colour does not work when I slide the radius above zero. All that happens is that the text grows by the radius amount selected but does not add the coloured outline. I am pretty sure this is something that can be done, so what am I doing wrong - can anybody help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Sounds like you placed the text as a mask then, try and do the opposite drag the image layer indented below the text layer (clipping) and apply the effects. 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...
Move Along People Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandadjim Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Thanks for the help - Yes I did set a colour - tried various colours all to no avail. Tks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 You may need to share (attach) a .afphoto file that shows the issue. Without that we're having to guess about exactly what you did and what you want. 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...
Grandadjim Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Hi Walt, Thanks for your comment - The suggestion of V_Ykr did the trick. Worked perfectly - I had thought to rasterize the text and then adding the effects, but I wanted to retain the text as text. Thanks for taking the time to respond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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