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10 Things about LAYERS // Affinity Photo (Patreon)

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2019-09-15 19:03:30
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Hello my Friends,

Important things you need to know about Layers in Affinity Photo. How they work and what they do. In this episode:

- Layers work like Sheets + what are Child Layers

- Background & Transparency 

- 3 Types of Layer Effects

- Opacity vs Fill Opacity

- Types of Text Layer: Artistic Text Tool, Frame Text Tool, Shape Text Tool and Text follows Curve

- Curves, Shapes & Nodes

- Types of Mask: Mask Layer, Mask to below, Rasterize to Mask, Child to Mask

- Image Layer vs Pixel Layer

- Group Layer and when to mix Fill with Effect Layers

- Embedded Document Layer


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10 Things about LAYERS // Affinity Photo

Important things you need to know about Layers in Affinity Photo. How they work and what they do. In this episode: - Layers work like Sheets + what are Child Layers - Background & Transparency - 3 Types of Layer Effects - Opacity vs Fill Opacity - Types of Text Layer: Artistic Text Tool, Frame Text Tool, Shape Text Tool and Text follows Curve - Curves, Shapes & Nodes - Types of Mask: Mask Layer, Mask to below, Rasterize to Mask, Child to Mask - Image Layer vs Pixel Layer - Group Layer and when to mix Fill with Effect Layers - Embedded Document Layer Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sarikas Follow me on: https://www.facebook.com/sarikastutorials https://www.instagram.com/sarikasat/ Join us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AffinityPhotoTuts/ Photos used from: https://unsplash.com/

Comments

Joseph

I think you should have "Professor" in front of your name. 10 Things about layers is the best visual video that explains how they function. Awesome job! Why do you use Affinity Photo/Designer over other similar photo/design software?

Kevin Phillips

Hi Olivio, Wow, there were some fantastic insights you showed us. I have been frustrated on more than one occasion with text mask layers. Now I know they should be rasterised with white text. Thank you!

Bob Domine

Olivio! This is an excellent tutorial!!!! So much packed in! Keep up the great work!!

Olivio Sarikas
>>26877734

Thank you, Kevin. Yes, that white requirement really isn't that obvious and makes using it pretty confusing at first :)

Olivio Sarikas
>>26870824

Thank you, Joseph. So kind of you. Sorry for the late answer. I think Affinity Photo offers some of the best functionality out there for the price asked. I still think that Designer could be a lot better, especially compared to the free Inkscape, but if you count in the workflow between the different Affinity Programs, it becomes pretty powerful again :)

D&D

Hi Olivio I tried the method of converting a comment shape into a text frame (10 ”30 ') explained in this video. Then the background color of the comment shape disappeared and I could not maintain the background color of the comment shape like this video. Do you need any special settings? By the way, the version of my Affinity Photo is the latest.

Olivio Sarikas
>>36945543

Hi D&D, sorry for the very late answer, it just now saw this comment. That's strange, i get that too. I can only assume that they changed that function in newer versions, so the text frame is now just a frame. So my suggestion would be to duplicate the shape before you convert it, so that you still have one that has the color in it and that now also is still fully adjustable