Aammppaa Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 The description for this forum is "Post your fantastic designs for all to see". Well I don't claim that this is a fantastic design, but it is (to me) an interesting experiment… I was troubleshooting a file for someone else who couldn't see why an element in their design was transparent, when the transparency tool clearly said 'none'. That got me thinking about the number of different ways in which an object can be made transparent in AD - I thought of 8 examples, and I suspect that there are others! Some are a little convoluted, but most probably have their place at one time or another. The experiment shows me just how versatile AD is, but I think that comes with a cost: If I didn't know how the transparency had been applied to each of my 8 squares, it would be quite a task to figure out the various methods used - especially to a newcomer to vector graphics, or Affinity. Can you find other ways that I've not discovered? Opacity Experiment.afdesign thomaso 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Hi yes interesting exercise.. i just could not resist having a look..had to scratch my head a bit but then... what about the transparency tool itself with each end set at 50% Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.5 2.2402 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Nice. Can't think of any other ways. In fact, I didn't know about a couple of the methods. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 …transparency tool itself with each end set at 50% 2nd one on the top line uses this idea :) Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Handy collection of options (and possible confusions). – What about Blend Mode? (multiply etc.) Aammppaa 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 Blend modes such as multiply will tend to look different for different colours, hues, contrast etc. so not a universal solution. However you did prompt me to think of another 2 methods... 1. Nest a mid grey fill layer with the blend mode set to Erase 2. No fill, but a huge stroke aligned to inside, set stroke pressure to 50%, and brush alpha variance to 100% Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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