Dwarf Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Hi there, Can someone explain me why I cannot get the same result when I use a greyscale gradient onto a layer mask and a opacity gradient onto a vector layer mask ? In order to help you understand what I mean, here are 2 screenshots of the same photo. I used 2 different methods to achieve this result: - One using my Text as a 'vector' Layer mask onto my Image - One using my image clipped to a text with a layer mask From my point of view, this should be the same result as both 'greyscale gradient' (for pixel layer masks) and 'opacity gradient' (for vector layer masks) deal with transparency of the layer. But strangely it is not !! Look at the quality of the fade on the second image. Can someone explain me why I got this strange greyish color on my second screenshot ? If I don't use any gradient (greyscale or opacity) onto my layer masks, the resulting images are exactly and rigorously the same !! I tried both methods into photoshop, and as I thought I can achieve the same result. A clean and smooth fade of my text without any greyish color. (look at the last 2 screenshots) Thanks for your help ! @++Dwarf PS: I can attach the affinity photo file and PSD file if needed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 24, 2017 Staff Share Posted March 24, 2017 Hi Dwarf, Seems like a bug to me, but i would like to check the affinity file. Can you please attach it here (or upload it to a file sharing/cloud service and post the link if it's bigger than 20 MB)? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Hi MEB Thanks for your fast anwser. Here is the affinity file attached to this post. @++Dwarf Wild Life Photo.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 24, 2017 Staff Share Posted March 24, 2017 Hi Dwarf, Yes, this is a bug. I've logged it to be looked at. Thanks for your report and file. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Hmmm ok ! Do you have any idea when it will be fixed ? Is there any bug tracker somewhere ? @+Dwarf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Dwarf, Certainly seems buggish. BUT.... have you tried adding the masks to the image rather that the clipping text? Seems to work fine with both methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Dwarf, Certainly seems buggish. BUT.... have you tried adding the masks to the image rather that the clipping text? Seems to work fine with both methods. Screen Shot 2017-03-24 at 4.37.08 PM.png Screen Shot 2017-03-24 at 4.36.54 PM.png Hi JimmyJack, Thanks for your reply, If I remember well, I tried to put the mask on the image but the result was the same. I'll try again tomorrow. @++ Dwarf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Hi JimmyJack, So I've done some other tests and found that your workarround works only in one situation: If my text is written in black. If you apply the mask to the clipped image, this will not affect both the Text and the clipped image at the same time, but will apply only to the clipped image, and the color of the text will appear accordingly to the mask Here are the results of my different tests. As you can see, if the text is written in black, this seems to work well, but If my text is written in an other color... (In fact, if the text and my vertical rectangle are both colored with the same color, the fade effect is working...) @++Dwarf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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