Transparency

Transparency can be applied in lots of ways in Affinity Designer.

Transparency examples
(From left to right) Solid, Elliptical, Radial, Linear and Conical transparency types applied to a basic shape.

Here are the typical methods for its use.

Opacity is a term you'll see in Affinity Designer—this is the opposite of transparency. An object with 0% transparency is fully opaque (100% opacity), while 100% transparency means the object is invisible (0% opacity).

Colour panel To change the opacity of an object's stroke or fill:
  1. Select an object.
  2. From the Colour panel, drag the Opacity slider.
Layers panel To change layer opacity:
  1. From the Layers panel, select a layer.
  2. Adjust the Opacity value.
Designer Persona Transparency Tool To apply a transparency gradient to an object:
  1. From the Designer Persona, select the Transparency Tool.
  2. Drag across your object to apply a transparency gradient.
Layer Effects To apply layer effect opacity:
  1. From the Layer FX panel, adjust the Opacity slider (if available).

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