Distressed Texture Crash Course - Tutorial for Affinity Designer

[@TechnicallyTrent]

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[@DutchDiddy]

Thanks! Solid tutorial and just what I needed today. Thanks for your help.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Glad it helped!

[@orlamdc]

Great easy to follow tutorial video. Thank you. 👍

[@kevinhouse7143]

Great practical information Trent. That erase blend mode is awesome! And that bit about the alpha curves adjustment is gold!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi Kevin, glad it was useful!

[@jimdart8219]

Thanks Trent I always had a hard time with textures now I understand. Is it possible to do a tutorial on embedded documents. The way you explain things always make the lights come on for me. Once again thank you for these tutorials.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi JimDart, thanks for the suggestion...I will add embedded documents to my list! Is there any particular aspect of embedded documents that is giving you trouble?

[@dougdina]

Hey Trent, Another great video. Thank you. Couldn’t you have used the … I can’t remember the name … Blend Range maybe … so that you’d clip the range on the black end? I think it would work like the Threshold layer adjustment.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi DougDina, that's a great suggestion that I didn't think about! I looked at the Blend Ranges menu and it seems like it doesn't allow you to select on Alpha (Opacity), only Red, Green, Blue, or Master (all RGB). So I don't know of a way to get it to work, but if you figure something out, be sure to let me know :)

[@runforrestrun1965]

Oh man! So useful! Thank you for proving great tutorials like this. Issues shown are ones I find I need to overcome often and your samples explain them visually so well, and are exactly what I need to know. Excellent info with great visuals and explanations, two thumbs up!

[@FuriousGeorge2]

Your tutorial is super effective, straight-forward and so easy to understand! AMAZING THANK YOU - Happy new subscriber

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks for the sub!

[@jcarlin596]

Great instructional video as always. You are my go-to source for detailed explanations. Thanks

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks for watching, @jcarlin596!

[@elonrichardson1743]

Solid tutorial indeed. I learned so much with such ease in 12 minutes. Thanks.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

No problem!

[@KAGosage25]

Great tutorials. It seems like all the best teachers are in Adobe (which I know inside and out) but trying to switch to Affinity to avoid the rented software from Adobe and the ever-growing charging of their fees. Great work - you are up there on top as my favorite Affinity teacher! I haven't FULLY made the switch to Affinity but getting there little by little as I get more comfortable with Affinity and the options they have keep growing. (One program I can say that I have completely replaced is inDesign (and I really loved InDesign back in the day - Publisher is great!) - the hardest program I have getting rid of for Adobe is Photoshop. I will miss Acrobat too, but it can be replaced as well.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi KAGosage, thanks for the comment! Yes, it can be hard to get off Adobe, especially when you need to work with other people who use it. I am actually learning After Effects these days, so I still have to be in the Adobe system, but I would love more alternatives.

[@KAGosage25]

@@TechnicallyTrent Very true. Adobe has great software. I don't even mind paying the expensive price as their software was worth it but I don't want to rent the software. Affinity does have some better and more modern approaches with some of their techniques vs Adobe as well. The more competition, the better - just like Quark found out the hard way in the early 2000's. lol

[@stevewest131]

Another great video!👍

[@joch6n]

Great, thank you!

[@MigsK9]

I'm following the steps but when I try to export it, it's giving a white background around the graphic even though the background is set to transparent

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @MigsK9, which file format are you exporting to? Only PNG will support a transparent background.

[@MigsK9]

@TechnicallyTrent ahh I see, I was trying to export it as an SVG, I tried PNG and it worked. I didn't know only PNG supports it. Thank you for the reply!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

@@MigsK9 SVG can also have transparent background, but a lot of times it puts in a white background by default. But what you can do is select the white background in your SVG and delete it. Then it should be transparent. Hope this helps!

[@MigsK9]

@TechnicallyTrent thank you. I will give this a try. I appreciate the help 🙏

[@richardmale3191]

Brilliant! Thank you. I don't know if I'll ever get into on-demand stuff but this is an invaluable help if I do... and if I don't! I am curious to know what the size is of the texture samples you used, in pixels per inch (I'm guessing 300) and in inches and/or cms. Thanks.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @richardmale3191! The bitmap texture files I use are usually about 3600x3600 pixels. It depends on where I download them from, but usually they are in that 3000 to 4000 pixel range.

[@richardmale3191]

@@TechnicallyTrent Thank you for your response. Much appreciated! Good luck!

[@dccd673]

Do we have to be members to buy textures? Or does a subscription cover any downloads? I noticed the bundles have prices on them

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @dccd673! A subscription covers unlimited downloads for everything on Creative Fabrica. When you are subscribed, the prices go away and you just see a "Download" button :)

[@eddie89104]

Awesome!!!!!!!!

[@bertnerny]

If you need to be able to adjust the color after adding the distressed effect, does that preclude using a jpeg? I used a jpg. distressed texture on text and it kept blocking color adjustments afterward.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @bertnerny! Are you referring to using a JPEG for the texture? If you rasterize it to a mask and apply it to your text, you should still be able to change the color of your text. I just tried it and it worked. Hope this helps!

[@bertnerny]

@@TechnicallyTrent Hi Trent! Thanks and I'll try it again. For some reason the color wheel wasn't responding before.

[@deirdreholcombe8738]

I have the text I want typed in that I want to distress. I loaded a texture image and put it over the text. I went to layers and erase and it's not working. What am I doing wrong? Ty!

[@ConJesusenelCamino]

Ai for Adobe Illustrator not Artificial intelligence 😅 🎉

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Yes, these days we have to specify what we mean by "AI" :)