Spotlight Effect

What features would you like to see in Pixelmator Pro?
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2022-06-14 16:19:09

I'm not sure if this is a feature request or a bug, but I'd like the "Spotlight" Effect to behave more like the "Lightleak" Effect on a layer with some transparent pixels. The spotlight background is black color by default and it clobbers any transparency on my layer. Below a few image to highlight this behavior:

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Apply light leak! Looks fantastic and maintains original transparency
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Apply instead a spotlight, and it wipes out all my transparency. Even with "Preserve Transparency" turned on.
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Thanks pixelmator team!
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2022-06-28 08:37:12

I think you simply need to turn on Preserve Transparency in the effect settings and it should work as expected. :pray:

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2022-06-28 16:28:57

Ah thanks for posting. I didn't realize that was an option under Spot Light.
Thanks!
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2022-06-29 13:15:56

You're welcome! You're definitely not the first one to have missed that pop-up menu. It's a bit inconspicuous right now, I must agree, but on the other hand, the setting itself is more advanced and is not used very often, so I guess it all evens out.