
This produces just an inner rounding, but it’s also accompanied by a drop shadow on the whole object. Both the highlight and shadow colors can be changed, as well as their opacity. As with all the effects you drag the Radius slider to increase the width, and you can also You can soften the effect with its another slider. The default is Pillow, which produces a highlight/shadow combination both inside and outside the selected object. The Bevel/Emboss effect is actually several different effects, chosen from the Type menu at the top of the dialog box. If your Quick FX panel isn’t visible, choose it from the View menu. Grouped together under the Quick FX panel, they’re actually much more sophisticated than the name gives them credit for.

Affinity Designer offers a range of layer effects, similar to those found in Photoshop.
