How to Extend Backgrounds in Affinity Photo

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  • @AffinityRevolution
    @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад +12

    I have a gift for you! 😊It's a free Affinity Photo course that will teach you 10 simple steps to make any photo amazing. I hope you love it! affinity.sale/10-steps

  • @macrobionic
    @macrobionic 4 года назад +27

    I lost count of the number of times I thought to myself: "I didn't know you could do that".
    Thank you for sharing another glimpse of your digital sorcery.

  • @daniiel1495
    @daniiel1495 4 года назад +9

    Thank you. Affinity has been one of the best software purchases I ever made. Thanks for offering an alternative to Adobe.

  • @geethakaimal9674
    @geethakaimal9674 4 года назад +20

    I have seen tutorials for photoshop about extending, but never seen one for affinity. It was really helpful. Thanks😁

  • @MrJohnblaine
    @MrJohnblaine 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much. I adore your simplicity in explaining. I also am so glad I use affinity photo. The interface is so easy to understand!

  • @AuthorMelodyLoomis
    @AuthorMelodyLoomis 3 года назад +4

    I was hoping Affinity Photo could extend the background! I'll be using this tool a lot for my book covers. Got to have a space for the title. :-) Thanks for showing me how!

  • @Three_Dog_Gaming
    @Three_Dog_Gaming 2 года назад +2

    This channel is probably one of the best I've seen as far as value provided. I'm a beginner at photo editing and design. I started with PS Elements and got some of the basics, but after getting Affinity and finding this channel, I feel like I have a lot more information available to me!

  • @mellifluous479
    @mellifluous479 4 года назад

    Sincere thanks for demonstrating the clone tool. All the Affinity video tutors and their tutorials make the Affinity experience understandable, enjoyable and inspire experimentation and creativity.

  • @AlbertoRiveraCEO
    @AlbertoRiveraCEO 3 года назад +2

    These tutorials are always a life saver. I love it when I need to come back!

  • @sdhpCH
    @sdhpCH 2 года назад +4

    2:47 > Try stretching to the left by pulling the RIGHT handle (aka the one INWARD to the original photo). The pixels at the boundaries are the same, so they match perfectly. As you have to then do less stretching overall, it becomes much less noticeable. Sometimes you need to push the stretched piece by one pixel towards the original to join the gap.
    Hope that was not too complicated explained.
    Thank you very much for your tutorials, I was quite good at Photoshop and had enough of their subscription model. You help me very much with the transition.

  • @AlbertoRiveraCEO
    @AlbertoRiveraCEO 4 года назад +1

    Ahhh..., your tutorials are spot on - making tasks like these a breeze. Thrilled to admit, that other than my browser and email client, Affinity Photo is the one application I use every day.

  • @clydeugene
    @clydeugene 4 года назад +2

    Another great tutorial Ally and Ezra. The value you two pack into each video is really amazing

  • @FreeRadical09
    @FreeRadical09 4 года назад +1

    Ok, I don't know what kind of voodoo or dark magic you guys do but how the blazes did you know I actually needed to know how to do THIS in order to finish a project yesterday???
    I love you, guys. You always save my skin with your videos.

  • @jamesthomson7047
    @jamesthomson7047 4 года назад +2

    Love your tutorials. There always nice and easy to follow. I've used Photoshop for about a year and couldn't get into it properly as it seemed really complex. Moving to Affinity has made editing my work really enjoyable. Your tutorials have made it a joy to learn how to get the most from Affinity. Many thanks and keep up the good work.

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад

      Thanks so much James! I'm glad you're enjoying Affinity. 😊

  • @thehouseofwil
    @thehouseofwil 2 года назад

    You guys are really helping me. I switched from Corel to Affinity. This is a great learning tool.

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  2 года назад

      Affinity can be a little tough to learn at first, but it's a very powerful program. I love it! 😊

  • @IdahoSAM.
    @IdahoSAM. 4 года назад +1

    Thanks. I've had a lot of photos over the years that I needed to do this with. Now I know how to do it.

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад

      It's always nice to have a new skill in your photo editing tool belt. 😊

  • @art_by_adrian2913
    @art_by_adrian2913 3 года назад

    This is the best channel on RUclips

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  3 года назад +1

      Thank you so much! 😊

    • @art_by_adrian2913
      @art_by_adrian2913 3 года назад

      @@AffinityRevolution thank you I downloaded it yesterday and I've just been binging every video lol im learning more than I did in school 😄🤣😂

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  3 года назад

      @@art_by_adrian2913 Haha that's awesome! 😆

  • @ArtsyLadyCrafter
    @ArtsyLadyCrafter 2 года назад

    Thank you for these great tips on extending backgrounds.

  • @TheOverlordOfProcrastination
    @TheOverlordOfProcrastination 4 года назад +7

    Been waiting for this one. Thanks for being continually great.

  • @stephenstevenson1900
    @stephenstevenson1900 4 года назад +2

    Excellent tutorial Ally! Thank you for sharing.

  • @Sandy8626
    @Sandy8626 4 года назад +1

    Thank you - your tutorials are always so helpful

  • @alantuttphotography
    @alantuttphotography 4 года назад +19

    Didn't know that the crop tool could ADD to an image.

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад +1

      I guess it's one of those hidden tricks. 😊

    • @MrFree-vj8qj
      @MrFree-vj8qj 4 года назад +1

      I figured it by instinct somehow, must be the experience of clicking everything randomly

  • @mulberryks1965
    @mulberryks1965 4 года назад +1

    Great information. Always the best from Affinity Revolution!

  • @elenacastuera6
    @elenacastuera6 4 года назад +2

    Thank you! Great tutorial, very well explained :-)

  • @KathleenRenninger
    @KathleenRenninger 2 года назад

    Very helpful tutorial! Thanks.

  • @ChrisB257
    @ChrisB257 4 года назад

    Thanks Ally, as always. Really appreciate your presentations. (Clone tool has been my friend for a long time) :)
    Hoping very much Ezra is still improving.

  • @PauloSampaioNeves
    @PauloSampaioNeves 4 года назад

    Great tools. But what about using the Impaint tool under the Edit menu to expand sections of a picture and thus also usefull to extend backgrounds? I though you were going to use that one in method 3

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад +1

      That's another great technique, but I've found it it to be less predicable than the other tools I showed in this video. For certain situations though, it does a great job! 😊

    • @PauloSampaioNeves
      @PauloSampaioNeves 4 года назад

      @@AffinityRevolution surely less predictable, no doubt. Useful with washed out creamy bokeh where no details are perceivable. Otherwise it and miss, yeah. Great. Tks

    • @PauloSampaioNeves
      @PauloSampaioNeves 4 года назад

      @@AffinityRevolution *hit and miss

  • @carloseduardomartinsdossan3880
    @carloseduardomartinsdossan3880 4 года назад +1

    This channel is AMAZING

  • @elizabethrussell4858
    @elizabethrussell4858 3 года назад

    Really brilliant and so useful.

  • @simonethoth3371
    @simonethoth3371 3 года назад +1

    That's good, Ally!

  • @OrdinaryOneOfficial
    @OrdinaryOneOfficial 4 года назад

    Super handy, Thank you!

  • @mrMinstrel
    @mrMinstrel 4 года назад

    Super! Nifty ways to claim more real estate! Many thanks...

  • @markorafferty876
    @markorafferty876 4 года назад

    On the level 3 example when using the clone tool, how did you get the sample point to stay at the starting point and not move to the left with the tool (but then move with the tool as you paint in). I'm using the Windows version, so there may be additional things you can do on the Mac. Any help will be great - thanks

    • @markorafferty876
      @markorafferty876 4 года назад

      Just worked it out. For some reason the "Scale" was set to 256% so set it to 100%, and also needed to turn off Stabilization. Reading the on-line help didn't really help so I had to play around with the context options until it worked for me.

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад

      Glad you got it figured out. 🙂

  • @theandersonfamily6094
    @theandersonfamily6094 4 года назад +1

    Great tutorial!

  • @carmenlopez702
    @carmenlopez702 4 года назад

    Excellent video like always. My husband is a great fan of your singing. :-)

  • @Enrique-the-photographer
    @Enrique-the-photographer 4 года назад

    This was really helpful. Thank you very much.

  • @norbertbenz7314
    @norbertbenz7314 4 года назад

    Thanks a lot for your great videos and your amazing job 😀

  • @SoumalyaMukherjee-rh7ny
    @SoumalyaMukherjee-rh7ny 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing. You are awesome

  • @MrFree-vj8qj
    @MrFree-vj8qj 4 года назад

    I like your voice, the notes have a lot of musicality

  • @blazkoncan9477
    @blazkoncan9477 3 года назад

    I started with level one. In the beginning, when you chose the crop tool I only have an option for a vector crop tool. When I make the image larger, there is no commands in the context toolbar. It is empty. What am I doing wrong?

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  3 года назад

      The Vector Crop Tool is in Affinity Designer - this video is for Affinity Photo. Sorry for the confusion!

  • @leonard187
    @leonard187 Год назад

    @AffinityRevolution is it at all possible to revise this video tutorial in PHOTO V2

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  Год назад

      I'll probably remake this tutorial someday, but the tools taught in this video work the same in V2.
      If something isn't working for you, it's possible that your photo was not rasterized. To solve this, right click on the photo's layer in the Layers Panel, and press "Rasterize". Then everything should work as expected. 🙂

    • @leonard187
      @leonard187 Год назад

      @@AffinityRevolution thanks for responding I appreciate that.

  • @juanlash
    @juanlash Год назад

    for some strange reason, when I try to duplicate what's selected on the Marque tool, it duplicates the entire layer instead, is there an option that's preventing me only duplicating what I've selected?

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  Год назад

      That happens if your layer is not rasterized. Right click on your layer in the Layers Panel, and select "Rasterize and trim". Then make your selection and duplicate it.

    • @juanlash
      @juanlash Год назад

      @@AffinityRevolution I see, I’ll try it out, thank you very much, you are awesome 😁

  • @dennishumbla5431
    @dennishumbla5431 3 года назад

    Great video!

  • @WarStorm
    @WarStorm 2 года назад

    For some reason when I Ctrl+J it just duplicates the entire image and not the selection... Any ideas?

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  2 года назад +1

      My guess is that you have an "Image" layer, instead of a "pixel layer". Right click on your photo's layer in the layers panel, and then rasterize it. Then you should be able to follow along with this video.
      This video covers "Image" layers" vs "pixel layers" in depth : ruclips.net/video/FOuMBoGxan4/видео.html

    • @WarStorm
      @WarStorm 2 года назад

      @@AffinityRevolution Yep that was it I didn't even think of that. Thank you!!

  • @anatoliytovarnytskyy1336
    @anatoliytovarnytskyy1336 4 года назад

    Thank you for sharing!👌😁

  • @barbhagger6569
    @barbhagger6569 4 года назад

    Great tips, thanks again

  • @simonpayne7994
    @simonpayne7994 4 года назад +1

    In some cases I suppose mirroring parts of the background could also be an option.

  • @MK-ni6gs
    @MK-ni6gs 4 года назад

    Thank you for this excellent vid.

  • @danielleclerc4812
    @danielleclerc4812 4 года назад

    Excellent comme d'habitude.

  • @bluescreen79
    @bluescreen79 2 года назад

    you should do ASMR with this calming voice

  • @WaldirBorbaJunior
    @WaldirBorbaJunior 4 года назад

    Amazing... super easy.

  • @StefanoBallad
    @StefanoBallad 3 года назад

    Thank you so much!

  • @cezicase
    @cezicase 4 года назад

    very well done! thank you

  • @re210
    @re210 4 года назад +2

    Thanks :)

  • @alainadamski7703
    @alainadamski7703 4 года назад

    Thank you for this important tutorial, it is also the open door to another kind of creation... ;-)

  • @abhayjoshi52
    @abhayjoshi52 2 года назад

    Yes now i can do . thanks mam

  • @ClintLoweTube
    @ClintLoweTube 4 года назад

    Nice use of the clone brush.

  • @gabequezada2066
    @gabequezada2066 3 месяца назад +1

    That cats face is my face when I started learning how to edit pics..

  • @karambirsingh914
    @karambirsingh914 4 года назад

    Thnxxxx 😀👍🏻

  • @midierror
    @midierror 4 года назад

    great video, thanks this is really useful. I also enjoyed your accent :D

  • @ricomarques
    @ricomarques 3 года назад

    Great Tutorial, but how to do this on the Ipad Version? Please comeback with the Ipad version tutorials too, pleaseee!! :)))

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for the feedback! 😊

    • @ricomarques
      @ricomarques 3 года назад

      @@AffinityRevolution thank you for the awesome content and tutorials, you help a lot of us that wants to get better 😊🌹

  • @corsegerspwnd
    @corsegerspwnd 4 года назад +1

    I love making photos of my cat when he goes all derpy with his tongue

  • @rgrun1
    @rgrun1 4 года назад +1

    Another great one. Also the patch tool can be your friend here too

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад

      True. I'm personally not a big patch tool user, but it would work well for this. 😊

  • @StevePotgieter
    @StevePotgieter 2 года назад

    ctrl + j brings up my brush for some reason

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  2 года назад

      Try opening a new photo (File > Open), and then see if Ctrl + J duplicates the photo. Maybe something just went wrong in the photo you were working on.

  • @MichelMayerle
    @MichelMayerle 4 года назад

    Content aware fill would be highly appreciated in Affinity Photo. In this regard Photoshop clearly has an edge right now. Hopefully Serif will be able to close the gaps in the future.

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад +1

      Affinity has content aware fill. You can use the Inpainting Brush, or make a selection and then fill it in by going to Edit --> Fill --> Inpainting. What Affinity DOESN'T have is Content Aware Scale, which would certainly be a welcome addition!

    • @MichelMayerle
      @MichelMayerle 4 года назад

      @@AffinityRevolution I am sorry, that’s what I meant :-)

    • @markorafferty876
      @markorafferty876 4 года назад

      Affinity Photo does have content aware fill, it's called the Inpainting Brush tool. This is part of the "Healing, Patch, Blemish, Inpainting and Red Eye removal tools" tools. Having said that I used another approach on the Level 2 example, and I just extended above the trees. After extending and adding Gaussian Blur I didn't crop. I then merged the visible layers into a new layer and used the menu commands "Select | Alpha Range | Select Partially Transparent" and then press the keys ALT+Backspace to fill in the marching ants area. I then extended the bottom and again used "Select | Alpha Range | Select Partially Transparent" and then press the keys ALT+Backspace to fill in the marching ants area. This does duplicate the trees well as a starter for 10, and then you can clone out the repeating patterns.
      I hope that helps

    • @phlotographer
      @phlotographer 4 года назад

      @@markorafferty876 great to see the sharing of info in this topic and hopefully in others. I have edited my saved link to add to look at your comment when I review this topic in the future. TYVM

  • @maxivy3299
    @maxivy3299 4 года назад

    For option 3, I thought you could use the Patch tool as well to maintain the lines. But still a good lesson.

  • @lonniehardesty6227
    @lonniehardesty6227 4 месяца назад

    Hi your videos are well done, however my (up to date version ) consistently does not do what you demonstrate seemingly ever act like you show. Almost everything from layers to this video never work. The commands are different and results are different. Is it perhaps because you are using older version?

  • @kabobz
    @kabobz 4 года назад +2

    Affinity needs to add content aware fill like photoshop.

    • @markorafferty876
      @markorafferty876 4 года назад

      Affinity Photo does have content aware fill, it's called the Inpainting Brush tool. This is part of the "Healing, Patch, Blemish, Inpainting and Red Eye removal tools" tools. Having said that I used another approach on the Level 2 example, and I just extended above the trees. After extending and adding Gaussian Blur I didn't crop. I then merged the visible layers into a new layer and used the menu commands "Select | Alpha Range | Select Partially Transparent" and then press the keys ALT+Backspace to fill in the marching ants area. I then extended the bottom and again used "Select | Alpha Range | Select Partially Transparent" and then press the keys ALT+Backspace to fill in the marching ants area. This does duplicate the trees well as a starter for 10, and then you can clone out the repeating patterns.
      I hope that helps

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад

      Thanks for sharing your technique Mark! :)

  • @lightingdesignerpro5747
    @lightingdesignerpro5747 4 года назад

    hola mundo

  • @ArchievaldQuiambao
    @ArchievaldQuiambao 4 года назад +1

    I am expecting content aware, but isn't :(

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад

      Affinity has content aware fill, but does not have content aware scale (like Photoshop).

  • @sidyk
    @sidyk 4 года назад

    Affinity is soooooo bad software when you need inpaint background :/

    • @MentosCubing
      @MentosCubing 4 года назад

      It worked flawlessly in all three of these examples, and I've never had a problem with it. Can you explain why you believe it to be bad?

    • @sidyk
      @sidyk 4 года назад

      @@MentosCubing try to expand more detailed bg

    • @AffinityRevolution
      @AffinityRevolution  4 года назад

      Affinity's inpainting works well for simple backgrounds, but if have a complex background you will need to do some manual cloning.

  • @markorafferty876
    @markorafferty876 4 года назад

    Great video - thanks for showing