I agree. It is also great for professionals too. I used Photoshop and Lightroom for years as a professional and having used Affinity Photo for the last couple of years I can say that I have never needed to go back.
You are welcome Lance. I switched from Photoshop to Affinity Photo a couple of years ago. I now use Affinity Photo for all of my advanced editing. I do not miss Photoshop at all. I have tried every image editor out there, including the free ones. Affinity Photo beats them all. Especially for the price.
This dude is the most awesome guy ever. "How to turn this to a mask" ... "just drag it here, DONE" . how to turn other things to mask ... drag this to this, DONE.
I am moving from PS Elements to Affinity but would be over the moon if you could show how to reproduce the 'Grunge' type of watercolour effects that are popular in PS. Not having the Filter gallery is a problem but I could apply the Dry Brush and Cutout effects in PSE and import that into Affinity. The masking and layering in PS is difficult to translate into PSE because of the use of groups. I was hoping to overcome this by using Affinity but I can't find any examples of this technique anywhere whereas there are loads using PS.
I'm puzzled. How does your first tip work? As I recall, when masking black conceals, and white reveals. How does a transparent background act to conceal? BTW, you've got a new subscriber.
Hi Leroy. Welcome aboard. I can understand the confusion. When using a pixel layer as a mask it uses the alpha channel of each pixel to determine the mask information. So all colours, even black will be opaque as the alpha channel for the colour is positive and so the pixel reveals. You must either use the eraser tool or paint with a colour with it's opacity lowered to conceal. The opacity is determined by it's alpha. When creating a normal mask layer using the mask icon at the bottom right of the control panel then it creates a layer that has only alpha information. In this case when you paint it uses the brightness of the painting colour to determine the alpha value. Allowing you to paint with varying levels of opacity just by selecting a new colour or greyscale brush. I hope this helps. I really should create a video about this.
Do you have a video on the difference between bilinear and Bicubic? I notice bicubic is non destructive and gives you the exported results you did in the project vs the other than destroys your photo's quality.
Is there a way to make CTRL 0 fit the image on screen, like happen on Photoshop? On Affinity CTRL 0 does NOT fit the image, since there is a boring BORDER outside. I would prefer that CTRL 0 does FIT the image, really.
@@ScottWilliamsPhotography This is a huge problem that Affinity team must solve as soon as possible. There is absolutely no reason for wasting precious screen space with that boring border.
What is a mask and why do we need one? I'm wanting to use Afinity and Photoshop is far too dear. But there are no where near as many tutorials on Afinintiy
“You can use square circles” love it 😍 thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you Drew. You are very welcome 👍
Round squares.
thank you this video helped me a lot.
You are very welcome.
It's a great piece of software.
It really is. I use it daily. It has everything that I need for a fraction of the price of Photoshop.
I really like affinity photo. For enthusiasts it is a great tool without paying high fees for light room.
I agree. It is also great for professionals too. I used Photoshop and Lightroom for years as a professional and having used Affinity Photo for the last couple of years I can say that I have never needed to go back.
@@ScottWilliamsPhotography Just switched to Affinity Photo after 13 years of Adobe! So far it seems to do everything I could ever want or need.
Great to hear. Paired up with something like Capture One or On1 Photo most photographers are sorted.
@@ScottWilliamsPhotography Yes that's what I am planning to do.
Adobe are too greedy.
Great tips love the power of this program.
Cheers Ricky. It really is superb software. I used Photoshop for years and for me Affinity Photo has become a complete replacement.
Thank you for a very informative video. As a transitioning newbie I'm encouraged to make Affinity Photo my default image editor.
You are welcome Lance. I switched from Photoshop to Affinity Photo a couple of years ago. I now use Affinity Photo for all of my advanced editing. I do not miss Photoshop at all. I have tried every image editor out there, including the free ones. Affinity Photo beats them all. Especially for the price.
Well done !!
Thank you!
Thanks for good tips 👍
Hope for more tutorials.
Thank you. More tips and tutorials are on the way 😀
Much appreciated.
You are welcome.
Great tips! Now I have more reasons to use Affinity than I already thought about. Cheers.
You are welcome. Thanks for the comment.
Excelente tutorial. Muchas gracias 👌
You are welcome Freddy.
Great video! Thank you and keep up the good work!
Thank you very much. I really appreciate when someone takes the time to comment. More videos on the way.
Thank you for these useful tips
My pleasure 😊
Great video mate. Thanks.
Thank you Jigish. I'm glad you enjoyed it. More are on the way soon.
Very useful and informative. Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to comment Rob. it is very much appreciated.
Excellent... definitely learned a few tricks, thx!
Thank you very much. Glad you found it useful.
That was so informative... thanks for uploading!
You are very welcome.
Un tutorial muy interesante que nos sirve para aprender de forma practica y sencilla lo que se puede hacer con AP
Thank you. I'm very pleased you found it interesting :)
Very good indeed.
Thank you David.
Very helpful video, thank you!
Thank you very much Angela 😃
Thank you ver much for the tutorial sir👍
You are very welcome Azmi. Thank you for taking the time to comment 👍
Thanks for the tips
You are welcome.
Grate tips. Thank you!
Thank you.
This dude is the most awesome guy ever. "How to turn this to a mask" ... "just drag it here, DONE" . how to turn other things to mask ... drag this to this, DONE.
Thank you.
If you look VERY closely, you will see some subliminal messages on this video, it worked, great tips, subbed!
Subtlety should be load and colourful, otherwise it wont be noticed 😃 Welcome aboard.
Brilliant Scott! Thank you! Great work!
Thank you very much!. I really enjoy making these videos. More on the way...
Scott Williams Photography look forward to seeing them!
I am moving from PS Elements to Affinity but would be over the moon if you could show how to reproduce the 'Grunge' type of watercolour effects that are popular in PS. Not having the Filter gallery is a problem but I could apply the Dry Brush and Cutout effects in PSE and import that into Affinity. The masking and layering in PS is difficult to translate into PSE because of the use of groups. I was hoping to overcome this by using Affinity but I can't find any examples of this technique anywhere whereas there are loads using PS.
I may create a video on this type of thing in the future. I will add it to my list.
I learned a great deal from this so subscribed for more.
Welcome. More Affinity Photo tutorials are coming soon.
THANK YOU?
You're welcome.
I'm puzzled. How does your first tip work? As I recall, when masking black conceals, and white reveals. How does a transparent background act to conceal? BTW, you've got a new subscriber.
Hi Leroy. Welcome aboard.
I can understand the confusion. When using a pixel layer as a mask it uses the alpha channel of each pixel to determine the mask information. So all colours, even black will be opaque as the alpha channel for the colour is positive and so the pixel reveals. You must either use the eraser tool or paint with a colour with it's opacity lowered to conceal. The opacity is determined by it's alpha. When creating a normal mask layer using the mask icon at the bottom right of the control panel then it creates a layer that has only alpha information. In this case when you paint it uses the brightness of the painting colour to determine the alpha value. Allowing you to paint with varying levels of opacity just by selecting a new colour or greyscale brush.
I hope this helps. I really should create a video about this.
Do you have a video on the difference between bilinear and Bicubic? I notice bicubic is non destructive and gives you the exported results you did in the project vs the other than destroys your photo's quality.
I don't. I will put it on the list for a future video.
Is there a way to make CTRL 0 fit the image on screen, like happen on Photoshop? On Affinity CTRL 0 does NOT fit the image, since there is a boring BORDER outside. I would prefer that CTRL 0 does FIT the image, really.
Good question. As far as I can see there is no way to remove the border.
@@ScottWilliamsPhotography This is a huge problem that Affinity team must solve as soon as possible. There is absolutely no reason for wasting precious screen space with that boring border.
What is a mask and why do we need one?
I'm wanting to use Afinity and Photoshop is far too dear.
But there are no where near as many tutorials on Afinintiy
True.