Thanks for this great tip. Also, thanks for the Affinity Publisher course. I finished it a couple of weeks ago and it was a huge help! Y'all are FANTASTIC!
Selecting the Red channel selects all of the colors in the photo that have a lot of red in them. White/bright areas have a lot of red in them (as well as a lot of blue and green). The nice thing about selecting the red channel though (as opposed to the other color channels) is that skin tones tend to be mostly red, so selecting the red channel will keep your skin tones safe. Otherwise, you could probably select either of the other color channels and still get a great result. I hope that helps! 😊
HI there, Thanks for this vid. It looks as though some changes were made to affinity since this vid though? The only way I can get to anything like this is by going to layer, add a new and then I have channel mixer? Is this the same? I can't seem to even get directly to the adjustments anymore in the side pane like I used to. Not sure whats going on with it?
Hmm... I'm not sure what's going on with your adjustments, since they are in the same spot (at the bottom of the layers panel). Feel free to post a screenshot and ask for help on the Affinity forums. Lots of people are great at helping on the forums. forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
so maybe i'm a doofus, but i didn't think it was "easy"; HOWEVER, your instructions were so clear, that i was able to follow along with a picture of my own and it worked beautifully like you said it would. your video is a refreshing change from the very minimalist affinity manual. thanks so much for the lesson. (i'm a reluctant affinity convert because i don't cotton to photoshop's subscription method of extortion and while i still have my reservations about affinity, this video is giving me hope.)
Great video! Maybe you could do an video, how to do a text portrait in affinity photo. So that the structure of the face is involved. Would love to see a tutorial about that! Much love from Germany!
Wow. I've been using Levels (white and black and gamma) to lighten photos - always thought they looked "realistic" but this looks better. I wonder what you mean as "the most natural way"? Is it the physics of color? optics? how are eyes see color????
I wish I knew all the science behind what makes lighting and coloring look natural. We used the word "natural" to highlight the fact that the photo still looks good/normal after brightening it (no blown out highlights, shadows still looking dark, etc.)
First want to say thanks for all your videos both your and Ezra are good teachers I really hope he’s doing better... I have a request do you like photo manipulation? If so could you put out some tutorials?
thank you for the awesome tutorial again like always! I edit with my ipad pro so if you could make more ipad pro tutorials or at least let us know in these videos the way to do it on our ipad pros would be so much better for me at least! Lol. Hope ezra is getting better and keep rocking on guys. Thx!
No, they are available in the menus at the top as well. I use the keyboard shortcuts though, because finding the commands up in the menus can be tricky.
Hi I'm not sure to understand why "composite red" will select the brightest parts of the photo. It won't work for all kind of photos will it? apart that point very clear tuto!
Selecting the Red channel selects all of the colors in the photo that have a lot of red in them. White/bright areas have a lot of red in them (as well as a lot of blue and green). The nice thing about selecting the red channel though (as opposed to the other color channels) is that skin tones tend to be mostly red, so selecting the red channel will keep your skin tones safe. Otherwise, you could probably select either of the other color channels and still get a great result. I hope that helps! 😊
I am trying to follow along here, but the "cmd+J" option is not available after I hit "cmd+shift+I". It beeps at me when I try that, and when I look in the Layer menu the "Duplicate Selection" option (cmd+J) is greyed out and not selectable. Am I doing something wrong?
I have a question: you picked the red channel to select the brightest then inverted it to get the darkest areas. However this does not always work. What I do is I put an average blur on the picture to determine the average color. In your picture the average color is blue green. So when I select the green channel instead of the red channel and continue with the inverse of the green channel, and continue your process the effect is more pronounced. Red in your picture in my opinion does not give you the brightest colors, it accentuates the skin tones. When I tried this with a picture that was blue green only the process picking the red channel does not work at all. IT does if you pick the green or blue channel... When I used a color test strip it also did not work when picking the red channel and inverting it because it also selects the brightest greens as dark colors which is wrong. So I believe you have to average blur first, find what the strongest color that is and the best would be to select that color and use it and follow your process using whatever color (red, blue or green) the average blur color came up with That works . You can also pick the shadow tonal range and use blend ranges to select only the darkest shadows ( or any part of the shadows you want to lighten) and then follow your process. That works just as well let me know what you think
That sounds like a good technique to me! 😊 I was trying to keep this video simple, but if you're willing to invest a little more time, I think your method is great.
It's normally one of the panels at the bottom right. If it's not there for you, got to the top menu of Affinity to "View", then down to "Studio", then press of "Channels" or "Reset Studio". 😊
When I go to channels and then composite red my photo changes to black and white. Also I do not get the options to load to pixel selection. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
I just made a short video for you, highlighting what you experienced. ruclips.net/video/_G2KRgSSK6s/видео.html You can right click on a channel, and load it as a pixel selection, or if you do a regular left click on a channel, you will load it as a greyscale layer. You can press on the reset arrow to turn all the channels back on, thus turning your photo back into color. I hope that helps! 😊
Thanks! I found I have to hold down on the composite red to allow the options to open and then to reset the color. Greyscale occurs whether left or right. But figured out with your help!
@@AffinityRevolution Hey, can you please make a video on how to paint realistic highlights and shadows on to the subject and also a video on how to use the pen tool
You only need to use PNG if you have a transparent background. You can lower the opacity of the layer we made in this tutorial, and then export your work into any format (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.) 😊
Wow! This has become one of my go to adjustments. You can make a more natural brightening to your image. Wish I knew about it before.
That's great! I'm glad you like using it. 😊
Amazingly simple that give me know about Affinity photo . And as always, clearly and concisely explained.Thanks all !
Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊
Amazing! This was a gem! My favorite way to adjust light now. Thank you so much!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. 😊
Great lesson. Thanks. I hope Erza is getting better.
Could you please post more video lessons on Affinity for the iPad? Thank you for all you do.
Thank you Richard! 😊
Great and simple lesson to make my photo brighter!!! Especially, how to select dark area that was great way to learn.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Your videos are amazing! I bought Affinity Photo and because of these tutorials I've bought Affinity Designer and Publisher! 💪💪💪👏👏👏
Thank you so much! 😊
Ally! You and Ezra are the best! I have learned so much from both of you! The duplicating was just the trick I needed! Thank you
Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. 😊
Excellent, very useful and presented at the right pace and with such clarity.
Thank you Paul! Glad you liked it. 😊
Brilliant lesson. Thank you so much. You are amazing!
Thank you so much Jay! I'm glad you liked it. 😊
Excellent again, a great way to improve the pictures.
Thank you so much for this!
Thank you Peter! Glad you liked it. 😊
What a great way to brighten an image, I’ll definitely be trying this one. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Thank you Simon! 😊
Thank you! I really like your tutorials!
Thank you Dave! Glad you liked it. 😊
Amazingly simple but so powerful. And as always, clearly and concisely explained.
Thank you! 😊
The tutorials on this channel are just the best. 👍
Thank you! 🤗
What a delightful tutor! Thanks.
Thank you! 😊
This is great. You’re a great teacher, very easy to follow!
Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊
GREAT course! I love Affinity!
Me too! 😄
Very nice resource in case of slightly underexposed/dark in the raw converter, thx
Happy to help! 😊
Thanks for this and also that you explained the red channel issue so well.
Thank you! 😊
Really simple, quick and effective! Thank you.
Thank you Javier! Glad you liked it. 😊
Loved this! Ally rocks.
Thank you Jack! 🤗
Thank you so much. You always inspired me to do better. Thank you.
Thank you! 😊
Thanks! So helpful and brilliant!
Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊
Yes, this is a brilliant way to brighten photos. Thanks.
Glad you like it! 😊
Okay. I’ll admit that was pretty cool. Thanks for making me rethink my existing workflow. All the best to Ezra.
Haha thank you! 😅And I'll pass on your support to Ezra. 😊
Great tutorial. Didn`t see that before anywhere. THX
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! 😊
Thanks for this great tip. Also, thanks for the Affinity Publisher course. I finished it a couple of weeks ago and it was a huge help! Y'all are FANTASTIC!
Thank you Chris! 😊
Thanks a lot, tested it on iPad and works wonderfully.
That's great! Thanks for testing it on the iPad. 😊
Fantastic tutorial ... thank you so much.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. 😊
Well done! Thanks! I always look forward to these videos!
Thank you for always commenting! 😊
I've brighten up my pics a little bit differently, but I think with this technique my pics will look way better!
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! I hope it helps your photos! 😊
Great tutorial as always. It works but why? How does red channel select light areas?
Selecting the Red channel selects all of the colors in the photo that have a lot of red in them. White/bright areas have a lot of red in them (as well as a lot of blue and green).
The nice thing about selecting the red channel though (as opposed to the other color channels) is that skin tones tend to be mostly red, so selecting the red channel will keep your skin tones safe. Otherwise, you could probably select either of the other color channels and still get a great result.
I hope that helps! 😊
Affinity Revolution thanks it does.
Amazing job on the video. Still sending healing energy to Ezra. Keep up the good work ❤️👏🏽👍🏽
Thank you! 😊
HI there, Thanks for this vid. It looks as though some changes were made to affinity since this vid though? The only way I can get to anything like this is by going to layer, add a new and then I have channel mixer? Is this the same? I can't seem to even get directly to the adjustments anymore in the side pane like I used to. Not sure whats going on with it?
Hmm... I'm not sure what's going on with your adjustments, since they are in the same spot (at the bottom of the layers panel). Feel free to post a screenshot and ask for help on the Affinity forums. Lots of people are great at helping on the forums.
forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/
@@AffinityRevolution thank you ☺️
so maybe i'm a doofus, but i didn't think it was "easy"; HOWEVER, your instructions were so clear, that i was able to follow along with a picture of my own and it worked beautifully like you said it would. your video is a refreshing change from the very minimalist affinity manual. thanks so much for the lesson. (i'm a reluctant affinity convert because i don't cotton to photoshop's subscription method of extortion and while i still have my reservations about affinity, this video is giving me hope.)
Good luck learning Affinity! It takes some practice, but I think you'll find it to be a great Photoshop replacement. :)
stunning - thank you very much!!!
Thank you Ronny! 😊
It's frustrating, you make it look so easy....I'll keep at it. Thank you.
You can do it! With practice, Affinity becomes easier and easier. 😊
This is amazing and a BIG THANK YOU :)
Thank you Naweed!
Wow this is awesome! I'm learning a lot from you guys thanks
Thank you Hao! 😊
Thanks for this one Ally.
Thanks Nerrel! 😊
Ally is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 personality has really come out 🙌🏽
Ahh! Thank you! 😊
Nice and simple, great job!
Thank you Max! 😊
Really good video I learnt a lot.
Glad it was helpful! 😊
Thank you
Awsome Tip for Brighten image
Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊
I appreciate your videos so much, helped me make up my mind in purchasing affinity software, keep it up guys!
Thanks Jaime! 😊
OMG this is just what i needed! it is as if you guys could read minds! thank you for it ! :D ! i hope Ezra is getting better!
Yay! I'm glad it helped you! 😊
@@AffinityRevolution and how i can do with ipad
Hi a terrific video you explain everything so clearly hope your man gets better sorry haven’t kept up with the problem
Thank you Terry! 😊
Thank you! Works great!
You're welcome! 🤗
great work as always! thanks guys :)
Thank you Rick! 😊
Very interesting technique, Ally, and very well presented. Thank you.
Thank you Steven! 😊
Tks Ally! Great lesson!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. 😊
Awesome technique.
Thank you! 😊
Great explainer video Ally - thank you. Adding good thoughts for Ezra.
Thank you! 😊
I Wonder is using shadow and black sliders would give the same effect?
Try it out! My guess it will work similarly, but not quite as well.
Thank you so much for the video , appreciate it .
You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊
Thanks for tutorial. I could able to try on iPad.
Thank you! 😊
Great tip, thanks for sharing,
Thank you Tom! 😊
Very helpful. Thanks!
Thank you! 😊
I hope they create an auto brightness in a future release as I have to go through stacks of images.
If you want, you could turn everything we did in this video into a macro, and then apply the macro to any photo you want with the click of a button. 😊
Flicitaciones por sus excelentes tutoriales y muchas gracias.
Gracias Marco! 😊
Great tutorial!
Thank you! 😊
Great video! Maybe you could do an video, how to do a text portrait in affinity photo. So that the structure of the face is involved.
Would love to see a tutorial about that! Much love from Germany!
Nice idea! 😊
Wow. I've been using Levels (white and black and gamma) to lighten photos - always thought they looked "realistic" but this looks better. I wonder what you mean as "the most natural way"? Is it the physics of color? optics? how are eyes see color????
I wish I knew all the science behind what makes lighting and coloring look natural. We used the word "natural" to highlight the fact that the photo still looks good/normal after brightening it (no blown out highlights, shadows still looking dark, etc.)
Thanks. Great tips
Thank you Georges! 😊
First want to say thanks for all your videos both your and Ezra are good teachers I really hope he’s doing better... I have a request do you like photo manipulation? If so could you put out some tutorials?
Good news! We're releasing a photo manipulation video out next Tuesday. :)
Thanks for this video.
You're welcome! Glad you liked it. 😊
Excellent, thank you Ally
Thank you Greg! 😊
Nice! I'm loving Affinity Photo now!
Me too! haha 😊
Brillant, thank you
Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊
thank you for the awesome tutorial again like always! I edit with my ipad pro so if you could make more ipad pro tutorials or at least let us know in these videos the way to do it on our ipad pros would be so much better for me at least! Lol. Hope ezra is getting better and keep rocking on guys. Thx!
Thank you! 😊
Where is the Channels panel ? I would like to try this but cant find it. Any help would be appreciated :)
If you can't see the panel, follow the directions shown in this video at 2:15. 😊
ruclips.net/video/Yn8kwOQhMJA/видео.html
Are the comands only available using keyboard shortcuts?
No, they are available in the menus at the top as well. I use the keyboard shortcuts though, because finding the commands up in the menus can be tricky.
Very helpful, thank you!
Thanks for watching! 😊
really useful - thank you!
Thank you! 😊
Hi I'm not sure to understand why "composite red" will select the brightest parts of the photo. It won't work for all kind of photos will it? apart that point very clear tuto!
Selecting the Red channel selects all of the colors in the photo that have a lot of red in them. White/bright areas have a lot of red in them (as well as a lot of blue and green).
The nice thing about selecting the red channel though (as opposed to the other color channels) is that skin tones tend to be mostly red, so selecting the red channel will keep your skin tones safe. Otherwise, you could probably select either of the other color channels and still get a great result.
I hope that helps! 😊
@@AffinityRevolution Crystal clear thank you for the quick answer !
Really great work. I love your videos 👍. I have a question. That's really nice can I do that with affinity on the iPad pro.
Yes you can! The technique is exactly the same on the iPad version. 😊
Affinity Revolution thnx I'm gonna try it. Great job. 👍📸
Thanks. Can I just ask after you’ve finished your image can you merge the layers in to one? Or not?
After you're done you can merge your layers, since you don't need to make any further changes. 😊
I am trying to follow along here, but the "cmd+J" option is not available after I hit "cmd+shift+I". It beeps at me when I try that, and when I look in the Layer menu the "Duplicate Selection" option (cmd+J) is greyed out and not selectable. Am I doing something wrong?
Hmm... My guess is that you clicked off the layer at some point, so you didn't have a layer selected in the Layers Panel.
I like Ally! She is great to teach.
Thank you! 😊
Outstanding! Thank you.
Thank you! 😊
I have a question: you picked the red channel to select the brightest then inverted it to get the darkest areas. However this does not always work. What I do is I put an average blur on the picture to determine the average color. In your picture the average color is blue green. So when I select the green channel instead of the red channel and continue with the inverse of the green channel, and continue your process the effect is more pronounced. Red in your picture in my opinion does not give you the brightest colors, it accentuates the skin tones. When I tried this with a picture that was blue green only the process picking the red channel does not work at all. IT does if you pick the green or blue channel... When I used a color test strip it also did not work when picking the red channel and inverting it because it also selects the brightest greens as dark colors which is wrong. So I believe you have to average blur first, find what the strongest color that is and the best would be to select that color and use it and follow your process using whatever color (red, blue or green) the average blur color came up with That works .
You can also pick the shadow tonal range and use blend ranges to select only the darkest shadows ( or any part of the shadows you want to lighten) and then follow your process. That works just as well
let me know what you think
That sounds like a good technique to me! 😊 I was trying to keep this video simple, but if you're willing to invest a little more time, I think your method is great.
Can't find 'channels' tab. What persona should I be in?
It's in the Photo Persona. If you don't see it, go to the View Menu at the top, then down to Studio, then over to Channels.
Hi is it possible to do this on iPad Pro versione of AF?
Yes you can. The technique works exactly the same. :)
Thanks Ally!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. 😊
where can i locate the channels panel ?
It's normally one of the panels at the bottom right. If it's not there for you, got to the top menu of Affinity to "View", then down to "Studio", then press of "Channels" or "Reset Studio". 😊
added to the "see later on you tube for repeating",hehe..great tips:) thanks!
Haha thank you! 😊
When I click the blend options gear nothing happens...any suggestions?
Hmm... Try opening a new photo, and see if blend ranges are working. Maybe some sort of bug happened in the document you were working on.
Beautiful ..
Thank you Patrick! 😊
When I go to channels and then composite red my photo changes to black and white. Also I do not get the options to load to pixel selection. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
I just made a short video for you, highlighting what you experienced.
ruclips.net/video/_G2KRgSSK6s/видео.html
You can right click on a channel, and load it as a pixel selection, or if you do a regular left click on a channel, you will load it as a greyscale layer. You can press on the reset arrow to turn all the channels back on, thus turning your photo back into color.
I hope that helps! 😊
Thanks! I found I have to hold down on the composite red to allow the options to open and then to reset the color. Greyscale occurs whether left or right. But figured out with your help!
What video editor do you use in Editing your Videos?
Final Cut Pro. 😊
Brilliant!
Thank you! 😊
Great! Thanks for this tutorial
PS just out of curiosity due accent, are you from
UK?
I am from California. 😊
Amazing
Thank you! 😊
@@AffinityRevolution Hey, can you please make a video on how to paint realistic highlights and shadows on to the subject and also a video on how to use the pen tool
Thanks a lot
You're welcome! 😊
Parabéns pelo vídeo
Obrigado! 😊
Thank you❤️
You're welcome! 😊
Note: you have to export image as png to keep that opacity that we lowered.
You only need to use PNG if you have a transparent background. You can lower the opacity of the layer we made in this tutorial, and then export your work into any format (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.) 😊
Brilliant
Thank you Greg! 😊