Affinity Photo Videos

Affinity Photo videos

A comment left on my Triptych video asked… “I would like to how i can change the picture, like a smart object from photoshop. i dont want to make the same file, when i want just to change the picture. Thanks”. We may not have smart objects in Affinity Photo, however, we can still easily replace the image with a lot of flexibility. We can easily adjust both the image size and position, as well as the size of the Triptych frames.

00:40 – Selecting the replacement image
01:33 – Pasting the image into the Frames
02:36 – Adjusting the image position
03:50 – Adjusting single image layers
04:41 – Adjusting size position frames
05:22 – Changing Layer Effects FX
06:41 – Moving the Frames position

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Hello and welcome to another video where this time we are going to create a moody black and white portrait. The effect uses a Black and White preset which will give us a much better start position than Affinity’s. We also create a vignette which we can use to add lighting to the image. This method uses Adjustments and Live Filters so it will be fully adjustable when saved in layers as a .afphoto.

00:17 – Using the Stock tab
01:21 – B/W settings
02:28 – Adding a Vignette
04:17 – Increasing G/Blur Vignette
05:24 – Vignette/Lighting
06:32 – Adding Curves
07:16 – Adjusting the vignette
07:34 – Adjusting B/W

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Watercolour effect

Welcome to another video where this time we are going to create a realistic watercolour painterly effect. The effect uses Adjustment layers and Live Filters so it’s going to be fully adjustable when saved in layers as an .afphoto. Using this technique you have the choice of either producing a straightforward watercolour or you could try producing a surreal watercolour effect.

00:20 – Using the Stock panel
00:52 – Resizing the image
02:50 – Invert and G/Blur
03:46 – Adding Median Blur
04:37 – Sketch effect
05:57 – Liquify Fx layer
08:22 – Liquify Sketch
10:00 – Adding colour via Blend Mode
11:07 – Texture using Place
12:25 – Adding Border/Frame

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

After discovering a lot of spots in the sky of an image I was going to apply an effect too. I used a technique that made finding hidden spots easier and quicker to remove them.

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Painting from memory

It’s time for a bit of fun and in this video, we are going to use a slightly different way to present our images. We will be using a very different brush tool this time and by changing brushes, we can create a gritty style or a more painterly effect.

00:37 – Snapshots
01:34 – Fill with Primary Colour
01:56 – Undo Brush Tool
02:42 – Brushes
05:31 – More – Brush Selection
06:55 – Layer Effects 3D
07:21 – Live Filter – Noise
09:27 – Place texture
11:11 – Painterly Effect

Gloucester Docks Sharpened

In this Affinity Photo video, I will show you the workflow I use to make my images look sharper/crisper and how we can add texture through clarity.

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Snapshots 1
02:41 – USM
05:01 – USM Masking
07:27 – Clarity
08:59 – Hide All Mask
09:47 – Working live on the mask
11:32 – Snapshots 2

Before and After
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This will be a Start to Finish video in the Develop Persona of Affinity Photo. When I originally took this photo the leaf was backlit with lovely colours and tones in the distance. However, when I downloaded the actual mage it lacked lighting and did not do justice to the wonderful colours and tones in the background.

00:00 – First Marker
00:39 – White Balance
01:55 – Overlay Gradient Tool
04:23 – Detail Refinement
05:36 – Clarity
06:17 – Darkening the branch
07:34 – Overlay Erase tool
08:00 – Crop tool
09:09 – Add Brush Overlay
09:45 – Adding to the lighting
10:30 – Adjusting Overlays
11:43 – Output Raw Layer

In this video, we are going to create Gold text in Affinity Photo. The text can be used for any special occasion such as Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas, Holidays, New Year etc. The text can be added to your own photographs, stock images or you can create your own background.

The video has chapters making it easier to find the part you need.

00:27 – New Document
01:04 – Colour Background
01:38 – Adding Text
02:15 – Editing Text
04:08 – Layer Effects
06:56 – Adding a Drop Shadow
09:27 – Outer Glow
10:28 – Adding Stars

Adding a border/frame

In this video, we will look at three different ways in which we can easily and quickly create frames or borders for our images. I will also show you my favourite way to expand the canvas, add text and stroke outline.

00:14 – Resize Document
01:54 – Crop tool to add a border
02:56 – Fill with White
05:42 – 3D frame
06:40 – Adding Text
06:44 – Extending the canvas
08:10 – Edit Text
09:25 – Border with Stroke
09:42 – Creating Stroke line
11:41 – Viewing the 3 borders

In this start-to-finish video, I will show you the workflow I use to improve a portrait, aiming to keep it sympathetic to the person. We are going to remove/reduce lines and dark rings from around the eyes. We will also remove/reduce lines and redness from the face. A flash can sometimes create a harsh glare on the skin giving it a shiny appearance, so we look at how we can also improve this.

00:05 – Intro
00:32 – Frequency Separation
02:07 – Removing Lines
04:09 – Removing dark circles
05:27 – Patch Tool
08:08 – Grouping Layers
09:16 – Skin Texture on top of eye
10:45 – Reducing Redness (Colour)
12:12 – Dealing with the Flash
13:57 – Skin Blemishes/spots
15:17 – Soften Skin

The Mourne Mountains – Click to view

In this start-to-finish video, I will show you the workflow that I used on the image using version 2 of Affinity Photo. We are going to start in the Develop Persona making some basic adjustments before entering the Photo Persona. Here we use the clone brush tool to remove some distracting cars and then add an Adjustment layer. Next, we head back to the Develop Persona to make the mountains stand out even more. It is easy to make adjustments both in the Photo Persona and to be able to re-enter the Develop Persona and everything is non-destructive.

01:04 White Balance
02:07 Cropping
03:55 Overlays Gradient
04:58 Raw Layer Embedded
05:40 Raw Layer Linked
06:40 Photo Persona
07:02 Clone brush tool
09:32 Adjustment Levels
10:44 Develop Persona mountains 1
3:11 Live filter Clarity Clouds
14:59 Develop darken Cyan sky

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In this video we are going to start by creating a painted effect of our lion. We are then going to enhance his eyes and add a speckled tip to his nose before adding texture which will also add to the colours and tones in the image. Finally we are going to see how to add an oil painted effect to the whole image.

00:13 – Selecting the image Pixabay
01:17 – Selecting the Brush
01:43 – Lions Mane
03:47 – Painting the Lions Face
07:23 – Enhancing the eyes
09:09 – Tip of the Nose
10:24 – Selecting the paper texture
12:02 – High Pass Filter Brush strokes
12:57 – Oil paint effect

In this video we are going to have a bit of fun cutting an image to create a Pattern Picture. It can be kept as a Pattern Picture or it can be a great starting point for a composite image. It’s a great way to create a title image for slide shows etc., and you often see this sort of effect used in TV series or film titles.

– Using the Grid 00.21

– Marque tool 01:58

– Move tool 02:40

– Black & White Adjustment 03:58

– Levels Adjustment 04:53

In this video we are going to have a bit of fun putting an image inside text. This is a great way to create an image for Title images, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas or for any other special occasions.

– Artistic Text Tool 00.20

– Changing the Font 00:52

– Resizing Move Tool 01:47

– Creating the Shadow 02:24

– Live Filter Gaussian Blur 04:06

– Layer Effects 3D 04:59

– Using Move Tool, adjustments 05:26

In this video we are going to using my favourite tool to remove objects in an image, the Patch tool. We’re also going to look at how we can duplicate an object also using the patch tool. Finally we are going to take the image a stage further creating a reflection.

– Making a Selection 00.52

– Using the Patch tool 02:00

– Clone Brush tool 03:24

– Duplicating an item 07:24

– Change the colour 09:48

– Creating a reflection 11:07

In this video we are going to stitch together images creating a Panorama in Affinity Photo, it’s so easy! We’re also going to look at some of the problems that can occur with both horizons and transparent edges and how we can correct them.

– Selecting images 00.23

– Correcting Misaligned Horizon 02:27

– Correcting sloping Horizon 03:50

– Alpha Range Transparent 04:47

– Inpaint 05:08

– Snapshot 05:52

In this video we are going to create an Out of the Frame stye image in Affinity Photo. This can be a great way to present a picture!

– Selection 00.31

– Refine 01:34

– Creating a Shadow 03:06

– Live Filter

– Grid and Axis manager 04:14

– Freehand Selection Tool 04:54

– Adjustments Recolour 08:46

In this video we are going to take a look at a filter that can produces a surprising result in that creates a great painterly, textured effect!

Using the various settings we can change this effect and create a different result every time you use it!

– Live Filter – Lighting Filter

– Lighting Type Point 00:54

– Lighting Type Directional 02:52

– Adjusting the Texture 03:52

– Setting the Lighting Colour 04:39

In this video we are going to see how we can change the background of an image to something more appropriate, as well as keeping the model’s hair in place.

Some of the topics covered include:-

00.37 – Adjustment Layers Levels

01:10 – Freehand Selection

02:28 – Refine

07:28 – Masks

09:37 – Selection

10:21 – Stock

10:40 – Place

10:59 – Move Tool

A while ago I produced a Photoshop video where we created a watercolour effect. in a recent comment I was asked if we could achieve this effect using Affinity Photo?” This is the technique I came up with producing an image which looks very much like a watercolour or pastel effect.

Some of the topics covered include:-

– Applying a Macro

– Tone Map Persona

– Live Filters

– Place Image

– Blend Modes

– Masks

– Brushes

– Creating a Border

Customize the workspace in Affinity

In this video we take a look at some of the options we have to customize the workspace in Affinity Photo.

Some of the topics covered include:-

– Studio

– Removing Tabs

– Tool box

– Adding colours to the tool box, like Photoshop

– Adding Keyboard shortcuts

– Setting Preferences

– Resetting Studio

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In this tutorial we are going to create a Watermark or Signature Image Brush. Once created and exported it can be imported into Affinity Photo as an Image Brush which has some surprising advantages, as well as being quick and easy to apply to any image.

Some of the topics covered include:-

– New Document

– Layers

– Text Tool

– Fonts