Robin you are so good at this you should probably do it for A living there’s not many people on TH-cam who can explain something so clearly and so easy to follow I truly appreciate your time as I am a bit of a numpty when it come to tech thank you very much
Thanks Andy. To clear up one point though, this is what I do for a living so I'm pleased you think it's what I should be doing. I make my money through my photography, and the books and courses that I sell.
Thank you. At the risk of sounding a little pushy, you might want to take a look at my Affinity Photo books. I think they will help you. I noticed you commented on a couple of selection based videos so if you have a specific interest in that my latest book is How To Select It lenscraft.co.uk/project/how-to-select-it-book/
@@RobinWhalley Thanks. I do a *lot* of cutouts of figures from their background, and in later versions of Photoshop “Select subject” was a very useful tool to speed up starting the jobs, but of course Affinity doesn’t have that, so I’m having to remind myself of what I used to do!
Far & away the best discussion I've EVER come across, in relation to ANY software program, for dealing with "problem skies", Robin. Thanks a million. It might amuse you to know that I got talked into trialling literally dozens of different programs, a while back. So when I "dis" other software programs like that, I'm not just talking about PhotoShop!
There are so many different videos on this, but mad respect to you for making this with so many details - it really sets a different standard for editing quality
I have been using Affinity Photo for a couple of years now and I had yet to discover many of the unique steps your videos cover. Thank you for helping me make my photos what I always hoped they would be.
Jesus, I've been looking how to do this F.O.R.E.V.E.R. and no one mentioned the need to combine different tools to achieve this effect!!!!! This is probably how people felt when the telegraph was introduced as a faster way to communicate with people. So grateful you made this video!
@@RobinWhalley I've used Affinity and all it's fiddly buttons for about 5 years, and have watched nearly all of the serif tutorials. Despite this history, your video illuminated features I did not know about and helped me with a difficult selection. I'm about to watch more of your videos! Richard Blada
Robin, the continuous tick option is a game changer for me. Thank you so much for another great video and have a very Merry Christmas. Best wishes. Paul
That's great to hear. It's suprising how easy it is to overlook something so simple but which can change everything. I wish you a Merry Christmas also.
Thankyou this is incredibly useful info, I was getting frustrated and thinking I was at fault when trying to make the selection using one tool. Now I know it's not that straight forward and other options help finish the job. Cheers Robin, most helpful.
Very helpful hints and easily followed. You have improved your presentation over the years and are now at the top of your game, in my opinion, and I watch a LOT of videos. Thanks again for allowing free access to some of your teachings.
Thank you. I'm glad you like the video but I wouldn't say that I'm at the top of my game. I have so many ideas that I want to try to improve the videos. It is reassuring to know that you think I've improved though.
@@RobinWhalley very welcome. Thank you for the content. I've been using Affinity for 4 years, but nevertheless always learn something from your videos.
Thank you. Yes you can seelct based on colour but not using this tool. It's better to use the new Hue Range selection layer in Affinity Photo 2. I mention it in this video: th-cam.com/video/0lZij7fA_2s/w-d-xo.html
I do, thank you very much. & it's great that you use both Affinity & DxO, as I recently switched over from Lightroom, Photoshop & Illustrator @@RobinWhalley
Hi there and thank you for the useful tutorial combining several tools to make/subtract your selection. I think the reason your example works so perfectly is because the sky is a smooth grey/blue color with no texture. I have been using your example to attempt a sky replacement in a much more complicated exterior house photo where the sky contains blotchy grey textures mixed with the many fine branches of trees in the foreground and try as I may, I cannot create a perfect matte of the sky without excluding the cloud textures or leaves in the trees. My best attempt left the outline of the tree branches looking very artificial and un natural and feathering will not fix it- only makes it worse. I conclude that certain complicated tree lines mixed with blotchy sky textures may be simply impossible to effectively remove, leaving tree branches and leaves intact. I know it can be done. Just can't get it right.
My example does work because of certain features in the image, but not in the way you are thinking. Creating a sucesful cut out or selection begins with understanding the photo and the charactoristics. You then need to select the best tool or combination of tools to use. The point of this video was to show that a single tool won't make the selection and they need to be combined. Which tools I chose to use were determined by the image. Had I used a different photo I may have used a different combination of tools. It's difficult for me to understand your example without seeing it but somethign like combining a mask from one fo the colour channels (RGB or CMYK) with the brush tool and Refine Selection dialog may be the way to go. Have you seen my book "How To Select It"? It describes this in detail and includes a range of examples using different selection techniques and tool combinations.
@RobinWhalley thank you for the reply and understand the fault is mine and certainly not your examples. I have not seen your book but will check it out. Thank you again for the excellent tutorial and keep up the good work. Complex branches with leaves and a textured sky is a challenge that I certainly need to overcome. I will keep studying!
@@philtuttle7415 Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying you are at fault. It's just that it's easy to overlook the fact that I chose the tools to demonstrate the technique rather than (what a lot of people do) choosing the photo to demonstrate the tools. If you haven't already seen it, this video might be interesting for you th-cam.com/video/8qnxSityDyw/w-d-xo.html
great reminders I should re-explore that you have explained very well . More like the "old way" and often far better than using the "refine" tool IMO -- it's good but most companies make their "tools" look far then they really are . In fact the refine tool can be frustratingly poor at times . Saving selections: a keyboard shortcut makes that so easy; something I use for most selections and even part selections as work progresses . Tip for the less experience if I may : the most important tool is often your patience and it's never as easy as many show it be .
Thanks. The simplest solution is often the best. It just needs a little bit of planning and as you say, patience. The key is knowing the strengths and weaknesses of each tool.
Excellent video for Affinity Photo and a classic "job" for pixel editors. Might be interesting to use the same image in Capture One with the Magic Brush. My guess is it will be at leats as easy to select the Sky etc while remaining in raw. Would also illustrate why most people have moved from Photoshop to LR for the bulk of their raw photo processing.
Personally, I haven't found the Magic Brush as accurate or controlable as the tools in Affinity. I wasn't able to create the same selection as well as the calculation taking a log time to complete. As for remaining in RAW, it would depend on what you intend to do with the selection but I understand where you're coming from with the suggestion. I think most of the RAW processors need to evolve further before they can really challenge the likes of Affinity and Photoshop selection tools.
@@RobinWhalley Interesting, I have found the Magic Brush to be very good in the type of image you used in your example. You can vary the sensitivity of the colour/luma selection for each brush stroke if necessary and then you have the normal C1 feather and refine sliders to fine tune the mask. Instead of deselecting areas that have been selected you just use the erase brush. You can even apply a luma selection to the final mask if needed. C1 also gives you the ability to reuse the mask and even invert it. So although C1 isn't as powerful as a pixel editor it now goes a long way for me in limiting the need for a round trip.
@@ianyorke2617 Yes, I tested it with different sensitivities but I still couldn't create as good a selection. It also took a long time to calculate which makes me wonder if it was hitting a problem.
@@RobinWhalley Possibly could have been a problem it's fast on my Windows desktop. The first time you use the Magic Brush on an image it creates a bitmap reference image which can take a moment or two, so that future brush strokes are fast. I see the Magic Brush as something like NIK U-Point. The pixels you include under the brush stroke determining the colour/luma range of the selected pixels but additive to the selection each time you add a brush stroke. Unlike the selection tool in Affinity the Magic Brush does give you control over the range of colour/luma selected so that is an advantage? You can click on some fall leaves and maybe most are selected, click on the ones that aren't and only the ones that match the clicked area are added to your selection. Want to include the sky as well click on the blue sky and you get the blue sky selected without the white clouds. So leaves and sky in one selection in a few clicks. Feather and refine selection to taste. Personally I find the Magic Brush very good on C1 22. Might be worth a second look?
At about 0:40 where the "Masked area" is indicated by the ruby overlay - can one Inverse the mask area and selection area? Many times it is simpler (for me anyway) to view the "selected area" indicated by a red (or any color I choose) overlay as opposed the other way round. A feature that I rely heavily on when working in PS. I have never been a big fan of the Magic Wand Tool in PS and rarely use it. It's too unreliable. Although by early standards in the photo/graphics industry the red (or rubylith area) always denoted a "Mask", I prefer to think of the red overlay as the "Selection" area. (Can the mask/selection overlay be changed to any color of ones choice? (E.g. When making a selection of a red car. Can One change the color of the overlay to green?) Great tutorials, BTW. You are obviously very knowledgeable of the subject and quite thorough in your explanations.
I'm sorry I don't know of a way to invert the mask overlay like you can with Photoshop. That's not to say that it isn't possible it's just that I don't know how. It's probably a good question to ask on the Affinity forum (forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/50-affinity-support-questions/). The team at Affinity spend time answering users questions so if anyone will know they will.
@@RobinWhalley Thank you. I will not trouble you anymore. I understand that your fine tutorial videos are intended for "everyone" - not just me. As suggested, I will attempt to get my question(s) answered through Affinity Support. You videos are excellent, especially being that you have good knowledge of both, Adobe Photoshop and Affinity Photo. Cheers
Thank you. I’m always happy to answer questions but when I don’t know something I say. If I can make suggestions of where to find an answer I will do that too.
Thanks for the tutorial. I used to have a standalone program called Vertus for selections.. it was okay at the time but now Affinity is much more sophisticated and never use Vertus anymore
Split toning is a traditional dark room technique using different colours for the highlights and shadows. It’s always been implemented like that until recently when colour grading caught on and tools began being adapted for that purpose. The result seems to be some companies changed split toning tools to include midtones.
i'v been sitting here for hours trying to find back to a video i watched a year ago on how to blur the background image without the halo, and i remember u had to press the inpaint button in the edit menu after you used the brush tool but i don't remember the rest, it was really easy aswell, anyone know what im talking about ? Other videos i've found just seem to make it very complicated
You may be looking for the wrong thing. I used the technique you mention in this video for Photoshop (th-cam.com/video/dmHhpB0VZ08/w-d-xo.html). Just use the inpainting command or Brush on the background copy to remove the subject. You can then blur the background layer without causing a halo. I'll add it to my list of videos to do one for blurring a background in Affinity Photo.
@@RobinWhalley thank you so much!! I edit allot of my screenshots and it have become a fun hobby of mine, you helped me out allot. Very kind of you to respond to my comment.
@@RobinWhalley sir please bring videos about Pen tool in affinity and selections via it like in Photoshop, thumbnails for youtube and typography videos in affinity There are very few good vids on utube Thanks
Typography is not really my thing. When I’ve done that type of video in the past it’s not done well as my usual viewers aren’t that interested. As for the Pen Tool, it’s in the pipeline.
All of your videos are great thanks for taking the time to educate us dinosaurs 😂 Do you have a video on how to cut out an hairy spider and change the background please 👍
Thanks. To answer your question, this may not be a hairy spider but if you use your imagination you should be able to use it th-cam.com/video/QJHsOsFn5-k/w-d-xo.html
Just can't get the flood selection tool to single click and define the sky. It either takes just part of the sky or extends into the foreground. And then if I switch to the selection brush tool and try to correct, it just messes things up even worse. Haven't changed the defaults: Mode: New; Source: Current Layer; Tolerance 20%; Contiguous is checked. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
The Flood Select tool is a bit of a blunt instrument. It works great when there is say a clearly defined blue sky set against a hard horizon. Most of the time creating good selections is about know which tool to use and how to start. I would suggest if you are going to use the Selection Brush, start with that. Then make sure you set the controls correctly for the brush. You need to resize the brush and also change the magnification as you work. This video may help th-cam.com/video/lgP1HP5fLkc/w-d-xo.html
@@RobinWhalley Thanks Robin, I'll follow your suggestions and keep practicing. Will watch your other videos as well. Keep up the great work, much appreciated!
Affinity Photo is very different from Lightroom. It's much more like Photoshop, so you need to work with it like that. For example, after creating a selection, you convert it to a mask attached to an Adjustment Layer. The mask then controls where the adjustment layer affects the image. This video might help you th-cam.com/video/oll8VjWDPh8/w-d-xo.html
SOLUTION IF NO COPY AND PASTE POSSIBLE: I almost got crazy, as nothing worked. Finally I found the solution: in the layers overview there is a small icon, can be "A" for text, pixels, and an icon of picture. If you have the picture icon, you CAN NOT copy paste. First you have to make a pixel graphics out of it. Suddenly it works. Now the Affinity works very well!
I know it's a subjective preference, but it's driving me bananas that I cannot (as far as I can tell) invert the display of the quick mask so that it shows selected areas like you can in Photoshop. I also cannot change the color or opacity of the quick mask. If you're masking off a red object it becomes difficult to tell what you're doing. When I look at this example in my mind the trees are what's selected with the transparent red color, not the sky.
As far as I know, only thing you can change with the mask colour is making it Black, White or Transparent. That's in the dropdown to the immediate right of the Quick Mask icon in the toolbar. Using Black may make it more obvious but it makes it more difficult to edit at times.
To show how precise the selection was - you should have used it to replace the sky - with a demonstration of the refinement tools available to make the small branches merge seamlessly into a new background color.
Affinity need to get this to a 1 click ai solution. Even in your examples there are still endless amounts of horizon, fog and hills still selected and it's too time consuming comp6to other products. I love affinity to bits and swapped to them over a year ago but this is one area where they are way behind in a simple solution
Having used many AI "1 click" solutions of competing products, they produce no where near the quality of results you can achieve with a little care in Affinity Photo. To be fare, you can also achieve the same quality in Photoshop using these "old school" techniques. If you want fast OK results that fool 50% of people then AI is great but if you want to produce exceptional quality you need to learn how to use the tools and see what they can do.
You can do a lot with the Affinity Tools and they are very good. What I've found is that the people who criticise them compared to Photoshop are looking for features that automate the selection. Affinity can't yet compete with Adobe in that space although I hope that they do develop something.
Thanks for the tip. It was done with this video to remove the echo. I was having to record in an empty office for quite a few months and trying to remove the echo was a nightmare. It's been gradually improving new furnishings arrived.
Robin Whalley is the best affinity photo tutor on TH-cam. ❤❤❤
We love you Robin!
Thank you. That's much appreciated.
*I agree totally*
Robin you are so good at this you should probably do it for A living there’s not many people on TH-cam who can explain something so clearly and so easy to follow I truly appreciate your time as I am a bit of a numpty when it come to tech thank you very much
Thanks Andy. To clear up one point though, this is what I do for a living so I'm pleased you think it's what I should be doing. I make my money through my photography, and the books and courses that I sell.
I've just switched from Adobe to Affinity products after more than 30 years, so your tutorials are a godsend!
Great. I'm about to do the same but am not yet entirely decided.I just downloaded the trial version and check.
Thank you. At the risk of sounding a little pushy, you might want to take a look at my Affinity Photo books. I think they will help you. I noticed you commented on a couple of selection based videos so if you have a specific interest in that my latest book is How To Select It lenscraft.co.uk/project/how-to-select-it-book/
@@RobinWhalley Thanks. I do a *lot* of cutouts of figures from their background, and in later versions of Photoshop “Select subject” was a very useful tool to speed up starting the jobs, but of course Affinity doesn’t have that, so I’m having to remind myself of what I used to do!
@@RobinWhalley I just bought and downloaded the Kindle version. Looks good 👍
Less that 5 minutes and you've elegantly solved the most vexing problem in all photo editing. A zillion thanks!!
Glad it helped! Thank you.
Can't believe that you only have 25k subscribers. Most of yours videos are top notch.
Glad you like them and thanks for the compliment.
Far & away the best discussion I've EVER come across, in relation to ANY software program, for dealing with "problem skies", Robin. Thanks a million. It might amuse you to know that I got talked into trialling literally dozens of different programs, a while back. So when I "dis" other software programs like that, I'm not just talking about PhotoShop!
Thank you. It's good to know that my efforts are appreciated.
This man has the uncanny ability to make me believe in myself after watching one of his videos. Robin, thank you for existing.
Thank you so much. If I can help people achieve more with their software, I've met my goal.
Best tutorial about selection! I moved from Gimp to Affinity Photo 2.
Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful.
Robin too many videos show how to select a simple object against a simple background. This video is such a help. THANK YOU!
I'm glad that it's helped you. Thank you
Your excellent at explaining and demonstrating this. Thank you. I have subscribed.
Thank you. I'm pleased to hear you like my videos.
There are so many different videos on this, but mad respect to you for making this with so many details - it really sets a different standard for editing quality
Thank you. Much appreciated.
I have been using Affinity Photo for a couple of years now and I had yet to discover many of the unique steps your videos cover. Thank you for helping me make my photos what I always hoped they would be.
You are very welcome. Thank you.
Great and simple technique. This is what I have been looking for so long. Thanks. 👍👍👍. I appreciate all the selfless tutors like you.
Glad it was helpful and you're very welcome. It's nice to know you appreciate the effort.
@@RobinWhalley My pleasure.
Robin, I'm a new Affinity Photo user, and have just found your channel - pure gold! Subscribed instantly. Thanks a million!
Thank you. I'm glad that you found me and like my videos.
Jesus, I've been looking how to do this F.O.R.E.V.E.R. and no one mentioned the need to combine different tools to achieve this effect!!!!!
This is probably how people felt when the telegraph was introduced as a faster way to communicate with people.
So grateful you made this video!
Great to know the video helped you. Thank you.
Splendid, succinct and incredibly useful. You are so good at synthesising everything into a concise nugget of excellence.
Glad you think so! Thank you. Now I just need to work out how to let everyone know 😀
Thanks Robin, some really useful insight into improving selection using tools in ways that I was not aware of
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
This took my knowledge of selection tools to the next level. Extremely valuable!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
@@RobinWhalley I've used Affinity and all it's fiddly buttons for about 5 years, and have watched nearly all of the serif tutorials. Despite this history, your video illuminated features I did not know about and helped me with a difficult selection. I'm about to watch more of your videos!
Richard Blada
Thank you. I hope that they help.
youve made wonderful videos, they've inspired me to pick up skills in photo editing that ive been sitting on for years,
Thank you. That's wonderful to hear. I hope you're enjoying your editing.
Robin, the continuous tick option is a game changer for me.
Thank you so much for another great video and have a very Merry Christmas.
Best wishes.
Paul
That's great to hear. It's suprising how easy it is to overlook something so simple but which can change everything. I wish you a Merry Christmas also.
Excellent!! Clear, concise and very useful - many thanks.
Thank you. It's always good to know that I'm helping.
Thankyou this is incredibly useful info, I was getting frustrated and thinking I was at fault when trying to make the selection using one tool. Now I know it's not that straight forward and other options help finish the job. Cheers Robin, most helpful.
I'm so glad to hear that it helped you. Thank you.
Superb tutorial. Thank you for your time in making this and other software so easy to understand.
You're very welcome! Thank you.
Very helpful hints and easily followed. You have improved your presentation over the years and are now at the top of your game, in my opinion, and I watch a LOT of videos. Thanks again for allowing free access to some of your teachings.
Thank you. I'm glad you like the video but I wouldn't say that I'm at the top of my game. I have so many ideas that I want to try to improve the videos. It is reassuring to know that you think I've improved though.
There is always something I didn't know or have forgotten --- thanks again.
You're welcome. Thank you.
Good work mate! keep it up this helps me a lot, I'm still learning as I transition from CS5.
Thanks. There are a lot of Affinity Photo videos on my channel. I hope you find some of the others useful as well.
Great work. Top notch explanations. Thanks.👍
Thanks. It's great to hear you liked it.
Absolutely excellent! Really appreciate this video. Just when I thought it couldn't do something PS does, I discover it probably does it better.
Thanks. There's a lot that Affinity Photo can do that's often hidden away.
Brilliant!! Cleared up a lot of questions for me. Thank You!
Glad it was helpful. Thank you.
Great tips, and very clearly presented!!!
Thank you. That’s great feedback.
@@RobinWhalley every bit as valuable and well presented at James Ritson, maybe better
wow, thank you
@@RobinWhalley very welcome. Thank you for the content. I've been using Affinity for 4 years, but nevertheless always learn something from your videos.
Thank you 😊
Great Video Robin, lots of great ideas, thanks for sharing.
You are welcome and I'm glad you liked it! Thank you.
Very well explained
Thanks. I’m pleased you liked it.
Excellent! would love to learn how to replace the sky using this method .. thank you
Thanks. I'll add it to my list of possible future videos.
Perfect overview of the selection tools. Is it possible to make a selection based on pre-selected color?
Thank you. Yes you can seelct based on colour but not using this tool. It's better to use the new Hue Range selection layer in Affinity Photo 2. I mention it in this video: th-cam.com/video/0lZij7fA_2s/w-d-xo.html
Great video - nice approach and very helpful
Many thanks.
Excellent tutorial. You have just saved me so much time when making selections. Thank you.
That's great to hear. Thank you.
A very good clearly described tutorial, it has show me how to improve my selections, thank you
You are welcome. I’m pleased it’s helped.
Great demonstration , thanks Robin
Thank you. I'm pleased you liked it.
Great tutorial as always Robin. Thanks
My pleasure! Thank you.
Wow, Robin, how long did it take you to fathom all that out??? I would never have managed it so thank you SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge!
About 25 years 😂.
Glad you liked it.
What a fantastic tutorial!
Glad you think so. Thank you.
You have just solved one of major problems thank you
You are very welcome. I’m pleased to have helped.
You are so good!! Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
Easy to follow, subscribed!
That's great to hear and I'm glad you found the video easy to follow. I hope you like some of my others as well.
I do, thank you very much. & it's great that you use both Affinity & DxO, as I recently switched over from Lightroom, Photoshop & Illustrator @@RobinWhalley
Great informative video, thank you for sharing. Looks like the trees in the scene have had a hard life in the wind!
Thank you. Yes, I wouldn’t want to be a tree up there.
Hi there and thank you for the useful tutorial combining several tools to make/subtract your selection. I think the reason your example works so perfectly is because the sky is a smooth grey/blue color with no texture. I have been using your example to attempt a sky replacement in a much more complicated exterior house photo where the sky contains blotchy grey textures mixed with the many fine branches of trees in the foreground and try as I may, I cannot create a perfect matte of the sky without excluding the cloud textures or leaves in the trees. My best attempt left the outline of the tree branches looking very artificial and un natural and feathering will not fix it- only makes it worse. I conclude that certain complicated tree lines mixed with blotchy sky textures may be simply impossible to effectively remove, leaving tree branches and leaves intact. I know it can be done. Just can't get it right.
My example does work because of certain features in the image, but not in the way you are thinking.
Creating a sucesful cut out or selection begins with understanding the photo and the charactoristics. You then need to select the best tool or combination of tools to use. The point of this video was to show that a single tool won't make the selection and they need to be combined. Which tools I chose to use were determined by the image. Had I used a different photo I may have used a different combination of tools.
It's difficult for me to understand your example without seeing it but somethign like combining a mask from one fo the colour channels (RGB or CMYK) with the brush tool and Refine Selection dialog may be the way to go.
Have you seen my book "How To Select It"? It describes this in detail and includes a range of examples using different selection techniques and tool combinations.
@RobinWhalley thank you for the reply and understand the fault is mine and certainly not your examples. I have not seen your book but will check it out. Thank you again for the excellent tutorial and keep up the good work. Complex branches with leaves and a textured sky is a challenge that I certainly need to overcome. I will keep studying!
@@philtuttle7415 Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying you are at fault. It's just that it's easy to overlook the fact that I chose the tools to demonstrate the technique rather than (what a lot of people do) choosing the photo to demonstrate the tools. If you haven't already seen it, this video might be interesting for you th-cam.com/video/8qnxSityDyw/w-d-xo.html
Very informative. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you
Amazing lesson. As per your usual quality..
Glad you liked it. Thank you
great reminders I should re-explore that you have explained very well . More like the "old way" and often far better than using the "refine" tool IMO -- it's good but most companies make their "tools" look far then they really are . In fact the refine tool can be frustratingly poor at times .
Saving selections: a keyboard shortcut makes that so easy; something I use for most selections and even part selections as work progresses .
Tip for the less experience if I may : the most important tool is often your patience and it's never as easy as many show it be .
Thanks. The simplest solution is often the best. It just needs a little bit of planning and as you say, patience. The key is knowing the strengths and weaknesses of each tool.
Excellent video for Affinity Photo and a classic "job" for pixel editors. Might be interesting to use the same image in Capture One with the Magic Brush. My guess is it will be at leats as easy to select the Sky etc while remaining in raw. Would also illustrate why most people have moved from Photoshop to LR for the bulk of their raw photo processing.
Personally, I haven't found the Magic Brush as accurate or controlable as the tools in Affinity. I wasn't able to create the same selection as well as the calculation taking a log time to complete. As for remaining in RAW, it would depend on what you intend to do with the selection but I understand where you're coming from with the suggestion. I think most of the RAW processors need to evolve further before they can really challenge the likes of Affinity and Photoshop selection tools.
@@RobinWhalley Interesting, I have found the Magic Brush to be very good in the type of image you used in your example. You can vary the sensitivity of the colour/luma selection for each brush stroke if necessary and then you have the normal C1 feather and refine sliders to fine tune the mask. Instead of deselecting areas that have been selected you just use the erase brush. You can even apply a luma selection to the final mask if needed. C1 also gives you the ability to reuse the mask and even invert it. So although C1 isn't as powerful as a pixel editor it now goes a long way for me in limiting the need for a round trip.
@@ianyorke2617 Yes, I tested it with different sensitivities but I still couldn't create as good a selection. It also took a long time to calculate which makes me wonder if it was hitting a problem.
@@RobinWhalley Possibly could have been a problem it's fast on my Windows desktop. The first time you use the Magic Brush on an image it creates a bitmap reference image which can take a moment or two, so that future brush strokes are fast. I see the Magic Brush as something like NIK U-Point. The pixels you include under the brush stroke determining the colour/luma range of the selected pixels but additive to the selection each time you add a brush stroke. Unlike the selection tool in Affinity the Magic Brush does give you control over the range of colour/luma selected so that is an advantage? You can click on some fall leaves and maybe most are selected, click on the ones that aren't and only the ones that match the clicked area are added to your selection. Want to include the sky as well click on the blue sky and you get the blue sky selected without the white clouds. So leaves and sky in one selection in a few clicks. Feather and refine selection to taste. Personally I find the Magic Brush very good on C1 22. Might be worth a second look?
Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
At about 0:40 where the "Masked area" is indicated by the ruby overlay - can one Inverse the mask area and selection area? Many times it is simpler (for me anyway) to view the "selected area" indicated by a red (or any color I choose) overlay as opposed the other way round. A feature that I rely heavily on when working in PS. I have never been a big fan of the Magic Wand Tool in PS and rarely use it. It's too unreliable. Although by early standards in the photo/graphics industry the red (or rubylith area) always denoted a "Mask", I prefer to think of the red overlay as the "Selection" area. (Can the mask/selection overlay be changed to any color of ones choice? (E.g. When making a selection of a red car. Can One change the color of the overlay to green?) Great tutorials, BTW. You are obviously very knowledgeable of the subject and quite thorough in your explanations.
I'm sorry I don't know of a way to invert the mask overlay like you can with Photoshop. That's not to say that it isn't possible it's just that I don't know how. It's probably a good question to ask on the Affinity forum (forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/50-affinity-support-questions/). The team at Affinity spend time answering users questions so if anyone will know they will.
@@RobinWhalley Thank you. I will not trouble you anymore. I understand that your fine tutorial videos are intended for "everyone" - not just me. As suggested, I will attempt to get my question(s) answered through Affinity Support. You videos are excellent, especially being that you have good knowledge of both, Adobe Photoshop and Affinity Photo. Cheers
Thank you. I’m always happy to answer questions but when I don’t know something I say. If I can make suggestions of where to find an answer I will do that too.
Brilliant. Thanks Robin
You're very welcome.
Learned quite a lot from this....thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
Exactly what I needed.
Thank you
Thanks for the tutorial. I used to have a standalone program called Vertus for selections.. it was okay at the time but now Affinity is much more sophisticated and never use Vertus anymore
The tools in Affinity Photo are extremely effective once you have mastered them.
Thank you so much. Your video just what I needed!
That's great to hear. Thank you.
🤯🤯🤯❤ thank you greatly for this tutorial!!!!!!
You're welcome! Glad it helped.
Amazing video. Thank you, sir!
My pleasure. Thank you
Fantastic tutorial
Glad you think so. Thanks
Hello. Why is there no midtone in split toning in develop persona? Is there a specific reason? Thanks.
Split toning is a traditional dark room technique using different colours for the highlights and shadows. It’s always been implemented like that until recently when colour grading caught on and tools began being adapted for that purpose. The result seems to be some companies changed split toning tools to include midtones.
Excellent, thanks so much!
You're very welcome!
i'v been sitting here for hours trying to find back to a video i watched a year ago on how to blur the background image without the halo, and i remember u had to press the inpaint button in the edit menu after you used the brush tool but i don't remember the rest, it was really easy aswell, anyone know what im talking about ? Other videos i've found just seem to make it very complicated
You may be looking for the wrong thing. I used the technique you mention in this video for Photoshop (th-cam.com/video/dmHhpB0VZ08/w-d-xo.html). Just use the inpainting command or Brush on the background copy to remove the subject. You can then blur the background layer without causing a halo. I'll add it to my list of videos to do one for blurring a background in Affinity Photo.
@@RobinWhalley thank you so much!! I edit allot of my screenshots and it have become a fun hobby of mine, you helped me out allot. Very kind of you to respond to my comment.
Great work, does this work on the ipad version of affinity 🤔
Thanks.
I don't think the iPad version of Affinity has the same selection tools.
amazing!
great tips!
Thanks. Great to hear.
Master at work
Thank you 😊
@@RobinWhalley sir please bring videos about Pen tool in affinity and selections via it like in Photoshop, thumbnails for youtube and typography videos in affinity
There are very few good vids on utube
Thanks
Typography is not really my thing. When I’ve done that type of video in the past it’s not done well as my usual viewers aren’t that interested. As for the Pen Tool, it’s in the pipeline.
Absolutely Amazing... Thank you Robin.. Your friend.... Batman!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
All of your videos are great thanks for taking the time to educate us dinosaurs 😂
Do you have a video on how to cut out an hairy spider and change the background please 👍
Thanks. To answer your question, this may not be a hairy spider but if you use your imagination you should be able to use it th-cam.com/video/QJHsOsFn5-k/w-d-xo.html
brilliant, thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
Just can't get the flood selection tool to single click and define the sky. It either takes just part of the sky or extends into the foreground. And then if I switch to the selection brush tool and try to correct, it just messes things up even worse. Haven't changed the defaults: Mode: New; Source: Current Layer; Tolerance 20%; Contiguous is checked. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
The Flood Select tool is a bit of a blunt instrument. It works great when there is say a clearly defined blue sky set against a hard horizon. Most of the time creating good selections is about know which tool to use and how to start. I would suggest if you are going to use the Selection Brush, start with that. Then make sure you set the controls correctly for the brush. You need to resize the brush and also change the magnification as you work. This video may help th-cam.com/video/lgP1HP5fLkc/w-d-xo.html
@@RobinWhalley Thanks Robin, I'll follow your suggestions and keep practicing. Will watch your other videos as well. Keep up the great work, much appreciated!
@@davidweesner5997 You're welcome. Thank you.
Thanks for this.
My pleasure!
Hi Robin, is there a way to hide the marching ants?
In the View menu you can hide them with the "Show Pixel Selection" option. There is also a shortcut but I can't remember of the top of my head.
@@RobinWhalley Thank you! If I find the short hand I will let you know, In PS it was ctrl+h I believe.
i dont know what to do after finish selection mask... in lightroom after select mask lightroom automatically build new mask to edit....
Affinity Photo is very different from Lightroom. It's much more like Photoshop, so you need to work with it like that. For example, after creating a selection, you convert it to a mask attached to an Adjustment Layer. The mask then controls where the adjustment layer affects the image. This video might help you th-cam.com/video/oll8VjWDPh8/w-d-xo.html
@@RobinWhalley already watch that, yep thats helpfull, Tq sir 😁
may i know which version of affinity photo is this tutorial based upon?
It's the latest version (1.10.1) on the Mac. It should also work with earlier versions as well.
@@RobinWhalley thank you :)
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Merci beaucoup, belle vidéo
Merci. je suis content que ça te plaise.
SOLUTION IF NO COPY AND PASTE POSSIBLE: I almost got crazy, as nothing worked. Finally I found the solution: in the layers overview there is a small icon, can be "A" for text, pixels, and an icon of picture. If you have the picture icon, you CAN NOT copy paste. First you have to make a pixel graphics out of it. Suddenly it works. Now the Affinity works very well!
Tqvm sir ❤️
You're welcome
I know it's a subjective preference, but it's driving me bananas that I cannot (as far as I can tell) invert the display of the quick mask so that it shows selected areas like you can in Photoshop. I also cannot change the color or opacity of the quick mask. If you're masking off a red object it becomes difficult to tell what you're doing. When I look at this example in my mind the trees are what's selected with the transparent red color, not the sky.
As far as I know, only thing you can change with the mask colour is making it Black, White or Transparent. That's in the dropdown to the immediate right of the Quick Mask icon in the toolbar. Using Black may make it more obvious but it makes it more difficult to edit at times.
@@RobinWhalley Mmm, I was afraid of that. If I buy it I will have to suggest that as a feature.
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Thanks
💛👍
Thank you
To show how precise the selection was - you should have used it to replace the sky - with a demonstration of the refinement tools available to make the small branches merge seamlessly into a new background color.
Ah yes, but then I have another video planned in the pipeline to explain the sky replacement element of the process.
@@RobinWhalley Sounds good ;O)
Affinity need to get this to a 1 click ai solution. Even in your examples there are still endless amounts of horizon, fog and hills still selected and it's too time consuming comp6to other products.
I love affinity to bits and swapped to them over a year ago but this is one area where they are way behind in a simple solution
Having used many AI "1 click" solutions of competing products, they produce no where near the quality of results you can achieve with a little care in Affinity Photo. To be fare, you can also achieve the same quality in Photoshop using these "old school" techniques. If you want fast OK results that fool 50% of people then AI is great but if you want to produce exceptional quality you need to learn how to use the tools and see what they can do.
And everyone told me that Affinity Photo doesn't have good selection tools like Photoshop!
This convinced me to leave Adobe. Thanks!
You can do a lot with the Affinity Tools and they are very good. What I've found is that the people who criticise them compared to Photoshop are looking for features that automate the selection. Affinity can't yet compete with Adobe in that space although I hope that they do develop something.
Consider compressing your VO a little less. It is quite annoying hearing the exaggerated attack of every consonant.
Thanks for the tip. It was done with this video to remove the echo. I was having to record in an empty office for quite a few months and trying to remove the echo was a nightmare. It's been gradually improving new furnishings arrived.
get to the point to much talk
Learn some manners