Your presentation style and ability to convey the “why” makes you great at tutorials. With more people coming off of Adobe subscriptions to single purchase software, QUALITY tutorials for programs like Affinity and Pixelmator are so needed. I know Mac information is your bread and butter for this channel, but hope you can do more tutorials!
Gary I find all your videos extremely valuable. I discovered and purchased Affinity Photo a couple of years ago in order to skip the monthly charges of Adobe. Your presentations always make more sense to me. I also like your presentations on Mac Photos editing tools. Keep up the good work.
Great Gary, it always amazes me that as much as I learn on my own by experimenting, you inevitably show a tweak that improves my process. Today it was the use of the brackets to increase the size of the mask. TY
See yesterday's video. It is on this same topic with Pixelmator Pro instead. Hard to say which is better because "better" is subjective. Probably the tool you are most experience with will always be better for you.
Hi Gary. All works as outlined, up until the "delete" step. My selection is great, but when I delete (expecting it to delete just the selection) the entire layer disappears! The outline of the selection remains, but the entirety of the layer is deleted, and disappears from the Layers panel. I see in your example where your layer has been brought in as "Background" and is locked. As such, odd that edits are allowed on a locked layer. For me, I am starting with a blank canvas. Then, I "Import" and "Place" a jpeg photo to work with. Locked, or unlocked, doesn't seem to change the outcome. I can duplicate every step you do, precisely, but a "Delete" or "Cut" removes the entire layer, as opposed to just the selection, regardless of whether I invert the selection, or not. Thoughts?
@@charmolypi - I figured my issue out. Select the layer. Using the menu up top, click on Layer > Rasterize. This converts it to a pixel layer that allow manipulation.
Amazing how easy it is to remove backgrounds, isn't it? 6:00 - try that when the guy wears something green. Removing high contrast stuff from a mostly single color background is the easiest part you will ever face. Make a photo of an animal in the forest, then remove the background with a few clicks as shown, good luck with that
Hi Gary, hope you are doing well. Request your guidance on converting an image data file (or a screenshot of a spreadsheet) to a spreadsheet in Numbers. Apparently the latest version of Excel (which I don’t have) has this facility.
You want to convert a screenshot of a spreadsheet (an image) to a spreadsheet? Numbers certainly can't do that. You'd need an OCR app to do it, and one that understand spreadsheet formatting. If Excel can do it, as you say, then why not use Excel then? Or go to the source of the spreadsheet and ask for the actual data instead of a screenshot?
Gary the latest version of Excel does it (with an image to data menu option under Insert), I have the 2019 version. A clumsy workaround is copying the image to photos and then using live text to copy the numbers into excel columns. Let's hope Apple introduces this feature in Numbers in a future update. Shouldn't be a big deal, given that Live Text is already a feature.
I know this is an older video but I follow your video and when I remove background it turns black instead of transparent and I can't figure out for the life of me how to make it transparent, for both pixelmator pro and affinitiy photo. I know that some files there's no alpha channel and even png can be missing the alpha channel but how do I restore the transparent background? If I use affinity photo's "remove background" feature it actually adds back in the transparency however it's not good enough to use as is. Can you help me understand?
Do you think one day you can do a video on how to properly set up a Western Digital 4 GB drive to use as a Time Machine Back Up. I always have to disconnect mine and then restart it to get just one back up. I keep getting an error message like this. Will not allow me to post my image.
I have a question for you. This last year I copied all my iCloud photos to Google Photos, then deleted them from iCloud and my devices. Then, because I started paying for Apple One, I reimported them into Apple Photos app. Now all the timestamps are messed up and the photos are out of order in Photos, but they are correct in Google Photos. Is this to be expected? Whose fault is it?
Hard for me to guess. Did you check the dates of the photos after exporting from Google and before uploading to iCloud? Maybe Google stripped the metadata from some or all of them?
There are no "alpha values" in original photos. Photos are opaque digital images until you actually edit them to make some of the pixels transparent. But I get what you are saying.
@@macmost of course at the outset, my point is that at some threshold, which I thought was values of alpha (transparency) using the curves alpha channel, or perhaps RGB values closer to black, marching ants are not accurate. I ran into this many times with affinity photo, but right now I have a mental block as to how to create it. I'm simply trying to say that where the marching ants are drawn is not always accurate.
@@macmost just to extend this a bit more - seems alpha value of 128 determines if marching ant will display. I created a pure red color layer with soft brush, looked at ants after selecting "red", then extended alpha via curves, merged visible, reselected, ants moved to new 128 spot, exported as png, opened png in preview selected in preview as per your video and it too has a alpha spot, so to speak, where the marching ants are displayed. So I stand by my original comment that location of marching ants at times can be confusing. Of course selection in AP can be modified using procedural texture equations. I'm being a typical engineer now :), I do learn from each of your videos - pls continue :)
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Your presentation style and ability to convey the “why” makes you great at tutorials. With more people coming off of Adobe subscriptions to single purchase software, QUALITY tutorials for programs like Affinity and Pixelmator are so needed. I know Mac information is your bread and butter for this channel, but hope you can do more tutorials!
This is great, thank you. It's getting rarer to find videos that that get straight point and include practicable examples.
As in all your crystal clear MAC presentations, this fits perfectly into my Affinity Photo need. Thank you.
Very helpful! I find is alto great to use the selection to create a mask, so the orginal image is not touched.
Gary I find all your videos extremely valuable. I discovered and purchased Affinity Photo a couple of years ago in order to skip the monthly charges of Adobe. Your presentations always make more sense to me. I also like your presentations on Mac Photos editing tools. Keep up the good work.
Love the way you teach! Thank you for solving my problem today 😊
Great Gary, it always amazes me that as much as I learn on my own by experimenting, you inevitably show a tweak that improves my process. Today it was the use of the brackets to increase the size of the mask. TY
A very useful video tutorial today. Thanks for showing us how. Thank you, Gary! 👍🏻👏❤️
Quality and detailed tutorial, awesome 👍
Best tutorial I have seen on this topic yet, you are awesome, thank you, saved me a ton of time!
Most helpful! Thank you!
Have you ever used pixelmator pro? Do you think affinity photo is better?
See yesterday's video. It is on this same topic with Pixelmator Pro instead. Hard to say which is better because "better" is subjective. Probably the tool you are most experience with will always be better for you.
do you have tutorial for Ver 2?
Very Helpful. Thank you.
Thank you, you help me a lot!
Hi Gary. All works as outlined, up until the "delete" step. My selection is great, but when I delete (expecting it to delete just the selection) the entire layer disappears! The outline of the selection remains, but the entirety of the layer is deleted, and disappears from the Layers panel. I see in your example where your layer has been brought in as "Background" and is locked. As such, odd that edits are allowed on a locked layer. For me, I am starting with a blank canvas. Then, I "Import" and "Place" a jpeg photo to work with. Locked, or unlocked, doesn't seem to change the outcome. I can duplicate every step you do, precisely, but a "Delete" or "Cut" removes the entire layer, as opposed to just the selection, regardless of whether I invert the selection, or not. Thoughts?
@@charmolypi - I figured my issue out. Select the layer. Using the menu up top, click on Layer > Rasterize. This converts it to a pixel layer that allow manipulation.
Excellent thanks really useful
I am getting a white halo effect. How can I clean it up? It's for a logo and not a photo. Thanks
Help: when I click Refine I don't get the red overlay.
Not sure off the top of my head what you could be doing wrong. Look up Affinity’s help page on the tool and see what step you could be missing.
Amazing how easy it is to remove backgrounds, isn't it?
6:00 - try that when the guy wears something green.
Removing high contrast stuff from a mostly single color background is the easiest part you will ever face.
Make a photo of an animal in the forest, then remove the background with a few clicks as shown, good luck with that
Thanks, great!
Hi Gary, hope you are doing well. Request your guidance on converting an image data file (or a screenshot of a spreadsheet) to a spreadsheet in Numbers. Apparently the latest version of Excel (which I don’t have) has this facility.
You want to convert a screenshot of a spreadsheet (an image) to a spreadsheet? Numbers certainly can't do that. You'd need an OCR app to do it, and one that understand spreadsheet formatting. If Excel can do it, as you say, then why not use Excel then? Or go to the source of the spreadsheet and ask for the actual data instead of a screenshot?
Gary the latest version of Excel does it (with an image to data menu option under Insert), I have the 2019 version. A clumsy workaround is copying the image to photos and then using live text to copy the numbers into excel columns. Let's hope Apple introduces this feature in Numbers in a future update. Shouldn't be a big deal, given that Live Text is already a feature.
I know this is an older video but I follow your video and when I remove background it turns black instead of transparent and I can't figure out for the life of me how to make it transparent, for both pixelmator pro and affinitiy photo. I know that some files there's no alpha channel and even png can be missing the alpha channel but how do I restore the transparent background? If I use affinity photo's "remove background" feature it actually adds back in the transparency however it's not good enough to use as is. Can you help me understand?
Perhaps you have a layer under the photo layer that is just black? Or, maybe you are exporting in a format that doesn't support transparency?
Do you think one day you can do a video on how to properly set up a Western Digital 4 GB drive to use as a Time Machine Back Up. I always have to disconnect mine and then restart it to get just one back up. I keep getting an error message like this. Will not allow me to post my image.
There should be nothing special you need to do. Perhaps your drive is bad? Have you tried contacting WD for support?
Thanks bunches
Why when I hit delete everything disappears, background and subject? I’m only left with the dotted outline.
Perhaps you have the wrong layer selected? Hard to tell without seeing it.
It won’t allow me to upload a photo or video here. I only have the one layer. I follow step by step and when I click delete the whole layer deletes.
@@ultimaider6138 Hard for me to tell what you could be doing wrong without seeing it, sorry. Maybe start over and follow along closely step-by-step.
Only thing Im possibly doing different is how I bring the photo into affinity.
I got it to work. I had to go to file/open then select the photo I wanted. But when I would drag a photo into an existing design it wouldn’t. 🤷♂️
Easier than Photoshop.
Just starting to use affinity.
I'm use to Photoshop automatically make the selection.
But this doesn't hurt to change.
I have a question for you. This last year I copied all my iCloud photos to Google Photos, then deleted them from iCloud and my devices. Then, because I started paying for Apple One, I reimported them into Apple Photos app. Now all the timestamps are messed up and the photos are out of order in Photos, but they are correct in Google Photos. Is this to be expected? Whose fault is it?
Hard for me to guess. Did you check the dates of the photos after exporting from Google and before uploading to iCloud? Maybe Google stripped the metadata from some or all of them?
Nice- I’m sure you realize that the matching ants are not accurate - I believe alpha values affect the matching ants
There are no "alpha values" in original photos. Photos are opaque digital images until you actually edit them to make some of the pixels transparent. But I get what you are saying.
@@macmost of course at the outset, my point is that at some threshold, which I thought was values of alpha (transparency) using the curves alpha channel, or perhaps RGB values closer to black, marching ants are not accurate. I ran into this many times with affinity photo, but right now I have a mental block as to how to create it. I'm simply trying to say that where the marching ants are drawn is not always accurate.
@@macmost Actually there are alpha values in an imported jpg file, the values are 255 :)
@@pedropuckerstein4670 True!
@@macmost just to extend this a bit more - seems alpha value of 128 determines if marching ant will display. I created a pure red color layer with soft brush, looked at ants after selecting "red", then extended alpha via curves, merged visible, reselected, ants moved to new 128 spot, exported as png, opened png in preview selected in preview as per your video and it too has a alpha spot, so to speak, where the marching ants are displayed. So I stand by my original comment that location of marching ants at times can be confusing. Of course selection in AP can be modified using procedural texture equations. I'm being a typical engineer now :), I do learn from each of your videos - pls continue :)