WOW - I'm so happy to have come across you on Affinities' forum. You are so clear in your tutorials and go at a pace that is not overwhelming for newbies like me. Thank you for your generosity.
This is great information, especially when one is new to using Affinity Photo after many years of other products. Very clear direction, great pace - everything perfect!
Hey Olivio, I would like to try the water color technique, however, when I pull the water color down into the pixel layer it acts more like a mask and masks out the original image except where the watercolor is. Additionally, the colors go B&W despite being above the B&W layer. I have repeated your steps multiple times just as in the video with the same results everytime. Is there a fix?
thank you for great lessons. I have question-want to digitize my watercolor paintings as a clip arts, usually people are using Photoshop for this, i think affinity photo will do the same, or affinity designer? thanks in advance.
I am a complete beginner, I have followed the video step by step to remove the background but when I deselect nothing happens. After inverting the pixel selection I have done the refine again to check it, and it is showing the correct area so I have no idea why it doesn't remove the background. Any advice would be really appreciated.
Hello my friend. I want to try this on a picture of my dog. I also want try and use a paint splatter effect also. Can you advise me please? Do I follow your tutorial, save it and then open saved picture and use the splatter tutorial by Affinity Revolution?
Help! Great tutorial. However, when I drag mu first colour in my lion smudge (but above the adjustments. Not only is a still B&W but the lion goes inside the watercolour mask rather than the watercolour going inside the lion mask!!
This was helpful, but for some reason I had to do it different after you started adding the watercolor images. I had to keep them separate from the smudge layer and then it started working. I guess there are different ways to skin cats.
You explain things and show the steps very well. Do you do tutorials in Affinity Designer? Everyone else speeds through their tutorials so viewers really have no idea how to implement their designs. Thank you!
Thank you so much great video. This is almost the only video with this kind of cool effects that has someone talking so thank you . I am new so need to know what people are doing:)) Great Teacher:))
Hi Diane, you are welcome. Yes, i also don't like the "tutorials" where nobody talks to explain the steps. There is so much more to it than just seeing the steps. Welcome to my channel. :)
Cool ! I’ve never been able to figure out the smudge brush before. I didn’t know to turn up the flow. I’m not sure I understand how the flow works. Now I can try it. Thank you
Flow is basically a simulation of how much "paint" would come out of your brush at a given time of using it. This is different from opacity, even if it might look the same at times, because opacity defines how transparent that "paint" is. So a low flow brush is like a dry brush, while a low opacity brush with high flow is like a wet brush with more water than color on the brush. That said, they are still digital brushes, so they don't interact with the surface like a liquid would. There are special settings for that (like "wet edges"), but those are mostly for when you paint with colors directly.
You can use Adobe Photoshop brushes with Affinity Photo. Just search for free photoshop smudge and pattern brushes and test to see which you like. Make sure you have a look at the brush dynamics, because i don't think Affinity Photo is importing these settings.
I followed the steps but it didn't come out like yours. Like some other comments said, the layers don't behave like yours, they simply became a mask and so there's no way to do what you did here. And you never answer this question. Waste of time.
@@OlivioSarikas BTW... Thanks so much for all your awesome training, I've learned a lot and the technique you're teaching for a watercolor effect is right on. Ya, art really is subjective, but your lion is a Da Vinci compared to some of the crap that is called "art" these days. I plan to purchase some of your brushes etc. in the near future... :)
Thank you, jaw :) Happy i could inspire you. I'm having a 35% sale on my Pro Pack collection for a couple more days. Have a look if that is interesting for you: gumroad.com/l/JKpVs
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WOW - I'm so happy to have come across you on Affinities' forum. You are so clear in your tutorials and go at a pace that is not overwhelming for newbies like me. Thank you for your generosity.
Great tutorial! Finally someone explaining and not just playing music. Subscribed.
Thank you, Lou :) Have fun with the rest of my tuts. Over 90 so far :)
One of the most fascinating tutorials I've seen.
Awesome, thank you Roman :)
This is great information, especially when one is new to using Affinity Photo after many years of other products. Very clear direction, great pace - everything perfect!
What a good set of tutorials you made. I would say one of the top illustrators for users of Affinity Photo.
Thank you very much :)
This is a really nice tutorial. I like it
“ I selected this photo of a lion because I really like lions”
Liked.
Thank you :) I love lions and cats :)
As always, great stuff
I watched the whole video because Olivio is like the Bob Ross of Affinity Photo, and, I like lions also. :-)
Thank you, Vox DeVaux. Bob Ross of AP - wow, that's cool :)
Absolutely amazing! I had no idea that photo/art editing could be so creative and fun. It'll be knowing when to stop will be the problem!
Nice technique.
Hey Olivio, I would like to try the water color technique, however, when I pull the water color down into the pixel layer it acts more like a mask and masks out the original image except where the watercolor is. Additionally, the colors go B&W despite being above the B&W layer. I have repeated your steps multiple times just as in the video with the same results everytime. Is there a fix?
thank you for great lessons. I have question-want to digitize my watercolor paintings as a clip arts, usually people are using Photoshop for this, i think affinity photo will do the same, or affinity designer? thanks in advance.
I am a complete beginner, I have followed the video step by step to remove the background but when I deselect nothing happens. After inverting the pixel selection I have done the refine again to check it, and it is showing the correct area so I have no idea why it doesn't remove the background. Any advice would be really appreciated.
Fantastic! I will be referring to this agin & again. Thank you!
Hello my friend. I want to try this on a picture of my dog. I also want try and use a paint splatter effect also. Can you advise me please? Do I follow your tutorial, save it and then open saved picture and use the splatter tutorial by Affinity Revolution?
Thanks for this awesome tut. I love to do this in the past in PS. An awesome technique and I am glad I can do this in Affinity now to.
Help! Great tutorial. However, when I drag mu first colour in my lion smudge (but above the adjustments. Not only is a still B&W but the lion goes inside the watercolour mask rather than the watercolour going inside the lion mask!!
YES this happens to me too did you ever figure it out??
Thank you, I learned a lot. great.
Amazing!
This was helpful, but for some reason I had to do it different after you started adding the watercolor images. I had to keep them separate from the smudge layer and then it started working. I guess there are different ways to skin cats.
The outcome is pretty awesome. Keep up the good work. Liked and subbed ;)
Thank you very much :)
This was bomb! Thank you
Thank you, Alexandria - Is that your real name? Like the City of Alexandira? That's so cool. Very nice!
You explain things and show the steps very well. Do you do tutorials in Affinity Designer? Everyone else speeds through their tutorials so viewers really have no idea how to implement their designs. Thank you!
I did but i want to concentrate my channel on photo editing ;)
I don't find the option for "painting" brushes in my drop down menu. Are they brushes you imported? If so, where can I find them?
the water color textures are linked in the video description, if that is what you are referring to.
So I made my own splashes and saved most as a jpeg and not a tiff! A tiff will retain the clear background. Maybe I can salvage the jpegs.
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Thank you so much great video. This is almost the only video with this kind of cool effects that has someone talking so thank you . I am new so need to know what people are doing:)) Great Teacher:))
Hi Diane, you are welcome. Yes, i also don't like the "tutorials" where nobody talks to explain the steps. There is so much more to it than just seeing the steps. Welcome to my channel. :)
Thank
Thanks Olivio I am learning so much from your tutorials.
Thank you, Julie. Happy i can help you :)
hi i dont have paint brushes in brush option
Cool ! I’ve never been able to figure out the smudge brush before. I didn’t know to turn up the flow. I’m not sure I understand how the flow works. Now I can try it. Thank you
Flow is basically a simulation of how much "paint" would come out of your brush at a given time of using it. This is different from opacity, even if it might look the same at times, because opacity defines how transparent that "paint" is. So a low flow brush is like a dry brush, while a low opacity brush with high flow is like a wet brush with more water than color on the brush. That said, they are still digital brushes, so they don't interact with the surface like a liquid would. There are special settings for that (like "wet edges"), but those are mostly for when you paint with colors directly.
Olivio Sarikas thank you very much. You are very helpful ❤️
You are welcome :)
where do you download your textures from??
good sources are unsplash, pixabay and freepik
Ang Galing!
Can you tell me where I can get the different smudge brushes and patterns??
Thank you very much 😊
You can use Adobe Photoshop brushes with Affinity Photo. Just search for free photoshop smudge and pattern brushes and test to see which you like. Make sure you have a look at the brush dynamics, because i don't think Affinity Photo is importing these settings.
Thank you very much 😊
At 1:25 you "deselect" and I have no idea how to do that. I was able to follow along up until that point
I followed the steps but it didn't come out like yours. Like some other comments said, the layers don't behave like yours, they simply became a mask and so there's no way to do what you did here. And you never answer this question. Waste of time.
so hard to follow
Hi ellie, if this is to complex for you, i suggest to start with some of my beginner tutorials to get you started :)
Most of your videos are so useful! Your final look here is ghastly, however. Sorry...
Well, a lot of people really loved this one, so i guess it's up to taste. But that's ok. i don't like everything on this planet either ;)
@@OlivioSarikas BTW... Thanks so much for all your awesome training, I've learned a lot and the technique you're teaching for a watercolor effect is right on. Ya, art really is subjective, but your lion is a Da Vinci compared to some of the crap that is called "art" these days. I plan to purchase some of your brushes etc. in the near future... :)
Thank you, jaw :) Happy i could inspire you. I'm having a 35% sale on my Pro Pack collection for a couple more days. Have a look if that is interesting for you: gumroad.com/l/JKpVs
This could have been a 5 minute video.
you can always set playback to 2x speed or skip steps. I like the be thorough, so even beginners can understand and follow